Ask A Monk: Stephen Hawking, Death, Rebirth and Nirvana
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Some good Youtube clips-
'Sam Harris on the brain vs. the mind'- /watch?v=AA-5RS4zz7Q
'Reincarnation FAIL'- /watch?v=PiAWDV2jI1g
'BBC Horizon - The Secret You'- /watch?v=xBcIPox4vRo
When your brain dies you lose consciousness and that will be it. It's clear that without consciousness you do not experience. There is no mind without a brain.
9 months ago 4
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People are scared of death for one more reason which is that they are going to have to leave their loved once and dependent behind.such as children,siblings, parents and spouse. this could make people worry and that worrying could become a scare.
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In relation to an enlightened being, once the physical body dies, and say for arguement sake experience remains, WHERE does experience continue and why? What is then the purpose of the enlightened beins experience. If there is no purpose, what then happens. Would the mind cease to exist? A lot of interesting points made, but why would anyone want to end their suffering if it comes at an expense of not experiecning anymore?
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I'm enjoying your videos Yuttadhammo.
However, I believe you're misunderstanding something about the nature of the observer and the observed with regard to what the physics guys have to say. From what I've read the idea that stuff is "observed into existence" could very well be a measurement problem.
Also, I think the best one can say about the rebirth situation is that it's unknowable, either way. I couldn't really discern a "factual" basis for belief in rebirth from your talk.
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Aung tete co mahal kah.
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@yuttadhammo if i'm sleeping, there is no experience (i don't dream). what happens to my brain then?
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Apparently Venerable Ananda committed suicide.
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Incorrect.
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Incorrect. Reference Dr Pimm Van Lommel's work on the matter.
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Utterly incorrect. I suggest you read Dr Pimm van Lommel's article in the Lancet for a taster of your ignorance.
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You are wrong, observation in physics is anything that interacts, light shining on a particle is an observation in physics. There is no conciousness required.
Experience is emergent property of the brain, no brain no experience. Emergent property will no longer be there when parts that build it will be set in different way. It requires no leap of faith there were many studies done on people with brain damage who lost some part of the experience in result.
KraszuPolis 4 months ago
@KraszuPolis and you are very sure of yourself... what if I told you the brain was an emergent property of experience; no experience, no brain? It requires no leap of faith; the only means by which one can talk about the brain is in relation to one's experience of it. No experience, no brain.
yuttadhammo 4 months ago