Thursday, 25 January 2018

The Hedonic Treadmill and Buddhist Psychology

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The 'Hedonic Treadmill' is a phrase I came across while reading the excellent book Why Buddhism is True, by Robert Wright * .  ...
Tuesday, 23 January 2018

The Significance of Alan Turing

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All physical systems can be modeled and simulated by the actions of a logical structure known as the universal Turing Machine.  If we ca...
Sunday, 21 January 2018

The Rational Basis of Buddhist Philosophy

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"It is natural that doubt should arise in your minds. I tell you not to believe merely because it has been handed down by traditio...
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Tuesday, 16 January 2018

How things exist - according to Buddhism and Science

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Impermanence At a time when the old feud between science and religion is flaring up again, and common ground between fact and faith ...
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Tuesday, 2 January 2018

Imbolc (Candlemas) and the Pagan Path to Buddhism

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February 2nd is Imbolc, Christianized as Candlemas Here's an updated version of a post from a couple of years ago on the upco...
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Wednesday, 27 December 2017

Purifying the Past with Vajrasattva, the New Year Buddha

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The night before followed by... ...the morning after NEVER AGAIN! That's what many of us say on the first of January - and i...
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Thursday, 14 December 2017

Can Buddhists Celebrate Christmas?

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Buddhist Christmas Bah Humbug! Other non-Christian religions can get a bit uptight about Christmas , but Buddhism is fairly l...
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