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The 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 & 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐮𝐧𝐬 organized a two day exhibition on the “Secrets of Particles” at 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. The exhibition aims to highlight the relationship between Buddhism philosophy and modern science. The exhibition was about particles. If you want to know about particles from Buddhist and Western scientific perspectives this exhibition was the right place. At its root, the philosophical problem confronting physics in the wake of quantum mechanics is whether the very notion of reality—defined in terms of essentially real constituents of matter— is tenable. What the Buddhist philosophy of emptiness can offer is a coherent model of understanding reality that is non-essentialist. “If we treat this realm as though it had no constitutive role in our understanding of reality, we lose the richness of our own existence and our understanding cannot be comprehensive.” —𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐚
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐠𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
The exhibition helps the students to understand the universe is made of particles. Understanding particles allows us to understand chemistry which helps us make new materials and new medicines. Particles are the basis of phenomena. From the very beautiful flower to the infinite stars and galaxies, everything is made of particles. Particles exist with interdependence or co-exist interdependently. The students understood the relationship between particles, interdependence, emptiness and compassion. Students from 4-12th classes interacted with the experts and asked numerous questions.
