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Guru Viking Podcast

Ep253: The Buddhist Path - Leigh Brasington

May 10, 2024
Leigh Brasington, Buddhist meditation teacher, discusses the 13-step Gradual Training for enlightenment, origins of Buddhist scriptures, importance of moral precepts, and skepticism towards claims of psychic powers. Topics include teaching inconsistencies, evolution of doctrines, and tampering of scriptures.
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Quick takeaways

  • Emphasizing moral precepts in meditation practice helps build a foundation for accessing higher states of consciousness.
  • Guarding the senses against external stimuli is essential for developing mindfulness and avoiding unwholesome influences.

Deep dives

Importance of Ethical Foundation Through Precepts

Keeping the precepts as part of the gradual training not only involves refraining from harmful actions like killing but also emphasizes behaving compassionately and kindly towards all living beings. The precepts serve as an important foundation for building a mind that can access higher states of consciousness.

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