What Is It That Makes Us Uniquely Human?

20/10/2018 20 min
What Is It That Makes Us Uniquely Human?

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Episode Synopsis

This talk was given during the Autumn 2018 retreat which included Peter Joshu Thompson as a guest teacher. This talk, in contrast to classical Zen teaching, discusses the importance of the inherent value of the personal self and the capacity for intimacy – to awaken the vulnerable open-heart-centred self. It is important that we don’t interpret Buddhist no-self to mean our personal self has no intrinsic value. It asks the question, what is it that makes us uniquely human?