The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. Ezra Pound
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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. Ezra Pound
cfp | call for papers | New Religious Movements in China In the late 1970s, academics came to use the term New Religious Movement (NRM) to replace “cult” in light of the pejorative connotation in daily English. At the time, NRM referred to small religious groups whose membership was predominately in the first generation. The…
The aesthetics of neural Buddhism My own critical response to the “neural Buddhism” phenomenon is that theories of everything, despite their beauty, can be dangerous things because their abstractions must sweep away much of what concerns us. I do not mind them, actually, if many theories of different kinds can be allowed, but such pluralism…
Opinion | The Neural Buddhists Interesting 2008 article on ‘cognitive revolution.’
An Almighty Con? Taiwan’s ‘Purple Shirts’ and their Master – The News Lens International Edition Master Miaochan (妙禪師父), founder of Rulaizong (如來宗), is netting yearly membership proceeds of NT$72 million (US$2.4 million), coupled with monthly donations of as much as NT$86 million (US$2.8 million), the former members say. The organization, which claims to practice…
FEATURE: Temple traditions versus environmental concerns – Taipei Times For example, before Lungshan Temple reduced its number of burners, the PM2.5 concentration inside the temple could reach as high as 400 micrograms per cubic meter, but now the concentration has been lowered to about 100 micrograms per cubic meter, data showed. EPA Department of Environmental…
Curious: An Interview with Living Representatives of Heaven’s Gate “The Tuesday before Thanksgiving Day, a friend of mine posted on Facebook: “The website for Heaven’s Gate is still operational. Food for thought.” And it got me thinking: Why not contact them myself? So I spent the next few days exchanging emails with the two ex-members…