Explaining Buddhism with Science...

ex-muslim Ahmed

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    chanaka_1987 said:
    I have a small problem. Is everything around us real?? Or is it just a illusion of the mind?? do the people we see each and everyday actually exist materialistically?? or are they just illusion as well??

    I'm confused... but please don't tell me that I'm not ready to understand..even if my mind is not developed enough I'd like to know..

    Read Milinda Panaya.

    In Escence even "you" dont "exist". World is a conventional truth- an agreed truth that world exist. again materialism and so forth "concepts" have no meaning when it comes to Paramartha Sathya as going by buddha's teachings.
     

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    hey, I came in contact with a small problem. I couldn't figure out an answer for this. It's an ethical issue and i guess everyone has their personal opinions about it. But I want to know what is correct.

    Let's say you see a bug dying. It's going through a painful and slow death. And I understand that the bug is going through this. So what should I do? Do I relieve the bug from it's pain(by this I mean take its life) or do I just let it die slowly and with great pain?

    Personally I would let nature take it's course and do nothing. But is it a sin to watch is die painfully and slowly? Or is it a sin for us to intervene and take it's life?(not with the intention of killing it, but with the intention of relieving it's pain)

    There is the same dilemma in the medical sector. The case of euthanasia. Please explain. I was not sure where to ask this question. Anyway thanks in advance.