Famous nobel winning Physicist John Wheeler had this to say "The quantum process has nothing to do with counciousness." When physicists use the word "OBSERVER" they are refering to a non counsciess "MEASURING DEVICE" that collides photons against electrons. The collision destroys the exterior waves leaving only the stronger interior waves intact a particle is just the inside uncollapsble strong wave. Way to manipulate/batardize terminology to mean something else completly for your agenda.
a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity." end quote. These are words that came out from the man who discovered E = Mc2 and the father of Theory of Relativity. I thank you for allowing me to enlighten some of you about Buddhism. Please write to me at Sophia_Thon2005@yahoo.com for more questions. Buddha Blesses You...Peace and Love Be Upon you all.
Albert Einstein once asked, what is your preferred religion if you are ask to choose and his respond was...Buddhism. This has shown that the man such as Einstein, who possesses the greatest mind on earth would prefer Buddhism as his choice. In addition, he has also said and I quote: " Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoid dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spritual, and it is based on
This will always be curious to man. The beauty of Buddhism is that its teaching is for man to understand self and once you understood the concept, one would ultimately stop committing sin. Nature will never be apart of humanity, but humanity will always be apart of nature. In this sense, just think about death of our bodies. Once we are dead we would become ashes or dust to which can trendscendant into another form of life. As it is written in the Wheel of Life or the Cycle of Life or Chakra.
Believing in Buddhism one must not believe in God, because in Buddhism, there is no God. Buddhism is the teaching to understand "Self."; and the sin of man which is known as "Kaless". Kaless is also means "Hunger". You cannot avoid hunger because hunger is borned once we are conceived in the womb of our mother. The moment a child is borned into the world...he began to cry. Why one would ask? Although science has not prove as to why a child is crying once out of a womb.
I've studied both quantum and buddhism, but I can't make sense of this correlation. There's a difference between a conceptual relation and then mathematical models. I don't see any science in this statement.
@drewnut This no self biz doesn't mean one doesn't exist but that what is known as "self" exists bound up with all the universe and has not existence apart from other things. Since it cannot exist independently, in this sense, there is no self. That is the idea at its simplest.
@opensourcebuddhism Thanks. I find it amazing that after over 20 years of schooling I can't figure this stuff out but a guy 2600 years ago sat under a tree and it all just came to him. Some sutras claim the buddha had psychic powers, could levitate, travel to other galaxys, and shoot fire out of his hands. Do you think enlightenment grants these kinds of powers or is this the influence of Hinduism mythology on Buddhism?
@drewnut The answer to your question is: both. The "magic" of Buddha is a Hindu influence...shows he can "compete" with the Hindu "big guys" but he said of miracles, "tricks are for kids" you might say. "Anyone claiming miracles is not a disciple of mine" he said. Still, legend claims he could levitate, flew that way to Sri Lanka...believe it...or not.
@drewnut lord Buddha came to enlightenment only after passing many life times not because he sat under a tree and meditate . I suggest u read more on Buddhism.
there are many things to full fill to be enlightened and buddha was gathering these aspects 550 life times before and finaly came to understand the truth.. and he had powers which he did not use to fear people or punish any one and he is not a god!!! he is human hw stupid if u think buddha try compete with hindu big guys ...
@Thilanga0007 Since nothing was written about the Buddha until hundreds of years after his death I only made the claim that his followers possibly exagerated his abilities to compete with the local Hindu religion and there possibly 330 million gods. The Buddha himself would probably be insulted if people exagerated his life to make him sound more amazing due to miracles instead of simply explaining his teachings. What books would you suggest to read?
@Thilanga0007 I buy that. :) The lord Buddha never tried to compete with Hindu but it's the Hindu who is still trying to compete all religions or believes in this world.
@drewnut I doubt that about enlightenment. IMHO, this is the influence from Hinduism. How do you know which one is the real doctrine from the Buddha. Many years ago and many people edited or wrote many books hehe.
@drewnut There is no 'self' because 'you', 'me', and everything around us is always moving, always changing. We can't consider our personalities to be 'self' because personalities change on a daily--even hourly--basis. For example, in the morning, you're a different person than you are in the evening--that is, you feel different, think different, and are more likely to make certain choices over others. If your frontal lobe is damaged in an accident, your personality might change.
@C0C0nutFace that is a very unintelligent post…Perhaps a better question/post would have been what have Buddhist Inspired Scientist done to aid scientific discoveries.. the answer is a great deal…from the study of Meditation to the current ideas of QT.
Perhaps rather than trying to smugly prove a point from ignorance you should open yourself up and explore what Buddhism and Meditation can show you about “The REAL world”....perhaps it is you in need of a wake up call.
For instance, people who give the most harshful criticsm about christianity is a person who use to be a theologist...lol tsk tsk So before anyone is going to criticize about buddism, makesure knowing about the core of buddism very well.. Otherwise provide the evidents and cites(not from bible or your religion text) or just simply Shut The Fuck Up ..
most of people who disagree with buddism teachings, they are people who has only known merely the surface or just over heard here and there about buddism. If they know just a little bit deeper about Heart sultra, perhaps, they might pause for a moment before they say something which discredit of themselve. The best critics-they know the best of the subject that they are competent to criticize..
@C0C0nutFace your statement doesn't really make sense... what are you really trying to say. How is Buddhism supposed to directly contribute to any scientific discovery.. ? it is only just a philosophy...It invents no scientific tools of measurement. It is described as scientific as in it is a science of the mind only. Ie investigation into desires, thoughts, mental patterns etc. Non-judgemental seeing of the nature of these things as they are. Thats all there is to it
mix emptiness and compassion! Eventually i believe it is possible to gain a direct experience of emptiness. It is the direct antidote to all human suffering, PRACTICE MEDITATION AND BE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE
These are cool! The Buddha was the first Quantum Mechanics Physicist. Although, he was not a mathematician; nevertheless, he found a method for everyone to experience for themselves what he found. This is empirical experience. Science needs math to convey ideas across other scientist. Buddhism stresses direct experience. Meaning don't believe anything; see for yourself. Buddhism and Science are actually in quiet harmony. Buddhism is how the mind works, everything else is; beside the point.
@C0C0nutFace Do some research.. many great scientist like Einstein, Openheimer, Bohm etc.. were inspired in buddhist and hindu philosophies and relating on them they developed their theories..
Also, lots of research has been done in the last years in Buddhist psychology integrating it to modern psychologies creating really valuable ways to heal depression, bad habits, violence, etc.
First research and Learn, then think and then give your opinion..
@C0C0nutFace Actually it describes beings being reborn in the Abhassara Brahma world because this world/universe had collapsed. This universe then expanded, a surface formed, the beings came back from the Abhassara Brahma world and began to evolve. Of course the idea that creatures evolve goes back many centuries, at least twenty five of them!
@C0C0nutFace Aggañña Sutta describes a admitedly rough but still interesting creation story starting with an expansion of space, a forming of a planet within space and the life emerging in a primitive state and evolving over a massive period of time through transitional forms into human beings. Sound familiar?
@C0C0nutFace Philosophy is a different discipline to science but they're both about the application of rational thought. Buddhism as a philosophy doesn't deal with the natural world, it isn't a science. The interesting thing for me, therefore, is the fact that science and Buddhism tie in so well together. A bunch of guys sitting in meditation seem to have figured it all out even if they didn't have the experimental proof to back up their claims.
@C0C0nutFace, sure .. whatever makes you feel happy. I can somewhat understand of what is require to constitute a theory. Perhaps you should also understand that theory can or cannot be adopted by anybody. Theory will become a law after it has been commonly proven that the theory cannot be disproved. But yes, regardless on that babbling, I do know what a theory is and how scientists can come up with one. I went to some decent UC .. I think I know about it well.
@C0C0nutFace, yes, because you don't understand Buddhism, that's why it's not science to you. It's totally OK on how you view this. I'm not even sure if you have ever sat down and read the details of it. Perhaps, try to understand the theory behind Buddhism. Think first before you say something that can potentially make yourself look bad.
@C0C0nutFace Well...you would be wrong about that. The Buddha was the world's first psychologist, later Buddhists coming up with the idea of the subconsciousness 2300 years before Freud; meditation has PROVEN health benefits. Finally, none other than the Buddha discovered the theory of inter-relativity of things. Such a "cause-and-effect" approach is the core of Buddhism. I could go on...and lay waste to your notions viz. Confucianism and Daoism...monotheism is not the only religion you know.
hey friends...this world we are experiencing is a dream . E=MC^2 is a part of that dream .according to buddhism you are now experiencing a split second of that. there isn't anything such as TIME. only way to wake up from this dream is MEDITATION.
well...i would say you need reflection...wisdom too. otherwise, what distinguishes buddhist from hindu from jain meditation? the theory counts even though it is part of the dream.
I feel that quantum theory and classical theory will have to be united one day to have one unified theory of physics. Our understanding of the quantum physics will change then but there will always be a link between Buddhism and the real nature of the Universe.
I thought that this video did such a good job on describing science theory and how it supports what Buddha finds for everybody. Yet, some guy still say that everything was created from God based on some kind of holy book. I do give up with ignorance. - You don't accept God, you'll burn in hell. Wow.... sure ... that's justice. I'll find somebody who does accept god and kill many people in Iraq go to heaven? That's justice for you right there.
i suppose we have to agree with you. so many feel that way in america...makes me so sad. that is why i cling to buddhism as a raft in the ocean of samsara.
@Difficult2Understand, you're so childish. "My keyboard doesn't have that option"? Every keyboard has that option. It's standard built in. I'm wasting my time talking to you. You can't even derive that E=MC^2 and dare to say you know relativity. I mean, I'll just let you believe whatever you like. Everybody is entitle to one. but When one's believe oppress others like "If you don't believe in Jesus, you'll go to hell", that's wrong. It's truly ridiculous.
@Difficult2Understand, prove it to me that everything comes from creation. Also show me the details of how you derive that E=MC^2 equation. I mean, I don't know how far have you gone to in your education, but I think if you take some math or physics, you learn to use symbols like "^" in particular.
Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelt Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE
Buddha is not a prophecy teller like other religious leaders...dnt tell lies plz..i am a Buddhist and i knw buddhism far more than muslims..i asked u to quote the sutra or gatha where buddha speaking of mohammed??? plz tell me i want to knw abt this new discovery of yours :P :P ROFL :D
Almost all Buddhist books contain this prophecy. It is in Chakkavatti Sinhnad Suttanta D. III, 76 and or the Gospel of Buddha by Carus pg. 217 and 218 (From Ceylon sources) have fun on the floor!
but it doesn't contain anything about a prophet...but buddha told abt a future buddha (maitreya bodhisattva) who will come after the decline of gautama buddha sasana..thats after millions years..so it's nt a prophecy. maitreya bodhisattva him self gt niyathi wiwarana(dun no the prpr english word 4 this)frm gotama buddha in his lyf time
the description buddha gives of the maitreya is strickingly similar to that of the final Prophet, also the Prophet Mohammed was known as the "Maitri" or the merciful and benevolent one.
plz tell me how its similar? bcz i dunt knw abt islam scriptures but i knw abt buddhist scriptures.. though mohammed was known as merciful can it be maitreya bodhisattva? in buddhist scriptures(theravada) maitreya bodhisattva is the next Buddha.who comes after the decline of Buddhism in the earth..Buddhahood is self attained enlightenment abt the universal truth.not something like islam or Christianity.its all abt undersatnding the world as it is.
Mohammed is the the finality and the perfection of what the maitreya bodhisattva represents(see prophecy of buddha above) which is the greatest mercy (or matri) to mankind. why? because he clarified, expounded and built upon what we know as the universal truth or the natural or divine laws seperating fact from fiction and superstition and established Islam-the natural law of man, through recieving, interpreting and transmitting Gods message to mankind, The Holy Quraan
all the Buddhas teach the same teachings..noble four truths,noble eightfold path,law of karma..etc. so prophet mohammed is not a maitreya bodhisattva.bcz he didn preach abt at least the noble four truths. and in buddhism one of the great sin a buddhist can make is believing in a creator god. so it cant be islam teachings!!!
up until the time of The Holy Prophets of Almighty God, there existed no proper comprehension of our Glorious Creator. God did not reveal Himself in buddha's time, so it's for this reason that buddha only saw himself(conciousness) and he tried his best to comprehend and master this, through self-discipline, meditation, contemplation etc. This gave way to a man of great virtue and qualities and contributed positively to man's earlier existence/cosmic cycle/evolutionary stage. so everything .....
..... so everything said concerning GOD should be discounted, due to lack of comprehension, a part The Holy prophets will come to play later on. The Prophet Mohammed, The final of these great Men to perfect the understanding/belief/faith in man by being made aware of his purpose, existence, creation, afterlife, character and duty and ultimately OUR GLORIOUS CREATOR.
4unitedMAN, I'm not going to criticize your belief. However, if you explain on what you believe and to engineers and scientist compare to what I explain on what I believe to scientist or engineers, who do you think these people are going to believe. I mean, they're pretty rational. How do I know? I'm one of them.
hahaha! engineers and scientists by occupation are unqualified to discuss what is really a philosophical question. Our science is still thousands of years away from connecting anything even remotely to GOD. Islam is that bridge for us muslims, and is the real inspiration behind true faith and understanding. you are brainwashed by these shortsighted fools for the purpose of control of your faithless mind so that the secular world order can be established and you reduced to godless slaves.
@4unitedMAN, I should be laughing at what you said, not me. Because the more advanced technology gets, the more it proves God wrong / God is imaginary. Notice you place the word faith in your comment. That says that you don't need anything, any prove, any induction, any logic, any reasonings to believe. Therefore, I'm sorry to say, it's bullshit. It's like saying, you know I'm the son of God and I can float. I'm not going to show you but you have to believe me. Now that's dumb. LOL
@4unitedMAN, I'll tell you the truth, your definition of God and what God has done from what you read in your holly book does really extremely disappoint most of the Buddhist in your definition of God. Honestly. If you want to know why, message me and I'll give you a pretty freaking sweet argument. I won't even have to say it on behalf of Buddhist. I'll just pretend to be Atheist to answer your question.
Maitree is the Next Buddha who will achive enlightenment after the end of this "COSMIC CYCLE" This is the true Buddhist perspective about Buddha -Maitriee, who like all Buddhas will Deny GOD and Soul.
@ballthee I am afraid that I thought of the opposite side b/c I heard a lot of news about terrorists involving Muslim. I am sorry to say that but it's true in the 3 provinces south of Thailand.
i should quote a very important saying of buddha in the cakkavatti sihanada sutta ----------"Llive with yourself as your island, yourself as your refuge, with nothing else as your refuge. Live with the Dhamma as your island, the Dhamma as your refuge, with nothing else as your refuge. 1 And how does a monk live with himself as his island, himself as his refuge, with nothing else as his refuge; with the Dhamma as his island, the Dhamma as his refuge, with nothing else as his refuge?"----
I notice on your "open source Buddhism" site you have at leased one pro Islam video! you really should get a hold of the history of the Indian subcontinent. the biggest genocide ever was Muslims slaughtering the unbelievers, Hindu's and especially Buddhists. how do you think Buddhism disappeared from India?
the philosophy at opensourcebuddhism is to hear all sides fairly. i had muslim students produce these, i see buddhism as able to contain all possible perspectives and non-perspectives. i know of the genocide, and have recommended muslims apologize. problem is, unlike the pope, no single muslim is ever responsible! you have to deal with the majority! james
you should research the history of the world to find out about all the genocides committed against the muslims since the bloody crusades oh and in India aswell at the end of the 18th centuary.
Buddha was not scientific, and most founders of quantam theory were Christians (Borne, Heisenberg, Schrodiinger), in fact the man who is considered the father of quantam Physics (Max Plank) was a Church deacon...
do you not realize that Neils Bohr used the tai chi or yin-yang image for his coat of arms? are you not familiar with einstein's own comments stating if there were any religion to survive the future with science, it would be buddhism., due to its harmony with all things natural, and its insistence on evolution, granted, mostly the evolution of consciousness...but i think that is the pivotal aspect of evolution! james
First of all Einstein never said that, Einstein in fact said he would be a quaker if not a non-believer, so you're wrong. He considered himself religious, while he didn't consider Buddha or Spinoza as religious figures. Nohr was a Jew and what you said was complete bullshit, he never did that.
i get so tired of the ignorant making me check facts i already know to be true.
Bohr was Lutheran (evangelische) and here from wikipedia: read'em and weep - he designed his own coat of arms which featured a taijitu (symbol of yin and yang) and the Latin motto contraria sunt complementa: opposites are complementary.[6] He died in Copenhagen in 1962. He is buried in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen.
and again your rude man, hear from einstein who disagrees with you about buddhism:
The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism....
so there! new york times science magazine - 1930 - and quostesdaddy, but can find these quotes all over the web. anyway, it is true...buddha was the first scientist of the mind....
I wouldn't disagree witht he quote, Bddha was one of the earliest philsoophers of the mind, that doesn't mean he was a scientist in any way, he said the Universe was eternal (WRONG!), uness it was a metaphor.
Also I disagree with Buddhism being the only religion, there are many religions that can survive you moron, Deism, pantheism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and almost all religions are valid candidates. You're an arrogant prick.
i didn't say it would be the only religion in the future, einstein merely predicted it would survive science. an you are so wrong: one of buddha's most famous scenes involves malunkyaputta, a monk who asked whether the universe was eternal or not. buddha's reply: it's like a guy wounded by an arrow who wants to know where the arrow was made, who made it - instead of here and now removing it and healing. you really don't know what youre talking about, and jumping to names...tsk tsk tsk...
check around: einstein expressed his dismay with people accusing him of belief in a personal god. like all logical thinkers, it is plain-old illogical.
Einstein denied believing in a personal God, and I never claimed he believed in a personal God. Einstein did believe in a higher being that placed the laws of Physics though, and most Buddhists don't accept of such a being so he doesn't support your views too much. Einstein supported Christianity aot more, though him thinking it was chilidsh, in fact Christianity played a crucial influence in his life.
Einstein ca. 1930: Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.
heres something interesting about ISLAM and what we muslims know regarding the universe and its physics, paralell dimensions and beings -read article "Quantum Islam" by Dr Kevin J. Barrett also check out Gordon Creighton's essay: The True Nature Of The 'UFO Entities and Jay Alfreds
Jinns plasma aliens from a parallel Earth. and you'll soon discover ISLAM'S authority and unlimited knowledge on everything seen and unseen.
i happen to know kevin barrett personally. i read his article. i agree with his 911 business for the most part, but his article on quantum physics in the Qur'an left me wholly unconvinced the Quantum theory is anything like the Qur'an. Seems to me Muslims have trouble with evolution, just like Christians. he cites no passages in the qur'an to maintain his opinion. Buddhism on the other hand really does point to a world much like the quantum world "beneath" perception.
it is great that you know mr. Barret personally, it is sad however that you could not consult with him further on such serious issues. Muslims dont have trouble with evolution, we realise our place in the "grand scheme", because we are taught from young these dynamics and the different stages evolution be it of the soul or of creation itself and the purpose behind it.The major difference between buddhism and Islam is their exist almost no concept of GOD in buddhism which leads....
.....to idolatrous worship(the image of buddha) in Islam, we posses a deep beautiful understanding of our LORD through His description in The Holy Quraan reflecting His Omnipotence, His Omnipresence, His Omniscience etc, although i do respect buddhism and some of its ideals which do agree with Islams teachings but buddha himself is qouted saying, 'I am not the first Buddha who came upon the earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time anothr Buddha will arise in the world....
a holy one, a supremely enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths which I have taught you. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax, and, glorious at the goal. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect a pure, such as I now proclaim. His disciples will number many thousand, while mine number many hundred.
I doubt buddha said that, but if so, let's examine this. why would buddha, who denied the existence of a creator god, prophesy a monotheist as proclaiming his teaching? Puh-leez! Maybe its a prophesy of Christ? Makes more sense than your claim. Muslims devastated the Buddhist world and should apologize for vast violence.
but he didnt prophesize monotheism, read the prophecy again. he speaks of holy one, a supremely enlightened one*, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe*, an incomparable leader* of men, a master of angels and mortals*. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths* i have.He will preach HIS religion*. he speaks of the man and his character not his religion but sharing the same eternal truths.
but muhammad is not a master of angels. he receives messages from Gabriel (Jibreel), but he is not his master. christ only among abrahmic religions is considered by followers a master of angels as god from god. i don't agree, but i think if there is this prophesy (and buddha was no prophet) it refers to jesus. got the wrong guy! james
so let me ask you, you don't realize Buddhism is a psychology/philosophy, not a belief system don't you? Anyone who wakes up to the truth of utter selflessness in his consciousness is a buddha. in any case, why is monotheism "better" than polytheism? you guys believe in Jibreel, the archangel. kind of a god, no? you guys have idols - most notably the Qa'ba Stone. What kind of idol is that to which a billion people bow and pray five times a day,
"you don't realize Buddhism is a psychology/philosophy"
Islam is not simply a religion, for this is human precept. Islam by definition is "A way of life" prescribed for you by your Lord and creator.
As for polytheism, Islam views it as the scourge of mankind, because nothing can be lower than worshipping an image.
In bhuddism its slightly different but no exception because accompanying the image of bhudda is bhudda's good philosophy but he is in no way GOD same with jesus. cont...
well you never addressed the issue of the Ka'aba stone idol. Why not smash it? Blow it up like Muslims blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas. It would serve them right and eliminate a major Muslim hypocrisy.
yeah right, well guy (and all muslims), please, please stop thinking others "worship" statues. no way! buddhists especially do not. these images are simply symbols. krishna or the virgin mary too - only direct one's consciousness to the deity.
no one i know worships stones except certain crystal and precious stone believers. your ka'aba stone is no different from those.
ooh yeah, you know that there is precious stone inside the Ka'aba (do you have any idea about their origin?), so why don't you try to know more about the Ka'aba, and go deeper in understanding Islam, maybe you'll know better what we worship. It's enough to know that Quran is the only religious book that speaks about relativity, subatomic particles, medicine, and so on, even about Buddhism. (in all Muslims don't need you to tel them about what they worship)
Geez! I wonder why Muslim nations haven't had a nuclear program as long ago as the seventh century! Boy, you really don't need any other book than the Qur'an, do you? We should've trained Einstein in the Qur'an - we'd have safe alternative energy by now...or is it a secret plot to keep the oil running that Muslims hide these secrets from the world?
It i sthe way u look at the idols or symbols man for example if a sculpture looks at a idol he will see the beauty in it, a devote looks at it he will see the divinity, if a theif looks at it he will see the value of the material so that he can steal it. infact where did all these perceptions , they are not in the idol but in the mind. so idols are an aid ,symbols. So remove your concept of idol worshiping everyone knows a stone is a stone man and not a god,think well.
although i trust science as much as i trust buddhism, i strongly feel science now is the "empty" side...it's just personal feeling and i'm not sure if it's right or wrong.
But I'm not so sure that particles don't have fixed identities. The uncertainty principle is only due to our inability to measure those fixed identities since beaming a photon upon a subatomic particle changes the position of the object when we try to measure its position. Am I mistaken here?
It is not that they don't have fixed identities, it's that we cannot determine their fixed identities so we must RELY on what we can determine, which is probability. Right???
i'm not a physist so i'm only trying to explain from my own sense, which may probably be totally wrong.
if we say an object is fixed, to what level is it fixed? is it as a whole? is it as the combination of many particles? if it's a "one" thing, where's the edge between its most "out" particles and those of the air? you see at subatom level particles of everything including the air are the same, then why can't this object and the air be seen as one? and again, where is the edge?
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing this knowledge. It helped me to understand the similarities between Buddhism and Quantum physics. This is very interesting. Please continue to share your knowledge.
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Famous nobel winning Physicist John Wheeler had this to say "The quantum process has nothing to do with counciousness." When physicists use the word "OBSERVER" they are refering to a non counsciess "MEASURING DEVICE" that collides photons against electrons. The collision destroys the exterior waves leaving only the stronger interior waves intact a particle is just the inside uncollapsble strong wave. Way to manipulate/batardize terminology to mean something else completly for your agenda.
thenewdeal38 4 months ago
a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity." end quote. These are words that came out from the man who discovered E = Mc2 and the father of Theory of Relativity. I thank you for allowing me to enlighten some of you about Buddhism. Please write to me at Sophia_Thon2005@yahoo.com for more questions. Buddha Blesses You...Peace and Love Be Upon you all.
RICSSWAYS 5 months ago
Albert Einstein once asked, what is your preferred religion if you are ask to choose and his respond was...Buddhism. This has shown that the man such as Einstein, who possesses the greatest mind on earth would prefer Buddhism as his choice. In addition, he has also said and I quote: " Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoid dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spritual, and it is based on
RICSSWAYS 5 months ago
This will always be curious to man. The beauty of Buddhism is that its teaching is for man to understand self and once you understood the concept, one would ultimately stop committing sin. Nature will never be apart of humanity, but humanity will always be apart of nature. In this sense, just think about death of our bodies. Once we are dead we would become ashes or dust to which can trendscendant into another form of life. As it is written in the Wheel of Life or the Cycle of Life or Chakra.
RICSSWAYS 5 months ago
Believing in Buddhism one must not believe in God, because in Buddhism, there is no God. Buddhism is the teaching to understand "Self."; and the sin of man which is known as "Kaless". Kaless is also means "Hunger". You cannot avoid hunger because hunger is borned once we are conceived in the womb of our mother. The moment a child is borned into the world...he began to cry. Why one would ask? Although science has not prove as to why a child is crying once out of a womb.
RICSSWAYS 5 months ago
I've studied both quantum and buddhism, but I can't make sense of this correlation. There's a difference between a conceptual relation and then mathematical models. I don't see any science in this statement.
tieltavisvt 7 months ago
!Namas+e.
AntiChrista4WPeace 8 months ago
I have a question. How is there no self? I read this in many buddhist books but I can't grasp this concept.
drewnut 9 months ago
@drewnut This no self biz doesn't mean one doesn't exist but that what is known as "self" exists bound up with all the universe and has not existence apart from other things. Since it cannot exist independently, in this sense, there is no self. That is the idea at its simplest.
opensourcebuddhism 9 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism Thanks. I find it amazing that after over 20 years of schooling I can't figure this stuff out but a guy 2600 years ago sat under a tree and it all just came to him. Some sutras claim the buddha had psychic powers, could levitate, travel to other galaxys, and shoot fire out of his hands. Do you think enlightenment grants these kinds of powers or is this the influence of Hinduism mythology on Buddhism?
drewnut 9 months ago
@drewnut The answer to your question is: both. The "magic" of Buddha is a Hindu influence...shows he can "compete" with the Hindu "big guys" but he said of miracles, "tricks are for kids" you might say. "Anyone claiming miracles is not a disciple of mine" he said. Still, legend claims he could levitate, flew that way to Sri Lanka...believe it...or not.
opensourcebuddhism 9 months ago
@opensourcebuddhism I want to learn how to levitate lol thanks for the info
drewnut 9 months ago
@drewnut This is bullshit spread by hindus about buddhism. There is no hocos phocus in buddhism.
matkakulfi 7 months ago
@drewnut lord Buddha came to enlightenment only after passing many life times not because he sat under a tree and meditate . I suggest u read more on Buddhism.
there are many things to full fill to be enlightened and buddha was gathering these aspects 550 life times before and finaly came to understand the truth.. and he had powers which he did not use to fear people or punish any one and he is not a god!!! he is human hw stupid if u think buddha try compete with hindu big guys ...
Thilanga0007 7 months ago
@Thilanga0007 Since nothing was written about the Buddha until hundreds of years after his death I only made the claim that his followers possibly exagerated his abilities to compete with the local Hindu religion and there possibly 330 million gods. The Buddha himself would probably be insulted if people exagerated his life to make him sound more amazing due to miracles instead of simply explaining his teachings. What books would you suggest to read?
drewnut 7 months ago
@Thilanga0007 I buy that. :) The lord Buddha never tried to compete with Hindu but it's the Hindu who is still trying to compete all religions or believes in this world.
eflwinnie 6 months ago
@drewnut I doubt that about enlightenment. IMHO, this is the influence from Hinduism. How do you know which one is the real doctrine from the Buddha. Many years ago and many people edited or wrote many books hehe.
eflwinnie 6 months ago
@drewnut There is no 'self' because 'you', 'me', and everything around us is always moving, always changing. We can't consider our personalities to be 'self' because personalities change on a daily--even hourly--basis. For example, in the morning, you're a different person than you are in the evening--that is, you feel different, think different, and are more likely to make certain choices over others. If your frontal lobe is damaged in an accident, your personality might change.
TheMisterYang 6 months ago
i thought i was real
ashtongrist 9 months ago
@C0C0nutFace that is a very unintelligent post…Perhaps a better question/post would have been what have Buddhist Inspired Scientist done to aid scientific discoveries.. the answer is a great deal…from the study of Meditation to the current ideas of QT.
Perhaps rather than trying to smugly prove a point from ignorance you should open yourself up and explore what Buddhism and Meditation can show you about “The REAL world”....perhaps it is you in need of a wake up call.
TheRagManSmiles 1 year ago
For instance, people who give the most harshful criticsm about christianity is a person who use to be a theologist...lol tsk tsk So before anyone is going to criticize about buddism, makesure knowing about the core of buddism very well.. Otherwise provide the evidents and cites(not from bible or your religion text) or just simply Shut The Fuck Up ..
pranhu 1 year ago
most of people who disagree with buddism teachings, they are people who has only known merely the surface or just over heard here and there about buddism. If they know just a little bit deeper about Heart sultra, perhaps, they might pause for a moment before they say something which discredit of themselve. The best critics-they know the best of the subject that they are competent to criticize..
pranhu 1 year ago
Can you explain the pothagium theory?
hamzahgeek 1 year ago
too short. lols
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CzechArtigos 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace it's pretty bad. But it's kali yuga and there is no destruction only transformation. So everyone is right. Sea of cowards.
thinmanthewise 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace your statement doesn't really make sense... what are you really trying to say. How is Buddhism supposed to directly contribute to any scientific discovery.. ? it is only just a philosophy...It invents no scientific tools of measurement. It is described as scientific as in it is a science of the mind only. Ie investigation into desires, thoughts, mental patterns etc. Non-judgemental seeing of the nature of these things as they are. Thats all there is to it
Sunny066 1 year ago
mix emptiness and compassion! Eventually i believe it is possible to gain a direct experience of emptiness. It is the direct antidote to all human suffering, PRACTICE MEDITATION AND BE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE
peace4peace4every1 1 year ago
These are cool! The Buddha was the first Quantum Mechanics Physicist. Although, he was not a mathematician; nevertheless, he found a method for everyone to experience for themselves what he found. This is empirical experience. Science needs math to convey ideas across other scientist. Buddhism stresses direct experience. Meaning don't believe anything; see for yourself. Buddhism and Science are actually in quiet harmony. Buddhism is how the mind works, everything else is; beside the point.
Hazenstones 1 year ago
great video
BuddhaShiva1 1 year ago
Religions are inherited or accepted emotionally. Both are erroneous paths in the search for truth. Google Doe’s Account.
Copachick 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace Do some research.. many great scientist like Einstein, Openheimer, Bohm etc.. were inspired in buddhist and hindu philosophies and relating on them they developed their theories..
Also, lots of research has been done in the last years in Buddhist psychology integrating it to modern psychologies creating really valuable ways to heal depression, bad habits, violence, etc.
First research and Learn, then think and then give your opinion..
zilph82 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace You're like a creationist denying transitional forms at the moment.
ketsan 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace Actually it describes beings being reborn in the Abhassara Brahma world because this world/universe had collapsed. This universe then expanded, a surface formed, the beings came back from the Abhassara Brahma world and began to evolve. Of course the idea that creatures evolve goes back many centuries, at least twenty five of them!
ketsan 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace Aggañña Sutta describes a admitedly rough but still interesting creation story starting with an expansion of space, a forming of a planet within space and the life emerging in a primitive state and evolving over a massive period of time through transitional forms into human beings. Sound familiar?
ketsan 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace Philosophy is a different discipline to science but they're both about the application of rational thought. Buddhism as a philosophy doesn't deal with the natural world, it isn't a science. The interesting thing for me, therefore, is the fact that science and Buddhism tie in so well together. A bunch of guys sitting in meditation seem to have figured it all out even if they didn't have the experimental proof to back up their claims.
ketsan 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace, sure .. whatever makes you feel happy. I can somewhat understand of what is require to constitute a theory. Perhaps you should also understand that theory can or cannot be adopted by anybody. Theory will become a law after it has been commonly proven that the theory cannot be disproved. But yes, regardless on that babbling, I do know what a theory is and how scientists can come up with one. I went to some decent UC .. I think I know about it well.
krittmasta 1 year ago
your videos are great
JoeyTHEArms 1 year ago
@JoeyTHEArms thank you!
james
opensourcebuddhism 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace, yes, because you don't understand Buddhism, that's why it's not science to you. It's totally OK on how you view this. I'm not even sure if you have ever sat down and read the details of it. Perhaps, try to understand the theory behind Buddhism. Think first before you say something that can potentially make yourself look bad.
krittmasta 1 year ago
@C0C0nutFace Well...you would be wrong about that. The Buddha was the world's first psychologist, later Buddhists coming up with the idea of the subconsciousness 2300 years before Freud; meditation has PROVEN health benefits. Finally, none other than the Buddha discovered the theory of inter-relativity of things. Such a "cause-and-effect" approach is the core of Buddhism. I could go on...and lay waste to your notions viz. Confucianism and Daoism...monotheism is not the only religion you know.
opensourcebuddhism 1 year ago 19
hey friends...this world we are experiencing is a dream . E=MC^2 is a part of that dream .according to buddhism you are now experiencing a split second of that. there isn't anything such as TIME. only way to wake up from this dream is MEDITATION.
buddhikaayu 2 years ago 3
well...i would say you need reflection...wisdom too. otherwise, what distinguishes buddhist from hindu from jain meditation? the theory counts even though it is part of the dream.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago 3
the science says: theres no empty space. an empty space is not empty at all.
buddhism says that for about 2500 years.
buddhism is not religion.
buddhism is a science of the mind.
experimentalartz 2 years ago 22
Very nice video!!!
I feel that quantum theory and classical theory will have to be united one day to have one unified theory of physics. Our understanding of the quantum physics will change then but there will always be a link between Buddhism and the real nature of the Universe.
nickharvey7 2 years ago 2
I thought that this video did such a good job on describing science theory and how it supports what Buddha finds for everybody. Yet, some guy still say that everything was created from God based on some kind of holy book. I do give up with ignorance. - You don't accept God, you'll burn in hell. Wow.... sure ... that's justice. I'll find somebody who does accept god and kill many people in Iraq go to heaven? That's justice for you right there.
krittmasta 2 years ago 2
i suppose we have to agree with you. so many feel that way in america...makes me so sad. that is why i cling to buddhism as a raft in the ocean of samsara.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
@Difficult2Understand, you're so childish. "My keyboard doesn't have that option"? Every keyboard has that option. It's standard built in. I'm wasting my time talking to you. You can't even derive that E=MC^2 and dare to say you know relativity. I mean, I'll just let you believe whatever you like. Everybody is entitle to one. but When one's believe oppress others like "If you don't believe in Jesus, you'll go to hell", that's wrong. It's truly ridiculous.
krittmasta 2 years ago
@Difficult2Understand, prove it to me that everything comes from creation. Also show me the details of how you derive that E=MC^2 equation. I mean, I don't know how far have you gone to in your education, but I think if you take some math or physics, you learn to use symbols like "^" in particular.
krittmasta 2 years ago
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qaplatlhinganmaH 2 years ago
A good video! It is weird, how people want to see different viewpoints as contradictory, whereas in closer examination they are not.
Gregorian1112 2 years ago
search for the prophecies of bhudda.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
Buddha is not a prophecy teller like other religious leaders...dnt tell lies plz..i am a Buddhist and i knw buddhism far more than muslims..i asked u to quote the sutra or gatha where buddha speaking of mohammed??? plz tell me i want to knw abt this new discovery of yours :P :P ROFL :D
thusharayarulz 2 years ago
Almost all Buddhist books contain this prophecy. It is in Chakkavatti Sinhnad Suttanta D. III, 76 and or the Gospel of Buddha by Carus pg. 217 and 218 (From Ceylon sources) have fun on the floor!
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
but it doesn't contain anything about a prophet...but buddha told abt a future buddha (maitreya bodhisattva) who will come after the decline of gautama buddha sasana..thats after millions years..so it's nt a prophecy. maitreya bodhisattva him self gt niyathi wiwarana(dun no the prpr english word 4 this)frm gotama buddha in his lyf time
thusharayarulz 2 years ago
niyathi wiwarana (=bit similar to 'permission')
thusharayarulz 2 years ago
the description buddha gives of the maitreya is strickingly similar to that of the final Prophet, also the Prophet Mohammed was known as the "Maitri" or the merciful and benevolent one.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
plz tell me how its similar? bcz i dunt knw abt islam scriptures but i knw abt buddhist scriptures.. though mohammed was known as merciful can it be maitreya bodhisattva? in buddhist scriptures(theravada) maitreya bodhisattva is the next Buddha.who comes after the decline of Buddhism in the earth..Buddhahood is self attained enlightenment abt the universal truth.not something like islam or Christianity.its all abt undersatnding the world as it is.
thusharayarulz 2 years ago
Mohammed is the the finality and the perfection of what the maitreya bodhisattva represents(see prophecy of buddha above) which is the greatest mercy (or matri) to mankind. why? because he clarified, expounded and built upon what we know as the universal truth or the natural or divine laws seperating fact from fiction and superstition and established Islam-the natural law of man, through recieving, interpreting and transmitting Gods message to mankind, The Holy Quraan
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
@4unitedMAN You mean Mohammed is the Bodhisattva which is the future Buddha. Where did it write on Quraan?
eflwinnie 6 months ago
all the Buddhas teach the same teachings..noble four truths,noble eightfold path,law of karma..etc. so prophet mohammed is not a maitreya bodhisattva.bcz he didn preach abt at least the noble four truths. and in buddhism one of the great sin a buddhist can make is believing in a creator god. so it cant be islam teachings!!!
thusharayarulz 2 years ago
up until the time of The Holy Prophets of Almighty God, there existed no proper comprehension of our Glorious Creator. God did not reveal Himself in buddha's time, so it's for this reason that buddha only saw himself(conciousness) and he tried his best to comprehend and master this, through self-discipline, meditation, contemplation etc. This gave way to a man of great virtue and qualities and contributed positively to man's earlier existence/cosmic cycle/evolutionary stage. so everything .....
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
..... so everything said concerning GOD should be discounted, due to lack of comprehension, a part The Holy prophets will come to play later on. The Prophet Mohammed, The final of these great Men to perfect the understanding/belief/faith in man by being made aware of his purpose, existence, creation, afterlife, character and duty and ultimately OUR GLORIOUS CREATOR.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
4unitedMAN, I'm not going to criticize your belief. However, if you explain on what you believe and to engineers and scientist compare to what I explain on what I believe to scientist or engineers, who do you think these people are going to believe. I mean, they're pretty rational. How do I know? I'm one of them.
krittmasta 2 years ago
hahaha! engineers and scientists by occupation are unqualified to discuss what is really a philosophical question. Our science is still thousands of years away from connecting anything even remotely to GOD. Islam is that bridge for us muslims, and is the real inspiration behind true faith and understanding. you are brainwashed by these shortsighted fools for the purpose of control of your faithless mind so that the secular world order can be established and you reduced to godless slaves.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
@4unitedMAN, I should be laughing at what you said, not me. Because the more advanced technology gets, the more it proves God wrong / God is imaginary. Notice you place the word faith in your comment. That says that you don't need anything, any prove, any induction, any logic, any reasonings to believe. Therefore, I'm sorry to say, it's bullshit. It's like saying, you know I'm the son of God and I can float. I'm not going to show you but you have to believe me. Now that's dumb. LOL
krittmasta 2 years ago
@4unitedMAN, I'll tell you the truth, your definition of God and what God has done from what you read in your holly book does really extremely disappoint most of the Buddhist in your definition of God. Honestly. If you want to know why, message me and I'll give you a pretty freaking sweet argument. I won't even have to say it on behalf of Buddhist. I'll just pretend to be Atheist to answer your question.
krittmasta 2 years ago
Fortunately Prophet Mohammed was known as the "Maitri" or the merciful and the benevolent one.
If not, there would be much much more terroritsts and suicide bombers. Thanks to the Prophet.
ballthee 2 years ago
Dont lie ! where is Muhammed is called maitree??
Maitree is the Next Buddha who will achive enlightenment after the end of this "COSMIC CYCLE" This is the true Buddhist perspective about Buddha -Maitriee, who like all Buddhas will Deny GOD and Soul.
Nice try though... :P
craigMellow 2 years ago
@ballthee I am afraid that I thought of the opposite side b/c I heard a lot of news about terrorists involving Muslim. I am sorry to say that but it's true in the 3 provinces south of Thailand.
eflwinnie 6 months ago
i should quote a very important saying of buddha in the cakkavatti sihanada sutta ----------"Llive with yourself as your island, yourself as your refuge, with nothing else as your refuge. Live with the Dhamma as your island, the Dhamma as your refuge, with nothing else as your refuge. 1 And how does a monk live with himself as his island, himself as his refuge, with nothing else as his refuge; with the Dhamma as his island, the Dhamma as his refuge, with nothing else as his refuge?"----
thusharayarulz 2 years ago 2
nope, and someone else asked me that. james
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
I notice on your "open source Buddhism" site you have at leased one pro Islam video! you really should get a hold of the history of the Indian subcontinent. the biggest genocide ever was Muslims slaughtering the unbelievers, Hindu's and especially Buddhists. how do you think Buddhism disappeared from India?
lyntonio 2 years ago
i agree with you one hundred percent.
the philosophy at opensourcebuddhism is to hear all sides fairly. i had muslim students produce these, i see buddhism as able to contain all possible perspectives and non-perspectives. i know of the genocide, and have recommended muslims apologize. problem is, unlike the pope, no single muslim is ever responsible! you have to deal with the majority! james
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
I think it is religious and culturally indoctrinated arrogance and denial that stops any responsibility or apologies.
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lyntonio 2 years ago
you should research the history of the world to find out about all the genocides committed against the muslims since the bloody crusades oh and in India aswell at the end of the 18th centuary.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
Buddha was not scientific, and most founders of quantam theory were Christians (Borne, Heisenberg, Schrodiinger), in fact the man who is considered the father of quantam Physics (Max Plank) was a Church deacon...
ogirv101 2 years ago
please idiot!
do you not realize that Neils Bohr used the tai chi or yin-yang image for his coat of arms? are you not familiar with einstein's own comments stating if there were any religion to survive the future with science, it would be buddhism., due to its harmony with all things natural, and its insistence on evolution, granted, mostly the evolution of consciousness...but i think that is the pivotal aspect of evolution! james
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
First of all Einstein never said that, Einstein in fact said he would be a quaker if not a non-believer, so you're wrong. He considered himself religious, while he didn't consider Buddha or Spinoza as religious figures. Nohr was a Jew and what you said was complete bullshit, he never did that.
ogirv101 2 years ago
i get so tired of the ignorant making me check facts i already know to be true.
Bohr was Lutheran (evangelische) and here from wikipedia: read'em and weep - he designed his own coat of arms which featured a taijitu (symbol of yin and yang) and the Latin motto contraria sunt complementa: opposites are complementary.[6] He died in Copenhagen in 1962. He is buried in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
and again your rude man, hear from einstein who disagrees with you about buddhism:
The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism....
so there! new york times science magazine - 1930 - and quostesdaddy, but can find these quotes all over the web. anyway, it is true...buddha was the first scientist of the mind....
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
I wouldn't disagree witht he quote, Bddha was one of the earliest philsoophers of the mind, that doesn't mean he was a scientist in any way, he said the Universe was eternal (WRONG!), uness it was a metaphor.
Also I disagree with Buddhism being the only religion, there are many religions that can survive you moron, Deism, pantheism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and almost all religions are valid candidates. You're an arrogant prick.
ogirv101 2 years ago
i didn't say it would be the only religion in the future, einstein merely predicted it would survive science. an you are so wrong: one of buddha's most famous scenes involves malunkyaputta, a monk who asked whether the universe was eternal or not. buddha's reply: it's like a guy wounded by an arrow who wants to know where the arrow was made, who made it - instead of here and now removing it and healing. you really don't know what youre talking about, and jumping to names...tsk tsk tsk...
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
p.s.
check around: einstein expressed his dismay with people accusing him of belief in a personal god. like all logical thinkers, it is plain-old illogical.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
Einstein denied believing in a personal God, and I never claimed he believed in a personal God. Einstein did believe in a higher being that placed the laws of Physics though, and most Buddhists don't accept of such a being so he doesn't support your views too much. Einstein supported Christianity aot more, though him thinking it was chilidsh, in fact Christianity played a crucial influence in his life.
ogirv101 2 years ago
see below too:
Einstein ca. 1930: Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
heres something interesting about ISLAM and what we muslims know regarding the universe and its physics, paralell dimensions and beings -read article "Quantum Islam" by Dr Kevin J. Barrett also check out Gordon Creighton's essay: The True Nature Of The 'UFO Entities and Jay Alfreds
Jinns plasma aliens from a parallel Earth. and you'll soon discover ISLAM'S authority and unlimited knowledge on everything seen and unseen.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
Well,
i happen to know kevin barrett personally. i read his article. i agree with his 911 business for the most part, but his article on quantum physics in the Qur'an left me wholly unconvinced the Quantum theory is anything like the Qur'an. Seems to me Muslims have trouble with evolution, just like Christians. he cites no passages in the qur'an to maintain his opinion. Buddhism on the other hand really does point to a world much like the quantum world "beneath" perception.
James
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
Well
it is great that you know mr. Barret personally, it is sad however that you could not consult with him further on such serious issues. Muslims dont have trouble with evolution, we realise our place in the "grand scheme", because we are taught from young these dynamics and the different stages evolution be it of the soul or of creation itself and the purpose behind it.The major difference between buddhism and Islam is their exist almost no concept of GOD in buddhism which leads....
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
.....to idolatrous worship(the image of buddha) in Islam, we posses a deep beautiful understanding of our LORD through His description in The Holy Quraan reflecting His Omnipotence, His Omnipresence, His Omniscience etc, although i do respect buddhism and some of its ideals which do agree with Islams teachings but buddha himself is qouted saying, 'I am not the first Buddha who came upon the earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time anothr Buddha will arise in the world....
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
a holy one, a supremely enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths which I have taught you. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax, and, glorious at the goal. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect a pure, such as I now proclaim. His disciples will number many thousand, while mine number many hundred.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
some muslims believe Buddha to be speaking of the The Holy Prophet Mohammed(SAW)
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
I doubt buddha said that, but if so, let's examine this. why would buddha, who denied the existence of a creator god, prophesy a monotheist as proclaiming his teaching? Puh-leez! Maybe its a prophesy of Christ? Makes more sense than your claim. Muslims devastated the Buddhist world and should apologize for vast violence.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
but he didnt prophesize monotheism, read the prophecy again. he speaks of holy one, a supremely enlightened one*, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe*, an incomparable leader* of men, a master of angels and mortals*. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths* i have.He will preach HIS religion*. he speaks of the man and his character not his religion but sharing the same eternal truths.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
but muhammad is not a master of angels. he receives messages from Gabriel (Jibreel), but he is not his master. christ only among abrahmic religions is considered by followers a master of angels as god from god. i don't agree, but i think if there is this prophesy (and buddha was no prophet) it refers to jesus. got the wrong guy! james
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
Just read this,
so let me ask you, you don't realize Buddhism is a psychology/philosophy, not a belief system don't you? Anyone who wakes up to the truth of utter selflessness in his consciousness is a buddha. in any case, why is monotheism "better" than polytheism? you guys believe in Jibreel, the archangel. kind of a god, no? you guys have idols - most notably the Qa'ba Stone. What kind of idol is that to which a billion people bow and pray five times a day,
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
except for the slackers, which would be the majority.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
"you don't realize Buddhism is a psychology/philosophy"
Islam is not simply a religion, for this is human precept. Islam by definition is "A way of life" prescribed for you by your Lord and creator.
As for polytheism, Islam views it as the scourge of mankind, because nothing can be lower than worshipping an image.
In bhuddism its slightly different but no exception because accompanying the image of bhudda is bhudda's good philosophy but he is in no way GOD same with jesus. cont...
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
well you never addressed the issue of the Ka'aba stone idol. Why not smash it? Blow it up like Muslims blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas. It would serve them right and eliminate a major Muslim hypocrisy.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
simply because the black stone is not an idol and not worshiped like the statues of buddha.
4unitedMAN 2 years ago
yeah right, well guy (and all muslims), please, please stop thinking others "worship" statues. no way! buddhists especially do not. these images are simply symbols. krishna or the virgin mary too - only direct one's consciousness to the deity.
no one i know worships stones except certain crystal and precious stone believers. your ka'aba stone is no different from those.
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
ooh yeah, you know that there is precious stone inside the Ka'aba (do you have any idea about their origin?), so why don't you try to know more about the Ka'aba, and go deeper in understanding Islam, maybe you'll know better what we worship. It's enough to know that Quran is the only religious book that speaks about relativity, subatomic particles, medicine, and so on, even about Buddhism. (in all Muslims don't need you to tel them about what they worship)
KK4M4L 2 years ago
Geez! I wonder why Muslim nations haven't had a nuclear program as long ago as the seventh century! Boy, you really don't need any other book than the Qur'an, do you? We should've trained Einstein in the Qur'an - we'd have safe alternative energy by now...or is it a secret plot to keep the oil running that Muslims hide these secrets from the world?
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago
It i sthe way u look at the idols or symbols man for example if a sculpture looks at a idol he will see the beauty in it, a devote looks at it he will see the divinity, if a theif looks at it he will see the value of the material so that he can steal it. infact where did all these perceptions , they are not in the idol but in the mind. so idols are an aid ,symbols. So remove your concept of idol worshiping everyone knows a stone is a stone man and not a god,think well.
shastrayana 2 years ago
although i trust science as much as i trust buddhism, i strongly feel science now is the "empty" side...it's just personal feeling and i'm not sure if it's right or wrong.
xueshuxin 3 years ago
But I'm not so sure that particles don't have fixed identities. The uncertainty principle is only due to our inability to measure those fixed identities since beaming a photon upon a subatomic particle changes the position of the object when we try to measure its position. Am I mistaken here?
It is not that they don't have fixed identities, it's that we cannot determine their fixed identities so we must RELY on what we can determine, which is probability. Right???
goldensleeves 3 years ago
i'm not a physist so i'm only trying to explain from my own sense, which may probably be totally wrong.
if we say an object is fixed, to what level is it fixed? is it as a whole? is it as the combination of many particles? if it's a "one" thing, where's the edge between its most "out" particles and those of the air? you see at subatom level particles of everything including the air are the same, then why can't this object and the air be seen as one? and again, where is the edge?
xueshuxin 3 years ago
Dr. James,
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing this knowledge. It helped me to understand the similarities between Buddhism and Quantum physics. This is very interesting. Please continue to share your knowledge.
yakmanok 3 years ago
Thanks for this comment yakmanok, just saw it now. i will keep trying to present as much as i can....
james powell
opensourcebuddhism 2 years ago