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.

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