Gautama Dhamma

Why the end cannot justify the means 1. A World That Sacrifices the Individual The film A Scanner Darkly (2006) presents a society obsessed with control yet blind to truth. Surveillance is everywhere, but understanding is nowhere. Bob Arctor, an undercover narcotics officer, must infiltrate addicts by becoming one of them. The state requires him…

And Recollection on Nibbāna-dhātu as the Ultimate Peace and Final Destination (Upasamānussati) In a world often defined by division, conflict, and fleeting calls for “world peace,” a group of Buddhist monks has embarked on a profound journey that redefines what peace truly means. Beginning on October 26, 2025, from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center…

How Internal Identity and Freedom from Social Performance Mature into Pātimokkha Discipline Introduction Modern psychology increasingly recognizes that much human suffering does not arise from hardship alone, but from dependence on external validation and the exhaustion of living for others. Two well-established psychological insights illuminate this clearly: While these insights are often discussed as markers…

Introduction — From Connection to Control Social media began as a communication infrastructure.Early platforms functioned like digital town squares: share photos, message friends, maintain distant relationships. Its economic model later changed. When venture capital entered the ecosystem, platforms required exponential growth and continuous monetization.Advertising became the dominant revenue stream.At that moment the business goal shifted:…

Introduction: Dreams at the Edge of Life Drawing from the insights of Carl Jung and the work of his closest collaborator Marie-Louise von Franz, particularly her studies collected in On Dreams and Death, dreams arising near the end of life reveal a profound psychological truth:the subconscious does not approach death as finality. Where the conscious…

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Directed by Clint Eastwood Introduction Juror No. 2 is a legal thriller with the courage to be quiet. It refuses the usual convenience of villains. Instead, it shows how ordinary decency can still generate injustice when institutions are pressured, narratives harden, and perception narrows. The film’s tension is not merely “who did it,” but how…

Part 3: The Shadow — Human Evilness and the Distortion of Collective Values I. From Altruism to Its Shadow Altruism does not begin as a moral ideal. It begins as instinct. In its most basic form, altruism arises from survival logic: care for offspring, protection of kin, cooperation within a group. At this level, altruism…

Part 3: The Shadow – Cases of Human Evilness Introduction — The Shadow as a Condition of Being Human Before attempting to explain human evil, one fact must be stated clearly:human evil is a structural possibility inherent in what humans are. Human history does not portray evil as a rare moral failure or the work…