Buddhism & Science

[Chamila]

The Buddha's way of acquiring knowledge by intuition was not subject to the limitations that stifled science and therefore unlike science the knowledge that the Buddha acquired is complete and represents the true reality of nature. This is confirmed by over 2500 years of experience. For this reason the Buddha did not have any Grey areas that need to be hidden under a cloud of imaginary superhuman force

 

[darshanarc]

yah thats true! so?

 

[sl.manju]

true

 

[ela_eluwa120]

 

[Mononoke]

The Buddha's way of acquiring knowledge by intuition was not subject to the limitations that stifled science and therefore unlike science the knowledge that the Buddha acquired is complete and represents the true reality of nature. This is confirmed by over 2500 years of experience. For this reason the Buddha did not have any Grey areas that need to be hidden under a cloud of imaginary superhuman force

Intuition amounts to nothing more than metaphysical navel gazing, unless it is corroborated with reality.

P.S: oh, and if you have ever read Buddhism it should be blatantly clear that buddha taught against intuition, and dismissed it as "ditti".

P.S.S: the irony of all this is you ranting against science through the internet, hilarious!

 

[senator]

Intuition amounts to nothing more than metaphysical navel gazing, unless it is corroborated with reality.

P.S: oh, and if you have ever read Buddhism it should be blatantly clear that buddha taught against intuition, and dismissed it as "ditti".

P.S.S: the irony of all this is you ranting against science through the internet, hilarious!

You have a strong point.

 

[ela_eluwa120]

Intuition amounts to nothing more than metaphysical navel gazing, unless it is corroborated with reality.

In order to corroborate and verify, we first need to observe and analyze. For this task, we use ඇස, කන, නාසය, දිව, ශරීරය for observation plus සිත for analysis, but these six faculties(සළායතන) are biased by desire, ill-will, and ignorance (ලෝභ, ‍ද්වේශ, මෝහ)

So the observations and analysis acquired from the faculties with those defilements are not 100% objective.

 

[senator]

In order to corroborate and verify, we first need to observe and analyze. For this task, we use ඇස, කන, නාසය, දිව, ශරීරය for observation plus සිත for analysis, but these six faculties(සළායතන) are biased by desire, ill-will, and ignorance (ලෝභ, ‍ද්වේශ, මෝහ)

So the observations and analysis acquired from the faculties with those defilements are not 100% objective.

No. The 5 faculties are not defiled. Maybe, the 6th you have named, the mind.

So far the whole body of scientific knowledge man has gained, has been achieved by observation and Scientific Method with the help of the five senses.

 

[shammee]

yah thats true! so?

මටත් අහන්න තියෙන්නෙ ඒකමයි.
තව ටිකක් ලිව්වනං හොඳයි.

 

[ela_eluwa120]

So far the whole body of scientific knowledge man has gained, has been achieved by observation and Scientific Method with the help of the five senses.

Yes. Its true. even-though it was mentioned "not 100% objective" in the previous post, it does not imply that scientific evidence are not true. They are true for a significant extent.