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Grab your begging bowl, ochre robes and open your mind because this week we explain why if you see the Buddha on the path you should bonk him. We explore the birth, life and death of the Buddha pausing to explore some of the most interesting and overlooked parts of the historical figure’s life. In the extended show we discuss the shamanic origins of Tibetan Buddhism, the Panglung State Oracle and ritual implements used in Mahayana ritual.

On this week’s show we discuss:
-If you see the Buddha on the path, bonk him
-The Dalai Lama
-Buddhism Propaganda
-Buddha’s Mom
-Siddhartha the Chakravartin
-The Early Life of the Buddha
-The Great Going Forth
-Siddhartha the Ascetic
-Rice Pudding
-Under The Bodhi Tree
-The Dark One, Mara
-Nirvana
-The Four Noble Truths
-The Eightfold Path
-Atman versus Anatman
-is Buddhism “Satanic?”

In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further down the rabbit hole to discuss:
-The Three Major Schools
-Death Meditation
-The Vajra
-The Rainbowbody
-The Wheel of Samsara
-Phadmasambhava Rinpoche
-The Bon Spirits
-Phurba
-The Panglang State Oracle
-Djorge Shugden

Three Schools of Buddhism and Ritual Tools sections written by Heka Astra

Music By:
Spirit Travel Plaza
https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0Yo

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Sources:

Mara:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/mara#:~:text=In%20Buddhism%2C%20Mara%20is%20the,death%22%20of%20the%20spiritual%20life.

Panglung Oracle:
https://www.dorjeshugden.org/overview/the-oracles-of-dorje-shugden

Buddha:
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/buda/hd_buda.htm
World Religions - Huston Smith

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