法门佛寺(位于今天的陕西省，在中华人民共和国)自六朝末期(公元220-581年)建成以来一直是一个重要的佛教中心。这座寺庙因安放佛教遗物而闻名，据说是一根佛陀的指骨。这种遗物有神奇的疗效的名声，在唐朝(618-906)期间，当皇帝或皇后生病时，它数次被带到位于长安(今天的西安)附近的皇宫。During one procession from Famen to Chang’an, t
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Obituary for Stanford Professor Emeritus David S. Nivison
06
Mar 2015
David Shepherd Nivison, emeritus professor of philosophy, religious studies, and Chinese language at Stanford University, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2014, aged 91. I am honored to have been one of his doctoral students.
Can Studying Philosophy Make You a Better Person?
05
Mar 2015
One of the many people who is considerably smarter and more productive than I am is Prof. Eric Schwitzgebel of the University of California at Riverside. Eric writes the blog,The Splintered Mind, and one of his many research interests is whether there is any empirical connection between studying ethics in a contemporary college or university and the improvement of one's character. So far, the evidence is that the academic study of ethics does not make you a better person. Why?
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