世界名人谈佛陀 (4)
佛陀说“不”
如果问电子的位置是否不变?我们肯定会说:“不”;如果问电子的位置是否随时间而改变?我们肯定会说:“不”;如果问电子是否运动?我们肯定会说:“不”。当有人询问佛陀有关人死后的灵魂问题时,佛也同样给以否定的回答,但这些不是十七、十八世纪传统科学所通晓的回答方式。
—— 罗伯特·奥本海默
Negative
Answer of the Buddha
If we ask, for instance,
whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say‘no’;
if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we
must say‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say‘no’.
The Buddha has given such answers when interrogated as to the conditions
of a man’s self after his death; but they are not familiar answers
for the tradition of seventeenth and eighteenth century science.
~
J.Robert Oppenheimer
我们钦佩佛陀的明智而合理的思想
每当我们阅读佛经的时候,我们就会被佛陀的明智而合理的思想所打动。他把伦理道德(戒)置于首位——正见或合理的见解。他为人们刷净了所有那些妨碍扰乱他们视野和命运的陈词滥调。
—— 拉达克里希南《乔达摩佛陀》
We
are impressed by His spirit of reason
When we read Buddha’sdiscourses,
we are impressed by his spirit of reason. His ethical path has for
its first step right views, a rational out-look. He endeavours to
brush aside all cobwebs that interfere with mankind’svision of itself
and its destiny.
~ Dr.S
Radhakrishnan,“Gautama The Buddha”
慈悲而平和的人
佛陀最显著的地方是:他几乎是唯一把冷静而科学的头脑和热情而慈爱的心集于一身的人。当今世界越来越需要佛陀,因为他是唯一能代表人性善良仁慈一面的人。
—— 牟尼·巴格《我们的佛陀》
Cool
head and loving heart
The most striking
thing about the Buddha is almost a unique combination of a cool
scientific head and profound sympathy of a warm and loving heart.
The world today turns more and more towards the Buddha, for the
alone represents the conscience of humanity.
~
Moni Bagghee,“Our Buddha”
(摘自《世界名人谈佛教》达摩难陀编 成建华译) |