Introduction

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven

This conversation covers the key ideas of Buddhism and compares it with Stoicism. This will be the first of many more conversations. We thought it was important to start with a 101.

(01:49) Introduction

(06:36) The Founding Parable

(14:33) The 4 Noble Truths

(20:07) The Middle Way

(31:39) Buddhist Evolution

(40:17) Stoicism vs Buddhism: Similarities

(48:10) Stoicism vs Buddhism: Differences

Episode 55: Building Stoic Mindfulness

Episode 56: Greg Lopez on Stoicism and Buddhism

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