Elvenoaks Concepts

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This idea of knowledge as a way to better understand or express the self is not new. The original Buddhist Triple Discipline, identified as early as the third century B.C., included Wisdom or Prajna as one of the three subjects of study. "Enlightenment" came from understanding one's self-nature.

In Buddhist thought, self-nature and Truth were identical, and found inside the individual. In the same way, it can be said that learning helps people realize and express themselves fully. And though college may feel like a monastery some times, learning does not only happen here.

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