Eastern Traditions: Why are Suffering and Ritual Vital? -
closer to truth's eastern traditions and the big questions

How do Buddhism, Chinese traditions and Hinduism address the perennial problems of suffering, ethics, ritual and contemplative practices? Why is suffering so important in Buddhism? Why karma in Hinduism? Why systems of nature in Chinese traditions?

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 45 seconds

Episode Number: 103

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About Closer to Truth's Eastern Traditions and the Big Questions:

How do Eastern traditions address the Big Questions of existence and sentience - Closer To Truth's pillar categories of Cosmos, Consciousness, Meaning? How do Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Hinduism (alphabetically) address fundamental questions: deep nature of the world; human person; evil and suffering; contemplative practices; essence and existence, the nature of being, ontology; and ultimate futures, life after death, transformation of the world, eschatology?