QUANTUM BUDDHISM

Introduction
Awakening of Quantum Physics
The Unified Quantum Field
Creator, Created, Interaction
Introduction to Quantum Buddhism
About the Amitabha Sutra
The Conditioned Mind
Releasing the Mind
From Mind to Reality
The Formula
Emotional Transmutation
Conclusion
Quantum Buddhism Association

Introduction

Not so long ago (and maybe still in some parts of the world) religious, political and scientific power was held by the same people. Their goal was simple: to hold the truth.

The Spiritual leaders were the deciders regarding just about everything. It was a time when new ideas coming out of new genius minds were set aflame literally at the stake. Fear from losing control was present in the leader's minds, as they used every possible means to keep the population away from thinking on their own. Their goal was to propagate a set of beliefs that encouraged us to behave along with the group, using what I like to call "persuasive armed marketing". The fundamental goal seemed to be good at the time, since it is important to maintain a good social structure. The difficulty arose when the individual feeling of freedom was hindered for the greater good of a few leaders, instead of the greater good of the entire group.

Science and religion have been opposed regarding consciousness since Descartes separated matter and mind. This separated view was named Cartesian Dualism. Since then, two non-dualist approaches to the world were developed. The first non-dualist view includes scientific materialism in which matter produces mind, from a series of mechanical reactions in the hormonal and nervous system, such as the brain. The second non-dualist view includes idealism, in which mind produces matter.

Buddhism (and neutral monists in western philosophy) believes that mind and matter both derive from a deeper-lying common entity. In recent decades it has become evident that quantum physics and quantum gravity can provide a scientifically plausible accommodation of the Buddhist (and neutral monist) approach.

In Buddhism the deeper-lying monistic entity is the pure wisdom of the Supreme Unified Consciousness which can give rise to matter and/or mind. In scientific terms it is the quantum geometry at the tiniest level (Planck scale) of the universe, which is called the unified quantum field. Cosmic wisdom of the Supreme Unified Consciousness pervades the universe, involving, informing and interconnecting everything, including living and non-living beings. It is everything. It is everywhere. Yet, this is only the perception we have from our human point of view.

From the point of view of Supreme Consciousness, everything is at the same place, at the same time. Universal wisdom could be seen as very small quantum information pervading the universe in a non-local and holographic way, hence repeating everywhere, atemporally (everywhen) and at various scales. We will see how we can practice ourselves to detach from the limited human perception of time and space, and practice at perceiving the higher wisdom, which is more refined than standard intellectual information.

In Buddhism, conscious awareness in an individual - self consciousness - is a series of ripples on the universal pond of the Supreme Unified Consciousness, interacting with the biological body, the nervous system, and thus, the senses. In science, selfconsciousness is a series of quantum wave function reductions, ripples in quantum geometry on the edge between the quantum world of multiple coexisting possibilities, and the classical world of definite states, all occurring in the brain. It is nonetheless possible to become aware of this interaction between the pool of possibilities, and the world we believe to be definite and fixed. Samadhi is a Sanskrit word describing awareness in which sensory inputs, memory and self dissolve, a person's consciousness becoming totally one with Supreme Unified Consciousness.

Samadhi occurs during deep meditation. Scientifically, in altered states of consciousness, quantum brain activities may become more directly connected with the universal quantum geometry and its collective information. Quantum Buddhism aims at providing a set of tools to develop a scientific-spiritual approach to the world, unburdened by traditional cultural ritualistic and dogmatic weight, where development of the self prevails to become a conscious scientific instrument. Along reading this book, you will learn a good basis of theory and application of this technique on transcending the human senses to perceive the spiritual world.

Quantum Buddhism is an adaptation of ancient Buddhist teachings to a new era of scientific emancipation. Quantum Buddhism is not necessarily science, but it certainly is Buddhism.

Based on the latest scientific discoveries made in the field of quantum physics, a new form of Buddhism is born. One of the most important teachings of the Buddha is the Lotus Sutra. The second chapter of the Lotus Sutra is called "Expedient means". This chapter teaches us that we must adapt the Buddhist teachings to each new situation that arises, so to get the fastest and most efficient way to teach the Dharma. The third chapter of the Lotus Sutra is called "Simile and Parable", encouraging us to find ways to teach the Dharma in forms that will make it easily understandable. Here is an excerpt from this chapter, while the Buddha explains this wisdom to his disciple Shariputra:

« Moreover, Shariputra, I too will now make use of similes and parables to further clarify this doctrine. For through similes and parables those who are wise can obtain understanding.

« Shariputra, suppose that in a certain town in a certain country there was a very rich man. He was far along in years and his wealth was beyond measure. He had many fields, houses and menservants. His own house was big and rambling, but it had only one gate. A great many people, a hundred, two hundred, perhaps as many as five hundred, lived in the house. The halls and rooms were old and decaying, the walls crumbling, the pillars rotten at their base, and the beams and rafters crooked and aslant.

« At that time a fire suddenly broke out on all sides, spreading through the rooms of the house. The sons of the rich man, ten, twenty perhaps thirty, were inside the house. When the rich man saw the huge flames leaping up on every side, he was greatly alarmed and fearful and thought to himself, I can escape to safety through the flaming gate, but my sons are inside the burning house enjoying themselves and playing games, unaware, unknowing, without alarm or fear. The fire is closing in on them, suffering and pain threaten them, yet their minds have no sense of loathing or peril and they do not think of trying to escape!

« Shariputra, this rich man thought to himself [%u2026] 'My sons are very young, they have no understanding, and they love their games, being so engrossed in them that they are likely to be burned in the fire. I must explain to them why I am fearful and alarmed. The house is already in flames and I must get them out quickly and not let them be burned up in the fire!'

« Having thought in this way, he followed his plan and called to all his sons, saying, 'You must come out at once!' But though the father was moved by pity and gave good words of instruction, the sons were absorbed in their games and unwilling to heed them. They had no alarm, no fright, and in the end no mind to leave the house. Moreover, they did not understand what the fire was, what the house was, what the danger was. They merely raced about this way and that in play and looked at their father without heeding him.

« At that time the rich man had this thought: the house is already in flames from this huge fire. If I and my sons do not get out at once, we are certain to be burned. I must now invent some expedient means that will make it possible for the children to escape harm.

« The father understood his sons and knew what various toys and curious objects each child customarily liked and what would delight them. And so he said to them, 'The kind of playthings you like are rare and hard to find. If you do not take them when you can, you will surely regret it later. For example, things like these goat-carts, deer-carts and ox-carts.

They are outside the gate now where you can play with them. So you must come out of this burning house at once. Then whatever ones you want, I will give them all to you!'

« At that time, when the sons heard their father telling them about these rare playthings, because such things were just what they had wanted, each felt emboldened in heart and, pushing and shoving one another, they all came wildly dashing out of the burning house. »

In this story, did the father lie to his children? Or did he find a way to get his message thru? Is the goal of communication to be right about something? Or is the goal of communication to get a message through? As long as we speak the truth, shouldn't we find the best possible wording to address ourselves to whoever we are communicating?

Following the guidance given by this little story, we wish to teach the Dharma in new ways that are adapted to this new era of modern technology and scientific discoveries. But how would we go about? Which scientific field would accept spiritual concepts such as consciousness and Self? The answer arose with the advent of quantum physics.

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