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How to Train a Happy Mind

Am I More Important Than Everyone Else in the Universe #15 [rebroadcast]

Aug 6, 2024
38:41

Do each of us believe deep down that we’re just a little bit more important than everyone else? My happiness, my goals, my relationships? The root cause of our suffering from the Buddhist perspective is this belief, a delusion called ignorance, seen as the true source of all our suffering: from disappointment in the face of life’s setbacks, to the dissatisfaction we can feel even when we get exactly what we want. It’s a retelling of the Buddha’s very first teaching, The Four Noble Truths: on suffering, its causes and antidotes, with a modern twist.

Episode 15. Am I More Important Than Everyone Else in the Universe?

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