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Transcript
00:00look at the wandering bhikshus the word means beggar the buddha chose to make them dependent
00:08on the world for something as basic as food itself and this was a step towards liberation
00:15why because that dependence is not a problem if it leads to disappearance of the ego
00:25look at the bhikshu can you give me some food without any hesitation let alone shame
00:34the morning this one comes knocks at your door and says bhiksham dehi is he not dependent in fact
00:41you can choose to kill his body if the entire village collectively decides to not give him any
00:50food he will actually starve because it's not in him to now go and dutifully collect food for himself
01:02from here or there or cultivate it and then bake his bread he won't do that give him food he
01:08will
01:09survive you don't give him food he will slowly just pass away you see this
01:20you

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