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Into the Unknown – Kamalashila
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Into the Unknown – Kamalashila

Contemplating things as they are, while reflecting on life and death

Who are we really, beyond our ideas about ourselves and the world? After more than half a century as a Buddhist practitioner, Kamalashila (Anthony Matthews) reflects on his life and impending death – he was recently told he had four months to live.

Kamalashila speaks to Daniel Simpson

As he wrote back in April: “What is happening to me happens to everyone and it will happen to you, so think about that too and practice some dharma.” Our conversation explores what this means from a range of perspectives, drawing inspiration from a lifetime of inquiry. Among many other topics, we discuss:

  • His early experience of insight through LSD

  • Encountering Buddhism and meeting his teacher

  • The benefits of celibacy and living off-grid as a hermit

  • Some of the drawbacks to “Western Buddhism”

  • Fear of death, and how to alleviate it

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