Mahayana Precept Platform in the Sung Dynasty

Liu Sung-nien (1174–1224), Sung Dynasty. Lohan (1207)

L iu Sung-nien was a court painter from Ch'ien-t'ang (modern Hangchow). He painted figures and landscapes and was honored by Emperor Ning-tsung during the Sung Dynasty (960–1279), a prosperous and culturally rich period of Chinese history. The arts (silk tapestries, embroideries, calligraphy, lacquer, porcelain, pottery) explored the complexities of the physical and spiritual world, and paintin...

Masterly inactivity: A forgotten precept.

A Precept - Driven Learning Algorithm

Machine learning is an attempt at devising mechanismsthat machines can use to learn, rather than being explicitlyprogrammed for, real-world applications. The goal oflearning systems is to generalize. Generalization is basedon the set of critical features the system has available.Training set learners typically extract critical featuresfrom a random set of examples drawn ...

The Meckel Dynasty in Medical Education *

The Vitality of Buddhism in the Sung