Buddhism & Quantum Physics - Jnanavaca
A talk from Jnanavaca given at the Mid-Essex buddhist centre.
‘A human being is part of a whole, called by us “Universe”, a part limited
in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to the affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.’ - Albert Einstein
0:00 - Introduction and greeting
0:47 - Explaining the topic of Buddhism and quantum physics
1:33 - Classical physics and the mechanistic view of the universe
4:04 - The birth of quantum physics and relativity around 1900
5:35 - Relativity overturned notions of time and space
6:21 - Quantum physics overturned notions of matter
7:19 - Analogy to understand the smallness of atoms
10:11 - Importance of quantum physics in everyday technology
11:32 - Quantum theory's paradoxes and contradictions with relativity
13:06 - The wave-particle duality experiment
16:32 - The significance of the double-slit experiment
19:33 - Demonstrating wave interference with light
21:46 - Electrons behaving as particles and waves
24:46 - The mystery of a single electron behaving as a wave
27:05 - The observer effect and the role of consciousness
29:19 - The Copenhagen interpretation by Niels Bohr
32:25 - Quantum physics abolishing common sense notions
33:09 - Buddhism's teachings on delusion and the true nature of reality
36:20 - Example of different perceptions due to color blindness
39:34 - Consciousness as primary, and matter arising from consciousness
42:45 - Relative and ultimate truth in Buddhism
45:02 - Physics and the insubstantiality of matter
47:09 - The teaching of the Niyamas and the laws of the Dharma
49:21 - The interconnectedness of all things and the law of karma
51:48 - Einstein's quote on widening our circle of compassion
54:26 - The illusion of the world and the path to love and freedom
55:18 - Conclusion and thanks
Wow....one of the best & subtle explanations I have ever come across. As the Buddha said, impermanence is the ONLY permanence in the illusion
The sense of human cannt percieve the the real universe. The bat ,the color blind, r good sample. This is amazing. Thank you so much
Thank you for sharing a “mythological” view that works for western scientific minds! :-)
Beautiful dhamma talk. Has definitely left me with a larger sense of wonder and curiosity. Much appreciated.
It's not dhamma. It's dharma it is the word is used both in Hinduism and Buddhism.
@@crazyrebel7406 dhamma is pali spelling. Dharma is Sanskrit spelling. Many Theravada people prefer to use the Pali spelling instead of the official english which adopted the Sanskrit spelling.
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Pali expression and has links with India - but its own spelling and even meanings, of course. Fare thee well - rebel. Hee hee@@crazyrebel7406
I wrote the most extensive and wide-ranging book on the issue, and much much more - my 2010 book 'Quantum Buddhism'. You can do a search and my work generally comes top of the search results. So odd no one seems to mention it!
why not create your own youtube channel... or even better tiktok it...
Thank you so much for the interesting discussion.
Our brain waves effect matter .......in the Quantum field. ONENESS IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL.....
You think!!
gaia matrix is in my veins, gaia matrix is my nervous system , gaia matris is all my concepts , gaia matrix is my sence of self, gaia matrix is a Toroid in and of the deep sea of awareness, and in her gift of creation she offers soverenty in the form of the backward step into a cultivated self Toroid , through the bacward step
Thank you so much. So interesting
Thanks Jnanavaca
You're Welcome!
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Lord Buddha saw and said about everything before 2500 years, what nowadays scientists invent using modern apparatus, telescopes, computers etc.
Consciousness is an activity of the body according to buddhism
It is too deep for me now. Perhaps i should use my intuition to understand it. Thank you.
49:30 brings it down to normal level. I still didn’t see the connection of meditation
It's true. meditation is an exercise for your mind. Like we do training to achieve something. We train our physical body to achieve something. Meditation is a method to train your mind. To which direction you train your mind is based on what type of training you undergo.
Isn’t meditation a method to reduce the normal ‘filtering’ of the brain?
Ultimately, meditation is becoming aware. Nothing to do. Nothing to look at. Just remain in a state of clear awareness.