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Podcast Episode 58: Hatred, Closets, and Loneliness
Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number Fifty-Eight. My name is Brian Schell, and I am the your host for the show. You can find the text as well as all links mentioned in this program and all past episodes on the website at www.dailybuddhism.com.
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[Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show]
This Week’s Links:
Dealing With Hatred
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1343
Koan; Sleeping in the Daytime
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1345
Is Buddhism A Lonely Path?
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1347
Closet Buddhism
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/1349
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i think im a buddhist without even having to convert to buddhism becuase everything it teaches i already thought through and agree with, i also think some of it is taken too seriously at points where i dont think it needs to be. I know this isnt really a comment on the episode, but just felt like giving my point of view.
I agree with ED whole heartedly. To ‘Convert’ seems like a need to fullfill someones idea of what you ‘Should’ do in order to follow the buddist way.
Is this not the very trap we are wanting to avoid?
to add to that – the very fact that your reading this means you as I, are awakened to the fact the majority of people are not.
I was drawn to Buddhism at an early age. I never dreamed I would call myself one. Then one day, it all kinda clicked, and I realized that I already was “Buddhist”. There was no conversion. Learning about Buddhism has always seemed more like remembering long forgotten things, things I knew deep down on some level. So now I claim “Buddhist”, but what does that title really mean anyways? That I see the world as impermanent? That I see the “empty” aspect of temporary forms? That I realize that wrongly place desire leads to suffering? I would say that the title “Buddhist” could easily be replaced by “awake”.
I am new to Buddhism and really enjoy listening to your podcast. I am able now to attend a Buddhist center where I live and looking forward to the others I will meet there. It will be nice to celebrate together. Thanks for all you do Brian. Sherry in Roanoke Va.