"There is no other language besides Syriac in which the word ‘Christians’ is expressed by the word nasara or anything …"

"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…"

"Patañjali, or whoever wrote on his behalf, seems to follow a “Kantian” line of thought: it is necessary to understand…"

"In Yoga there is a precise correspondence between theory and practice. This is far from the case with those European …"