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% Origin of the Buddha's teachings
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title: Milinda and the Minotaur
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date: 2011-04-09
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techne: :rough
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episteme: :fiction
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One question plagues me, plagues me more than anything else. It undermines my
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rationality, casts doubt on all that I believe. Let me tell you a little story
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cleaver. The power of the Unjustified Focus was so strong, I could take apart
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whole traditions in one precise strike. But then one thought came up, and with
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it doubt, a little at first, then more and more, until I realized that Eris had
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successfully stolen the cleaver right out of my hand and cut me in two.
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successfully stolen the cleaver right out of my hand and cut me in two.
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"Does the Unjustified Focus really only go one way?"
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teachings? He didn't know neuroscience. He didn't know evolution. He predates
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all of science. Yet, his teachings are *true*. How can this be?
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And I think of Thích Quảng Đức. He didn't even move. Desire can be overcome.
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Oh, and btw. The monster is real. I have met it. It is quite nice and has some
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very interesting things to say. May you encounter it one day, too!
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