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Buddhism emerged from the diverse philosophies of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha. Ian travels to its most sacred site - the tree under which the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment - to expore its contradictory and sometimes paradoxical attitude to vegetarianism.

Music by Robb Masters (@idiotech); with actors Chetan Pathak, Selva Rasalingam, and Sandeep Garcha.

More information at the full show post - http://theveganoption.org/2016/03/01/veghist-ep02-gautama-siddharta-buddha-buddhism/