IT is clear from his Tract on Establishing the Vow 立誓願文 that Huisi 慧思 (515–577), the Grand Master of Nanyue, had a profound faith in the Prajñå SËtra and Lotus SËtra. Fortunately for us, it is possible to ascertain Huisi’s view of the Lotus SËtra from Huisi’s Meaning of the Course of Ease and Bliss in the Lotus SËtra 法華經安樂行義 (hereafter abbreviated as Meaning of the Course of Ease and Bliss). Th...

ghasem amin is known as a harbinger of women’s social and cultural rights in the world of arabs. primarily, he centered his ideas on three axes: a; women’s education to the primary level, b; necessity of women’s free will and decision making in issues like marriage, c; religious veil (covering all the body except the face and the two palms); although the outcomes of his ideas require more discu...