This essay could just as easily be termed ‘Does Consciousness Pre-Exist Birth?’ Of course, a consciousness of this definition is really a modern interpretation of the
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More on Early Buddhist Pain Management in Ancient India
‘This seems to confirm our interpretation of rupa. Vinnana can give rise to a material body, because there is no difference between the objective, material body and body
How Karl Marx Turned Old European Philosophers to Ashes!
Reading the old European philosophers – usually from Descartes onwards – is an interesting activity but is like sieving through the cold ashes of thought
The Chinese Ch’an School and Buddhist Dialectics
If the Buddha’s path is reduced to the correct perception of ‘void’ and ’form’, then it is the task of the Chinese Ch’an School to
Rationalising ‘天’ (Tian1) in Modern China
MORE ON ‘天’ (TIAN1) The Chinese ideogram ‘天’ (tian1) is an ancient character which dates back to the Bone Oracle Period of around 2000 BCE
How Neuroscience Solved the ‘Out of the Body’ Experience
Out of the body experiences are fairly common throughout Western cultures, and are not unheard of in cultures from other parts of the world. Indeed,
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