EP 20: Reincarnation
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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There Is No Self
The Buddha said there is no parusha. There is nothing. Ah, not man. There is no self. What does that mean? That one's true being transcends all categories of being and non-being. He pushes us beyond. And this is the doctrine then of leaving the world and going into the forest. But there is an ironic double twist on that because categories include pairs of opposites,. This and not that. If one thinks there is a difference betweenBeing in the world and not being in the world, one is already caught in the world. The two are the same. Just what we're doing in your life is the discipline of Nirvana. You can take it hard
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