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Jun 06, 2023

Question and Answer 49: from Exorcising Demons to Backsliding from Heaven

Questions include: exorcizing demons; Nirvana as the Self; what is Right Concentration; transcending pain in jhana; the rule against eating raw garlic; the ten fetters; the acoustic part of “To Live Is to Die”; people claiming to attain states above fourth jhana; the ceasing of consciousness and parinirvana; “only consciousness exists”; sampajanna; the Lord of Death; the reason for the first schism; early Buddhism vs. Vedanta; transcending the body in deep concentration; personality changes before, during, and after monkhood; the karma of Maha-Moggallana’s murderers; the karma of Angulimala’s abusers; the karma of demons in hell; does a monk have to eat whatever food he is offered; being ordained with a chronic health condition; would I ever rejoin the Sangha; Mahavira and Jainism; the logic of enlightenment; future group video chats; the Buddha looking into people’s karma; human personality traits of the Buddha; a strange meditation experience; monks asking for donations; identity politics vs. genuine Dharma; enlightened babies and children; how to find a good wife; and backsliding from the attainment of heaven realms.

URL Links
current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/
primordial website: https://nippapanca.org
Minds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos
Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/
SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharma
Discord server (mainly for traditionalist Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request
Twitter (brand new): https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC
Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Pannobhasa
MY NEW BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D
ALSO, MY 2nd BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-1
3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Jun 06, 2023

105 18:05

Jun 04, 2023

Why Conservative Women Are More Attractive (on Average)

This is a vintage video from back when I was a monk, and did not have a decent camera. It has never before been uploaded onto my channel...which is true of probably most videos I have done with Brian.

Brian Ruhe’s Buddhist Monk Truthers playlist on Bitchute, which contains the most complete collection of our talks: https://www.bitchute.com/playlist/2H83eFTsfBMQ/

Jun 04, 2023

142 48:54

May 29, 2023

Studies in Archaic Buddhism, part 4: the Evolution of Jhana and the Formless Realms

In which I do my best to discuss the evolution of the concept of jhāna or "absorption," the varying numbers of jhānas in orthodox Theravada Buddhism, and also the lateness and origins of the formless contemplations, with reference to some very archaic Buddhist texts.

May 29, 2023

97 1:26:52

May 25, 2023

Question and Answer 48: from Abandoned Parking Lots to Conscious Computers

Questions include: abandoned parking lots; animal karma; “Nirvana and Samsara are the same”; Hindu scriptures borrowing from Buddhism; monks eating garlic and onions; walking for alms; publishing my father’s autobiography; Bhikkhu Sujato; standing and lying meditation; how nuns sit; right mindfulness; the purpose of the First Council; benefits of metta meditation; merit vs. liberation; use of psychic powers; Buddha’s potential lifespan; the meaning of Nibbana; proper meditative posture for tall people; my sweetheart and these Q&As; is she a Buddhist; does Mara hear us; and conscious computers.

May 25, 2023

102 21:24

May 18, 2023

Question and Answer 47(a): the Dealing with Enemies Appendix

In which I answer a question from the previous Q&A, which was a monster at over 3 hours, so that I didn't have time to do justice to such a question as this.

May 18, 2023

108 3:05:00

May 17, 2023

Question and Answer 47: from the Benefits of Trouble to Monks Using Foul Language

This one is a monster: I talked non-stop for over three hours until I was hoarse, and still had one question to go.
Questions include: the benefits of trouble; liminality; “all or nothing” thinking; what my sweetheart looks like; liminal behavior leading to paranormal phenomena; manipulating circumstances; dialectical materialism and karma; how I proposed; diluting bad karma; Buddhist exorcisms; prayer in Buddhism; the best Pali translations; St. John of the Cross as a possible enlightened being; supposed arahants behaving in unsavory ways; sexual misconduct in Buddhism; do I still follow five precepts; wut we wuz; the merit in having one’s skull broken; how actions can lead to enlightenment; being reborn as an animal; is western Buddhism a lost cause; seeing into the future; the meaning of Tantra; Buddhists misunderstanding Indian philosophical terms; my experience with jhāna (etc.); the Vimutti-Magga; changing behavior through changing perceptions; Indo-Aryan blondes and gingers; the ethnicity of the Indus Valley Civilization; the ancient rise of Mahayana; formless contemplations; the cessation of perception and feeling; the karmic price of divination (etc.); comparing koan-like utterances of the Buddha; why the Khuddaka Nikāya exists; an Archaic Buddhism playlist; ancient Buddhist descriptions of sitting meditation posture; brotherly love and past lives; loving everybody; having meditated with English grammar; my naming of cats; Sinhalese monks buying food for themselves; the Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing; monks describing their own jhāna; magic, psychic powers, and having no view; dealing wisely with bad people; and the allowability of monks cussing.
I think maybe my microphone wasn't working correctly.

May 17, 2023

128 1:00:18

May 12, 2023

On the Ethics of Buddhist Renunciants and Laymen

Otto and I discuss various issues regarding the differences in the ethical standards for monastics and the laity, with some digressions on such topics as what causes the success of Dharma in a society. With some unfortunate technical difficulties in the form of a bad Skype connection.

Otto’s Navakavada channel on Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/wv52Hazapkf7/

My URL links:
current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/
primordial website: https://nippapanca.org
Minds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos
Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/
SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharma
Discord server (mainly for traditionalist Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request
Twitter (brand new): https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC
Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Pannobhasa
MY NEW BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D
ALSO, MY 2nd BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-1
3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

May 12, 2023

131 1:06:02

May 07, 2023

Consciousness and the Veil: Contact Modalities of the Paranormal

Brian and I discuss paranormal phenomena, including contact with beings from other dimensions.

Brian's main Bitchute channel:
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/mZgcRhEPlyHG/

Brian Ruhe’s Buddhist Monk Truthers playlist on Bitchute, which contains the most complete collection of our talks: https://www.bitchute.com/playlist/2H83eFTsfBMQ/

May 07, 2023

132 2:16:08

May 03, 2023

Question and Answer 46: from Becoming a Navakavadin to the Life of Mahavira

Questions include: becoming a Navakavadin; the worst possible karma; too many technical philosophical questions?; a certain thatched roof; being presented to the Buddha; early Buddhist iconography; Nirvana vs. “the All”; the Buddha’s handful of simsapa leaves; the death of my parents; Hare Krishnas; sexual frustration; monastic homo eroticism; was the Universe created; monks and nuns at the same monastery; my opinion of Pali commentaries; Dr. Ian Stevenson; why I left the state of Washington; my experience with Sri Lankan Theravada; my favorite dhutanga; sleeping in a sitting position; uposatha and the moon; sati as mindfulness AND memory; the body (kaya) in Buddhism; right view and right mindfulness; the ethics of selling and buying meat; why hermaphrodites can’t be ordained; imagining light and kasina meditation; Kant and the external world; translating Buddhist texts as a livelihood; queer Buddhist liberation theology; monks holding government office; why all past Buddhas are portrayed as Indian; past civilizations of godlike humans; dealing with lust and insects; traveling as a monk; what it’s like to wear monk robes; how monks acquire sundry items; the role of Buddhist meditation; is Tibetan Buddhism really Buddhism; and the early life of Mahavira.

May 03, 2023

122 1:38:55

Apr 29, 2023

Studies in Archaic Buddhism, part 3: the Sakkapanha Sutta

In this video I make faces at the camera while I squint to read the sutta from my computer screen, and I also engage in some commentary on this strange mixture of early Buddhist philosophy, mythology, and religious propaganda.

Apr 29, 2023

157 2:39:46

Apr 16, 2023

Question and Answer 45: from My Ancestry to Sayadaws with Fans

Questions include: my ancestry; the picture on my altar; how I would like to die; monks’ robes in the Buddha’s time; love as a factor in my disrobing; the evolution of my faith in Dhamma; advice to someone intending to ordain; how I met Brian Ruhe; rules of discipline; voting; immoral acts accompanied by calm mental states; monks disrobing after many years; paying taxes; is escaping suffering cowardly?; the orthodox view of Nibbana/Nirvana; how Buddhism devolved into scholasticism; “be happy”; the karma of gender dysphoria; karma in Hinduism; how to deal with the new bhikkhunis; starting a book group; escaping western Buddhist degeneracy; non-Buddhist texts with a Buddhist message; anagarikas; my feral teenager days; prospects for the rest of my life; the Buddha’s abandonment of his family; the ethics of destroying Buddha images; the karma of being a porn star; interacting with Ken Wheeler; how Nibbana can be outside the All; what first attracted me to Buddhism and Theravada; rebirth and past life experiences; various requirements for becoming a monk; Buddhist conceptions of hell; what is reborn; Near Death Experiences; conscious plants; skillfully dealing with anger; karma influencing “external” phenomena; Pali and the Buddha’s language; the Buddha’s tongue (in his mouth); and fans held by Sayadaws.

Apr 16, 2023

149 1:05:33

Apr 09, 2023

Studies in Archaic Buddhism part 2: the Magandiya and Purabedha Suttas

More on the topic of archaic, primordial, or "primitive" Buddhism as found in certain parts of the Pali Canon.

Apr 09, 2023

176 1:56:06

Apr 01, 2023

Question and Answer 44: from Female Buddhas to Getting the Atthakavagga

Questions include: female Buddhas; the Khmer Rouge as a quasi monastic order; slandering the Buddha; Buddhist mukbangs; ouija boards; the spiritual battle; ancient Egyptian religion and Buddhism; spiritual attainment through hearing Dhamma; tetraphobia; Carlos Castaneda; painless death; Buddhist Kalmykia; the All; cultivating wholesome fear; the need for morality; the trolly car conundrums; me reading Mahayana texts; my goals on entering the monkhood; what do I miss about not being a monk; would I become a monk if I could do it all over again; Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu; walking meditation; dour monks; participating on Modern Day Debate; Bernardo Kastrup; Buddhist mental dualism; remembering glimpses of the Absolute; what got me in trouble with the Ajahn Chah monasteries; the nimitta or “sign”; the Buddha remembering past lives with advanced technology; wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong meditation; my longest sit, and the longest sit I know of; non-Buddhist enlightened teachers; leading retreats; stopping “Judeo-Bolshevism”; and obtaining my Atthakavagga translation.

Apr 01, 2023

180 1:07:19

Mar 19, 2023

Studies in Archaic Buddhism: the Viyuha Suttas

I read two of the most ancient Buddhist texts in existence, with some commentary, and engage in a more extended discussion of the Atthakavagga in particular and its place in Buddhist literature and the evolution of Buddhism in general.

Mar 19, 2023

192 1:49:58

Mar 16, 2023

Question and Answer 43: from Supporting the Local Monastery to Transgender Monks

Questions include: supporting the local monastery; Stone Age karma; is the Dhamma eternal; suffering in relationships; meditating before I was a monk; the meanings of meditation terms; the karma of a car crash; differentiating the real from the imaginary; infinite regress in dependent co-arising; Buddhist Neoplatonism; ancient Greek Buddha statues; thinking and jhana; traditional Buddhist time keeping; invoking devas; strange supernormal powers; internet arahants; the origin of the four stages of Buddhist sainthood; quitting bad habits; practice for overweight Buddhists; the nature of parinirvana; doubts about ordination lineages; nirodha (cessation); the Dhammapada; the meaning of Paññobhāsa; western Buddhists using high and luxurious beds; can only Buddhists get enlightened; mindfulness of breathing; Sotapannas glimpsing Nirvana; am I happier as a layperson; trouble with celibacy; am I a Sotapanna; and transgender monks.

Mar 16, 2023

197 1:44:33

Mar 11, 2023

Dharma, ETs, Devas, UFOs, Orbs, and Telepathy, with Pannobhasa (part 2 of 2)

Continuing with the UFO meetup with Brian Ruhe and several others.

Brian's main Bitchute channel:
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/mZgcRhEPlyHG/

Brian Ruhe’s Buddhist Monk Truthers playlist on Bitchute, which contains the most complete collection of our talks: https://www.bitchute.com/playlist/2H83eFTsfBMQ/

Mar 11, 2023

236 1:07:36

Mar 09, 2023

Dharma, ETs, Devas, UFOs, Orbs, and Telepathy (part 1 of 2)

My friend Brian invited me to speak to his UFO meetup group recently, which resulted in me giving the group a strange discourse addressing the issue of not only aliens, but we ourselves not being completely real.

Brian's main Bitchute channel:
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/mZgcRhEPlyHG/

Brian Ruhe’s Buddhist Monk Truthers playlist on Bitchute, which contains the most complete collection of our talks: https://www.bitchute.com/playlist/2H83eFTsfBMQ/

Mar 09, 2023

220 1:41:13

Feb 26, 2023

Question and Answer 42: from Movie Heroes to the Alpha Chad Movement

Questions include: movie heroes hesitating to kill; jhana for laypeople; evidence for the Buddha’s enlightenment; my three favorite movies; the answer to life, the universe, and everything; Fred; the Buddha’s tooth relic; does Christianity better promote prosperity?; the ethics of white lies; monks harnessing psychic powers; the limited availability of genuine Dharma; the benefits of being a layperson; people wanting to suffer; me on Instagram; my progress and dhutanga; spiritual progress without a Sangha; eradicating hindrances as a monastic vs. as a layperson; AI generated Dhamma talks; the Buddhist attitude towards romantic love; duality vs. nonduality in Dhamma; the meaning(s) of “sankhara”; Nirvana vs. Brahman; perceiving Self; the Buddha refusing to answer questions about jiva; how to practice sense restraint; Tantric sex in Tibetan Buddhism; Korean Seon Buddhism; monks punching laypeople; Buddhadasa; selfishly following five precepts; monks handling money; sleeping four hours per night; when monks have to cover both shoulders; is suffering inevitable?; and the right wing alpha chad bro “movement.”

Feb 26, 2023

237 1:05:06

Feb 23, 2023

Conditioned Genesis and Voidness in Buddhism

Otto Excelsior and I discuss some of the most difficult and CENTRAL ideas of Buddhist philosophy: Dependent Co-arising (paticcasamuppāda), Emptiness (suññatā), and No Self (anattā), all of which are fundamentally related. A very nice person named Bob volunteered to edit the video, which resulted in way more graphics than usual, including some useful study aids.

Otto’s Navakavada channel on Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/wv52Hazapkf7/

My URL Links:
current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/
primordial website: https://nippapanca.org
Minds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos
Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/
SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharma
Discord server (mainly for traditionalist Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request
Twitter (brand new): https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC
Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Pannobhasa
MY NEW BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D
ALSO, MY 2nd BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-1
3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Feb 23, 2023

244 2:09:58

Feb 14, 2023

Question and Answer 41: from Fight Club to Psychic Powers

Questions include: Fight Club; effortless masturbation; Humble Stature; food that monks can keep indefinitely; spirit houses; reducing negative sankharas; earthquake karma; chakras; my willingness to debate; logical support for Buddhist doctrines; Buddhists who don’t believe everything in the texts; was I happier after becoming a monk; memories of past lives; how to practice walking meditation; meditation on breathing; monks and physical exercise; Buddha following the eightfold path; how many bodhisattas; paccekabuddhas; satipaññā and Buddha nature; successful celibacy; my best meditation; the five precepts; the ethics of sexuality; clinging to morality and observances; right and wrong livelihood; truth bombs for ethnic Buddhists; would I ever re-ordain; what to do if one breaks a precept; writing confrontational letters; being judgmental; selfishly seeking merit; the ethics of smoking tobacco; practicing for good karma vs. practicing for Nirvana; why monks get Pali names; achieving enlightenment while in jhana; beginning, intermediate, and advanced meditation; what do arahants gain; and the reality of psychic powers.

Feb 14, 2023

248 1:04:04

Feb 08, 2023

The Four Kinds of Theravada in the West

This is a recording of a talk I gave as a monk back in 2016, before my final trip and stay in Burma/Myanmar. The talk was given to a Burmese Buddhist group in California. I didn't realize that I hadn't uploaded this until very recently, and I'm unsure of where to find it anywhere else at present, so here is some vintage Pannobhasa Bhikkhu, speaking to a group of Burmese laypeople about how their kind of Theravada is only one of four in the western world. Enjoy.

Feb 08, 2023

214 1:04:51

Feb 04, 2023

The Queering of Buddhism(s)

Brian and I discuss an article written by an openly queer Buddhist academic, with considerable emphasis on how leftist academia is doing its worst to enable cultural Marxism to infiltrate and undermine the traditional spiritual systems of world civilization, especially, in this case, Buddhism.

Brian's main Bitchute channel:
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/mZgcRhEPlyHG/

Brian Ruhe’s Buddhist Monk Truthers playlist on Bitchute, which contains the most complete collection of our talks: https://www.bitchute.com/playlist/2H83eFTsfBMQ/

Feb 04, 2023

240 58:28

Feb 02, 2023

Buddhism and Channeling

Brian and I discuss channeling (formerly known as spirit mediumship), what it is, how it works, and what is the attitude of early Buddhism towards it.

Brian's main Bitchute channel:
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/mZgcRhEPlyHG/

My URL Links
current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/
primordial website: https://nippapanca.org
Minds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos
Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/
SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharma
Discord server (mainly for traditionalist Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request
Twitter (brand new): https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC
Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Pannobhasa
MY NEW BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D
ALSO, MY 2nd BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-1
3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Brian Ruhe’s Buddhist Monk Truthers playlist on Bitchute, which contains the most complete collection of our talks: https://www.bitchute.com/playlist/2H83eFTsfBMQ/

Feb 02, 2023

248 2:02:05

Jan 29, 2023

Question and Answer 40: from Contemplation of Death to Saints Using Money

Questions include: contemplation of death; pain vs. suffering; blessings without desire; the ethics of chanting; monks owning personal property; Nibbana without Buddhism; the effects of saints in a town or nation; Chickenlord; monastic sleep deprivation; Kundalini Yoga; duration of first jhana; “storing” merit; belief vs. faith; meditating on LSD; doubt over increasing human populations; more videos with monks; trans and non-binary identities in Buddhism; cosmology; soldiers going to hell; Buddhism and polygamy; using corrupt texts as an excuse to promote political correctness; religious founders ahead of their time; Buddhist political texts; Buddhism vs. Hinduism in the west; Buddhism and Willpower; considering myself to be an Ariya; my birthday; Curt Cobain and Nirvana; good teachers of jhana; what early teachings Mahayana preserved better than Theravada; and saints using money.