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101 Contemplative, Existential Psychotherapy and Dzogchen

The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

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Buddhist Mysticism and the Soul

The difficulty in talking about it is obviously part of the myth-making of the Buddha. He refuses to talk about what necessarily comes after death and doesn't really make much mention of the soul. It's interesting just how many even Buddhist teachers end up falling back on this word, the soul. Even if you're talking about things like unconditioned reality, that's a concept that we're using to try and get at something which should be beyond what's being described.

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