Question & Answer #136: from Monks Using Umbrellas to Reconciling a Masculine Ethos with Dhamma

Questions include: monks using umbrellas; getting a job on a boat; Buddhist monks praying to God; spring forward or fall back; the Bon religion of Tibet; the situation at Bodh Gaya; Hindu politics; the Buddha’s first three sermons; going to conventions; rejection of extreme asceticism; the origins of punishment and reward in religion; the best way to overcome sensuality; samsaric reset in a virtual reality; patriotic T shirts; calling out naughty monks; demonic themes in pop music; “chemtrails”; what if Kamala had won; Trump reducing prices; historicity and the validity of religions; could Alexander have conquered India; chanting Patthana for the dead; nibbana as a worthy goal; why monks are forbidden to build fires to warm themselves; my favorite sutta in the Digha Nikaya; my beverage; memecoins; the Buddhist position on gambling; Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu; liminality in Dhamma; studying Dhamma; archaic Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta; loud arguments in public; extroverted people as energetic vampires; and reconciling a masculine ethos with Dhamma.

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