From: tran@neep.engr.wisc.edu
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Subject: Re: [RELIGION] To the Catholic netters
Date: 5 Nov 92 17:11:15 GMT
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Recently Longan wrote:

>>Then I met the Buddhists:

>>Budhi1: Long, in order to have black you must have white#..blah..blah..
>>Longan: That's the dualistic concept.
>>Budhi1: (Again) there is no really black or white, it's gray
>>Longan: Hmm..it makes perfect sense#.  This sound so familiar to Einstein's
          general relativity law.
>>Budhi2: Do you know, co' thi.nh ro^`i co' suy, co' su+. tua^`n hoa`n.
>>Longan: Yes of course, I learn this in the Chaos theory#.  In chaos brings
          order, in orders brings chaos.
>>Budhi3: Do you know co' ma` la` kho^ng, kho^ng ma` la` co'.
>>Longan: Sounds like the Schroedinger's dead/alive cat experiment.  Is there
          cat or no cat in the box.
>>Budhi4: Reduce and eliminate tham, sa^n, si brings you happiness.
>>Longan: In psychology: Reduce expectation to increase what you might think
          success.  Make a lot of sense#.
          ............
Trong mo^~i quan nie^.m ve^` trie^'t ly' Budhi1-4 ne^u ra (kho^ng ha(?n
la` ddu'ng) Longan co' ve? nhu+ muo^'n no'i "Bie^'t ro^`i, kho^? la('m, no'i
ma~i", to^i dda~ bie^'t nhu+~ng ddie^`u na`y trong dualistic concept, general
relativity law (theory#?), chaos theory, Schroedinger's cat experiment,
psychology ... nhu+ng que^n ma^'t 1 ddie^`u la` nhu+~ng ly' thuye^'t khoa
ho.c mo+'i chi? ddu+o+.c kha'm pha' ra ga^`n dda^y, pha^`n lo+'n va`o dda^`u the^'
ky? 20 trong khi nhu+~ng quan nie^.m trie^'t ly' tre^n dda~ co' tu+` ma^'y
nga`n na(m ve^` tru+o+'c.  Va^.y khi Longan tra? lo+`i nhu+ tre^n la` tra?
lo+`i ngu+o+.c, tu+o+ng tu+. nhu+ no'i ra(`ng: ca'i o^ng gia` na`y tro^ng
gio^'ng cha'u cha('t cu?a o^ng a^'y qua'.  Co`n ca'c ly' thuye^'t khoa ho.c
co' ddo^`ng nha^'t vo+'i ca'c quan nie^.m trie^'t ly' xa xu+a hay kho^ng
la.i la` 1 chuye^.n kha'c, to^i kho^ng muo^'n ba`n o+? dda^y#.

Tuy nhie^n, co' 1 quan nie^.m o+? tre^n ma` ngu+o+`i ta thu+o+`ng hie^?u
la^`m va` Longan cu~ng hie^?u la^`m luo^n cho ne^n mo+'i so sa'nh vo+'i
thi' nghie^.m gia? tu+o+?ng ve^` con me`o cu?a Schroedinger, ddo' la`
quan nie^.m "co' ma` la` kho^ng, kho^ng ma` la` co'".  Vi` dda^y la` 1
quan nie^.m ngu+o+`i ddo+`i thu+o+`ng no'i cho ne^n to^i muo^'n vie^'t le^n
net cho vui#.  Chi? phie^`n 1 no^~i la` quan nie^.m na`y la` 1 quan
nie^.m dda(.c thu` trong PG cho ne^n vie^'t ve^` quan nie^.m na`y ba('t
buo^.c cu~ng pha?i vie^'t chu't i't ve^` PG.  Va^.y tru+o+'c khi ddo.c tie^'p
netter na`o allergic vo+'i PG thi` xin ha~y ba^'m Ctrl+C dde^?
ca('t ddu+'t ba`i ngay ta.i dda^y#.

   "Co' ma` la` kho^ng, kho^ng ma` la` co'" du+.a theo nu+?a pha^`n cu?a
ca^u "sa('c cha(?ng kha'c kho^ng, kho^ng cha(?ng kha'c sa('c, sa('c chi'nh
la` kho^ng, kho^ng chi'nh la` sa('c" trong Ta^m Kinh Ba't Nha~.
Sa('c la` nhu+~ng va^.t co' hi`nh the^?, tu+o+'ng da.ng, ca^'u ta.o khie^'n
cho ta co' the^? nha^.n bie^'t va` pha^n bie^.t.  Ngu+o+`i ddo+`i die^~n dda.t
tha`nh co' va` kho^ng cho no' pho^? tho^ng va` de^~ hie^?u, kho^ng ngo+`
dda~ vo^ ti`nh no'i le^n 1 tu+ tu+o+?ng ra^'t dda(.c thu` trong PG: ddo' la`
tu+ tu+o+?ng Cha^n Kho^ng Die^.u Hu+~u (CKDH).  Tu+ tu+o+?ng CKDH la` ne^`n
ta?ng cu?a ta^'t ca? tu+ tu+o+?ng DDa.i Thu+`a PG, ba('t nguo^`n tu+` Kinh
Ba't-Nha~, bo^. Kinh to^'i co^? va` ca(n ba?n cu?a DDa.i-Thu+`a#.  Sau na`y
ca'c Kinh Lua^.n nhu+ Hoa Nghie^m, Duy-Ma-Ca^.t, Thu?-La(ng-Nghie^m,
Pha'p-Hoa, DDa.i-Thu+`a Kho+?i Ti'n v...v... dde^`u da^`n da^`n khai
trie^?n phu+o+ng die^.n Die^.u Hu+~u cu?a Cha^n Kho^ng.  Le~ di~ nhie^n
to^i kho^ng ddu? kha? na(ng va` cu~ng kho^ng co' y' ddi.nh tri`nh ba`y
tu+ tu+o+?ng na`y o+? tre^n net.  Tuy nhie^n, ne^'u chu'ng ta hie^?u
ra(`ng mo.i su+. no'i vie^'t ve^` CKDH dde^`u kho^ng pha?i la` CKDH thi` du`
to^i co' vie^'t chu't i't ve^` CKDH cha('c cu~ng kho^ng sao#.

   Muo^'n hie^?u quan nie^.m CKDH tru+o+'c he^'t chu'ng ta pha?i hie^?u
the^' na`o la` Cha^n Kho^ng trong PG ro^`i tu+` ddo' tie^'n dde^'n vie^.c ti`m
hie^?u ca'i Co' trong ca'i Kho^ng, thua^.t ngu+~ PG go.i la` Die^.u Hu+~u
trong Cha^n Kho^ng.  Quan nie^.m tre^n co' the^? to'm ta('t nhu+ sau:
  -Ha`nh gia? pha?i tu ta^.p dde^? co' ddu+o+.c tri' tue^. Ba't Nha~, nghi~a
la` tri' tue^. ddu+a to+'i su+. nha^.n thu+'c xa^u sa('c ve^` thu+.c tu+o+'ng cu?a
mo.i su+. su+. va^.t va^.t, thua^.t ngu+~ PG go.i la` Va.n Pha'p.  Thu+.c
tu+o+'ng cu?a mo.i su+. su+. va^.t va^.t chi'nh la` Ti'nh Kho^ng, va` su+. ho^.i
nha^.p tha^'u suo^'t Ti'nh Kho^ng na`y (do ho.c DDa.o) se~ ta.o tha`nh 1
su+'c sinh hoa.t linh ddo^.ng kho^ng he^` bi. nga(n nga.i (dde^? ha`nh DDa.o)
DDa^y chi'nh la` la^.p tru+o+`ng CKDH cu?a Kinh Ba't-Nha~.

   Ti`m hie^?u quan nie^.m ve^` Cha^n Kho^ng hay Ti'nh Kho^ng trong PG
chu'ng ta va^'p pha?i 1 tro+? nga.i, bo+?i vi` tha^'y ddu+o+.c ti'nh Kho^ng
cu?a va.n Pha'p tu+o+ng ddu+o+ng vo+'i tha^'y ddu+o+.c cha^n ly' chung cu`ng
ma` PG thu+o+`ng go.i ba(`ng nhu+~ng danh tu+` kha'c nhau nhu+ Cha^n Nhu+,
Pha^.t Ta'nh, Ba?n Lai Die^.n Mu.c v...v... ma` cha^n ly' chung cu`ng
thi` chi? co' the^? thu+.c chu+'ng chu+' kho^ng the^? nghi~ ba`n.  Do ddo',
ngu+o+`i ta kho^ng the^? ddi.nh nghi~a ddu+o+.c ti'nh Kho^ng vi` ddi.nh nghi~a
la` dda(.t ti'nh Kho^ng va`o 1 gio+'i ha.n trong khi thu+.c the^? cu?a
Kho^ng sie^u vie^.t mo.i ngo^n tu+`, gio+'i ha.n.  Tuy kho^ng the^? ddi.nh
nghi~a ddu+o+.c ti'nh Kho^ng nhu+ng nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i dda('c DDa.o (dda~ thu+.c
chu+'ng ddu+o+.c ti'nh Kho^ng cu?a va.n Pha'p), vi` muo^'n da^~n da('t chu'ng
sinh tre^n con ddu+o+`ng gia?i thoa't (Chuye^?n ca'i Kho^ng tha`nh Die^.u
Hu+~u), dda~ ba('t buo+.c pha?i du`ng ngo^n tu+` tho^ng thu+o+`ng dde^? mo^ ta?
pha^`n na`o ti'nh Kho^ng.  Ve^` phu+o+ng die^.n mo^ ta? na`y, tuy kho^ng
the^? kha(?ng ddi.nh the^' na`o la` Kho^ng nhu+ng ca'c vi. ddo' co' the^?
kha(?ng ddi.nh nhu+~ng gi` kho^ng pha?i la` Kho^ng:

  "Kho^ng" trong PG kho^ng pha?i la` kho^ng co' thu+.c, vi' du. nhu+
lo^ng ru`a, su+`ng tho?.
  "Kho^ng" trong PG cu~ng kho^ng pha?i la` "kho^ng va('ng" hay huy?
die^.t, nghi~a la` tro^'ng ro^~ng hay tru+o+'c co' ba^y gio+` kho^ng co`n
nu+~a, vi' du. nhu+: trong pho`ng na`y tru+o+'c co' nhie^`u ddo^` dda.c ba^y
gio+` tro^'ng cho+n kho^ng co' gi`, hoa(.c o^ng A ba` B tru+o+'c so^'ng, ba^y
gio+` che^'t ddi ro^`i#.  Va^.y thi` PG muo^'n no'i gi` khi ba?o ra(`ng thu+c
tu+o+'ng cu?a va.n Pha'p la` "Kho^ng"?  To^i xin ddu+a ra dda^y va`i lo+`i
gia?i thi'ch nhu+ng se~ kho^ng ddi va`o nhu+~ng ly' lua^.n chi tie^'t dde^?
gia?i thi'ch nhu+~ng lo+`i gia?i thi'ch na`y#.

   1. Vi` mo.i va^.t luo^n luo^n thay ddo^?i, ngay ca? trong khoa?ng
tho+`i gian nga('n nha^'t ma` chu'ng ta co' the^? tu+o+?ng tu+o+.ng ddu+o+.c,
cho ne^n chu'ng la` "Kho^ng".  O+? dda^y, "Kho^ng" ddo^`ng nghi~a vo+'i
quan nie^.m Vo^ Thu+o+`ng trong PG nguye^n thuy?.  Va`, "co' thi.nh
ro^`i co' suy" la` 1 sa('c tha'i cu?a Vo^ Thu+o+`ng chu+' cha(?ng a(n nha(`m
gi` to+'i Chaos Theory ca?.

   2. Vi` mo.i va^.t dde^`u do duye^n sinh ne^n chu'ng la` "Kho^ng".
Duye^n sinh la` do nhie^`u duye^n ho+.p la.i ma` co', nu+o+ng tu+.a va`o
nhau ma` co'.  Va^.y "Kho^ng" o+? dda^y co' nghi~a la` kho^ng co' tu+.
ti'nh, nghi~a la` ti'nh tu+. tu'c, tu+. to^`n ta.i, ddo^.c la^.p, kho^ng
tuy` thuo^.c va`o ba^'t cu+' su+. va^.t na`o kha'c.  Kho^ng co' tu+. ti'nh
trong Kinh Ba't Nha~ chi? la` su+. mo+? ro^.ng thuye^'t Vo^ Nga~ cu?a
PG nguye^n thu?y#.  Va`, "in order to have black you must have
white" hay "there is no really black nor white" cu~ng la`
nhu+~ng khi'a ca.nh kha'c nhau cu?a thuye^'t Vo^ Nga~ chu+' cha(?ng a(n
nha(`m gi` to+'i dualistic concept hay general relativity
theory ca?, nha^'t la` general relativity (GR) vi` GR chi?
la` thuye^'t tu+o+ng ddo^'i bao go^`m ca'c chuye^?n ddo^.ng kho^ng dde^`u
va` a?nh hu+o+?ng cu?a tro.ng tru+o+`ng (Gravity).

  3. Vi` the^' gio+'i ta ba` chi? la` to^?ng the^? cu?a co^.ng nghie^.p va`
la` du+. pho'ng cu?a Ta^m, chi.u theo lua^.t bie^'n die^.t, ne^n mo.i va^.t
la` "Kho^ng".  DDa^y la` lua^.n cu+' cu?a Duy-Thu+'c-To^ng theo ddo' thi`
1 va^.t chi? hie^.n hu+~u ddo^'i vo+'i nhu+~ng sinh va^.t so^'ng trong cu`ng
1 ca?nh gio+'i (Realm), co' cu`ng ta^`n so^' giao ca?m (do co^.ng
nghie^.p).

   Nhu+~ng lo+`i gia?i thi'ch tre^n chi? cho chu'ng ta 1 y' nie^.m kha'i
qua't ve^` ta.i sao mo.i va^.t la` "Kho^ng" chu+' kho^ng cho ta bie^'t 
ca'i Kho^ng la` gi`.  Cho ne^n, chu'ng ta kho^ng the^? cha^'p va`o ca'i
Kho^ng na`y ma` coi "Kho^ng" nhu+ la` 1 ca'i gi`, ba(`ng ca'ch na`o ddo',
hie^.n hu+~u o+? dda^u ddo'.  No'i ca'ch kha'c, chu'ng ta pha?i phu? nha^.n 
ngay ca? chi'nh ca'i Kho^ng na`y vi` ne^'u chu'ng ta nha^.n ra(`ng co'
ca'i Kho^ng, chu'ng ta dda~ tu+. ma^u thua^~n vo+'i chi'nh nhu+~ng ddie^`u
gia?i thi'ch tre^n ve^` ti'nh Kho^ng.  Chi'nh ca'i "Kho^ng cu?a Kho^ng"
na`y mo+'i tu+o+ng ddu+o+ng vo+'i cha^n ly' chung cu`ng cu?a va.n Pha'p.
DDa^y chi'nh la` quan nie^.m Cha^n Kho^ng Tuye^.t DDo^'i, su+. sie^u vie^.t
ro^'t ra'o, vu+o+.t kho?i mo.i Pha'p va` y' nie^.m ma` PG thu+o+`ng go.i la`:
kho^ng the^? no'i ra hay kho^ng the^? nghi~ ba`n (Ba^'t kha? thuye^'t
hoa(.c Ba^'t Tu+ Nghi.: Kinh Duy-Ma).

   Mo^.t ca^u ho?i ddu+o+.c dda(.t ra la`: ne^'u "Kho^ng" kho^ng the^? nghi~
ba`n thi` ca'i Co' o+? dda^u ra ma` go.i la` Die^.u Hu+~u#?  DDa^y chi'nh la` 
ddie^?m kho' hie^?u va` khu'c ma('c nha^'t trong thuye^'t CKDH cu?a PG, bo+?i
vi`, theo nguye^n ta('c, ha`nh gia? pha?i thu+.c chu+'ng ddu+o+.c ca'i
"Kho^ng Tuye^.t DDo^'i" ro^`i mo+'i tha^'y ddu+o+.c su+. the^? hie^.n cu?a ca'i Co'
go.i la` Die^.u Hu+~u#.  Tuy nhie^n, chu'ng ta co' the^? du`ng ta.m va`i
ca'ch ly' lua^.n dde^? tri`nh ba`y quan nie^.m Die^.u Hu+~u trong Cha^n
Kho^ng.  Ly' lua^.n theo khoa ho.c chu'ng ta co' the^? no'i ra(`ng:
Die^.u Hu+~u o+? ngay trong Cha^n Kho^ng va` chu+a bao gio+` ro+`i ca'i
Kho^ng.  Tha^.t va^.y, 2 phu? ddi.nh lie^n tie^'p cho ta 1 xa'c ddi.nh:
Vi` chi'nh ca'i Kho^ng cu~ng la` Kho^ng cho ne^n kho^ng "Kho^ng" tro+?
tha`nh Co'.  Theo trie^'t ly' ve^` Nhi. DDe^' cu?a Long Tho. Bo^` Ta't thi`:
Chi'nh vi` "Kho^ng" ma` mo.i su+. su+. va^.t va^.t (va.n Pha'p) co' the^?
tha`nh la^.p ddu+o+.c.  DDie^`u na`y co' nghi~a la`: Vi` mo.i va^.t la` Kho^ng
ne^n chu'ng mo+'i co' the^? hie^.n hu+~u, bo+?i le~ ne^'u chu'ng kho^ng pha?i
la` Kho^ng, nghi~a la` co' tu+. ti'nh, ti'nh co^' ddi.nh, ddo^.c la^.p v..v..
thi` kho^ng the^? na`o co' ba^'t cu+' su+. thay ddo^?i na`o, kho^ng co' gi` co'
the^? sinh ra, kho^ng co' gi` co' the^? tie^'n bo^., mo.i co^' ga('ng se~ tro+?
ne^n vo^ i'ch.  Do ddo', quan nie^.m Cha^n Kho^ng cu?a Ba't Nha~ la` ke^'t
qua? cu?a su+. qua'n chie^'u DDe^. Nha^'t Nghi~a DDe^' (Cha^n DDe^') va` ddu+o+.c coi
la` cha^n ly' chung cu`ng.  Nhu+ng chi'nh ca'i Kho^ng cu~ng la` Kho^ng 
ro^`i, va^.y thi` tro+? la.i ca'i the^' gio+'i gia? danh (Tu.c DDe^') dde^? Die^.u
Hu+~u ho'a no', nghi~a la` giu+~a Kho^ng va` Co', khai trie^?n 1 the^'
gio+'i linh ddo^.ng, die^.u du.ng, tu+. do, vo^ nga.i, va` dda^y chi'nh la`
Trung DDa.o trong PG.

   Nhu+~ng ly' lua^.n trie^'t ly' nhu+ tre^n thu+o+`ng la` tru+`u tu+o+.ng, kho'
hie^?u#.  DDe^? co' 1 kha'i nie^.m ve^` 1 khi'a ca.nh na`o ddo' cu?a CKDH to^i 
xin lie^.t ke^ sau dda^y va`i sa('c tha'i cu?a CKDH:

  - Cha^n Kho^ng la` ta^'t ca? mo.i su+. su+. va^.t va^.t dde^`u kho^ng co' tu+.
ti'nh.  Die^.u Hu+~u la` su+. hie^.n hu+~u cu?a va.n Pha'p du` va.n Pha'p ddo'
kho^ng co' tu+. ti'nh.
  - Cha^n Kho^ng la` cu+'u ca'nh cu?a vo.ng ta^m duye^n sinh quan. DH
la` ca?nh gio+'i dda~ die^.t tru+` vo.ng ta^m, la`m sa'ng to? the^? tu+o+'ng cu?a
ti.nh ta^m.
  -Cha^n Kho^ng la` Tre^n Ca^`u DDa.o Bo^` DDe^`; DH la` Du+o+'i Ho'a DDo^. Chu'ng
Sinh.
  -Ti`m DDa.o Gia'c Ngo^. (CK) ngay trong phie^`n na~o(DH).
  -DDa.o Bo^` Ta't chu? ye^'u la^'y sinh hoa.t ta.i gia (DH) la`m co+ so+? 
tu ha.nh Bo^` DDe^` (CK).
  -Ba't Nha~ xa^y du+.ng tre^n co+ so+? Ta^m Vo^ So+? DDa('c (CK) dde^? hoa`n 
tha`nh ca'c vie^.c dda.o ddu+'c xa~ ho^.i (DH)
   v...v... va` v...v...

   To^i dda~ vie^'t kha' nhie^`u ve^` CKDH ma` thu+.c ra la` kho^ng vie^'t
gi` ca?, bo+?i vi`, co^'t tu?y cu?a tu+ tu+o+?ng CKDH kho^ng pha?i la`
nhu+~ng ly' lua^.n va^?n vo+ thua^`n tri' thu+'c.  Then cho^'t cu?a va^'n dde^`
la`: Nhu+~ng quan nie^.m ve^` CKDH kho^ng pha?i la` nhu+~ng quan nie^.m 
trie^'t ly' hay chu? thuye^'t ma` la` nhu+~ng dde^` ta`i Thie^`n Qua'n, co'
mu.c ddi'ch gia?i thoa't con ngu+o+`i kho?i su+. cha^'p ve^` 1 nga~ the^? gia?
tu+o+?ng, nguo^`n go^'c cu?a nhu+~ng ham muo^'n mang to+'i nhu+~ng kho^? ddau
phie^`n na~o va` hoang mang cu?a con ngu+o+`i#.  Chi? khi na`o chu'ng 
ta nha^.n thu+'c ddu+o+.c ra(`ng ddo+`i so^'ng cu?a con ngu+o+`i tha^.t la` die^.u
du.ng tuy ba?n the^? cu?a no' la` "Kho^ng" chu'ng ta mo+'i co' the^? co'
ddu+o+.c ca?nh an la.c ha.nh phu'c trong co~i ddo+`i na`y#.  Mong ra(`ng 
sau cu`ng mo.i ngu+o+`i tre^n the^' gian na`y dde^`u so^'ng trong ca?nh
ha.nh phu'c, an la.c.

WHAT A RELIEF?  Vie^'t ba`i na`y to^i ca?m tha^'y thoa?i ma'i ho+n khi
vie^'t ma^'y ba`i tru+o+'c nhie^`u#.

Chu'c Tro.ng Nga^n
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