Buddhism
By Boris Ilyich Gladkov Conversation Two 1. Last time, I began our conversation about the transmigration of souls with the words: "Man has never been able to reconcile himself to…
Buddhism
By Boris Ilyich Gladkov Conversation One 1. Man has never been able to reconcile himself to the idea that death is the end of his existence. Comparing a living person…
Buddhism
By Boris Ilyich Gladkov Conversation Three 1. Last time, I concluded my talk on communication with the afterlife with these words: "Spiritualism is not a pastime; it is a religion…
Award-winning British freelance space journalist based in Bangkok, covering astronomy, astrophysics, commercial spaceflight and space exploration for major international outlets including The New York Times, BBC, Scientific American, Quanta, New…
Economy
Each year, Transparency International publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), now one of the most closely monitored global governance indicators. It is scrutinized not only by investors and credit rating…
Archeology
By Fr. Dmitry Yurevich Darius [Old Persian - preserving good; Hebrew: ; Greek: Ϫαρεῖος], the name of three Persian kings of the Achaemenid dynasty, as well as a Mede mentioned…
Christianity
By Konstantin Kostyuk Among the social changes in the post-Soviet period, a phenomenon such as Orthodox fundamentalism has increasingly attracted attention. Due to the long atheistic tradition and the secular…
International
The Ark of the Covenant [Hebrew: κιβωτὸς τῆς διαθήκης], according to the Old Testament, is the most important sacred object symbolizing the presence of God and located within the Tabernacle…
Christianity
The main directions of interpretation of the image of the Ark of the Covenant in the Christian Church are determined by the significance of this central sacred relic in the…
News
From “trust us” to “verify it”: what provably fair cryptography and smart contracts mean for players—and for Europe’s regulators. For years, online gambling has asked players to accept a simple…
