Full lecture title: "A Branch of Yellow Leaves: Buddhism, the World and Poetry"
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Ira Glass of This American Life says, “Great stories happen to people who know how to tell them.
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In a society increasingly driven by science and technology, world religions and the communities they inspire remain a vast and rock-solid political force.
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This two-part course addresses two major themes of Buddhism: individual liberation and social transformation.
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Doubt in early Buddhism is something we need to overcome in order to make progress along the path. I'll look at doubt in this video, and provide three different strategies we can use that can help with them.
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