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The monk hypothetical sharpens the lecture's central problem: whether devotion can force someone to violate an absolute vow in order to prevent a greater metaphysical catastrophe.
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...because you love God so for example say there is this monk who swore never to kill and right there there is a man..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...because you love God so for example say there is this monk who swore never to kill and right there there is a man..."
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"...because you love God so for example say there is this monk who swore never to kill and right there there is a man..."
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"man and you break your route is a situation like this possible okay so the answer to this is what do you think is..."
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"...what you think to be right, then we assume that the monk acted in what he thinks is right, and he killed the man..."
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"...fact that you can touch it. Most mystical traditions are just monks meditating. Okay? Meditating and trying to achieve the divine. The Kabbalah is..."
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"...meltdown this morning. The other just explained Beatitudes like a Zen monk. Choose whom to listen to wisely, folks. Tiberius. This guy is right...."
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"...I'll I'll set it up regardless. It's 12th and 13th century monk. And he in many ways brought about the idea. Of not just..."
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"And this is a question that mystics, monks, have been struggling with for all of human history. Okay? And so, we can never describe..."
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"...Okay? So this is true consciousness. And this is what all monks in the world are trying to Okay? You're trying to leave your..."
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"...truly achieve your full potential as a human. That's why these monks meditate for decades in the snow, because they understand that pain is..."
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"...details if you're interested in that january 3rd gilbert arizona desert monks brewing also january 3rd canaan new hampshire at poor house barbecue january..."
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"...Essenes. Who are the Essenes? The Essenes are people who become monks, and they believe, like John the Baptist, we believe that John the..."
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"...okay for example if you go visit a temple or a monk they could meditate for months and months and months they could walk..."
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