Epistemology – To Understand Buddhism, First Understand Epistemology
34. Epistemology (xi) Mentergy-The Complementarity of Buddhism and Science
In the Epistemology Category, we have focused on Buddha’s two means of knowledge: inference and direct perception. Inference refers to the inferentially connected word-based knowledge…
30. Epistemology (x) The Five Aggregates (iv) Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
According to this Wikipedia article, Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing, “is a question about the reason for basic existence which has been raised or commented…
29. Epistemology (ix) The Five Aggregates (iii) – The Observer Effect – No Change in Reality
We discuss the Observer Effect in this post. The Observer Effect is associated with the Double-Slit Experiment and was discovered in 1801 by the British…
28. Epistemology (viii) – The Five Aggregates(ii) – Satisfying Buddha’s Soteriological Goal!
Having discussed the Five Aggregates in the last post, we explore why they are so immensely important in Buddhism by examining how a well-known Bodhisattva,…
27. Epistemology (vii) The Five Aggregates (i) – How the Universe is Observer Dependent
This post discusses Buddha’s doctrine of the Five Aggregates. The significance of the Five Aggregates Doctrine cannot be overstated. In the Five Aggregates Doctrine, the…
26. Epistemology (vi) The Wordless Flower Sermon
The Flower Sermon (Chinese: 拈花微笑) was unique because Buddha did not speak until he was certain the audience could understand his message without him talking….
25. Epistemology (v) Direct Perception – The Path To Enlightenment
After discussing inference, the Buddha’s first means of knowledge in an earlier post, this post explores direct perception, the Buddha’s second means of knowledge, and…
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…
