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“If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.”
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
“What we do and think in our own lives, then, becomes of extreme importance as it effects everything we're connected to.”
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.”
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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