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'''Buddhist philosophy''' is the branch of [[Eastern philosophy]] based on the teachings of [[Buddha|Gautama Buddha]], a.k.a. Siddhartha Gautama (c. [[5th century BCE]]). Buddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in [[metaphysics]], [[phenomenology]], [[ethics]], and [[epistemology]].  

'''Buddhist philosophy''' is the branch of [[Eastern philosophy]] based on the teachings of [[Buddha|Gautama Buddha]], a.k.a. Siddhartha Gautama (c. [[5th century BCE]]). Buddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in [[metaphysics]], [[phenomenology]], [[ethics]], and [[epistemology]].  

''Pratitya-samutpada'' goes on to posit that certain specific events, concepts, or realities are always dependent on other specific things. Craving, for example, is always dependent on, and caused by, emotion. Emotion is always dependent on contact with our surroundings. This chain of causation purports to show that the cessation of decay, death, and sorrow is indirectly dependent on the cessation of craving, and ultimately dependent on an all-encompassing stillness.

''Pratitya-samutpada'' goes on to posit that certain specific events, concepts, or realities are always dependent on other specific things. Craving, for example, is always dependent on, and caused by, emotion. Emotion is always dependent on contact with our surroundings. This chain of causation purports to show that the cessation of decay, death, and sorrow is indirectly dependent on the cessation of craving, and ultimately dependent on an all-encompassing stillness.

[[Nagarjuna|{{nagarjuna}}]], one of the most influential Buddhist philosophers, asserted a direct connection between, even identity of, dependent origination, anatta, and śūnyatā. He pointed out that implicit in the early Buddhist concept of dependent origination is the lack of any substantial being (anatta) underlying the participants in origination, so that they have no independent existence, a state identified as emptiness (śūnyatā), or emptiness of a nature or essence (sva-bhāva). This element of {{nagarjuna}}'s thought is relatively uncontroversial, but it opens the way for his identification of [[samsara|{{IAST|saṃsāra}}]] and [[nirvana]], which was revolutionary.

[[Nagarjuna]], one of the most influential Buddhist philosophers, asserted a direct connection between, even identity of, dependent origination, anatta, and śūnyatā. He pointed out that implicit in the early Buddhist concept of dependent origination is the lack of any substantial being (anatta) underlying the participants in origination, so that they have no independent existence, a state identified as emptiness (śūnyatā), or emptiness of a nature or essence (sva-bhāva). This element of Nagarjuna's thought is relatively uncontroversial, but it opens the way for his identification of [[samsara|saṃsāra]] and [[nirvana]], which was revolutionary.

Christian Thomas Kohl: Buddhism and Quantum Physics: http://ctkohl.googlepages.com

Christian Thomas Kohl: Buddhism and Quantum Physics: http://ctkohl.googlepages.com