Question & Answer #144: from What Caused Me to Become a Monk to Guardian Spirits in Buddhism

Questions include: the event that caused me to decide to renounce the world; the worst aspect of being a monk; the wisdom of Alan Watts and Eckhart Tolle; the merit of celibacy; the existence of number 3; National Bolshevism; conservative socialism; Buddhist socialism; Buddhism and martial arts; beings reborn from hell; Black Mirror; shows on Netflix; living in caves; non-tachyonics; the karma of determination; reason without faith; psychedelic drugs as a spiritual practice; the ethics of using cannabis; Bhikkhu Samahita; Christianity and the bodhisattva ideal; the neurophysiology of mysticism; “it’s all just empty and illusory”; Buddhavacana; the desire to be happy as a cause of suffering; taking medicine in a non-physical world; not being Tig; the perversity of Christianity in western civilization; Tolstoy vs. Dostoevsky; a monk having fun; Dipa Ma; life under tariffs; corruption of sacred teachings; AI love; “realizing awareness without self consciousness”; and guardian spirits in Buddhism.

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