10 ideas
7910 | Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha] |
594 | Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle] |
7906 | When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha] |
23405 | Rituals escape natural chaos, and benefit everyone, by reshaping our motivations [Xunzi (Xun Kuang), by Norden] |
23406 | Rituals don't arise from human nature; they are the deliberate creations of a sage [Xunzi (Xun Kuang)] |
2632 | Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero] |
7904 | The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha] |
7905 | The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha] |
7909 | The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha] |
7908 | At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha] |