wikimedia It was ten years ago yesterday that I started this blog. This is essay no.447. I was going to write a review and reminiscence...

At the risk of gross hypocrisy I'm posting this translation of a text about two wayward bhikkhus who like to win arguments more than ...

A diagram of the traditional 12 nidānas and explanations from Pāli and Chinese Āgama texts. Click for a larger image. T ODAY I WANT TO EXPL...

This is the 250 th post on this blog. That's 250 raves in a little less than six years, one per week since the beginning of 2008. I sta...

F OR SOME TIME I have wanted to write a critique of the Doctrine of the Two Truths . The task is potentially a large and difficult one be...

Solitary retreat hut Danakoṣa Retreat Centre M Y TEXT TODAY is quite well known. The version usually cited is in the Vinaya , but I've...

A lot of the Buddha's biography seems to be in the form of psycho-drama. His internal processes get acted out, and the 'players'...