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104 Doug Bates on the Ancient Greek Version of Buddhism

The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

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Eudaimonia: A Concept of Happiness

Eudaimonia is a core concept in all Hellenistic philosophies. It usually gets translated as happiness, but it's a great deal bigger than that. For the Greeks, it is a much more practical thing. There's nothing in a really transcendental to it, like the Indians have. I think we all recall that Socrates got condemned to death or supposedly creating new gods. Quite a few philosophers were threatened with death.

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