

The Foundations of Buddhism (1)
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Regarding Mara(S.23)
所以……不要被Mara诱惑啊! Mara is a being who in certain respects is like the Satan of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. His name means 'bringer of death' and his most common epithet is 'the Bad O...

Chan Insights and Oversights (2)
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Evaluation of Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire's prejudice toward Buddhism
Nevertheless, Barthelemy SaintHilaire should not be entirely absolved on epistemological grounds: whatever his other philosophical achievements may have been, he was a rather mediocre Orientalist w... -
Chan in the Western Imagination
On Hegel's understanding of Buddhism––not pure Nihilism(!), refuting Droit's view that Hegel played an important role in establishing the Western imagery of Buddhism as a threat of nihilism. Desp...

Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism (1)
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Abe: Words and Eevents in the Esoteric Rituals
in the mantric ritual context, words not only denote but create reality. Whatever is said also becomes. The separation between words and events ceases. When you are named Vajrasattva, you become th...

我们为什么要睡觉? (1)
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10 梦对创伤后应激障碍的修复作用与问题
然而,最让我感兴趣的是在创伤后应激障碍患者中报告的重复性噩梦——这种症状是构成疾病诊断所需特征列表的非常可靠的一部分。这个理论表明,如果大脑在经历创伤后的第一个晚上不能将情绪从记忆中分离出来,那么...