Sunday, 30 March 2014

Buddhism, Scholar vs. Practitioner

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A whole lot of truths too terrible to tell, rolled into one short video, and censored accordingly. On Youtube: http://youtu.be/B7ve7IYD...
Saturday, 29 March 2014

Chinese is not (quite) a system of symbols

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"The great thing about Chinese is that nobody says it's an easy language to learn…" On Youtube: http://youtu.be/aqks0hmIk...
Thursday, 27 March 2014

Atheism as an Ideology

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Let's not pretend that ideology is a dirty word; I mean, some of my favorite things end with "-ism".  No, seriously… On Yo...
Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Brand New Ancient Buddhist Philosophy, Part 3

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On Youtube, click: http://youtu.be/-GkMUh1exzo "How far do the implications go, of this conflict between what's ancient, and wh...
Saturday, 22 March 2014

Brand New Ancient Buddhist Philosophy, Part 2

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On Youtube, click: http://youtu.be/3uclOwPspYg In the last 70 years, (1) changes in the structure of political authority entailed chang...

巴利文的消失:一個實用的指南 (the disappearance of the Pali Language, article)

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《巴利文的消失:一個實用的指南》, 民族大學雲南. Click: https://medium.com/p/4e7ba4f7a30e The formal publication of this article was mentioned earlier on th...
Friday, 21 March 2014

Brand New Ancient Buddhist Philosophy, Part 1

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Ancient philosophy, post-war reality, and the question of what now remains of Buddhism for us to work with, in the 21st century, after th...
Tuesday, 18 March 2014

On Youtube, the Problem of "the Exotic" in Philosophy & Religion

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On Youtube, this opens with an anecdote from the bad old days about monks, magic and faith-healing, then proceeds to (briefly) run through...
Sunday, 16 March 2014

Why Learn the Kangxi Radicals?

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On Youtube, "Why Learn The Kangxi Radicals?" Click: http://youtu.be/xS1BdHUWnKA
Friday, 14 March 2014

On Youtube, Meditation is NOT a Science

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"If you can convince people to line up and pay you money so they can sit in silence, that's the ultimate scam." Click: ht...