Does Confidence require a belief in the Self?
Alastair Gornall
11 April 2011
Many advice manuals, often called “self-help books”, provide various tips on how to succeed in the modern world, how to live life to the full
Foundations of Interreligious Solidarity
Oscar Tang
11 April 2011
Positive dialogue and active social outreach between different religions is a much-needed ideal in our world today. On this prospect, advocates of various religions have
Is the Physical World a Product of our Karma?
Alastair Gornall
30 March 2011
This week I thought I would discuss some aspects of karma and touch upon a common misconception about the relationship between karma and the physical world. This is particularly
The Mathematics of Altruism
Mariusz Popieluch
28 March 2011
It may come as a surprise to some, that mathematics can venture into the world of ethics and support and prove the value of some
A Model Aiding the Mindfulness of Karmic Law
Mariusz Popieluch
7 March 2011
This article provides an argument for the pragmatic value of a model intended to witness (to a degree) and study karma’s chain of cause and
The Purpose of Life according to the Scriptures
Weng Hon Wong
28 February 2011
Introduction On the January 15, 2011, I was invited to participate as one of the panel speakers in an Interfaith Forum themed ‘The Purpose of
Reflections on the Nature of the Conscious Moment
Mariusz Popieluch
28 February 2011
Undoubtedly this is an enormous topic, and acknowledging how it has been vastly covered in various philosophies of both the West and the East I
Goal oriented action – a useful illusion?
Mariusz Popieluch
14 February 2011
There is an intricate and subtly fine-tuned mechanism which governs our daily choices, actions and motivation. In its most general sense it is the motivation –
‘The Importance of Reliable Authority and Guidance’: A Buddhist Response (1)
Weng Hon Wong
7 February 2011
Introduction Mariusz Popieluch wrote a second unveiling article on the philosophy of life pertaining to ‘Authority and Guidance’. His philosophical thought resonates with what I have
‘The Importance of Reliable Authority and Guidance’: A Buddhist Response (2)
Weng Hon Wong
7 February 2011
Two Important Benefits Mariusz touched on two of the more important benefits of a systematic and guided self-development. Firstly, accomplishments produce well-being and inner peace.
Buddhist moral grey areas: Is there wrongdoing without defilement?
Raymond Lam
1 February 2011
With the 20th Century often characterized by poets and essayists as an era of lost innocence, many in the 21st Century have had the fortune (and this
Toward a Synthesis of Insight
Mariusz Popieluch
31 January 2011
The discussion below will treat the question what counts as empirical knowledge, and whether extending its definition can influence empirical pursuits in a fruitful way.