HOME | DD
HaniSantosa β dalai lama and science
Published: 2012-03-20 11:48:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 4784; Favourites: 73; Downloads: 151
Redirect to original
Description
The complete sentence is: "If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality. By learning from science about aspects of reality where its understanding may be more advanced, I believe that Buddhism enriches its own worldview."From: [link]
Buddhism has no problem with science. In fact, observation and analysis, i.e., scientific methods, are one of the key points in Buddhism. However, we Buddhists don't observe merely with scientific apparatus, but also our minds.
Following this tutorial to make vector art using GIMP: [link]
Note: finish editing!
enjoy
font used: [link]
P.S: If you post my picture in your blog, or somewhere else, or use it as a stock, please comment and leave the link. It is not like you will go to jail if you don't do it; I just like to see what other people do with my picture. Thanx
Related content
Comments: 103
Strange that all of the dA Creationists on here have that backards!
π: 1 β©: 1
Buddhism wouldn't change because Buddhism doesn't have a god. Β And that is beside the fact God cannot be disproven by science (and therefore cannot be proven by science but that's where faith comes in).
π: 0 β©: 1
Which is funny, because Buddhism is one of those philosophies that have changed the most in its twenty-four centuries of life. Besides, which god are we talking about?Β
π: 0 β©: 0
A rather unique position for a religious leader.
π: 0 β©: 1
Because Buddhism is unique among religions
π: 0 β©: 1
Buddhism is more like a lifestyle than a religion.
π: 0 β©: 1
It depends on what exactly "religion" is
π: 0 β©: 0
Science proves that life is "suffering" WRONG. It can be all happiness and joy and love etc. for some people... like me.
π: 0 β©: 1
do you mean "science" or "Buddhism"? Indeed science doesn't prove that life is suffering. In fact, science has nothing to do with our emotional state.
If you mean "Buddhism proves that life is suffering", well you may misunderstand what "suffering" in Buddhism means. The original word is "dukha", and it is better translated as unhappiness/unsatisfactoriness (now you have those, don't you?). Buddhism states that there is unhappiness/unsatisfatcoriness in our life. we always missing/lacking something. and indeed this dukha originates from wrong point of view. we are greedy, or we think that our health/money/etc are permanent. that's why when we lose them, we experience dukha. Buddhism teaches us to change this wrong point of view. and if you live a happy life, good for you. but in the end, you still have to leave your happy life (when you die), and it is still considered as a dukha.
π: 0 β©: 1
I am happy with whoever, whenever, whatever, wherever and however~ death is nothing but a concept I do not experience dukha at any level, and many people are waking up to the fact that we only experience suffering due to our own judgements whether it came from within or the society...
π: 0 β©: 1
exactly. our unhappiness/unsatisfactoriness comes from our wrong point of view, and Buddha teaches us to systematically get rid of it, and change it into the correct point of view.
π: 0 β©: 2
Well, the term used in most translations of the latter-day Sutras is actually "endoku kyaku", which means "turning poison into medicine", so it's actually less about getting rid of what is wrong with you and more about accepting it as a limitation and using it as a stepping stone to working on resolving the problem. It's very Nietzscheian.
π: 0 β©: 1
Interesting point of view. Btw you are a Buddhist?
π: 0 β©: 1
Yep. Japanese Mahayana adherent, to the Nichiren sect to be more precise. Why?
π: 0 β©: 1
No specific reason. So that's why you know a lot about Buddhism.
π: 0 β©: 1
It is. Are you a scholar, by the way? Your knowledge is great for a simple hobby or passion.
π: 0 β©: 1
I am not a scholar. I just like Buddhism. I think it is the most sensible religion out there. So I learn a lot about it
π: 0 β©: 1
Well, I don't think of it as an actual religion (but then again, I'm a Mahayana Buddhist) but I agree with you, it's the most sensible. And anyway, yeah. Learning about things like this is something everyone should do. Culture's important, it helps you grow.
π: 0 β©: 0
Until we get rid of them all... I guess life is suffering no matter how little you may think the suffering is~
π: 0 β©: 0
he is not perfect, but yeah I agree
π: 0 β©: 0
There are some that i love listening to speak...Arthur C. Clarke, for example, and the Dalai Lama.
π: 0 β©: 1
"The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism."
-Einstein
π: 0 β©: 2
Wow!!Β Thank you for sharing that lovely quote from a wonderful man.
π: 0 β©: 1
Always happy to throw some wisdom out there 
π: 0 β©: 0
Yeah, rumor has that Einstein was pretty smart
π: 0 β©: 0
Now I'll refer people to this when I want to prove Buddhism is awesome, thanks for making my life easier
π: 0 β©: 1
π: 0 β©: 2
Maybe be they are beginners
π: 0 β©: 1
they are the people who merely follow other people without studying buddhism itself
π: 0 β©: 0
Yeah, unfortunately, there are idiotic Buddhists as well out there, good thing they're quite few though.
π: 0 β©: 0
I have immense respect for Buddhists like this man. My RE teacher last year, in fact, was a Buddhist.
π: 0 β©: 1
Both as really like this. Both as a Christian and Buddhist
π: 0 β©: 0
Some faith in humanity was restored today.
It's still a bit too comfortable to demand science debunk some religious claims instead of the religion proving them true in the first place... but still, this is way better than what we get from the Abrahamic religions.
π: 0 β©: 1
| Next =>