Hello, you are listening to the Secular Buddhism Podcast, and this is episode number 25.

I am your host Noah Rochetta, and today I am answering the question, is Buddhism a religion?

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Now let's jump into this week's topic.

So as many of you may know, I go around and I teach workshops on how to develop more

mindfulness or an introduction to Buddhism or anything along those lines.

And a question that I get quite regularly about Buddhism is Buddhism or religion.

Because I'm asked this question so often, I thought I would dedicate a podcast episode

to answering this question, at least from my perspective.

And this can be a tricky question, because in Western mindset, we typically ask questions

and we expect either a true or false question or a yes or no answer or a specific answer

that suits that answers the question for everyone.

And with most things in life, especially pertaining to a spiritual path or I guess religion

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