Dr. Robert Thurman
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Sanskrit. Yeah, but not Hindi.
Sanskrit. Yeah, but not Hindi.
yeah yeah yeah oh yeah and so so you read the original text so you don't have to go through a filter third party you get to actually well somewhere directly to the source it all gets so rusty i'm getting to where i can barely speak english often you're doing okay but the point is the fourth noble truth therefore is a curriculum it's a higher education in uh reality science
yeah yeah yeah oh yeah and so so you read the original text so you don't have to go through a filter third party you get to actually well somewhere directly to the source it all gets so rusty i'm getting to where i can barely speak english often you're doing okay but the point is the fourth noble truth therefore is a curriculum it's a higher education in uh reality science
yeah yeah yeah oh yeah and so so you read the original text so you don't have to go through a filter third party you get to actually well somewhere directly to the source it all gets so rusty i'm getting to where i can barely speak english often you're doing okay but the point is the fourth noble truth therefore is a curriculum it's a higher education in uh reality science
discovery reality, which is the job of science, wisdom, which is the goal of science, should be not just a quantifiable data list, but wisdom, ethics, you know, how to behave in a realistic manner, and mind or meditation or how to cultivate your mind and how to manage your mind. So there's a higher education in those three things. And the eight branches fit into these three higher education.
discovery reality, which is the job of science, wisdom, which is the goal of science, should be not just a quantifiable data list, but wisdom, ethics, you know, how to behave in a realistic manner, and mind or meditation or how to cultivate your mind and how to manage your mind. So there's a higher education in those three things. And the eight branches fit into these three higher education.
discovery reality, which is the job of science, wisdom, which is the goal of science, should be not just a quantifiable data list, but wisdom, ethics, you know, how to behave in a realistic manner, and mind or meditation or how to cultivate your mind and how to manage your mind. So there's a higher education in those three things. And the eight branches fit into these three higher education.
But they say training. Why do they say training? I'll tell you why. Because in our culture, we're all totally overeducated. We've been four years here, eight years there, four years there, medical school, you know, totally. And we have these degrees and we're still pissed off.
But they say training. Why do they say training? I'll tell you why. Because in our culture, we're all totally overeducated. We've been four years here, eight years there, four years there, medical school, you know, totally. And we have these degrees and we're still pissed off.
But they say training. Why do they say training? I'll tell you why. Because in our culture, we're all totally overeducated. We've been four years here, eight years there, four years there, medical school, you know, totally. And we have these degrees and we're still pissed off.
Still suffering and still frustrated. So we think, and of course we think our education is the greatest that ever happened on the planet, in the universe. You know, maybe we're the only beings in the universe we stupidly think, and then also we, you know, that talk, you know, and then we think it's the greatest. So since we've had this huge education, it must suck.
Still suffering and still frustrated. So we think, and of course we think our education is the greatest that ever happened on the planet, in the universe. You know, maybe we're the only beings in the universe we stupidly think, and then also we, you know, that talk, you know, and then we think it's the greatest. So since we've had this huge education, it must suck.
Still suffering and still frustrated. So we think, and of course we think our education is the greatest that ever happened on the planet, in the universe. You know, maybe we're the only beings in the universe we stupidly think, and then also we, you know, that talk, you know, and then we think it's the greatest. So since we've had this huge education, it must suck.
So we want to think that Buddhism is just empty your mind and then you're fine. Don't have a mind, in other words, it's just absolutely the wrong thing to do. The greatest thing we have is the human mind. It's a little bit divine, you know? Yeah. And we agree with the religions on that.
So we want to think that Buddhism is just empty your mind and then you're fine. Don't have a mind, in other words, it's just absolutely the wrong thing to do. The greatest thing we have is the human mind. It's a little bit divine, you know? Yeah. And we agree with the religions on that.
So we want to think that Buddhism is just empty your mind and then you're fine. Don't have a mind, in other words, it's just absolutely the wrong thing to do. The greatest thing we have is the human mind. It's a little bit divine, you know? Yeah. And we agree with the religions on that.
And it's vulnerable, which is the problem with the gods, is they are divine, but they're just in their thousand-year jacuzzi, and they never do anything. So they deny all about the suffering, you know? But we are not, because we bump into things. We stub our toes, you know? And so the point is,
And it's vulnerable, which is the problem with the gods, is they are divine, but they're just in their thousand-year jacuzzi, and they never do anything. So they deny all about the suffering, you know? But we are not, because we bump into things. We stub our toes, you know? And so the point is,
And it's vulnerable, which is the problem with the gods, is they are divine, but they're just in their thousand-year jacuzzi, and they never do anything. So they deny all about the suffering, you know? But we are not, because we bump into things. We stub our toes, you know? And so the point is,