Women and the Enlightenment
Women during this age was very limited, they still had "natural rights" applied by most philosophes, but it did not apply in the same way. These rights were especially limited in homes and in the family. Around the mid 1700s a rising group of

Can we create a New Age of Enlightenment?
Can we create a New Age of Enlightenment? If one half of one percent of the population acquires the hobby that I call the ‘intellectual life’ such a group could be the foundation for a new Age of Enlightenment. The original Age of Enlightenment

The Path to Enlightenment from the Great Lords of Sirius
Greetings starhominids, sondaughters and daughtersons of thuban. We wish you to welcome us to this wonderful discussion board for us Enlightened Beings who we are. we have journeyed far beyond the reaches of the natural imagination to points which none

Women's Rights during the Enlightenment.
Women during this age was very limited, they still had "natural rights" applied by most philosophes, but it did not apply in the same way. These rights were especially limited in homes and in the family. Around the mid 1700s a rising group of women

what is enlightenment?
\!! impious has a thread going, headed by the notion that enlightenment marked the birth of superfluous man. i think before pursuing this thought train, one should be clear about what enlightenment is and what it means to individuals in a world they

does buddhism make you advanced?
This is a quote from another thread, but I thought it's going to be more appropriate to create a new line of discussion... Nielsio wrote:In retrospect it's interesting to see how unadvanced we all were back them (I'm talking about compared to what I'v

Enlightenment is the taste of Freedom and Freedom doesn't come freely, but it's cost effective.
Neither a thought nor an emotion, it is rather the steady conscious realization of reality's transience. It is the ground for wisdom and freedom and the protector of compassion and love. While some may think of equanimity as dry neutrality or cool

My Trouble with Buddhism...
I love Buddhism and its teachings a great deal and have learned a lot and know there is much more still to learn. There is still a great deal of cultural baggage and I'm very curious about its teachings regarding awakening and enlightening and am deeply

more books about Critical Buddhism - mostly coming from Japanese sources
CRITICAL BUDDHISM by James Mark Shields – In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the relative calm world of Japanese Buddhist scholarship was thrown into chaos with the publication of several works by Buddhist scholars Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro,

Women and the Enlightenment
Women in the enlightenment, did have natural rights, but those rights only applied to the areas of home and family. They were not "free and equal" to all men as the enlightenment slogan said. Women did not want to accept this unfairness and by mid-1700s

If you have any questions about Buddhism, post them here
Hey, I guess maybe a few of you know me, a few of you don't. Anyway, I'm planning to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Thailand in the next couple of months. I've basically stopped posting on all websites (for quite a while), but I still occasionally browse

Spiritual Enlightenment & the Hand
Hi Everyone: I had the pleasure of staying in an ashram in Northern India, and imbibing some of the teaching of Vedic philosophy. I consider my Vedic teacher a realized master. I have never seen his hand up close, but often wondered whether there would

What is the Essence of "Enlightenment"?
And Interview with author Michael Hutchison: http://athenwood.com/hutchison.shtml This is an extraordinary story that I think goes right to the heart of enlightenment--and not a shred of religious doctrine or dogma.

Buddhism and the Christian meme
What do Buddhists think of Christianity, Islam, and Judeaism? Why do some Buddhists like Thich Nhat Hanh go out of their way to portray the Abrahamic memes as a viable path? http://www.uq.net.au/slsoc/bsq/budchr0.htm#cont

heresy? how does that fit into Buddhism?
Friday ramblings. I'm curious as to how "heresy" is dealt with in the context of Buddhist theory, history, etc. By heresy I mean the standard definition you can find online, such as "religious opinion or doctrine at variance with