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Human Rights & Buddhism : Buddhist History 101 – Ep. 46
Prince Siddhartha was asserting his human right to seek his own flourishing and fulfillment as a human individual rather than serve the community as...
Shantideva: Seventeen Great Pandits of Nalanda – Ep. 45
In this episode Professor Thurman talks about the Seventeen Great Scholars of Nalanda. They taught at Nalanda, which was a renowned Buddhist University, which...
Buddhism 101 : What does Buddha Feel? – Ep. 44
What does it mean to become a Buddha? Does it mean to disappear into space separate from everything? To feel superior? To become a...
Shantideva: Anger Management – Ep. 43
We all know what anger is. When a situation is going wrong for us — when something we wanted to see happening doesn’t, or...
Shantideva: Exchanging Oneself for Others – Ep. 42
“Since I and other beings, both, in wanting happiness are equal and alike, what difference is there to distinguish us, that I should strive...
Heroic Resolve: Conceiving the Bodhisattva Spirit – Ep. 41
When we look at mother-beings and see how they really are—quite unhappy, having a lot of problems, growing old—we naturally wish to relieve their...