Thursday, 27 December 2012

The Ordination of Women in Buddhism, Old Facts & New Fables

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MacBeth vs. MacDuff. One of the recurrent issues in my own writing is the misconception that "crazy theories" come from the fr...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Recently Asked Questions 02

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The t-shirt is actually for a rock band, not the religion… [Question:] Do you have any recommendations for translations of the Sutta Pit...

Buddhist Philosophy 08, Dissent from the Top

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Suppose someone formed their opinion of Buddhism based solely on the articles on this blog (a scenario only slightly stranger than meetin...
Friday, 7 December 2012

Buddhism and the Leaders of Public Opinion

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Charles Johnson, 2010 ( OSU Library ) As I've said some disparaging things about Schopenhauer lately, *¹ *² I'll open this art...
Monday, 3 December 2012

Gaps on the Map (more on "the silence of the internet")

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Although I'm glad that anyone read the article at all, I think that my former point was missed about looking at the (imperfect) map o...
Sunday, 2 December 2012

Catalan + Chinese + French + English Vocabulary Part 05

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• Vocabulari de la llengua catalana + xinesa + anglesa + francesa, part 05 • 第05詞彙—加泰羅尼亞語＋中文＋法語＋英語 • 第05词汇—加泰罗尼亚语＋中文＋法语＋英语 • Catalan +...
Saturday, 1 December 2012

Buddhist Philosophy 07, No Soul, Not Selfless Persons

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The Buddha's teaching that there is no soul has absolutely nothing to do with our modern (English) sense of the word "selflessnes...
Thursday, 29 November 2012

Buddhism and the Silence of the Internet

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The culture of communication is changing: this makes it difficult to measure any kind of cultural change through the lens of any given mediu...

Recently Asked Questions 01

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[Question:] Learn Pali or meditate? The Thai word for "protein" is โปรตีน. [ Tipco ] [Answer:] They're not mutually-ex...
Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Female Monks vs. Thailand

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The news item here is only five minutes long (the second half of the tape is an unrelated story).  Although it may be difficult to endure ...