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What Every Wisdom Tradition Knows About the Power of Community #shorts

15 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue by Ashish Kothari arguing that research shows stronger motivation comes from positive, relational 'whys' (e.g., wanting to be there for grandchildren or for marriage) and that sustaining a spiritual or behavioral path is aided by community—traditional 'sanghas' such as churches, mosques, temples, and Buddhist sanghas—which provide connection and reminders to stay on the path.

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By the way, all the research validates this. Right. A more positive why I want to be there for my grandkids. Marriage is a lot more motivating why than I don't want to die. Right. All the research proves that. So if you know your why. But even then, to stay on the path, having a community, you know, in every wisdom tradition, there is this concept of a sangha, a group that gets together. You know, we go to church once a week. Why do we go to church once a week? We can pray at home, but we go to church because there is people that we can connect with that allow us and remind us to walk the path. Right. Muslims go to mosque, Hindus go to temples. Buddhists have, you know, all these Sanghas that you're a part of.