The Jains: Summary, Key Ideas & Insights
Jainism is often introduced through one wordahimsa, non-violence. But Paul Dundas’s The Jains shows how much larger the tradition is. Jainism combines…
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Jainism is often introduced through one wordahimsa, non-violence. But Paul Dundas’s The Jains shows how much larger the tradition is. Jainism combines…
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Alan Watts’s The Way of Zen introduces Zen Buddhism by challenging the assumption that spiritual life is mainly about acquiring better beliefs.…
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What happens if artificial intelligence becomes substantially more capable than humans at many economically and strategically important tasks? Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence examines…
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How did a colony become a nation, and what did independence actually mean for the people who inherited the new state? Bipan…
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What if society’s judgment of a person has less to do with the act they committed than with whether they behave according…
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What happens to politics, identity and intimacy when the assumptions we make about gender no longer work? Ursula K. Le Guin’s The…
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In a world where almost everything has disappeared, what would make a human being worth saving? Cormac McCarthy’s The Road follows a…
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Jainism is often introduced through one word: ahimsa, or non-violence. But treating Jainism as simply a philosophy of kindness misses the extraordinary…
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What should a person do when every available choice seems morally difficult? The Bhagavad Gita begins with Arjuna facing a battlefield in…
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What if much of our suffering comes not only from what happens to us, but from the mind’s constant demand that the…
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