Gary Donnelly
@gjdonnelly.bsky.social
Bolshy Scouser.
Alleged specialist (PhD Phil) in Indian philosophy/religion/languages. I like other stuff, too.
SAA at the University of Manchester Dept of Economics; sometime Lecturer in Indic Traditions at Liverpool Hope.
@babblist on Twitter/X
Alleged specialist (PhD Phil) in Indian philosophy/religion/languages. I like other stuff, too.
SAA at the University of Manchester Dept of Economics; sometime Lecturer in Indic Traditions at Liverpool Hope.
@babblist on Twitter/X
I'm doing an Instagram live session this week alongside Eric Kaplan (BBT, Futurama), Prof Dave Webster (formerly of Liverpool), and of course Jay Thakkar.
It'll be happening at 00.01 GMT Thurs 21st Aug (midnight is too ambiguous!).
So that's just gone midnight, Thursday morning/Weds night.
It'll be happening at 00.01 GMT Thurs 21st Aug (midnight is too ambiguous!).
So that's just gone midnight, Thursday morning/Weds night.
August 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm doing an Instagram live session this week alongside Eric Kaplan (BBT, Futurama), Prof Dave Webster (formerly of Liverpool), and of course Jay Thakkar.
It'll be happening at 00.01 GMT Thurs 21st Aug (midnight is too ambiguous!).
So that's just gone midnight, Thursday morning/Weds night.
It'll be happening at 00.01 GMT Thurs 21st Aug (midnight is too ambiguous!).
So that's just gone midnight, Thursday morning/Weds night.
Gods in Buddhism.
Yes, they exist. Yes, they are finite manifestations (as are we). No, there is no explicit creator God (though that doesn't much matter). No the Buddha is not a God - he is something better.
Yes, they exist. Yes, they are finite manifestations (as are we). No, there is no explicit creator God (though that doesn't much matter). No the Buddha is not a God - he is something better.
June 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Gods in Buddhism.
Yes, they exist. Yes, they are finite manifestations (as are we). No, there is no explicit creator God (though that doesn't much matter). No the Buddha is not a God - he is something better.
Yes, they exist. Yes, they are finite manifestations (as are we). No, there is no explicit creator God (though that doesn't much matter). No the Buddha is not a God - he is something better.
Can we get away from this idea that Pāli Buddhism is 'proper' or 'real' Buddhism, or the 'oldest' Buddhism?
It's not, and this insistent sectarianism is utterly silly.
It's not, and this insistent sectarianism is utterly silly.
June 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Can we get away from this idea that Pāli Buddhism is 'proper' or 'real' Buddhism, or the 'oldest' Buddhism?
It's not, and this insistent sectarianism is utterly silly.
It's not, and this insistent sectarianism is utterly silly.
In work early to record a new podcast episode with Jay Thakkar, this time on Advaita!
June 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In work early to record a new podcast episode with Jay Thakkar, this time on Advaita!