เขาไกรลาศ: วิทยาศาสตร์ VS ความเชื่อทางศาสนาหลายพันปี
Summary
Mount Kailash, in the Himalaya, is a centre of veneration for both Hindus and Buddhists — and has never been climbed to the summit.
The talk looks at the geology: the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, and the electromagnetic anomalies reported in the area.
The question it leaves open is whether our ancestors registered something physically real and then described it in the only language they had.
Key points
Sanctity across unrelated religions
When several unconnected traditions settle on the same mountain, coincidence starts to look like a weak explanation.
Nobody has reached the summit
Partly religious prohibition, partly terrain. Together they have preserved the mountain’s standing.
Geology accounts for some of it
The plate boundary produces physical anomalies that can actually be measured.
An explanation does not cancel the meaning
If there is a physical cause, what people felt there was still something they genuinely felt.