Dr. Robert Thurman

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Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

In education, when you go to medical school, the doctor doesn't say, believe you're a doctor and you'll be fine. And you can practice. No way. You have to study biology, you have to study anatomy, you have to study chemistry, pharmacology, blah, blah, blah. So Buddhism is like that. You have to study it. No authority can just tell you it's like so and so, and then you believe it, and that's that.

In education, when you go to medical school, the doctor doesn't say, believe you're a doctor and you'll be fine. And you can practice. No way. You have to study biology, you have to study anatomy, you have to study chemistry, pharmacology, blah, blah, blah. So Buddhism is like that. You have to study it. No authority can just tell you it's like so and so, and then you believe it, and that's that.

In education, when you go to medical school, the doctor doesn't say, believe you're a doctor and you'll be fine. And you can practice. No way. You have to study biology, you have to study anatomy, you have to study chemistry, pharmacology, blah, blah, blah. So Buddhism is like that. You have to study it. No authority can just tell you it's like so and so, and then you believe it, and that's that.

And that's why the Four Noble Truths, the sort of main framework of Buddhism, they translate it as truth, and that's not wrong. But if you translate it as the Four Noble Facts,

And that's why the Four Noble Truths, the sort of main framework of Buddhism, they translate it as truth, and that's not wrong. But if you translate it as the Four Noble Facts,

And that's why the Four Noble Truths, the sort of main framework of Buddhism, they translate it as truth, and that's not wrong. But if you translate it as the Four Noble Facts,

facts would be better yeah yeah you know there was aspects of reality yes and the first one is if you don't know what it is you're going to misunderstand where you are who you are and where you are and you're going to suffer but you can learn what it is that's the big kicker everyone else tells you in school the religious people told me you can't understand anything

facts would be better yeah yeah you know there was aspects of reality yes and the first one is if you don't know what it is you're going to misunderstand where you are who you are and where you are and you're going to suffer but you can learn what it is that's the big kicker everyone else tells you in school the religious people told me you can't understand anything

facts would be better yeah yeah you know there was aspects of reality yes and the first one is if you don't know what it is you're going to misunderstand where you are who you are and where you are and you're going to suffer but you can learn what it is that's the big kicker everyone else tells you in school the religious people told me you can't understand anything

You just have to believe, and you have to believe whether it makes sense to you or not, just believe." And I said, I don't like that. I refuse. That's no good. And then there's a great joke on that. Do you know the joke about that, the theologian's joke?

You just have to believe, and you have to believe whether it makes sense to you or not, just believe." And I said, I don't like that. I refuse. That's no good. And then there's a great joke on that. Do you know the joke about that, the theologian's joke?

You just have to believe, and you have to believe whether it makes sense to you or not, just believe." And I said, I don't like that. I refuse. That's no good. And then there's a great joke on that. Do you know the joke about that, the theologian's joke?

where a theologian was asking the congregation, like, define faith. Tell me, folks, what is faith? Can you tell me? And nobody would speak. So then the little Johnny in the front row was going like, I can say, I can say. And he didn't go to him because he was a little kid. Then finally, nobody had grown up would speak. So he says, well, you all should be ashamed of yourself.

where a theologian was asking the congregation, like, define faith. Tell me, folks, what is faith? Can you tell me? And nobody would speak. So then the little Johnny in the front row was going like, I can say, I can say. And he didn't go to him because he was a little kid. Then finally, nobody had grown up would speak. So he says, well, you all should be ashamed of yourself.

where a theologian was asking the congregation, like, define faith. Tell me, folks, what is faith? Can you tell me? And nobody would speak. So then the little Johnny in the front row was going like, I can say, I can say. And he didn't go to him because he was a little kid. Then finally, nobody had grown up would speak. So he says, well, you all should be ashamed of yourself.

Little John is the only one who's answering the question.

Little John is the only one who's answering the question.