Graham Priest
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386 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2020
last heard Mar 2020
Graham Priest’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And of course not many people would be very happy with that.
But um the thought is that hey, your job was gonna end sooner or later anyway and you shouldn't be so attached to it because doubtless it was good to have a job and you enjoyed it and it gave you many rewards and so on.
But all things have come to an end, so that was a phase in your life.
New phase is coming, don't welcome the new.
Yeah, if you like.
No, that that's a good thought.
I think the first thing to get your head around is that the Buddhist path is not one of sitting on your cushion blissing out.
Okay?
Um the noble path is a path of engagement, especially in later Buddhism where compassion becomes a central virtue.
Compassion is not just saying, Oh, what a poor bastard.
It's actually getting off your bum and doing something about it, right?
So you have to act impassionate compassion, you have to
Engaged in life to help people in a compassionate fashion.
So, Buddhist philosophy is very much in concern with being engaged with life.
You know, Jake Garfield once said to me, Buddhism is not about freeing you from life, it's about freeing you for life.
So that doesn't mean you shouldn't do things as long as they don't go around screwing up other people.
And some of the good things to do in life are certainly creating art.
Funnily as that may sound, that doesn't mean you have to be attached to the end.
I mean you might think it follows 'cause to do it you have to have the desire, desire is attachment.
Okay, that's too fast.
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