Am I More Important Than Everyone Else in the Universe #15 [rebroadcast]
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Do we each secretly believe we matter just a little more than everyone else? That my happiness, my ambitions, my relationships carry greater weight?
From a Buddhist perspective, this deeply ingrained belief is the root of our suffering: a delusion known as ignorance, considered the true source of everything from heartbreak and disappointment to the quiet dissatisfaction that lingers even when we get exactly what we want.
This is a modern retelling of the Buddha’s first teaching, The Four Noble Truths, exploring the nature of suffering, its causes, and the path beyond it through a contemporary lens.
Episode 15. Am I More Important Than Everyone Else in the Universe?
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- 0:00Introduction
- 3:36The Buddha’s first teaching
- 5:55Three types of suffering
- 13:11Suffering comes from ignorance
- 18:54"Karma is the root of our problems"
- 22:12The antidotes to suffering
- 38:17Closing