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BeMoreCast #21 - Eastern philosophy & spirituality

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Today in the podcast we are exploring a general overview of eastern Spirituality and Philosophy. While the are quite some of them, Buddhism and Hinduism are the two we try to lay a comprehensive foundation on.

 

The Four noble Truths: https://www.learnreligions.com/the-four-noble-truths-450095

Taoism (Daoism): https://www.learnreligions.com/taoism-4684858

What is Atman? (Hinduism): https://www.learnreligions.com/what-is-atman-in-hinduism-4691403

Self Help vs Eastern Spirituality: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ejvNtw5Irr8Jz4QOWvIPM?si=WhcUb2UyTWC8zDOq4ZqQHA

Six ideas from eastern Philosophy: https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/six-ideas-from-eastern-philosophy/

 

  • Based around the Buddha (enlightened one) Siddhartha Gautama → tell the story of the buddha's enlightenment.
  • The middle path. Avoid the extremes of either self-indulgence or self-denial.
  • The four noble truths.
    • Dukkha → suffering (dissatisfaction) is everywhere.
  • Samudaya → the cause of suffering is attachment or desire (craving & aversion), rooted in ignorance. Impermanence (Annicca)
  • Nirodha → the end of suffering is Nirvana; anyone can free themselves. Egolessness (Anatta)
  • Maggo → There is a path that leads out of suffering, namely the eight fold noble path
    • Right view, right thought, right speech, right conduct, right vocation, right effort, right attention and right concentration.
  • The eightfold noble path → Sila (morality), Samaddhi (right mindfulness), Panna (wisdom)
    • right view: inisight into the true nature of reality
  • Right intention: the unselfish desire for enlightenment
  • Right speech: Wholesome speech
  • Right action: wholesome action → precepts
  • Right livelihood: Make a living through ethical and wholesome means
  • Right effort: cultivating wholesome qualities, releasing unwholesome qualities
  • Right mindfulness: whole body-and-mind awareness
  • Right concentration: Meditative practice
    • Hindiusm → monistic vs dualistic
    • the atman → the eternal self, spirit & essen. True self as opposed to the ego (the dying part)
  • Brahman → the force underlying all things.
    • The Holy Triad → Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva (Robbert Oppenheimer speech)
  • Moksha (liberation) → the understanding that the atman is in fact Brahman.

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