Dhamma & Science
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Summary
The recurring question is why someone from technology takes Buddhism seriously. The answer is that being a scientist is exactly the reason.
Buddhism does not ask for belief. It asks you to test, observe and investigate until you know for yourself — which is science’s own posture at its core.
The instruments named are the Kālāma Sutta as a procedure for verifying claims, and the qualities sanditthiko and akāliko.
Key points
The Kālāma Sutta reads as a methodology
Its list of what not to believe on is set out like a checklist of criteria.
Sanditthiko means verifiable by yourself
That quality is the same condition science calls reproducibility.
The difference is the object of observation
Science observes the external world; the teaching observes the mind of the observer.
This posture does not exempt the hard questions
Being testable does not mean every claim can be checked, and that is worth saying plainly.