Guatama Buddha, the historic sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded, is said to have reached enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Centuries later, prominent Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh said that the next “Buddha” might not be an individual, but rather a community.
It’s an argument that resonates for Rick Archer, a longtime meditator and host of the popular website and interview series “Buddha at the Gas Pump,” or BATGAP. Archer has done hundreds of weekly interviews with “ordinary spiritually awakening people,” as the website states. The guests range from people you’ve probably never heard of to spiritual giants like Deepak Chopra and Robert Thurman.
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