Monthly Archives: August 2012

Eurocentricity and Social Conditioning

Posted on 29 August, 2012 by chansensei

There has been much talk about the (mostly) eurocentricism of global education; how global education is very much steered by ideas developed and pushed ahead by powers in Europe.  However, it would be prudent not to simply point the finger … Continue reading →

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Prezi

Posted on 27 August, 2012 by chansensei

A presentation made in Leeds an Udine

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Heroes

Posted on 19 August, 2012 by chansensei

I used this analogy in Udine where I had the chance to present my thesis. Let’s consider, how are heroes typically being protrayed in the West….we often think of the hero that single-handedly saves the world. no? Superman, Spiderman etc. … Continue reading →

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Move Out of the Room

Posted on 6 August, 2012 by chansensei

My prof once said to the effect that in the field of academia, there are many levels and many  rooms and within each room holds particular conversations. to be an academic, to be a postgraduate, we have to master the … Continue reading →

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Interdependence – Buddhism and Quantum

Posted on 5 August, 2012 by chansensei

I had been writing regularly these days. I hope I sound coherent ;P. If not, the floor is always open for discussion and questions. it is time to move on to Quantum physics. The intricacies of quantum physics baffled me. … Continue reading →

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Western Cartesian self and Buddhist no-self part 2

Posted on 4 August, 2012 by chansensei

Part 2 looks at the more academic stuff. It took me months to find a point of entry into understanding the Western psyche! But it all came down to a couple of books, taking me out of education and into … Continue reading →

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Western Cartesian self and Buddhist no-self Part 1

Posted on 2 August, 2012 by chansensei

When I first started out writing, I wasn’t really thinking of a ‘Western’ self or an Eastern ‘self’. From the Buddhist perspective, it is just self and no-self. It does not matter where the self comes from, it does not … Continue reading →

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contents

Posted on 1 August, 2012 by chansensei

Over the next couple of posts, I shall try to summarise my thesis, write it in a less academic way, which can be really boring at times, and apply the concepts more vigorously to issues I cannot afford to write … Continue reading →

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East-West

Posted on 1 August, 2012 by chansensei

My thesis briefly examines the historical and psychological basis of our current world situation. If man creates history, then it is man that we have to examine. It also seeks to highlight philosophical/cultural differences that persist in the East and … Continue reading →

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