Buddhism + science

why should Buddhism yield to science?

VEIDLINGER - everything is subject to change

MRIs on meditating monks

• prefrontal cortex (euphoria) more active

• increased concentration, learning memory

• decreased anxiety, depression, addiction

• increased neuroplasticity

Buddhism aligning with science

• anicca - nothing is constant

• deny God and soul

what makes Buddhism align with science?

Parable of the Poisoned Arrow

• Buddha refuses to answer specific questions

  • like the world is eternal

RUSSELL

Buddhism = “combination of speculative and scientific philosophy”

science linking to anicca

Heisenburg’s uncertainty principle

• electrons cannot be pinpointed

what is quantum mechanics

• individual particle movement cannot be predicted

• relies on probability

what is entanglement (quantum mechanics)

• state of one particle depends on another

• superposition - quantum particle exists in all possible states simultaneously until it is measured or observed

multiverse theory

many possible states of a measured system

• ultiamte / conventional levels of reality

• trikaya? - cosmic buddhas

sunyata quote

“form is emptiness, emptiness is form” - HEART SUTRA