

One of the interesting aspects of quantum physics from the Buddhist point of view is that particles, which in classical physics were once regarded as little pieces of matter, are now regarded as



So particles are forever changing, and lack any



Therefore, at a very generalized level, the scientific view of the world has converged with the Buddhist view. Buddhism is a 'process philosophy', holding that the underlying basis of reality is change, process and impermanence. Becoming is more basic than being, and One of the interesting aspects of quantum physics from the Buddhist point of view is that particles, which in classical physics were once regarded as little pieces of matter, are now regarded as processes consisting of continuously evolving and changing wavefunctions. These processes only give the appearance of discrete and localized particles at the moment they are observed.So particles are forever changing, and lack any inherent existence independent of the act of observation. Consequently, everything composed of particles is also impermanent and continually changing, and no static, stable basis for its existence can be found.Therefore, at a very generalized level, the scientific view of the world has converged with the Buddhist view. Buddhism is a ', holding that the underlying basis of reality is change, process and impermanence.is more basic than, and existence is really just impermanence in slow-motion.

The converse view is substantialism, which holds that constant realities or substances underlie phenomena. In the transition from classical to modern physics, atomic theory has changed from substantialism to being in agreement with the Buddhist process view of reality.



Furthermore, when we look at the interaction of the wave-particles with the observer, we find additional interesting correspondences between Buddhist philosophy and quantum physics, as discussed below:

(i) Quantum weirdness produces the mind, versus (ii) The mind produces quantum weirdness. The strange interactions of fundamental particles with the mind of the observer (' quantum weirdness ') have long been of interest to philosophers. There are two opposing views:Quantum weirdness produces the mind,The mind produces quantum weirdness.





(i) Quantum weirdness produces the mind

Materialist philosophers have suggested that quantum weirdness offers a means of filling the explanatory gap

The Penrose-Hameroff Conjecture later in this article).



(ii) The Mind produces quantum weirdness Materialists claim that quantum effects offer a way of generating non-mechanistic mental activity from a purely physical basis. These suggestions have met with a number of objections, and don't seem to have the explanatory power to fill the gap. (seelater in this article).

Buddhists regard the mind as a primary fact of reality, like space-time, in which we live, and move, and have our being. This axiomatic mind cannot be reduced to other facts. It is implicit and foundational in all facts and in all knowledge.