Question & Answer #127: from IQ and Enlightenment to What Monks Wear Under Their Lower Robe

Questions include: possible correlations between intelligence and wisdom; Gurdjieff and Ouspensky; U. G. Krishnamurti; something rather than nothing; the death of my parents; a new respiratory virus; the biography of Padmasambhava; Master Hua’s take on Pure Land; religious humility vs. atheistic arrogance; the study schedule of Burmese monastic scholars; non-percipient beings; otherworldly experiences; importing one’s lay character into monastic life; ritualized hierarchies; Kratingdaeng 250; Gotama vs. Gautama; the Bodhisatta’s attachment; the legend of Buddha; Buddhism’s spread in India; Dr. Ambedkar’s version of Buddhism; why the Buddha didn’t want to ordain women; why traditional religions view women as inferior; did the Buddha trust others; can stupid people become enlightened; rationalizing the Christian Trinity; my favorite art; the dharmic benefit of learning new skills; ego vs. self-esteem; why Nibbana is unqualified; is Nibbana worth aiming for; why pursue an unexplained goal; remote viewing and out of body experiences; monks more advanced than I was; self with or without aggregates; why Buddhism is believed to be the only true path to liberation; why some masters of jhana become enlightened and some don’t; monastic rules on bathing; are plants and minerals subject to rebirth; the technological singularity and Dharma; can Nibbana be an object of anxiety; over-focusing on enlightenment; the Islamization of Europe; the “self” in near death experiences; trinities in various religions; Hegelian dialectics; progressivism vs. romance fiction; are babies enlightened; and the allowability of monks wearing underwear.

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