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This Wisdom Podcast episode features special guest Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo. Venerable Anālayo is a scholar of early Buddhism and a meditation teacher. He completed his PhD research on the Satipaṭṭhānasutta at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2000 and his habilitation research with a comparative study of the Majjhimanikāya in light of its Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan parallels at the University of Marburg, Germany, in 2007. His over five hundred publications are for the most part based on comparative studies. In this episode, host Daniel Aitken and Venerable discuss Venerable’s book The Perfection Of Wisdom In First Bloom. They also explore the Bodhisattva path, Venerable shares his mindfulness detour in the USA, and together they touch upon the debate of the origins of Mahayana Buddhism. 

They also discuss: 

• How the meaning of Bodhisattva evolved;
• identity without rigidity;
• living with multiple Buddha views;
• bodhisattva vows in Theravada; and
• So much more!

Wisdom Podcast listeners are invited to save 30% on The Perfection Of Wisdom In First Bloom with code WPODBLOOM through October 30.

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