Tag: Western civilisation
Sunday essay: how the West discovered the Buddha
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Buddhism is the third largest (and fastest growing) religion in Australia with approximately half a million adherents.
The celebration of the Buddha’s birthday here...
Explainer: what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures
Sculpture of ninth-century Persian scholar Al-Khwarizmi in Khiva,
Uzbekistan. Latin discovery of Al-Khwarizmi’s work introduced the numerals 0-9,
one of many ways in...