Hey, what's up, everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. Thank you again for joining us this week. I hope you're having an amazing day. And definitely good start to the week here with this episode. First of all, we've made it to Episode 20, which is just incredible. Definitely, I'm super grateful to have you here and really quite proud that here we are at 20 episodes. And I really feel like this show just started not too long ago. But we're getting to a place now where we're starting to pump out these episodes on the regular, and we've got some systems in place. I hope you're enjoying this content. And you know, make sure you're subscribed because we're going to be producing a lot more episodes for you, as we continue to move forward. Today's show is going to be really, really interesting, we're actually diving into what's called the Bodhisattva vow. And this is something you know, in the world of spirituality, something that's very important, and really quite central to this idea of enlightenment and suffering, right? It's the human condition, you know, that we suffer from? What does it mean to be human? Right? That's what we explore in this podcast is the ideas that are deeper to the essence of humanity, and what it really means to be a human in this world. And why are we suffering? Why do we live a life where it seems like, everywhere we turn, there's suffering involved? Well, that's kind of what this Bodhisattva vow is all about. If you've ever heard of the Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva vow, then you might know what I'm talking about. But if not, that's what we're going to be covering in this episode. So if you've ever asked the questions, you know, what is a Bodhisattva? Can I become a Bodhisattva? What is the vow of the Bodhisattva? You know, who is Buddha? Right? This is where this kind of started from is with Buddha himself. And, you know, if you want to learn more about the story of Buddha, that's what we're going to be talking about in this episode, as well as what is enlightenment? Really? What's the point of becoming enlightened? You know, again, there's suffering happening all around the world. So is it really a valid pursuit to you know, have enlightenment as a goal of yours personally? What does that actually mean? Right? Are we moving towards a spiritual awakening personally? So individually? And or are we moving towards an awakening collectively as a human race? Can we actually get there? And is it really even worth it? You know, who are we truly as individuals, and as humans collectively? I know, these are big questions. They're very profound. And they definitely can have different answers based on your perspective and your experiences. But that's really what we're going to be talking about today, or rather, what Matthew is going to be talking about today. Again, this is another past recording of a conscious community class, we're bringing this material to you refreshing it and sort of putting it front and centre again, so that you can consume this because the material here is just absolutely amazing. But you know, sometimes it's a little hard to consume, to sit down to a two-hour video. We wanted to make these into more bite sized episodes, keeping things at an hour or less, and leaving it in the audio form. That way, you can consume it passively. Anyway, I really hope you enjoy this, you're going to learn a little bit more about Matthew and his background, you're going to learn a little bit more about the school in general. And then we're really going to start talking about this deep spiritual teaching of the Bodhisattva in its essence, and what is the vow of the Bodhisattva. Again, thank you for being here. I really hope you enjoy this one. Let's go ahead and jump right into it. 

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