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Why I'm Not a Buddhist

The Contemplative Science Podcast

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Is There Such a Thing as Enlightenment?

I can't work out basically what you're committed to when it comes to the funky stuff, the enlightenment. There's no like such thing as an enlightenment or awakening experience outside of being conceptualized as such. I would say there's been an unwarranted move from a description of an experiential realization that has transformed the person to metaphysical statements about reality that don't logically follow. At least that's my own view.

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