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Ep. 269 - (Group Learning Program) - Chapter 19 - The Difficult Human Existence: Sickness, Aging, and Death

Daily Wisdom - Walking The Path with The Buddha

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The Buddha's Teachings Can Be Changed

The original source text that we point back to as being the original teachings originates around 800 to 12 hundred years ago. They wrote things down either immediately after the buddha's death, or sometime within two to 500 years after his death. But inadvertently, teachings can actually be changed, little by little by little. And because of the universal truth of impermanence, this is why it's important that you don't believe any of the teachings. It's only when you learn the teachings, reflect on them and practise them to see the truth for yourself, that you acquire wisdom.

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