For people who ostensibly don't believe in such a thing, Buddhists talk a lot about self . Often in an unsophisticated and even naiv...

medieval peasants thresh a sheaf of barley with flails W HAT FOLLOWS IS my translation of the Sheaf of Barley Simile ( Yavakalāpi Sutta ...

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

Indian King and Queen from Understanding Patio Umbrellas . One time the Buddha was staying outside the walled city of Sāvatthī (modern ...

In the first of two essays last week ( why do we have a sense of self? ) I explored how neuroscience might explain the emergence of self-co...

This essay is part one of two in which I explore how contemporary ideas in neuroscience and evolutionary biology can help to make sense of ...