Question & Answer #145: from Stock Speeches in Pali to the Effects of Language on Worldview

Questions include: stock speeches in the Pali texts; my favorite Dhammapada translation; jhana affecting world consciousness; the karma of verbally abusing an AI program; the best Buddhist school for westerners; Kirlian photography and auras; Burma in WW2; Baron von Sternberg; people with no visual imagination or internal monologue; the three marks of existence applied toward inanimate objects; the ego; the karma of enjoying another’s pleasure; the emphasis on avoiding sexuality in Theravada; Brahmacariya; the meaning of religion; beautiful violence; the (Vietnamese) burning monk; science vs. magic; the true meaning of Christmas; a skunk in a pine tree; drinking alcohol in Theravada; the 18 faults of a monastery; loneliness and boredom; how memory works; how past life memories work; when memory begins in an organism; advice to young men; and the effect of language on how we see the world.

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