Hello, you are listening to the secular Buddhism podcast and this is episode number 11

I am your host Noah Rosheta and today I'm talking about the parable of the raft

Before we jump into the topic I want to remind you that this podcast is produced every week

covers philosophical topics within Buddhism and secular humanism and

Episodes one through five serve as a basic introduction to secular Buddhism and to general Buddhist concepts

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Now let's jump into this week's topic

Hi guys, I am excited to talk to you today about a parable called the raft parable and

This is a well-known teaching in Buddhism that I think is quite popular because it has a great message

And this comes from the Algarupama Sutta and this is also called the Water Snake Simuli Sutta or teaching and the idea here

It's two different stories and the first part of the story is about a water snake and the second part of the story is about

Arraft

And they go hand in hand and there are various

interpretations of what this parable means and what the moral of the story is

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