October 16, 2024 at 6:18 am
#52444
Keymaster
It seems that Dosakkhayo and Pathfinder are deeply thinking about this issue. Of course, Taryal started this discussion with a similar mindset and curiosity.
- These are all good questions. As a physicist, these questions also came up when I started learning Dhamma seriously after retirement.
- It is probably time to write a sequence to the post on the Agganna sutta, which I revised a couple of days ago: “Buddhism and Evolution – Aggañña Sutta (DN 27).”
- I will write a draft and post it here first. It may take a day or two.
- However, a critical point to remember is that all these questions are based on our “mundane knowledge base,” primarily on (i) modern science and (ii) our own sensory experiences (“sañjānāti and vijānāti“). It helps to do an overview of how the predictions of the Buddha have compared to those of science over the years. Science has discarded several earlier “theories” over time to be compatible with Buddha’s teachings. It is a good idea to read “Dhamma and Science – Introduction” and “Cognition Modes – Sañjānāti, Vijānāti, Pajānāti, Abhijānāti” about those two issues. Buddha’s teachings are based on a completely different worldview (pajānāti and abhijānāti.)
- If anyone has other questions on the subject, please feel free to ask. I can also try to address those.