O NE OF THE FACTS about the foundation texts of Buddhism that most people don't seem to have taken in is that rebirth is an idea with ...

I' VE COMMENTED BEFORE on the episode where the Buddha speaks to Bāhiya in a post entitled " In the Seen... ". He begins th...

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-...

Professor Richard Gombrich has been at the fore-front of pointing out that late Vedic beliefs are parodied in the Buddhist scriptures. [1] H...