Subject and Object are not two (Esho-funi)

 Quantum mechanics says,

"The moment we observe something, the wave contracts into a single point and becomes a particle."

 This means that the act of human observation affects the electrons and photons that are the subject of observation. In other words, it means

"The subject affects the object. "

This is a manifestation of the fact that the subject and the object cannot be strictly separated. Western science has developed on the premise that the subject and the object can be separated. In other words, the observer can observe the object or nature "objectively". And this was the case until quantum mechanics came along, that is, until Newtonian mechanics. 

The notion of "the inseparability of dependent and independent (Esho-funi)" 

This is what Buddhism teaches. This refers to the fact that we are inseparable from the environment that surrounds us. I'll give you an explanation of AI because it's too much trouble to go into the details. 

"Esho-funi" is a term used in Buddhism, especially in the teachings of Pure Land Buddhism and Tendai Buddhism. Simply put,


Eho: The environment or world in which living things live (for example, the land or nature)


Shoho: The life itself that lives there (humans and living things)


The idea that these "Eho" and "Shoho" are essentially inseparable and one is "Esho-funi"


In other words, it means that living beings (Shoho) and the world that surrounds them (Eho) influence each other and are inseparably connected.


For example...


If the mind is pure, the world that a person sees will also look bright and pure.


If the mind is disturbed, the world around them will also look disturbed.


In this way, the mind (Shoho) and the world (Eho) respond to each other like a mirror.


That's the AI's explanation.


The above is about Pure Land Buddhism and Tendai Buddhism, but it also often appears in Soka Gakkai's "Human Revolution".


Now, this "subject and object are not two" means that the subject and object cannot be separated strictly. In other words, we are connected to the world around us. I feel like I have been saying repeatedly up until now that 

"in order for you to be happy, the people around you need to be happy," 

but that is because the self and others are not strictly separate and connected, and this connection is actually not limited to human beings. Our lives are connected to all life beyond human beings. This also leads to the fact that humans alone cannot be happy while destroying the ecosystem. Since humans are inseparable from the environment, there can be no human happiness or personal happiness without solving environmental problems. This is natural from the Buddhist teaching of "subject and object are not two (Esho-funi)."

Then, with the advent of quantum mechanics, experimental results showed that the only way to explain it was that we are connected at the material level, such as at electrons and photons. Of course, there are many scientists who are opposed to this idea, but there is no effective explanation yet to support the Western scientific way of thinking, which firmly rejects the principle of separation of subject and object, in opposition to the Buddhist interpretation of "the inseparability of dependent and independent". This is also troublesome, so I would like you to refer to Newton's special edition "100 years of quantum mechanics", but from page 59, it says:

 "Problems regarding the interpretation of quantum mechanics have not yet been resolved." 

In other words, we have yet to refute the notion of "the inseparability of dependent and independent."

I also understand that the subject and object cannot be strictly separated and are connected as the notion of "the inseparability of dependent and independent (Esho-funi)" in Buddhism, and at the same time, because we are all connected, 

"We are all one. "

This "one" is connected to the God of monotheistic religions such as Christianity and Islam. 

I'm starting to lose track of things, so I'll stop here for today. 

Following the guidance of love and compassion

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