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Tag: Philosophy

Western Buddhist Review
Western Buddhist Review

Scholarly and Philosophical events in Triratna

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 09:41

Scholarly and Philosophical events in Triratna

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 09:41

Some information on two scholarly and philosophical events coming up in our Triratna Buddhist community:

Triratna Scholars Network study retreat Sunday 15 Dec–Thursday 19 Dec 2019 at Adhisthana (ending after lunch on the Thursday), led by Sāgaramati, Dhīvan and Śraddhāpa. Please book through the Adhisthana website, or contact Dhivan (thomas@dhivan.net) with questions. Open to Order members and mitras. The theme will be:
Early Perfection of Wisdom. The Aṭṭhakavagga or Chapter of the Eights, from the Sutta Nipāta of the Pāli canon, presents an early version of...
Western Buddhist Review
Western Buddhist Review

Buddhists and Stoics in the Philosophy Café

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Sat, 12 May, 2018 - 13:22

Buddhists and Stoics in the Philosophy Café

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Sat, 12 May, 2018 - 13:22

We present here a review of a new book exploring common ground between Buddhism and the philosophical tradition of Stoicism:

More Than Happiness: Buddhist and Stoic Wisdom for a Sceptical Age

by Antonia Macaro

Icon Books, London, 2018. £12.99 hb

review by Dhīvan

I met the author of More Than Happiness, Antonia Macaro, at a mindfulness retreat in 2016 led by Ven Anālayo,[i] and then again in November 2017 at a Bodhi College weekend on ‘Philosophy as a Way of Life’. An encouragingly large number of us listened to Stephen...
Community Highlights
Community Highlights

The Greek Buddha?

By Candradasa on Tue, 22 Sep, 2015 - 18:44

The Greek Buddha?

By Candradasa on Tue, 22 Sep, 2015 - 18:44

Did the Buddha’s teaching really travel to ancient Greece and enter western philosophy by that route?

Over on The Western Buddhist Review, Dhivan looks at the evidence and teases out the questions that have to be asked, even of such an intriguing proposition…

Read ‘Pyrrho and the Buddha: Reasons to be Sceptical’
Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

FBA Podcast: The Buddha's Two Great Gifts to the World

By Rijupatha on Mon, 18 Aug, 2014 - 14:00

FBA Podcast: The Buddha's Two Great Gifts to the World

By Rijupatha on Mon, 18 Aug, 2014 - 14:00Words are not adequate to describe things as they are, and yet Ratnaguna does a remarkable job! This week’s FBA Podcast, “The Buddhas Two Great Gifts to the World” Ratnaguna explores the gifts of discourse and practice. This talk was given to to promote a new buddhist centre in Stockholm.

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Western Buddhist Review
Western Buddhist Review

The Universe Is Waking Up

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Tue, 16 Jul, 2013 - 20:28

The Universe Is Waking Up

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Tue, 16 Jul, 2013 - 20:28Thomas Nagel Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
Oxford University Press, 2012, 130pp.

Review by Dhivan Thomas Jones

Thomas Nagel is an American professor of philosophy, perhaps best known for his 1974 article, ‘What is it like to be a bat?’, in which he argued that consciousness, as is occurs in creatures like bats and human beings, means having a point of view on things.[1]...

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