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Episode 194: God Has No Mother (with Chris Matheson)

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Is Buddhism a Novel Way of Teaching Kindness and Compassion?

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I think my theory is that Buddhism got to the west got stripped of all its objectionable elements and introduced as a novel way of teaching kindness and compassion in a way that could easily be done with any religion. I do believe that it's a huge source of suffering you know even the thought of my dog dying made me for years not want to get another dog but without without those attachments then you're just living a life that doesn't make sense, he says.

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