為什麼量子力學可以證實佛教?
不要謗法噢
上乾貨,愛因斯坦被信佛始末
有興趣有毅力有三觀的朋友,可以去觀摩一下這本爛書。
那麼,愛因斯旦對於佛教,究竟說過些什麼?
以下內容摘自維基語錄以及《Science and Religion》(科學與宗教)一文。The cosmic element is much stronger in Buddhism(佛), as, in particular, Schopenhauers(叔本華) magnificent essays have shown us.Buddhism, as we have learned especially from the wonderful writings of Schopenhauer(叔本華), contains a much stronger element of this.從叔本華的散文中,我們知道,佛教裡面關於宇宙元素的內容比較多。(德國著名哲學家。唯意志主義的創始人和主要代表之一。在人生觀上,受印度教和佛教思想影響,持悲觀主義的觀點,主張忘我)It seems to me that what is important is the force of this superpersonal content and the depth of the conviction concerning its overpowering meaningfulness, regardless of whether any attempt is made to unite this content with a divine Being, for otherwise it would not be possible to count Buddha(佛) and Spinoza(斯賓諾莎:西方近代哲學史重要的理性主義者,與笛卡爾和萊布尼茨齊名。) as religious personalities.What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha(佛), Moses(摩西), and Jesus(耶穌) ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.If we want to improve the world we cannot do it with scientific knowledge but with ideals. Confucius(孔夫子), Buddha(佛), Jesus(耶穌) and Gandhi(甘地) have done more for humanity than science has done.從上述語錄可以知道,愛因斯坦在談佛教的時候,只不過是一般的比較、引述引用,並無深入研究,更多的是拿來和其它哲學家、神比較。至於稱讚、甚至表示自己願意成為佛教徒就更無從談起。希望大家在佛教徒吹噓、往臉上貼金的時候,多加思考,多加分析,因為我們已經發現有許多段子都是佛教徒杜撰的。
鏈接一:en點wikiquote點org/wiki/Albert_Einstein愛因斯坦維基語錄鏈接二:en點wikipedia點org/wiki/Albert_Einstein愛因斯坦維基百科連接三:en點wikipedia點org/wiki/Talk%3ABuddhism_and_science佛教與科學鏈接四:press點princeton點edu普林斯頓大學出版社網站鏈接五:press點princeton點edu/titles/10115點html《The Human Side》一書信息鏈接六:books點google點com/books/princeton問號hl=envid=ISBN9781400848126 《The Human Side》電子書,可以在裡面進行內容查找。鏈接七:zhidao點baidu點com/share/1d4f182b75495a9a40797acffeacb093點html開始模擬洗地:現在當然沒有了啊,是因為影響太厲害所以後來的書里把這段刪改了。
這是個問題嗎?
先說結論吧:題主引用的這段話來源成疑,但愛因斯坦對佛教確實有較高的評價。
愛因斯坦關於宗教和哲學有大量書信、文章,其中關於佛教的論述主要在《Religion and Science》一文中。有的答主( @始見奧佛金色身 )引用了這篇文章,但沒說清愛因斯坦的意思。愛因斯坦所說的cosmic element並不是「宇宙元素」——這個翻譯聽著就像外太空的元素,誤導性太強。愛因斯坦所說的cosmic element,其實是「宇宙宗教(情感)」(cosmic religion或cosmic religious feeling)的元素。「宇宙宗教」是愛因斯坦宗教觀的一個核心概念。在同一篇文章中,愛因斯坦這樣寫道:
Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and exceptionally high-minded communities, rise to any considerable extent above this level. But there is a third stage of religious experience which belongs to all of them, even though it is rarely found in a pure form: I shall call it cosmic religious feeling. It is very difficult to elucidate this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding to it.
加粗的一句翻譯過來是這樣的:然而宗教經驗還有共通的第三階段:儘管形式上純粹的不多,我將它稱為「宇宙宗教情感」。
在這篇文章中,愛因斯坦將宗教分為三個階段:傳播恐怖來控制信徒的宗教,傳播道德的宗教,和宇宙宗教。「宇宙宗教情感」基本上是宗教的最高層次,與人格化的上帝相比,只有這個層次的宗教感情是與科學相容的。換句話說,在愛因斯坦的宗教觀下,評價宗教的依據基本也是「宇宙宗教情感」的多少。在接下來的文段里,愛因斯坦寫道:
The individual feels the futility of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in nature and in the world of thought. Individual existence impresses him as a sort of prison and he wants to experience the universe as a single significant whole. The beginnings of cosmic religious feeling already appear at an early stage of development, e.g., in many of the Psalms of David and in some of the Prophets. Buddhism, as we have learned especially from the wonderful writings of Schopenhauer, contains a much stronger element of this.
加粗一句:從叔本華的精妙敘述來看,佛教包含的(宇宙宗教)元素要多得多。
從這些話看來,愛因斯坦對佛教確實有比較高的評價,儘管他對佛教的理解可能更多來自於叔本華的二手詮釋。
參考:
Einstein, Albert. "Religion and science." (1930).
說的就好像愛因斯坦很牛似的。
愛因斯坦就是很牛啊!
哦,那我得看看他到底怎麼個牛法了。
居然有這麼多人認為他牛,他說的跟我認為的很相似嘛!
來來來,你們看看一樣不?愛因斯坦也是這麼說的!牛吧?
不要臉。
你不會是想滅 我 吧。這個問題搞不懂到底是在描述些什麼??
其實個人也曾經調查過一些情況,這篇文章是伍思源寫的吧~看他的很多文章都是攻擊佛教的,本來就主觀很強,不過如果說的對愛因斯坦沒說過,那也沒什麼好辯解的~~~只能說當時資料的以訛傳訛,不過也有師兄做過一些調查比如: 《Why is Buddhism the fastest growing religion in Australia?》裡面有引用 和 給愛因斯坦寫傳記的女作者 Helen Dukas寫的:
Religious views
Einsteins religious views were close to the pantheism of Baruch Spinoza: he believed in a "God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and actions of men". Einstein wanted "to know how God created the world": After being pressed on his religious views by Martin Buber, Einstein exclaimed "What we (physicists) strive for is just to draw His lines after Him". He once said that among the major religions,
he preferred Buddhism.
而且上師上次去普利斯頓訪問和那邊老師交流,愛因斯坦晚年也曾打算皈依基督教或者佛教,但最後因為病苦而放棄~~~再偉大的人最後還是面臨老病死的折磨~~~
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