Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 22 (2322) – samyak-karmanta”
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Advayavada Study Plan – week 21 (2321) – samyag-vac
Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 21 (2321) – samyag-vac”
Advayavada Study Plan – week 20 (2320) – samyak-samkalpa
Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 20 (2320) – samyak-samkalpa”
Advayavada Study Plan – week 19 (2319) – samyag-dristi
Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 19 (2319) – samyag-dristi”
Advayavada Study Plan – week 18 (2318) – madhyamapratipada
The purpose of this autonomous and open-ended 13-week Advayavada Study Plan (ASP), which can conveniently be repeated four times in a calendar year, is that we study and debate in a local group, the family circle or with good friends the meaning and implications of the weekly subject, not as a formal and impersonal intellectualContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 18 (2318) – madhyamapratipada”
Advayavada Study Plan – week 17 (2317) – caturtha lakshana
Evolution or, in human terms, our natural impulse or drive to thrive and advance, is recognized, in Advayavada Buddhism, as the fourth sign of being or catuttha lakkhana in Pali and caturtha lakshana in Sanskrit (cf. conatus, élan vital, homeostasis). To follow the personalized Noble Eightfold Path is our way of responding to it andContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 17 (2317) – caturtha lakshana”
Advayavada Study Plan – week 16 (2316) – duhkhalakshana
The third preliminary subject of this second quarter of 2023 is again dukkha (Pali) or duhkha (Sanskrit), which means suffering, sorrow, dissatisfaction, frustration, anxiety, or stress; it is the first of the Buddha’s four noble truths or four truths for the noble ones, and also the third of the, in Advayavada Buddhism, four signs orContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 16 (2316) – duhkhalakshana”
Advayavada Study Plan – week 15 (2315) – anatmalakshana
Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 15 (2315) – anatmalakshana”
Advayavada Study Plan – week 14 (2314) – anityalakshana
Advayavada Buddhism does not tell you what to do or believe, but invites us all to make the very best of our own lives by attuning as best as possible, by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, with wondrous overall existence advancing over time now in its manifest direction; we seek to become a trueContinue reading “Advayavada Study Plan – week 14 (2314) – anityalakshana”
The private life of Voltaire and Marie-Louise Denis: the stuff of (epistolary) fiction — Voltaire Foundation
Voltaire’s private life is still something of a puzzle: he invested so much energy in creating his public image that it is hard to know who there is behind the mask, or masks. There are biographies of Voltaire aplenty – but could we write a biography of François-Marie Arouet? Voltaire’s immensely rich correspondence might seem […]Continue reading “The private life of Voltaire and Marie-Louise Denis: the stuff of (epistolary) fiction — Voltaire Foundation”
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