Enlightenment, Non-Attachment and Other Toxic Spiritual Cons

In this episode, we look at why you should listen to South Park's Butters over modern Buddhist gurus. We talk about the sales pitch used by spiritual gurudom to get people hungry for Enlightenment while hiding the truth about the awful reality of that path. Fun fun fun.
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📚 Further Reading:

Mingyur, R.Y. and Swanson, E., 2010. Joyful wisdom.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:32 Everything is S ** T
6:08 The Horrors of Spiritual Attainment
8:40 Who's Falling for It?
10:31 Who It's Really For
12:37 Spiritual Bypassing