How to reconcile Buddhist Cosmology with modern worldview, especially astronomy?
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Buddhist scripture describes other worlds (i.e. "The Thirty-one Planes of Existence "), with various kinds of beings who may interact with our human world in varying degrees.
- Do Buddhists accept the modern view of the universe , consisting of galaxies, solar systems, planets, discovered experientially by astronomers with their telescopes (which the Buddha and his followers don't seem to have thought about or discussed very much)?
If so, how do Buddhists reconcile this modern view of the universe with the 31 lokas and their other-worldly inhabitants?
- Do Buddhists feel that if the Buddha and Buddhist gurus did not speak or think about some things (for instance, about "the modern view of the universe" such as galaxies or solar systems), maybe those things aren't worth speaking or thinking about?
Asked by Krishnaraj Rao
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Sep 22, 2015, 07:43 PM
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