Einstein's statement about buddhism?

Question

i have read a translated statement of Einstein about buddhism saying something like.. to the questions that we have been figuring out, we could find the answers in buddhism, buddha has already answered everything more than 2000 years ago. and that it will be the only religion that will survive in the future. something like that. does anybody know exactly what he said? had Einstein made a statement about buddhism?

Answer 1

"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 & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity"

This quotation is often cited as appearing in Helen Dukas & Banesh Hoffman, Eds., "Albert Einstein: The Human Side," Princeton University Press, (1954). It looks like something he could have written or said. It resembles the type of language found in other religious and spiritual material that Einstein wrote.

However, we must remember that this was not WRITTEN by Einstein and only attributed to him by a biographer.

Answer 2

No I am sorry I cannot but I wanted to comment anyway.

All religion does is ask and attempt to answer very simple very hard questions

Who/what am I ?

Where did I come from ?

Where am I going (after death)

Why am I here .

When reduced to this level science and religion and philosophy become the same things after the same answers - what those answers are and how we arrive at them seems to be different and we fight over them all the time .

Hence the amount of sects on the earth divided into various religions philosophies and scientific pursuits.

The odd thing is that if we returned to the very fundemental questions we would have to admit we don't "know" but we think we believe we suspect etc and a discussion would break out instead of a war.

In short the big science guys are pondering the same questions you do in the middle of the night - we are all chooseing to go about it diffrently and that non consistancy in method drives humans nuts.

No assume there is a god and work backwards from there

No no assume there is no god look at the universe and work forward

Answer 3

Buddhist does not stick with the past or any events in history. There's no God in Buddhism, therefore some people don't consider Busshism a religion. The teachings of Buddha cover things about sorrow and how to get rid of it. It tells about "truths". Buddhism can be adapted into any time periods. It is also like phylosophy and Buddha is like "teacher" who teaches us.

Answer 4

According to Wikipedia, there is a quote but it is most likely false. The false quote is:

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.

Answer 5

I'm still waiting for the time Einstein gets quoted for his science.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Thats very interesting...but I have never heard of it befor , I will wait to see what others say

Answer 8

Cool! I hadn't heard anything about that, but it's fathomable.