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HPI 12 - Rupert Gethin on Buddhism and the Self

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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The Importance of Meditation

The Buddhist starting point is the fact if you like of suffering this word dukkha. We spend not just as it were one lifetime building up our sense of self but we built up this sort of sense of self and identity over many many lifetimes. If you want to kind of dismantle that it requires some work and meditation is an important part of that. Just not in such a full blown sense as the one that we've watched.

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