
EP 4: Occidental and Oriental Ideas
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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The Tree of Illumination
The Buddha sat beneath a tree called the Tree of Illumination. The Lord of Life came to him with two names, one name is Love and the other is Death. He was so stricken by what he had experienced that he sat for seven days. Then he stood up and looked away where he had been sitting all this time. And no experience can be taught about Buddhism now because it cannot be taught in its current form.
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