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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 66 excerpt)
Story 66 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
.
To be a Buddhist is to be a Stoic and to be a Stoic is to be a
Buddhist. Neither is a religion. Mere belief in their precepts
holds no purchase. Reciting them every morning proves futile.
Both speak of universal truths and natural laws that govern
human and social behavior. Both schools are empirical, which
is to say they are evidence-based. And that itself is grounded
or tested, even, on one’s own experience. They both conclude
that...
narrated by Ian McCrorie
2022
5 minutes 28 seconds
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Story 66 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
.
To be a Buddhist is to be a Stoic and to be a Stoic is to be a
Buddhist. Neither is a religion. Mere belief in their precepts
holds no purchase. Reciting them every morning proves futile.
Both speak of universal truths and natural laws that govern
human and social behavior. Both schools are empirical, which
is to say they are evidence-based. And that itself is grounded
or tested, even, on one’s own experience. They both conclude
that...
narrated by Ian McCrorie
2022
5 minutes 28 seconds
Listen to Streaming Audio
Your browser does not support the audio element.
Download Audio (3.1MB)
Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti
'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing.
More by Ian McCrorie.
View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.
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