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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
What is the purpose of living?
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Life is short. What’s the purpose of living? | Buddhist Wisdom
(Buddhism Podcast) Buddhism Explained. Life is short — but what is it really for? This video looks into the quiet question many of us carry: Why are we here, and what gives life meaning? Using simple Buddhist wisdom, it shows how our constant chasing and avoiding can lead to deep restlessness. Instead of trying to fix life, we can learn to be fully present with it [to see it for what it really is and, seeing it, letting go and thereby being liberated from it]. The answer may not be something we find, but something we live.
00:00 - The question beneath all questions — Why ask at all?
04:03 - The Endless Cycle — chasing happiness, fleeing from sorrow
08:07 - The ripple of our actions — Why death isn’t an escape
14:40 - The Middle Path — walking through life, not around it
18:14 - The point is presence — Living the answer in this moment
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