Buddha has been proved correct by scientific discoveries and modern psychological theories on so many occasions it seems remarkable, especially as he ''thought it all up'' so long ago. AMAZING!
2007-09-25 04:35:48 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As for the most common religions in the West, they are based on divine revelation and deal with things that are not within reach of common reason and science. You cannot dsiprove, neither prove, whether God exisits or not, whether you should rest on saturday or sunday, if or why God created the world, how many times you should pray every day, if Jesus had one or two natures and one or two wills, if Muhammed visited Jerusalem or not, if God is a Trinity or not, whether eating flesh is right or wrong, whether the wine and bread is transubstantiated during mass or not, and so on. It's simply not within reach of science, because science and religions based revelation are dealing with totally different questions.
Of course, science can easily debunk literal fundamentalists of all religions, but that technically doesn't disprove the religions per se, only the silly literal interpretations (that, strangely enough, are still quite popular in the modern, rational West, especially in the US, the haven of modern science ...).
Buddhism is an entirely different kind of religion. It deals with things you can try and see for yourself if they are true or not. It teaches you that if you do this that happens, if you practice this technique you can change your mind in that way, if you follow this path your happiness and inner peace will increase, and so on. Buddhist monks and other practitioners have examined the mind for thousands of years, describing in minute detail the process of thinking, perception, emotions and making (and de-making) of habits, and how to work with these things and change them, and these findings are of course verifiable, both by modern psychological science and by anyone who wants to try these techniques out.
More and more, modern psychology tends to find "new" truths (about how the mind works AND about therapeutic techniques) that they amazed admit have been known by Buddhist practitioners uninterruptedly for the last 2.500 years.
But these are no secrets, it's open for anyone who wants to be more happy to try out and see for themselves. Also, of course you don't have to be a Buddhist just to take advantage of these life-changing experiences. But you sure run the risk of becoming one, when you find they really work and make you a better (for others) and happier (for yourself) person! ;)
And just one comment to "sabbonist" above: your description of Buddhism is just about as far from truth it could possibly be. Ethics is the ground and backbone of Buddhism. They strongly emphasize that without a fundament of ethical conduct, all the other practises of Buddhism becomes useless (or dangerous), and you have no chance to reach liberation and enlightenment. The Buddhist moral is, however, not judging towards others, but exclusively focused on bettering yourself.
And regarding your second point, you should know that the two single most important Buddhist virtues are love and compassion, which are also absolute prerequisites for reaching enlightenment. In fact, already on a beginners level you can find that it is actually love and compassion for others that make you happy, not your own wish for love and compassion (or happiness)!
2007-09-25 12:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by juexue 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Einstein figured that Buddhism would one day prevail as a type of humanistic religion. Although I don't consider myself a Buddhist, I do believe it makes more sense than any other religion, because it doesn't waste any time speculating on the unknowable and focuses on the reality of here and now. (Karma and rebirth were cultural features of the Buddha's world, and many followers in the West today take these ideas figuratively.) Yet it still imparts guidelines for good behavior, without whacking you over the head with a bunch of inflexible commandments.
The best thing about Buddhism is that if science discovers a truth about the universe, the Buddhist will find it interesting and accept it, rather than flail around about how the scientist is undermining his faith.
2007-09-25 04:41:38 · answer #2 · answered by Cap'n Zeemboo 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Science proved Buddhism? I've read that scientists have done MRI and other types of imaging on the brains of Buddhist monks who were meditating. They saw that the brain activity actually did change a lot at the point where the monk was in the Samadhi state.
However, this only proves that something is happening in the brain of the monk. It didn't prove that the phenomenon in any way connected to, or was effecting, anything outside the brain of the monk.
Is this the scientific proof you are talking about? Or was there some other sort of scientific study conducted?
2007-09-25 04:45:39 · answer #3 · answered by Azure Z 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I first got into this topic decades ago when reading the books The Tao of Physics and The Dancing Wu Li Masters, I was amused as well, for those who don't get the point of this question, try reading books of these sort for a start to at least understand a bit about their relations.
2007-09-25 05:09:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but different people follow different paths due to their own causes and conditions. If you can understand and make use of the Buddha's teachings that is wonderful karma, but to put it out as a bit of a "smug" (maybe not your intent but the appearance of the post reads a little smug) comment isn't virtuous speech/writing.
The Buddha's logic isn't easy for everyone to understand correctly, and making comments that can be misinterpreted as "smug" by saying their paths are somehow less worthy can cause suffering. Let's not do that okay?
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2007-09-25 04:50:03 · answer #5 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, religions faith and science is well science.
Even if science can prove alot of dogma around religion isn't plausible a man of faith is still exactly that.
Its believing the impossible is possible, so science has no merit on that plain of thought.
2007-09-25 04:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by D.W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and actual, human beings did no longer have confidence the Earth grow to be flat 500 years in the past. maximum human beings have familiar the Earth wasn't flat because a minimum of the third century BC. the priority that human beings had grow to be attempting to interpret holy texts in mild of what grow to be believed on the time. they could have familiar extra useful. No holy textual content textile grow to be written with the objective of the author made sparkling, so human beings had to guess... and in many situations situations they guessed incorrect. Evolution isn't a reality... that is a clinical theory, that is sponsored by utilising various info, yet actual that that is fullyyt plausible that our interpretation of that info is in errors. don't get me incorrect, I settle for evolution without reservations, yet I additionally comprehend that shall we be incorrect. many stuff have been a "reality" based on the perfect clinical info of the time, and human beings had to alter while extra useful info got here approximately, that is extremely cocky to think of that the comparable difficulty can no longer ensue with evolution. we are progressed, helpful, yet sooner or later, human beings would be much extra progressed. And have confidence it or no longer, human beings weren't as stupid as some seem to think of they have been 3 hundred+ years in the past.
2016-10-19 22:36:25 · answer #7 · answered by riva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what by dying and becoming a butterfly?
reincarnation is not even a bhuddist inventionm, it was invented by nimrod, after the collapse of babel, he had sex with his mother, queen seriamis, in the hope to be reincarnated as her offspring who was called tammuz or horus, who is supposed to be the sun god
thats why you have mothers day, and around about 9 months later you get close to christmas
2007-09-25 04:45:48 · answer #8 · answered by ki_utopia 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I think science will eventually prove Religion.
As for Buddhism.... it may deliver results but
1. It doesn't give morals.
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2. Unlike Jesus, Buddha didn't seem to care about people much, seeing as when he first had the option of entering Nirvana, he was going to, without a second thought, until his "subconscious" created Brahma to convince him to stay.
After he was fully "enlightened" he still had to rely on his subconscious to tell him what his true desire was. That alone should tell you something
2007-09-25 04:43:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Science has dubunked the majority of religious texts, but they put their hands over their ears and go lalalalala. It's about faith, and no matter what you prove/demosntrate etc, they will deny it.
Logic and religion stopped being friends many years ago and nothing will change that.
2007-09-25 04:39:36 · answer #10 · answered by Marky 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋