A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 37 excerpt) - a podcast by podcasts@pariyatti.org

Story 37 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing'by Ian McCrorie
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The Buddha was more scientist than spiritual seeker. He
wanted to understand human suffering using himself, his body,and his mind as his laboratory. After many years of ascetic
practices, while sitting under a pipal tree in Bihar in northernIndia, he took a vow not to move until his experiment gave up
an answer. As dawn broke so did the yoke that tied him to thisearthly realm. Enlightenment. He was now awakened. He was
now the Buddha. The one who knows. And what does he askof us? Reverence? Obedience? Blind devotion? Not at all. He
asks...

narrated by Ian McCrorie
2022
6 minutes 16 seconds

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