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Concept of Knowledge: Link to article from Trinity University which describes the many facets of knowledge and provides references and resources links to explore them.

Concept of Knowledge: Link to Stanford University page discussing the thoughts, ideas and writings of Karl Popper, specifically pointing to the Growth of Knowledge among other areas.

Concept of Knowledge: Link to Wikipedia discussion, isolating the term “omniscience” and pointing to Jain sources concerning omniscience and Buddhist approach to omniscience.

Concept of Self: Link to articles addressing “Pragmatic view of Self,” “Dramatism and Self-Presentation,” “The Humanistic View of Self,” “Post Modern Self” and Self-Esteem.”

Concept of Self: Link to article on Self-Concept from Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2nd ed. Gale Group, 2001

Concept of Self: Link to article in “The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion,” Changes in self-concept, ego defense mechanisms and Religiosity following seven-day Vipassana meditation retreats

Concept of Self: Link to article in “The Journal of Buddhist Ethics,” the abstract for Critical Questions Towards a Naturalized Concept of Karma in Buddhism

Concept of Self: Link to article in “The Journal of Buddhist Ethics,” reviewing the book The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvāna in Early Buddhism

Illusion: “These pages demonstrate visual phenomena, and »optical« or »visual illusions«. The latter is more appropriate, because most effects have their basis in the visual pathway, not in the optics of the eye.”

Mirage: Page from San Diego State University: “First of all, what's a mirage? Mirages are not optical illusions, as many people (and Web sites!) think. They are real phenomena of atmospheric optics, caused by strong ray-bending in layers with steep thermal gradients. Because mirages are real physical phenomena, they can be photographed.”

Perception: Diagram/Graphic