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Buddha on the brain
Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's like to study meditation with the Dalai Lama.
By Steve Paulson [2006-11-27]

  • Evidence abounds

    All you need to do is take the time and make the effort to collect it, much like collecting the evidence of scientific inquiry requires effort and takes time.

    Those who have spent the time to develop a complete understanding of any single scientific discipline have my sincere admiration; as I approach 60 years of age I'm still working on my understanding of science, as well as Buddhism. Many who dismiss investigation such as Wallace's have as 'faith-based' a perspective as the average Pentecostal preacher. How many can actually do the science of which they are so certain?

    Science is certain of what it says until someone comes along and presents a counter example, then there's a new certainty. The kind of proof some claim exists for 'scientific reality' exists only in mathematics, NOT in science. If there's a pursuit that deserves the epithet navel gazing it's mathematics far more than Buddhism!

    -- Richard Ray
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    Sunday, November 26, 2006 09:02 PM
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