When freed (from the senses) the wise, on departing from this world, become immortal. The eye does not go thither, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how any one can teach it.

This shift can be seen as the result of two factors: the rise of monastic orders like Buddhism and Jainism, and the increasing participation of common folk who had little patience with complex rituals ...

Your Bangkok correspondent was incorrect in identifying the statue at the Erawan shrine as a “Four-Faced Buddha” (“A bailout plea to Americans,” Page 1, Jan. 31). The golden figure is a depiction of ...

It was fascinating to see an article on the antagonism between scientists and religion (18 November, p 8) in the same issue as an article by Paul Broks describing the “bundle theory” of self (p 56).