Knowledge › Western › PsychologyContagious magic rests on two laws: contact transfers properties, and similarity means shared essence. Rozin's 1986 experiments show they still shape us.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyDia Kiet in the Six Malefic Stars of Zi Wei Dou Shu: its traits, how it works, what it means in each palace, and ways to soften its effects.
Updated 2 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyDia Khong in the Six Killers of Zi Wei: its origin, nature, palace meanings, ways to soften its effects, and a multidimensional view of this malefic star.
Updated 16 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThe Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path are the foundation of Buddhism, analyzed through Pali scriptures, philosophy, and levels of practice.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 11, Earth over Heaven Tai, has inner Qian and outer Kun, heaven and earth in harmony. It covers the judgment, image, six line texts and commentaries.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismImpermanence, suffering and non-self are the three marks of the teaching: body, mind and world all change, are unsatisfactory and have no fixed self.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismCáo tật thị chúng by Chan master Mãn Giác is a famous Lý-era verse: fading spring and a plum branch in the courtyard speak of impermanence.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismVạn Hạnh was a monk of the Lý era, linked to the story of Lý Công Uẩn. His verse Thị đệ tử speaks of impermanence, life and death, rise and decline.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThe four foundations of mindfulness are body, feelings, mind and dhammas. How the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta describes the contemplation of each one.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief