Archive for August, 2009
The great freedom sutra
Monday, August 24th, 2009The issue of Buddhism is a confusing one. But one thing to consider is that it came into existence in the wake of the Axial Age, and then straddled an entire age until the modern, at which point its impetus began to fail. We see the desperation in the attempts to cast its ’seeds’ in [...]
Wikipedia on ‘axial age’
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Wikipedia on Axial Age
The misperception of the Axial Age on Wikipedia is indicative of the inability to see the phenomenon: it is something far larger than the sages and prophets it appears to exhibit.
Buddhism and the Axial period
Friday, August 7th, 2009Buddhism in the Axial Age, and the successors
Evolution of religion in the Axial period
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009Axial Age and the evolution of religion