{"id":1342,"date":"2018-02-23T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2018-03-21T09:18:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:18:54","slug":"the-buddhist-answer-for-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=1342","title":{"rendered":"The Buddhist Answer for Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott\u2019s still got a cold! And he\u2019s a cranky old man who wants to argue with people! So today we\u2019ll try to come up with the Buddhist answer to everything.<\/p>\n<p>Not really. Long time listeners should know by now that quick and easy answers aren\u2019t our stock in trade. We\u2019re far more likely to come up with complicated answers that point to the messiness of life rather than the simple and comfortable. And that\u2019s really what we\u2019re on about today, coming up with responses to the oft-asked \u201cDoesn\u2019t Buddhism say\u2026?\u201d or \u201cWhat\u2019s the Buddhist position on X?\u201d Our answer? There isn\u2019t an answer. And, more than that, there\u2019s the possibility that Buddhism is wrong. (Cue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw\">dramatic chipmunk<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s image, something Harry mentions in the episode, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.seiko.co.jp\/en\/collections\/clock_watch\/category4\/collect009.html\">Shumisengi astronomical clock<\/a>, created by Hisashige Tanaka in 1850. It\u2019s an model of the traditional Buddhist world system with the sun and moon rotating around a flat disk with Mt. 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