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The Magic of Vajrayana with Ken McLeod

Deconstructing Yourself

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The Ontological Status of the Deities and the Protectors

Buddhism isn't really concerned with ontology at all. It's about how we experience things, not whether they exist or are real. The idea that everything has to have a material existence is another instance of the narrowness with which a materialistic mindset limits us when we come to approach spiritual practice.

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