# Do Buddhists Pray?

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Podcast: [Buddhism Beyond Belief with Susan Piver](https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddhism-beyond-belief-with-susan-piver-7581346)
Published: 2026-05-01T09:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Here is a new episode after an unexpected pause. I’m moving to a new house and that has stirred disorientation, emotional complexity, and a break from familiar patterns. The truth is, I just didn’t know if I had anything of use to say. Also, I was in a bad mood? Needy! It happens! It turns out that this unsettled place provided a good context to consider a question raised in our Open Heart Project sangha: do Buddhists pray? If so, to whom? In a non-theistic tradition, rather ...

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