Question & Answer #203: from Enlightened Berserkers to the Ethics of Confession

My apologies to Rui for scrolling completely over his question without noticing it: it will be answered first on the next one. Damn, and Gnostic Rocker's email wasn't included on the list. Those questions will be on the next one too. Questions include: enlightened Vikings and Mongols; Burmese opinions about other religious systems; does time slow down for practicing monks; the purpose of the brain; how to know if one isn’t enlightened; desiring the cessation of desire; enlightened cows and dogs; do I follow the Buddha’s path; the claim that people don’t change; the natural state of the mind; escape a burning house or put the fire out; how to find the right monastery; Yin and Yang in Buddhism; subject and object in Buddhism; what is karma; Jung’s synchronicity; my favorite movie; abusive girlfriends; getting good at Buddhism; having an internal monologue; a group video chat on Discord; and the karmic benefits of making Catholic confession. URL Links MY NEW BOOK, “Memoirs from Myanmar: the Path of an Incendiary Buddhist Monk”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSFGPPR6?... Link tree: https://linktr.ee/pannobhasa current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.bl... website: pannobhasa.org Bitchute channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/67rZ... Rumble channel: https://rumble.com/user/PoliticallyIn... YouTube channel:    / @pannobhasa   SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philoso... Discord server (mainly for traditionalist and eclectic Buddhist discussions and networking): link available on request X, alias Twitter:   / pannobhasasc   Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Panno... 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/... 3rd BOOK, “Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Practice”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0991DQBLZ?...