Sahaloka Traveller 娑婆遊者
24. Epistemology (iv) The Kalama Sutta
Having discussed the inferentially connected nature of word-based knowledge in the previous post, we discussed the Kālāma Sutta in this post. The Kālāma Sutta is…
23.Epistemology (iii) – Inference-How Do We Know What We Know?
As this Wikipedia article states, “Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called the theory of knowledge, it…
22. Epistemology (ii) – A Mind-Body Problem?
The discussion on epistemology begins with the so-called Mind-Body Problem. The Mind-Body Problem is a Problem that “has been a central issue in philosophy of mind since…
21. Epistemology (i) Buddha and the Monkey King
Among the heroes of Chinese mythology, the Monkey King holds a prominent position. Monkey King originated from the novel Journey to the West, in which…
20. The Two Realms (iii) Verifying Adventitiousness
In this post, we try to verify the adventitious relationship between enlightenment and unenlightenment. But let’s first recall the meaning of enlightenment, unenlightenment, and adventitiousness…
19. The Two Realms (ii) – The Four Realms of Reality
In this post, we discuss the Four Realms of Reality, a Buddhist doctrine in which the Buddha teaches that there are four ways of understanding…
18. The Two Realms (i) – Where There Is No Cosmological Constant Problem
In this post, we discuss the Cosmological Constant Problem and why it cannot exist in the cosmos Buddha teaches. To understand the Cosmological Constant Problem,…
17. Non-Luminosity (vi) Namarupa
In this post, we discuss namarupa, a term Buddha uses to indicate that all Rupa are Rupa in name only. As discussed in Post 4,…
16. Non-Luminosity (v) Higgs Equivalent and Beyond
After discussing how Buddhism and quantum mechanics meet in epiphenomena, we explore Buddhism’s complete list of “dusts” and compare it with how science arranges its…
15. Non-Luminosity (iv) The Three Delicate Marks
In this post, we discuss Buddha’s doctrine known as the Three Delicate Marks (Chinese: 三細相). It is a critically important doctrine in which Buddha not…
