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3 papers in the library · 11 citations · publishing 1985-2021
Journal of the American Oriental Society December 16, 2021 Patrick McAllister
Brains, Buddhas, and Believing: The Problem of Intentionality in Classical Buddhist and Cognitive- Scientific Philosophy of Mind. By Dan Arnold. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. Pp. xiv+ 311. $50.
Journal of the American Oriental Society August 17, 2018 Michael Ebstein 4 citations
This article focuses on ḥadīth al-nawāfil (“the tradition concerning supererogatory works”), which is one of the most quoted traditions in Islamic mystical literature. The tradition describes how the believer may draw close to God and gain His love by performing supererogatory works, to such an extent that her organs become divine. The article discusses the significance of the nawāfil...
Journal of the American Oriental Society July 1, 1985 Bimal Krishna Matilal 7 citations
PROFESSOR DANIEL INGALLS is neither a sceptic nor a mystic. But it is obvious to some of us that he has sympathy for both. It may be that he has more sympathy for the sceptic than for the mystic. In my study of the history of scepticism in India I have often been struck by the following phenomenon: The outstanding and even extreme sceptical arguments are usually to be found in the writings of...