Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Sangharakshita
Born: August 26, 1925
Died: October 30, 2018 (aged 93)
Bio: Sangharakshita was a Buddhist teacher and writer, and founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community, which was known until 2010 as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, or FWBO.
Known for:
- The Bodhisattva ideal (1999)
- A Guide to the Buddhist Path (1990)
- The Essential Teachings of the Buddha (1998)
- The Ten Pillars of Buddhism (1985)