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 (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.
Breaking the Habit: Buddhism and the Personal Aspects of Suffering
Raymond Lam
7 February 2011
This is a shortened and edited version of an article I wrote for the recently published second volume of Book B. Book B is a contemporary series of
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
Koan or Huatou in Chinese Chan Buddhism
Weng Hon Wong
31 January 2011
Introduction Koan is a Chan case study that is to be intuitively contemplated to awaken Gnosis. It may be formatted in the forms of story,
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.
The Reign of ‘Freedom’
Mariusz Popieluch
1 January 2011
Under the ideological banner of freedom nations have been built and intellectual revolutions took place. Under the same banner slavery and racial segregation in most
Is rebirth a coherent notion?
Mariusz Popieluch
1 November 2010
There has been one particular aspect at the core of Buddhist philosophy whose logic I have felt uncomfortable with from the very beginning. I hoped
Freethinking and Spirituality: Misunderstandings and Presumptions
Raymond Lam
1 September 2010
English vocabulary has the word “freethinker,” which the New Oxford American Dictionary defines as: “a person who rejects accepted opinions, esp. those concerning religious belief.”
The Logic of Rebirth
Alastair Gornall
1 May 2010
This article develops on some of the points made in my previous discussion on Yogacara Buddhism’s philosophy of language. Last week I explained that in
A Liberating Realization
Mariusz Popieluch
1 May 2009
When as an undergraduate philosophy student, I was to write on the concept of self-identity, naturally my thoughts traversed the extensive literature covering the topic
The Importance of Reliable Authority and Guidance
Mariusz Popieluch
1 February 2009
The title seems obvious enough. That’s why a closer look at the phenomenon of potential misidentification of authoritative figures will be treated here, the mechanisms