What is ‘pure form’? Since time immemorial human beings have been prone to extraordinary experiences where they feel that they have ascended to a world of purity & wonder far beyond everyday concerns. However, the ways in which such experiences of pure, luminous forms have been understood has differed widely from culture to culture. A particularlyContinue reading “Pure Forms in Buddhism and Platonism”
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The Effect Vehicle: an interview with Robert Thurman by Louis Bourgeois
Urthona is very pleased to present a previously unpublished interview with the noted Buddhist scholar and translator Robert Thurman. This fascinating conversation was conducted not long before Thurman’s passing away in June 2026 by the New Orleans poet and translator, Louis Bourgeois. For many years a major figure in Western Buddhism, Robert Alexander Farrar ThurmanContinue reading “The Effect Vehicle: an interview with Robert Thurman by Louis Bourgeois”
the Buddha meets Plato…
The encounter of Buddhism and Platonism – what can modern Buddhists and others learn from Plato? A philosophical essay by Ratnagarbha I have been interested in Platonism for as long as I have been a Buddhist. The two have always gone hand in hand for me. I find in Platonism a wonderfully articulated view ofContinue reading “the Buddha meets Plato…”
Urthona – Buddhism & art 