How Was the Buddha Down-to-Earth? His Approach to Ritual

How was the Buddha a down-to-earth, pragmatic teacher? We will look at his views on some of the most important ritual practices of his day, and how he was skeptical of them.

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✅ Videos mentioned:
The Buddhist Nun Who Taught a Brahmin a Lesson —    • The Buddhist Nun Who Taught a Brahmin...  
Buddha's Fire Sermon and ... Our House Fire —    • Buddha's Fire Sermon and ... Our Hous...  
The Buddha on “Magic” —    • The Buddha on "Magic"  
Devotion in Early Buddhism —    • Devotion in Early Buddhism  
How We Get Caught By Practice: Clinging to Rules and Rituals in Early Buddhism —    • How We Get Caught By Practice: Clingi...  

✅ Course mentioned::
Work, Money, Pleasure — https://onlinedharma.org/p/work-money...

✅ Book mentioned:
Donald Lopez, The Scientific Buddha: His Short and Happy Life — https://amzn.to/39clcjx

✅ Suttas mentioned:
Bathing:
https://suttacentral.net/sn7.21/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/mn40/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/mn7/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/ud1.9/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/thig12.1/en/...

Fire:
https://suttacentral.net/sn7.1/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/thag5.6/en/s...

Blood:
https://suttacentral.net/sn3.9/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/dn5/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/snp2.7/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/an7.47/en/su...

Ritual homage:
https://suttacentral.net/dn31/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/mn40/en/sujato

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00:00 Intro
00:26 The “Scientific Buddha” problem
04:27 Ritual bathing
07:01 Ritual fire
12:32 Blood sacrifice
15:33 Ritual homage generally

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