08-05-2012, 12:13 AM
Q: Do you think that Buddhism and science can cooperate in some special way?
I consider Buddhism the head and heart, and science the arms, legs, and eyes. Science explains “how” and makes people’s practical lives easier. Buddhism shows “why” and makes them happy. It helps beings to live, die, and be reborn better.
Q: Einstein says that Buddhism is the only religion that is a consistent, logical system following from the experience of reality as a whole, and that is why it can also match scientific standards. Can we say that the highest Buddhist teaching called Mahamudra is the science of mind?
This is clearly the case. If there exists any science of mind in which it looks directly at itself, it is the teaching of “The Great Seal” and “Great Perfection”— the teachings of Mahamudra and Maha Ati. Mahamudra (or Chak Chen in Tibetan) is taught if one’s starting point and transformative energy is desire; and Maha Ati (or Dzog Chen in Tibetan) is taught if one’s starting point is anger. When one consciously uses those energies to know reality and one’s mind, one gets enlightened. They are a most powerful tool, which makes one experience space as bliss. From this view, every universe is a cosmic joke of space. There exists nothing more fantastic and exciting than experiencing mind’s radiant play, its full potential expressing itself as allpervading wisdom, spontaneous joy, and active compassion. Buddhism is the science leading to this experience.
http://blog.dwbuk.org/dia...hl-buddhism-and-science/
I consider Buddhism the head and heart, and science the arms, legs, and eyes. Science explains “how” and makes people’s practical lives easier. Buddhism shows “why” and makes them happy. It helps beings to live, die, and be reborn better.
Q: Einstein says that Buddhism is the only religion that is a consistent, logical system following from the experience of reality as a whole, and that is why it can also match scientific standards. Can we say that the highest Buddhist teaching called Mahamudra is the science of mind?
This is clearly the case. If there exists any science of mind in which it looks directly at itself, it is the teaching of “The Great Seal” and “Great Perfection”— the teachings of Mahamudra and Maha Ati. Mahamudra (or Chak Chen in Tibetan) is taught if one’s starting point and transformative energy is desire; and Maha Ati (or Dzog Chen in Tibetan) is taught if one’s starting point is anger. When one consciously uses those energies to know reality and one’s mind, one gets enlightened. They are a most powerful tool, which makes one experience space as bliss. From this view, every universe is a cosmic joke of space. There exists nothing more fantastic and exciting than experiencing mind’s radiant play, its full potential expressing itself as allpervading wisdom, spontaneous joy, and active compassion. Buddhism is the science leading to this experience.
http://blog.dwbuk.org/dia...hl-buddhism-and-science/