Canon and Reason, Complete Chinese Translation

The complete text is now posted in both Chinese & English, in seven parts:

[Part 1:] https://medium.com/p/b5947081e0d7

[Part 2:] https://medium.com/p/852b9ba5840b

[Part 3:] https://medium.com/p/74144e6f09c6

[Part 4:] https://medium.com/p/b805fed15544

[Part 5:] https://medium.com/p/e3831544397c

[Part 6:] https://medium.com/p/b70b5dabe74d

[Part 7:] https://medium.com/p/52ef8bad0ba3

南傳佛教研究中的“經典”與“理性”問題：

從柬埔寨到雲南，文化人類學邂逅巴利文大藏經

Problems of “Canon” and “Reason” in Theravāda Studies:

Cultural Anthropology Encounters the Pali Canon (巴利文大藏經), From Cambodia to Yunnan

Mind and The Material Elements (article)

The most important article on Buddhist Philosophy never published:
https://medium.com/p/1c31959b2e56

I would like to thank all of the cowardly editors who admitted that this was an important (even brilliant) contribution to the study of Buddhist Philosophy, but that they could not publish it because they live in fear of Richard Gombrich.  Perhaps "thank" was not the right verb in that sentence. ;-)

Vegetarianism and/or/as/vs. Buddhism

I re-formatted and re-posted my article dealing with vegetarianism (and the question of how we know anything at all from the most ancient texts of the Buddhist tradition) because it keeps coming up in conversation.

https://medium.com/p/c636fa4f37dd

On Youtube, Reading Mythology but Seeing History

Reading Mythology but Seeing History: the Historical Buddha and the Historical Hercules.

Click: http://youtu.be/cEjugRV84e0

Sangharakshita and the Scandal that Never Ends.

In a world where all is impermanent, it takes quite a lot for a scandal to leave a permanent mark on the world.  However, Sangharakshita's surreal career is an example of one such scandal.

For a very short and efficient introduction to one aspect of the scandal (sex, drugs, lies, and Buddhism), take a look at this letter-of-resignation from some of his former followers that I've now archived on Medium.com:
https://medium.com/p/65ed24df006d

A much longer essay on the intellectual history of the cult (formerly called F.W.B.O., now rebranded as "Triratna") is here:
https://medium.com/p/e76008fc03e1

And, finally, a first-person account of the sexual abuse that was endemic to this organization is recorded here:
https://medium.com/p/a0712eeb8260

Buddhist Philosophy, Known or Unknown?

On Youtube: do we know what the Buddha taught, thought or said?

Is Buddhist philosophy something we can know (the same way that we know the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, etc.) or is there some kind of special exception to the rules involved?  (Organized religions always seem to make themselves an exception to the rules, hm?)

Click: http://youtu.be/GzOcSpxKVoA

On Youtube, Atheism, Empiricial attitudes, and the Future of Buddhism.

A discussion of atheism, empiricism, and one religion's claim to be scientific.

Click: http://youtu.be/bjTr1hQ9_WY