In Let the Cow Wander, the author argues that metaphors inform our conceptual spheres and are in turn informed by them. The book begins with a discussion of metaphor, model, and conceptual sphere, followed by an investigation into Vedic and Advaitic sacred texts and by generalizations on religious explanation and practice.
In Let the Cow Wander, the author argues that metaphors inform our conceptual spheres and are in turn informed by them. The book begins with a discuss...
Are there Buddhist conceptions of the unconscious? If so, are they more Freudian, Jungian, or something else? If not, can Buddhist conceptions be reconciled with the Freudian, Jungian, or other models? These are some of the questions that have motivated modern scholarship to approach alayavijnana, the storehouse consciousness, formulated in Yogacara Buddhism as a subliminal reservoir of tendencies, habits, and future possibilities.
Tao Jiang argues convincingly that such questions are inherently problematic because they frame their interpretations of the Buddhist notion largely in...
Are there Buddhist conceptions of the unconscious? If so, are they more Freudian, Jungian, or something else? If not, can Buddhist conceptions be r...
This is a defense of the earlier, nihilist interpretation (NI) of the Madhyamaka against some of the leading non-nihilist interpretations (NNI) that have arisen to challenge it in recent times.
This is a defense of the earlier, nihilist interpretation (NI) of the Madhyamaka against some of the leading non-nihilist interpretations (NNI) that h...