This is a long-read  (~ 5000 words) polemical essay about parts and wholes; about analysis and synthesis; about substance and structure. It...

Some weeks ago I summarised a bunch of recent research on the origins of the Mahāyāna . It turns out to have been an amorphous movement m...

Confucius Tsze-lu said, "The ruler of Wei has been waiting for you, in order with you to administer the government. What will you ...

Thai Buddha Amulet for warding off evil spirits I started writing this essay before my series on Vitalism and it got overtaken by that ...