Belief, truth, and practice
Even superficial familiarity with the history of philosophy and ideas (especially from a global perspective) immediately reveals that...
Even superficial familiarity with the history of philosophy and ideas (especially from a global perspective) immediately reveals that...
In Sanskrit and Pāli, yoga literally means 'yoke.' Like the yoke put by farmers on the neck of oxen. In a more metaphorical sense, yoga...
In They Live (1988, directed by John Carpenter), the world is ruled by an invisible alien elite. Everything looks normal and fine, but it...
Very often, the Buddha describes awakening as the extinction of greed, aversion, and ignorance. On some occasions (e.g. MN 72 and SN...
A core notion in the discourses of the Buddha concerns one's attitude towards experience, and in particular the ability of not...
In today's Western culture, it's fairly common to raise the question 'what is the meaning of life?' The reason for raising this question...
It is common in the discourses to come across seemingly ordinary qualities (recollection, energy, effort, tranquility, to mention but a...
On one occasion (MN 37), the Buddha is asked to summarize his teaching in a brief statement. And this is what he came up with: sabbe...
Dhamma-vicaya is a Pāli (compound) word that is usually translated as 'investigation (vicaya) into Dhamma.' Most translators are...