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Pannobhasa Buddhism Q&A

Pannobhasa Buddhism Q&A

By: Pannobhasa John David Reynolds
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Pannobhasa Bhikkhu, aka John David Reynolds, an American Theravada Buddhist philosopher, teacher, and writer, offering non-mainstream views of Dharma and red pills for the indoctrinated masses.

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Episodes
  • Question & Answer #210: from Non-Linguistic “Being” to Entering a Monastery in Burma
    11 Oct 2026

    Questions include: Dhamma calling upon our “non-linguistic ‘being’”; debating Jay Dyer; the Karni Mata Rat Temple; interacting with deceased relatives in Buddhism; four ways in which the Holy Life could be worthless; being a lizard or an arahant; an indefinitely postponed collaboration video; the creation of Trump by Israel (to destroy Israel’s enemy Iran); killing or sex (which is worse); enlightened self-deletion; “liberation of mind” attained (and lost) by the monk Godhika; Burmese belief in unbelievable texts; a roadmap for purifying the mind; Brian Ruhe’s spiritual advisor; changes in my internal dialogue after disrobing; my satisfaction and spiritual connection after disrobing; clinging to morality and observances; increasing the number of allowed questions per episode; Gnosticism and conversion to Christianity; the Buddha’s cousin Devadatta; the Buddha’s son Rahula; meditation and self-hypnosis; the ethics of consuming caffeine; why some people love AI and other people hate it; an expert denying the greater authenticity of Pali texts; the relative authenticity of the Atthakavagga; every being having a certain amount of heartbeats; everyday life in Burma; and how to enter Burma as a meditator.

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    2 hrs and 58 min
  • Question & Answer #209: from the Pali Word ”Sati” to the Rewards of Good Karma
    27 Sep 2026

    Questions include: the meaning of sati (and whether the Buddha used the word); the karma of common vices; underwater meditation; the justice of earning wages; becoming less complacent; later Buddhist schools as symptoms of degeneracy; St. John of the Cross on bad meditation; a description of Nibbana; the Srimad Bhagavatam; the USA-Iran war and its protracted length; the new Q&A upload schedule; Buddhism on gambling; making sense of Idealism; humor in Samsara; the ethics of publicly declaring oneself enlightened; understanding dependent co-arising; asking more questions per person per episode; answering an accusation of Buddhism being “evil”; and whether a person with plenty of merit will become an Ariya in his or her next life.

    URL Links

    MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

    Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

    current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

    website: pannobhasa.org

    Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/

    Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharma

    YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos

    SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharma

    Discord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

    X, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

    Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Pannobhasa

    CashApp: $pannobhasa

    MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

    ALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-1

    3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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    2 hrs and 13 min
  • Question & Answer #208: from Enlightened Class Struggle to the Evolution of Buddhism & Christianity
    13 Sep 2026

    Questions include: oppression of advanced spiritual beings; what to do about Internet addiction; the ethics of buying and selling pygmy meat in the Congo; the case of Lindsay Clancy; the possibility of human immortality; is immortality even desirable; would I want to be immortal; the justice of material inequality; would equity be equitable (and just); why the Buddha didn’t condemn slavery; vibrations in Nirvana; was the Buddha’s speech mundane or supermundane; is knowing what the Buddha taught impossible; is the Pali Canon the teaching of Buddha; could a being in hell avoid suffering by accepting the situation; gossip on the Discord server; why is there something instead of nothing; the nature of time; Lindsay Clancy again; astronomical similes in the Buddhist texts; and the evolution of Buddhism and Christianity (from a forensic genealogical perspective).

    URL Links

    MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?ref=sp_email

    Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa

    current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/

    website: pannobhasa.org

    Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZHAtWjVje/

    Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIncorrectDharma

    YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos

    SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharma

    Discord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request

    X, alias Twitter: https://twitter.com/PannobhasaSC

    Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Pannobhasa

    CashApp: $pannobhasa

    MY 1st BOOK, “Essays in Theravada Buddhism”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096ZHKY9D

    ALSO, MY OTHER BOOK, “Philosophical Dharma”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XGM71P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=philosophical+dharma&qid=1624827134&s=books&sr=1-1

    3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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    2 hrs and 31 min
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