Why this site?
This page simply says why this site exists. At the centre: historical and scientific rigour — understand, verify, document. Everything needed for that must stay accessible on the site, in each relevant page. The name Medicine Buddha can suggest a spiritual or esoteric site: that is not the frame. Here is what this project is — and what it is not.
In one sentence: a project of rigour (history, science, verification), with the Medicine Buddha as a tutelary figure and ethical thread — not an invitation to believe, or to practise magic or witchcraft.
A tutelary figure — and respect for the traditions
Talking about the Medicine Buddha can make a site look religious or “spiritual”. Here we follow a different tendency: this figure is a tutelary landmark — care, clarity, responsibility — not a cult, not an initiation, not a supernatural promise.
This does not disrespect anyone. The people and lineages who made the Medicine Buddha, and Buddhism, a religion and a tradition deserve full respect. Their work remains a major aspiration. We simply choose not to follow everything.
The same respect for all Buddhist traditions, including Theravāda — and for Jainism, a close relative of Buddhism. Everyone remains free in their path; this site converts no one and replaces no practice.
An ethic to modernise
What matters here is mainly an ethic. An ethic that is modernised: keep what helps us understand, act and pass on better — and refuse what harms.
Ancient texts can carry misogynistic passages or other ideas one does not wish to reproduce. Naming them without idealising them is part of the work: nothing is hidden, nothing is copied blindly.
No invented quotations on this page. No unverified list of examples. Just the principle: read with lucidity, and keep what remains worthy.
Against magic, magical thinking and sectarianism
This project stands explicitly against witchcraft, magic, magical thinking and sectarianism.
No hidden powers. No promised healing. No group that demands belief. The tone may unsettle some visitors: that is accepted, without aggression. Everyone remains free in their convictions; this site chooses another frame.
Science, medicine, independent research, biohacking
This is the heart of the project: understand, verify, document, experiment with rigour — rather than believe or fall back on magical thinking.
Hence the place, on this site, of science, of medicine as a seriousness landmark, of independent research, and of biohacking presented as documented personal exploration — not as validated medicine, and without any promise of efficacy or healing.
Why so many different topics
History, cultures, creation, games, tools, biohacking: it can look scattered. The common thread is simple — understanding, autonomy, ethics, transmission.
Each topic should stay accessible, ordered, and readable without walls of text — including what is needed to understand and verify. We compartmentalise to give air; we do not throw away useful information.
If a page looks “spiritual” at first glance, come back here. The site’s meaning is historical, scientific and ethical — not magical.