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Philosophy

Substance-Structure Dialecticalism

Time for a Change

The Ship of Theseus. FTFY*

Experience and Reality

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Metaphysics

A Layered Approach to Reality. Part II.2

A Layered Approach to Reality. Part II.1

A Layered Approach to Reality. Part I.

Buddhism and Naturalism

There is No Cause & Effect.

Freewill is Back on the Menu. (11 March 2016). Libet's experiments were always controversial and have been debunked by his colleagues.



Epistemology

Searle on Consciousness & Implications for Buddhism


Sociology

Components of Social Reality: Social Reality (I).

Institutional Facts & Language: Social Reality (II)

Deontology: Social Reality (III)

Power: Social Reality (IV)

Norms without Conscious Rule Following. Social reality (V)



Morality


The Evolution of Morality. Introduction and Deontology.

The Evolution of Morality. Two Pillars of Morality - Reciprocity

The Evolution of Morality. Two Pillars of Morality - Empathy.



Political Philosophy

My Political Compass (24 April 2019)

On Liberty and Liberalism (03 May 2019)
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Recently Published

2021. "Losing Ourselves in the Heart Sutra: A new reading of the ancient scripture surfaces a forgotten Buddhist practice." Tricycle Magazine. Spring, 2021: 83-4, 104-6. https://tricycle.org/magazine/heart-sutra-history/

2020. "Ungarbling Section VI of the Sanskrit Heart Sutra." JOCBS 18: 11-41. academia.edu

2020. "Edward Conze: A Call to Reassess the Man and his Contribution to Prajñāpāramitā Studies." JOCBS 19: 22–51. academia.edu

2020. "The History of the Heart Sutra as a Palimpsest," Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies 4th ser., no. 1 (2020): 157–184. https://www.shin-ibs.edu/documents/pwj4/1/4-9-Attwood.pdf

Books by Jayarava

Karma and Rebirth Reconsidered

A thorough reconsideration of the myths of the afterlife (rebirth) and just world (karma) in Buddhism. The book shows that from an evolutionary point of view such myths are understandable, but that Buddhists have never produced a coherent theory of either that can stand scrutiny. Indeed we now know that neither myth is realistic and that there is no afterlife and the universe is not fair. However, as human beings we can live on in memory or leave works, and we can live ethically.

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Talking to the Kālāmas

A new translation of the Kālāma Sutta along with a commentary which explores the meaning of the text, and explodes some myths about it. 34 p. £4.50

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Visible Mantra

A resource for visualising and calligraphy of Buddhist mantras. Commons mantras and seed-syllables in various fonts and scripts, including Devanāgarī, Tibetan Uchen, and Siddham.

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Nāmapada.

namapada : a guide to names in the Triratna Buddhist OrderA guide to Sanskrit and Pali names used in the Triratna Buddhist Order.


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Pilgrimage Diary.

A personal account of my pilgrimage around the Buddhist holy sites in India in 2003/4.


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