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#282 - Do You Really Have a Self?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Paradox of Dependence

In the Buddhist world, we talk about dependent origination. We mean that everything that occurs occurs in dependence on a vast network of countless causes and conditions. So let's begin with the idea of dependent origination and then work our way into conventional existence. In your book, you reference the story of King Melinda Nagasena to do this.

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