This paper examines the development of Sanlun School’s Threefold Middle Way doctrine, focusing on contributions Sengquan and Falang. Often seen as pillars thought preceding Jizang, their teachings remain under-explored in scholarship. study combines a close reading philosophical texts with historical context to generate an in-depth understanding how evolved over generations. introduced complex ...

The marriage of literature and science might not be possible strictly speaking, but a marriage of humanities with philosophy, psychology, religion, ethics, ecology, and social studies, for instance, might well work, as a close analysis of some medieval narratives will illustrate. This paper intends to demonstrate once again what the humanities could truly mean, insofar as the discussion will no...

Age-related variations in resting state connectivity of the human brain were examined from young adulthood through middle age. A voxel-based network measure, degree, was used to assess age-related differences in tissue connectivity throughout the brain. Increases in connectivity with age were found in paralimbic cortical and subcortical regions. Decreases in connectivity were found in cortical ...

Many thanks to Rossetos Fakiolas and Evgenia Markova for comments on an early draft of this manuscript, and to The Protection Project, Johns Hopkins University, for permission to reproduce a map of Middle East trafficking routes.