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To Study Buddhism Is to Study the Self (and Why That’s Not Selfish)
To Study Buddhism Is to Study the Self (and Why That’s Not Selfish)
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Liberation from self-concern is central to all forms of Buddhism, although the methods used to achieve that liberation differ widely. In this episode, I present a classic Zen teaching on not-self: Zen Master Dogen’s statement that “To study Buddhism is to study the self.” The Zen take on the self definitely grows out of, and depends on, the older Buddhist teaching of anatta I presented in the last episode, so you might want to listen to that one first if you haven't already (The Three Marks and the Teaching of Not-Self, Episode 14).
Released:
May 18, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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