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229 – One Reality, Many Descriptions Part 1: Emptiness

The Zen Studies Podcast

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The Different Ways to Define Reality

Over the millennia Buddhism has employed many different teachings, meant to point people toward reality. We're unlikely to set out on the path of practice unless we're willing to consider that what we currently perceive as reality might be an illusion created by a complex web of self-centered narratives. For most of us our practice begins with an intuitive sense that we're missing something important and then we set about trying to awaken to reality ourselves.

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