Steve, What do you think is Gotama's viewpoint? I believe he put a lot of emphasis on karma, which is deterministic. Anthony
--- On Mon, 4/4/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: From: SteveW <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 4 April, 2011, 1:31 AM --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Steve, > Â > You are smart enough to cover both 'chance' and 'necessity'. These two also > include all four: > Â > God, > Fate, > Chance, and > Chaos. > Â > Nobody can argue with you. > Â > The question remains whether 'chance' has some 'necessity' elements, like in > the case of Heisenburg Uncertainty Prinicple. From the uncertain location and > velocity, it leads to the certainty of probability and all the way to quantum > mechanics. > Â > Anthony > > Anthony, I am not trying to dodge the question! What I have said is the > generally accepted scientific view at this time. Reality is probabilistic, > not rigidly determined. BTW, you are probably well educated on Buddhism > enough to know that Gotama vigorously opposed the view-point of the Hindu > Gosala, who was a determinist. Gosala's view-point was likely similar to > Advaita Vedanta today. Steve > > >
