Asking Questions of Buddhism

Buddhist practice is all about learning how we cling to things, views, and ideas. In this video I want to ask a number of questions for you to contemplate, about some of the heart of Buddhist belief and practice. What if it isn't so? Would that change anything? We'll also consider what the Buddha had to say about forms of knowledge.

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00:00 Intro
02:01 Questions to consider
03:16 How we think we know, and what the Buddha thought
06:19 The questions again
08:57 My own views aren’t so important here
09:40 The questions in (some) other religions

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