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Reflections on an Impermanent World

Fernando Kaskais

Photograph from Perttu Saksa’s 2012 Echo, a series of fragile images of taxidermic primates captured into European museum archives from colonial Africa and Latin America. Untitled, 120 x 150 cm, Diasec. by Sam Mowe Over 98 percent of all species ever to live on earth are now extinct. Though some of this loss is to be expected as part of the natural cycle of evolution— in nature, change is constant; stasis is abnormal— there have also been moments of catastrophic change, when the diversity of life has plummeted so suddenly and dramatically that the rules of evolution no longer apply. … Continue reading Reflections on an Impermanent World

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Six Questions for B. Alan Wallace – An interview about Buddhism, science, and the nature of mind

Fernando Kaskais

The past four centuries have brought an explosion of scientific knowledge and technological know-how. The march of material progress has, however, left many Buddhist practitioners wondering whether Western society’s external transformation has been matched by an internal one, and if so, what role Buddhism can play in promoting a deeper understanding of both the external and internal worlds. Below, B. Alan Wallace, a uniquely interdisciplinary thinker, responds to six questions on this subject. Wallace has been a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970. After spending 14 years training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk and receiving ordination from the Dalai … Continue reading Six Questions for B. Alan Wallace – An interview about Buddhism, science, and the nature of mind