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Paola Di Maio
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Columnist, Correspondent, Buddhist Door
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Former London based Science and Technology Correspondent and online publisher, delving deeper into technology and socio technical systems Research Analyst and Scholar MSc, PhD, multilingual Works as lecturer and researcher, Columnist for the Buddhist Door Asia Pacific Corresponding Editor for Science and Technology news
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By Paola Di Maio| Buddhist Door Verified Image courtesy of the authorWishing readers and the wider BDG community a meaningful new year. Here, we take a quick look back at past articles to gather a sense of what this column has covered. The beginning of last year was initiated by the wishful thought that an appreciation of the Buddhadharma could lead to more enlightened and purposeful science, and that modern research could lead to new discoveries that may support or explain some of the beliefs held in wisdom traditions.
By Paola Di Maio| Buddhist Door Verified Dependent Origination 2. Image courtesy of Paula Vera Bloom AuctionsHow a doctrine central to the Dharma connects science and other contemporary thinkingThe previous article in this column discussed dependent origination, the Dharma doctrine based on the sutras and upon which much of Buddhist philosophy and practice are built. As a reminder, the Paccaya Sutta (SN 12.20) states that dependent origination is the basic principle of conditionality and is at play in all conditioned phenomena.
By Raymond W. Lam, Paola Di Maio| Buddhist Door Verified “Abandon your possessiveness.” Usually, this exhortation would have been ignored by 19-year-old Yuya Ohara, a student at Kyoto University. However, as this advice came from a Buddha avatar dwelling inside a smartphone, “I was more open-minded,” he told AFP.
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