Question & Answer #84: from Right Speech to Delighting in the Morbid and Grotesque

Questions include: a German translator’s interpretation of the fourth precept; when Hindus commit rape; how many Buddha images should be in one house; explaining mudras (hand positions of Buddha images); paranormal investigating; the karma of killing oysters; the Atthakavagga; the simile of the block of marble; Pali language and Nepali language; Taoism; the Mantids; the relevance of dreams; how to be an artist; dreams of being a monk in Burma; archaic Buddhism vs. established tradition; becoming an anagarika; secret societies; atheists, karma, and God; full comprehension of anatta; Burmese cigarettes; Pure Land Buddhism as a kind of Buddhist Protestantism; cessation (of perception and feeling); telling women you’re wiser and better than them; a comprehensive intro to Theravada on YouTube; my father’s “occult” autobiography; Edgar Cayce on past lives; fried chicken; Brahmin Buddhas; Brian Ruhe; humor as a response to suffering; and the ethics of delighting in the morbid and grotesque.

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