The Brahmanimantanika Sutta (MN 49) has a number of interesting features. The sutta opens with the news that Baka the Brahmā has taken on a...

It is well known that the teachings on anātman (translated variously as 'no-self', 'non-self', 'no-soul', 'not-...

Linguists study language in one of two basic ways. They look at language through time, how it changes, and the processes that drive and info...

At the end of 2006 I attended a series of lectures by Richard Gombrich and I promised to try to use my blog to pass on some of what he said....