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The Buddha’s encounter with unwelcome facts of life. Picture from Wat Preah Prom Rath, Siem Reap, Cambodia: Adobe Stock image copyright by Godong Photo.

The great Buddhist poet


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Manas plays multiple roles for Kumārila and it is important to keep them apart:

manas connecting sense faculty to ātman while sensing an external object (see ŚV pratyakṣa 160ab)

manas working itself as a sense faculty for pain and pleasure (see ŚV pratyakṣa 83; ŚV pratyakṣa 136ab; ŚV pratyakṣa 160 cd)

manas as a faculty of cognition and memory (see ...


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Readers, I’m delighted to announce that my first book is officially scheduled for publication! It’ll come out in November but you can preorder it ...


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