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For 2500 years, disciplined practitioners of meditation have reported pretty much the same results. There are a number of scientific papers by scientists confi
by celtoid 4y ago
For 2500 years, disciplined practitioners of meditation have reported pretty much the same results. There are a number of scientific papers by scientists confirming brainwave changes by those who meditate, one example here[0].
Science and Buddhism are completely compatible because Buddhism isn't a religion. It's a system of rational thought as demonstrated by Buddhist thinkers like Santideva, Nagarjuna and Chandrakirti, to name only three.
[0]https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0407401101 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0407401101
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoScience and Buddhism may be compatible. That doesn't make Buddhism a science (your original claim).
- celtoid 4y agoBuddhism fits the definition of science. "Science, n.: The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena. ...A systematic method or body of knowledge in a given area."