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Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:42 pm
by dhamma_newb
http://thebahiyablog.blogspot.com/
Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's blog where he writes about his experiences of being a Theravadin monk in America.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:59 pm
by Viscid
Pannobhasa is pretty awesome. If his initial posts are any indication, it's going to be a very entertaining blog. His appreciation of Christian writing from a Theravada perspective is refreshing.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:12 pm
by danieLion
Thanks dhamma_newb, Viscid,
Where exactly does he currently reside?
Kind regards.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:29 pm
by dhamma_newb
Viscid wrote:Pannobhasa is pretty awesome. If his initial posts are any indication, it's going to be a very entertaining blog. His appreciation of Christian writing from a Theravada perspective is refreshing.
I appreciate his open-mindedness as well. He reminds me of the wisdom of the Don't-Know Mind in the Zen traditions.
danieLion wrote:Thanks dhamma_newb, Viscid,
Where exactly does he currently reside?
Kind regards.
I think he lives in Bellingham, Washington.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:02 pm
by mikenz66
Thanks, dhamma_newb,
There are some interesting articles at:
http://nippapanca.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I thought that this one was particularly useful (though tough going reading scanned handwriting...):
Dhamma and Irrationality: An explanation of the fundamentally irrational nature of spirituality in general, and the Buddhist path in particular, and thus of how "reason" is of very limited value on the path to Awakening. (This article was inspired by the author's dealings with two Buddhist intellectuals who insisted that Buddhism has to "make perfect sense.")
I thought his analysis was interesting. However, I found it strange that he keeps talking about the errors of "traditionalists", when it seems to me that some of the modern interpreters seeking to reason out the "true interpretation of the Buddha-Dhamma" are amongst those who should really take his comments to heart:
It may seem from the foregoing that I am betraying my own position by attempting to use discursive reasoning to bash the validity of discursive reasoning; but as this essay is directed particularly towards silly Buddhist intellectuals and dogmatic types who fondly cherish the belief that true Dhamma can be conceived rationalistically, it is expedient for me to speak their own language.
Mike
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:21 pm
by nyanasuci
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Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:57 pm
by Hickersonia
Thank you for the link! Added to my list of sites I'm following.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:51 am
by dhamma_newb
Bump.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:15 pm
by Viscid
If others haven't been reading his blog, he's written some pretty good posts. I recommend:
The Value of Discomfort
http://thebahiyablog.blogspot.ca/2012/0 ... mfort.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A Strange Experience on the Street
http://thebahiyablog.blogspot.ca/2012/0 ... treet.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A Sample of Modern Burmese Buddhist Poetry
http://thebahiyablog.blogspot.ca/2012/0 ... dhist.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 3:12 am
by Viscid
Paññobhāsa's still at it, even while living in Burma, and I continue to recommend his blog. Some good posts from the past year:
The Elder Sister of All Alms Rounds
Recounting a recent alms round in a Burmese village.
Abhidhamma Studies I &
Abhidhamma Studies II
On his contempt for Abhidhamma
Trial By Ordeal: Buddhism Meets Ayahuasca
On him trying Ayahuasca
Notes on Nirvana
On Nirvana
Let This be a Lesson and
The End of an Experiment
Recounting/explaining his Drama in America
and his most recent post is:
Children of Mammon
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:53 am
by cooran
Hello all,
If an ordained monk expresses contempt for one third of the Tipitaka, shouldn't he disrobe or be disrobed?
With metta,
Chris
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:24 am
by culaavuso
cooran wrote:
If an ordained monk expresses contempt for one third of the Tipitaka, shouldn't he disrobe or be disrobed?
This does not appear to be an offense of defeat. See
List of the 227 rules or
Bhikkhu's Monastic Code for detailed information about the Vinaya. Critical discussions of the Dhamma are a useful means to gain better understanding.
Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu wrote:
If anyone can explain to me how Abhidhamma makes sense of all this I would be grateful, and will publish the clarification of the apparent paradoxes.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:11 am
by pilgrim
The Ven certainly is a skilled writer. But going from the piece he wrote in "Let This be a Lesson", I am disappointed that a practising bhikkhu of several vassas would exercise such poor judgement and make a series of such unwise choices. While he could be complimented for his honesty, I think the article is written largely for self satisfaction, giving little importance and consideration to the integrity and reputation of the sangha.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:28 am
by robertk
Seems very open about his adventures and doubts, good for him.
Re: Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu's Blog
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:09 am
by Shaswata_Panja
I am really really thankful to this Bhikkhu...He really shows how difficult unbroken celibacy really is..He seems to have had several orgasms in his monastic life---I thought I was a pervert for having orgasms--------But anyways my goal is to increase the durating of unbroken celibacy as much as possible---Anybody here has been able to to be orgasm-less in the waking state for several months on end?