The Buddha view of Desire
Buddhism is more than just a religion, it’s a philosophy of the mind that’s been offering profound insights since around 500BC—plenty of time for contemplating the mind! What I’d like Continue Reading
Is God a Nihilist and Can God Ever Change?
The question of whether God is a nihilist and whether God can ever change is one that has puzzled philosophers and theologians for centuries. While there is no definitive answer Continue Reading
What is the self really?
In everyday non-philosophical parlance, when we speak about a self we are generally referring to an individual. When we are speaking about selves, we are talking about individuals that are Continue Reading
What is emptiness?
“When emptiness is possible Everything is possible; Were emptiness impossible, Nothing would be possible.” – Nagarjuna When something is described as empty, what is typically meant Continue Reading
No Ship of Theseus
Theseus’ paradox has been a contested thought puzzle throughout the ages of Western philosophy. The Ancient Greek philosophers were known for having heated debates circling in about the ship’s Continue Reading
The engine of Karma is choice!
Karma cannot be escaped. Karma just simply means ‘your doing,’ and is not the simplistic concept of retribution and revenge that we’ve been fed in the west out of semi-ignorance Continue Reading
What is real?
Mind Vs Matter There are two sides to reality, the objective side of atoms, molecules, rocks, trees, people, places and events vs the subjective experience of the mind. Matter and Continue Reading
Fritz Haber, A lesson in Karma
Fritz Haber (born 1868), was a Polish Jew, who received a Nobel prize in Chemistry for his invention of the Haber-Bosch process (a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia Continue Reading
Welcome the Peace
For over five years now I’ve been a meditation practitioner since I started back in late 2014, and never once looked back. I can only speak for myself in describing Continue Reading
Philosophy at a funeral; a lived experience…
News of death Last year my maternal grandmother passed away, she was in her eighties. Some background is in order: my grandmother was taken ill to hospital and was eight Continue Reading
Selected Ajahn Chah Quotes
Nine wise quotes by Buddhist scholar Ajahn Chah, we hope they give you inspiration! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Continue Reading
Getting out of your own way…
For most of my life, I’ve felt like I was drowning, feverishly thrashing under the water scrambling my way to the surface which is forever out of reach. No matter Continue Reading
The dissatisfied Viking
This short article builds upon the recent article I published: Buddhist philosophy – Exploring Dukkha as more than just suffering, as well as a helping from stoic philosophy to Continue Reading
Buddhist philosophy – Exploring Dukkha as more than just suffering
If you study Buddhist philosophy, there’s this Pali term that’s thrown about often, but it’s not a trivial term, but a central concept to the entire philosophical framework. Continue Reading
Buddhist philosophy – Reality but a series of appearances…
(Note: Sanskrit or Pali words are highlighted in italics) Buddhism is conventionally recognised as a religion, but if you talk to Buddhists and philosophers who study this ‘religion’ that label Continue Reading
Cathars or Western Buddhists?
In the wake of a thrilling conversation with my good friend and collaborator on this site (Epicurus of Albion) the other day I decided to dive deep into the mystical Continue Reading
Buddhist philosophy on the self – What is it that makes you, you?
(Note: Sanskrit or Pali words are highlighted in italics) Buddhist philosophy offers us a conceptual model to deconstruct the individual into the constituents or components that make up his being. Continue Reading
Philosophy Vs Religion
I sometimes get asked what the difference is between philosophy and religion. I can understand why people would ask this, after all many religions are quite philosophical in nature in Continue Reading