Question & Answer #170: from the Nonexistent Self to Feminist Propaganda Movies

Questions include: what is the nonexistent self; is Mara the personification of the ego; tattoos, Nirvana as oblivion; Nirvana compared to deep sleep; Theravada temples in South Carolina; maintaining a connection with Buddhist spirituality; is Nirvana alive or dead; a psychedelic episode of disintegrating individuality; Buddhist responsibilities of a husband towards his wife; beaming metta; a friend who feared America; limitations to the US Constitution; issues ignored in politics; digital ID and digital currency; Nick Fuentes; practicing meditation on death; karma expiration; the politics of western monks I have known; politics as a distraction from Dhamma; the Brahmajala Sutta vs. infinite formless consciousness; nondualism as a kind of eternalism; drug-induced insights; Buddhist oblates; progress in meditation; Rumi; and the feminist ideal in Hollywood movies.

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