Since comparative study often promotes appreciation and tolerance as well as understanding, special consideration is given to manuscripts which illuminate relationships between diverse or seemingly discrete views. Historical and cultural studies are especially welcome. Submission is open to all- without regard to institutional affiliation, political preference, religious belief, gender, or national origin.
Manuscripts are subject to external review.
Published material does not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board, the Philosophy Department, or the State University of New York. A series such as this depends on the vision, good will, and labor of many. Concerned far more with human suffering than metaphysical enlightenment, the Buddha's teachings are often cryptic and subject to misinterpretation. One such misinterpretation is that the Buddha idenified the five skandhas as the Self. Another is that he taught a nihilistic doctrine of No-self.