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Episode 126 - Eastern Philosophies (Part 1)

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The Path to Enlightenment Is Between the Two Extremes

Siddhartha Gautama was a prince in what's now modern day Nepal. He had everything, you know, materially that anybody could ever want. At 29 years old, he's allowed to go outside of the palace and when he does, he sees suffering. It's because we want things to be different than they are that we suffer,. And so if we can rid ourselves of our desires and just accept and love those changes, we can reach this level of enlightenment.

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