Buddhism An Scienve Flashcards
What’s Einstein say
I am a deeply religious non believer, if there was any religion that coped with scientific needs , its buddhism
What should u never have in Buddhism
Blind faith
What Dawkins say
Faith is belief without evidence and reason which is also the definition of delusion
Was buddha perfect
Nah he always screwing up
When did buddhism have blind faith
On his trial of asceticism but this failed
What buddha teach his followers
To challenge an test him an his teachings
What’s buddha say
Believe nothing no matter where u read it or who said it
Even if I said it
Unless it agrees with ur own reason an commonsense
Where the katana sutta
In tipitaka
The sutta pitaka
What’s kalama sutta teach
Should never blindly follow smth an should actually look into it themselves
What’s kalama sutta promote
Sound logical reasoning arguments for inquiries
What does kalama sutta oppose
Blind faith
Dogmatism
How does kalama start
Buddha passes through village and greeted by a clan called kalama
He gets asked for advice and ask whose teachings should we follow
His response is js a mere response an not a recruitment to buddhism
What does DL say
We must conduct research then accept results
If they don’t stand upto experimentation, Buddhas own words must be rejected
Criticism of kalama sutta
Some things can’t be disproved
However they can’t be proved at same time eg Jakarta tales
