An interpretive error perpetuated by many hard materialists is that spiritual states do not exist. This, I believe, is category error. Spiritual states do exist
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The Anatomy of a ‘Thought’
A ‘thought’ in the mind is in fact the product of a sophisticated chain of chemical reactions experienced in the brain. The physical organ of
Email: On How Theology uses Logic to Defend Illogicality (13.9.2020)
Dear Gillian Buddhist and Greek philosophy (preferring logic and reason) stems from around 6th to 5th to centuries BCE. Although philosophers attempted to understand the
Email: A Ch’an Master Can come and go as they please (22.8.2020)
Dear Gillian It strikes me that life is prolonged through sentiment, but what if life is just as long as it is meant to be?
A Three-Dimensional Mind
What follows describes a ‘moment’ of the mind and its awareness. This ‘moment’ is timeless and could be hinted at by ‘silence’, or one, two
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
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 