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.

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