Question & Answer #120: from Explaining Abhidhamma to Zen Ordination

Questions include: explaining Abhidhamma; the alleged enlightenment of Daniel Ingram; draining the spuds; the morality of Muhammad (pboh); meeting an enlightened being; holding political views as a layman; mindless behavior as walking death; sharing merit; fear of enlightenment; the simile of the raft; washing rag robes; parapsychology vs. scientific materialism; Christians overthinking God; unperceived multiplicity; Unabomber’s manifesto; holding oneself most dear; reading the entire Pali canon; an edition of the Tipitaka without repetitions; ranking Pali texts according to authenticity; comic books; Delson Armstrong and TWIM; Unabomber again; a livestream for the next Q&A; a new middle path?; YouTube propaganda notices; penance for Sanghadisesa offenses; Piya Tan’s translations; how to say “nice” in Pali; bodhisatta vs. bodhisattva; Buddhist holidays unique to Burma; willing oneself to death; maximum age for ordination as a bhikkhu; Dhamma and biology on the origin of life; and the ordination lineage of Zen Buddhism.

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