生命教育中的宗教與科學對話

Abstract

本論文主要是以量子力學詮釋佛教淨土思想往生觀，先從哲學、宗教及科學的不同視角論述何謂生命教育，在此觀點下比較孔恩科學發展史中的「常態科學、典範、異常現象、危機、科學革命、典範轉移、世界觀改變、不可共量」與生命教育中的「生活常態、個性與自我、突發事件、危機、生命轉化、觀念及態度轉變、生命觀改變、新的自我」進行比較，並歸納出二者「常、變、轉、覺」的歷程。因宗教在生命轉化過程中之重要性，「信、願、行」是轉化的基礎，本論文以佛教淨土宗的往生極樂淨土觀為例，透過現代科學--量子力學理論詮釋往生的可信性及可能性，產生「信」然後有「願」然後能「行」，完成生命轉化歷程，在成功轉化後生命便有了全新的自我，這就如同科學史中的「典範轉移」而且這個新的自我與舊有的我是「不可共量」的。

This paper is based on Quantum Mechanics to interpret the Buddhism Pure Land Thought of Rebirth. First discusses what Life Education is from different perspectives of Philosophy, Religion and Science. In this view, compare the "Normal Science, Paradigms, Anomaly, Crisis, Scientific Revolutions, Paradigm Shift, Worldview Change, Incommensurability" in "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas S. Kuhn, with the "Normal life, Personality and Self, Emergencies, Crisis, Life-Transformation, Concept and Attitude Change, Change in Life, New Self" in Life Education. Summarize the similarities between the two processes is "Normal, Change, Shift and Awaken". Because of the importance of religion in the process of life transformation, "Faith, Vow and Practice" are the basis of transformation. This dissertation takes the Buddhist Pure Land Buddhism's Pure Land View of Rebirth Bliss as an example, and interprets the credibility and possibility of rebirth through modern science-quantum mechanics theory. Generate "Faith" and then "Vow" and then "Practice" to complete the process of life transformation. After the successful life transformation, life will have a new self, which is like the "Paradigm Shift" in "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". That is "Incommensurability".