Buddhism and Modern Chinese Society

Time in Madhyamika Buddhism and Modern Physics

A Science of Consciousness : Buddhism ( 1 ) , the Modern West ( 0 )

IN HIS CLASSIC WORK Science and Civilization in China, Joseph Needham explored the historical reasons why China, for all its long civilization, never developed science as we understand it in the modern West, namely a quantitative, technologically driven science of the outer, physical world. In this paper I shall first outline some of the reasons why Western civilization has never developed a sc...

Sleep and the Modern Society

Sleep is an activity that occupies approximately one third of our lives and is fundamental to our physical well-being, good mental and emotional health. Sleep need and preferential sleep time varies throughout life but the impairments of unsufficient sleep reach all ages. In general, children sleep 12 hours per day and adults need about 8 hours sleep per night [1]. However, in the modern world ...

Acupuncture in modern society.

For at least 2,500 years, acupuncture has been an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine. However, recently as more people in western countries are diagnosed with chronic disease poorly treated with modern medical therapies, many are turning to acupuncture and other forms of alternative medical treatments. Based on the theory of harmonious flowing qi being the basis of good health, acupu...

Modern Lunar Society

Inspired by a famous 18thcentury painting by Joseph Wright, the author discerns similarities between issues relevant then and the public’s current reception of scientific ideas from modern biology in the wake of the Human Genome Project. She proposes educational and scientific initiatives and advocates more positive and balanced portrayals of scientific themes in the arts to help engage the pub...