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225 – How to Relate to Worldly Pleasure as a Buddhist – Part 1
225 – How to Relate to Worldly Pleasure as a Buddhist – Part 1
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Dec 25, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Traditionally, the ideal of Buddhism is the renunciate monastic who forgoes worldly pleasures because they are fleeting and distract us from practice. How should a serious practitioner relate to worldly pleasures if they’re not living a renunciate lifestyle? Is it possible to fully enjoy the pleasures in our lives while maintaining a strong Buddhist practice, or are we fooling ourselves when we try to do so? In this episode I define what I mean by “worldly pleasure,” and then discuss five drawbacks of such pleasure as described in Buddhist teachings, and in our own experience.
Released:
Dec 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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