Right-Wing Dharma Squads

Buddhism and (Quantum) Science


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DK, Aura, Kagyu and Storm split some atoms and crack open a few electrons in an exploration of Buddhism and science. Addressed in this issue: What were the core findings that led to the birth of quantum mechanics, and how does it compare to Buddhist ideas about the nature of reality? How can we square the classical Buddhist idea of indivisible dharmas with seemingly contradictory teachings about the illusory nature of samsara? And we talk about how both Buddhism and QM wrestle with the central conundrum of how observation seems to actually "create" the reality we see.
Atomic energy levels
https://khanacademy.org/science/physics/quantum-physics/atoms-and-electrons/v/atomic-energy-levels…
Wave-particle duality 
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Quantum_Mechanics/09._The_Hydrogen_Atom/Atomic_Theory/Electrons_in_Atoms/Wave-Particle_Duality…
The Double Slit Experiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment…
The Copenhagen Interpretation
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/…
The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics - John von Neumann
https://amazon.com/Mathematical-Foundations-Quantum-Mechanics-Neumann/dp/0691028931…
Yogācāra
http://acmuller.net/yogacara/articles/intro.html…
Alan Watts: "You didn't come into this world, you came out of it."
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lXRPjdXGjjg
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Right-Wing Dharma SquadsBy D.K. Dharmaraj

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