38 min
S1E2 Terms and Conditions, Part 1: Types of Buddhism, The Four Schools and Taking Refuge The Bad Buddhist Podcast
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- Buddhism
To help layout a clear path to understanding Buddhism, in this first part of a short series of episodes, we try to clarify some important terminology and introduce the main types of Buddhist practice and what makes them different from each other. We discuss the four main schools of Vajrayana Buddhism, their philosophical views and how they came to be and, finally, the importance of taking refuge and what that means. It's my hope that we'll come away with a better grasp of al...
To help layout a clear path to understanding Buddhism, in this first part of a short series of episodes, we try to clarify some important terminology and introduce the main types of Buddhist practice and what makes them different from each other. We discuss the four main schools of Vajrayana Buddhism, their philosophical views and how they came to be and, finally, the importance of taking refuge and what that means. It's my hope that we'll come away with a better grasp of al...
38 min