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Realistic & Unrealistic Actions – Ep 88
Different actions bring about different results. Depending on these results, actions may be called skillful or unskillful, right or wrong, realistic or unrealistic. Positive...
Buddha’s Evolution Theory – Ep 87
In this podcast Professor Thurman explains why karma is a biological theory. Karma doesn’t mean a fate, karma means causality. You shape how you...
Shantideva: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part 2 – Ep. 86
This episode is a continuation of last week’s episode on Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. In this episode, Professor Thurman reads...
Shantideva: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part 1 – Ep. 85
Shantideva is the author of one of the most studied texts in the Buddhist canon — A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life....
Emptiness Means Relativity – Ep 84
In this episode Professor Thurman explains that a Buddhist concept of “emptiness” or “voidness” doesn’t mean a “no state” apart from everything, or “nothingness”....
Pilgrimage : The Four Transcendences – Ep. 83
In this podcast Professor Thurman discusses a famous Buddhist concept of the “four transcendences,” or the “four thoughts that change the mind”: 1. The...