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Duncan Trussell Family Hour

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The Goddess of the Earth Says, Yes, I Hold Protect You

In Buddhism, these get left out. So we need the ladies get. In Zen or Taravada, all the stories almost with a few very rare exceptions are about practitioners with penises. There were nuns and some beautiful stories that Terry got to. But mostly of the thousand years, 2,600 years, they've been erased. And in fact, you can't get enlightened without the goddess of the earth saying, yes, I hold protect you. You know, showing you the way without the goddess coming by and saying, you need to take nourishment. You can't just fight against yourself. It's amazing and really beautiful.

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