Without Discoverable Beginning (The limitations of science)

by dhw, Saturday, January 21, 2012, 17:37 (4688 days ago) @ xeno6696

MATT: It seems to me, that the greatest challenge to accepting Buddhism is coming from Buddhists themselves!-If we take Buddhism to be a religion, you could say that they all challenge themselves, since none of them can ever reach a consensus on how to interpret texts and/or teachings. Christianity probably has the worst record of internecine violence, but Islam is rapidly catching up. At least the Buddhists aren't literally at each other's throats. -It doesn't matter to me what Shinzen Young believes, but I would have liked him to tell us, and to explain how he reconciles those beliefs with the materialism of a "hard-nosed scientist". In that, perhaps he could take a leaf out of David's book. But I'm being unfair ... one shouldn't pass judgment on someone because of a 45-minute interview. I was just disappointed, that's all. Now I'll tell you what would really interest me. When you drew our attention to this interview, you mentioned "the profound idea" and that "we can even go BEYOND these things" (e.g. NDEs). If you have a bit of spare time, I'd love to know what you meant!