Jammin out ideas around the impact of aesthetics on our beliefs, Em and Fau open up questions of connection and identification with one's teacher and lessons, evaluating the ramifications of Asian culture on Buddhist practices in the west. Touching on fetishization, piracy, and desire with cameos by Frida, Diego Rivera, Ayn Rand and Jamba Juice, the episode is a carnival of examples and ideas. From commodification and proliferation of product based Buddhism and advertisement to the attachment to symbols for authenticity, the hosts want to understand what a spiritual practice is once it is stripped of its cultural aesthetics and determinant attachments. 

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