Everyday Buddhism 68 - The Buddha's Wife: Yasodhara and the Buddha with Vanessa Sasson
Everyday Buddhism: Making Everyday Better
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The Odds Against the Dealing the Gods and the Star
In that sense, you really do have him living in a bubble, whereas most people don't. And maybe it's only by having that really extreme experience that his insight is going to be so sharp, because it's so fresh. Whereas the rest of us get dulled almost by suffering. We see suffering every day, and we don't think about it so much, he never saw it, so when he did see it, it was overwhelming. I mean, really, that's essentially what it seemed like. That explains that that the odds against the dealing the gods and the star, ecause that was going to be another question.
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