"The longing for the Orient accompanies the Occidental from the cradle to the grave. When the young farmer’s wife of t…"

"It was also religious need which in the educated circles of the West provided the most powerful impetus for the study…"

"But it was Sanskrit, not Hebrew, whose pure linguistic forms were lovingly cultivated by many of the late romantics, …"

"H. Kern in his book Over het woord Zarathushtra (1867) states, “the Bactrian (i.e. Avestan) is so (greatly) related t…"

"The Buddha was a proponent of simple, direct teaching aimed at liberation and free of theoretical frills: his intent …"

"If one wanted to summarise the essence of Buddhism in one sentence, it could only be this: everything that is transie…"

"The Doctrine (“”Dhamma“”) allows one to attain a state in which suffering can no longer take root, because one embrac…"

"After all, “'nibbàna”' is not a concept: this is why attempts to illustrate it through language and logic lend themse…"

"[The Buddha] advised bhikkhus to be an island (“'dìpa”') or a refuge for themselves. After his passing, their only su…"

"The Master wanted to provoke our critical spirit so that, by studying his doctrine, we could probe ourselves. [...] I…"