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Robert Thurman on Enlightenment, Time, Skepticism, and Science [rebroadcast]

Robert Thurman on Enlightenment, Time, Skepticism, and Science [rebroadcast]

FromA Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment


Robert Thurman on Enlightenment, Time, Skepticism, and Science [rebroadcast]

FromA Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment

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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Robert Thurman touches on some of his most profound points in this special interview rebroadcast: from the nature of time, to what is enlightenment, to why there’s no evidence for “nothing.” He talked about what a psychonaut is and the importance of skepticism in Buddhism and in science. Please enjoy this wonderful conversation with one of the world’s greatest minds.The New York times calls Dr. Robert Thurman “the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism.” Professor Thurman is an intimate student of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and was one of the first Westerners to become an ordained Tibetan monk in India in 1962, before returning to the United States to relinquish his monk’s robes and become the Buddhist scholar and author that he’s known as today.[Episode 50] Ten Questions for Dr. Robert Thurman (Part 1)[Episode 51] Ten Questions for Dr. Robert Thurman (Part 2)Support the show (https://www.skepticspath.org/support/)
Released:
Dec 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment brings the inner science of Buddhist meditation to twenty-first century people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. It is a secular approach to meditation that requires no belief beyond our current understanding of science and psychology. Skeptic’s Path meditations are based on powerful analytical meditation techniques that use imagination, emotions, and critical inquiry to probe our inner and outer realities and expand our compassion. These Tibetan Buddhist mind training techniques expand on the popular mindfulness approach to meditation to help us better understand our minds from the inside out, and build healthy mental habits that are the true causes of happiness. Each week in discussions, guided meditations and interviews, we explore the vast variety of analytic meditation topics including love, compassion, sleep, tonglen, vipassana, stress, the body, meditation posture, anger, anxiety, addiction, grief, forgiveness, patience, confidence, loneliness, work, relationships, and more.