It can be said, almost every religion has the myth that tries to explain the origin and natural aspects of the universe. Ancient Egyptians believed that the gods created the universe Khnumm then create man from clay and Goddess Hathor breathed life to them. Ancient Greeks believed that all things made by Oceanus, the first water. Ancient Jews and the Christians have two legends of creation, both recorded in the book of the Bible. The first one says, that the Hebrew created the universe and the light and dark on the first day, water and dry land on day two, all the plants on day three, the sun and moon and stars on day four, all birds and animals on days to five, then the man and first woman on the sixth day .* 1 The legend of creation that the two states that God made the earth, then the first man, then plants and animals, and the last a woman .* two ancient Chinese believed P'an sculpt my previous universe that mess, after death his bones turned into a hill, the meat into the ground, his teeth into metal content and so on, the whole event was run for 18,000 years. After all, every religion has a different understanding regarding the age and size of the universe, but still within reach of most humans. Book of the Bible, for example, shows that the universe was a few thousand years. In accordance turnover last time the myths and legends, later replaced by the study of modern scientific universe.
The development of modern physics has now come to the conclusion that the universe does not begin simultaneously. The universe is continuously changing from one state to another, are formed and destroyed, a process without beginning or end.Naturally,
when declared, that if the universe originated simultaneously, then the initial energy required as a result of something that does not exist, and this is clearly contrary to the rules of science. The Buddha argues that the universe, which he called as Samsara, is without beginning. He also said:
Unable to set the beginning of the universe. Farthest point of life, moving from birth to birth, are bound by ignorance and desire, can not be known.
Science experts now believe, that the universe is a system that beats, which, after expanding to the maximum, and then shrink with all the energy that is pressed on a formation period; causing such a huge explosion, known as the "big bang", which resulted release of energy. Development and contraction of the universe take place within a period of billions of years. Once, again, the Buddha has tolerated the development and contraction of the universe. He also said:
Earlier or later, there was a time, after a very long period of time once a shrinking universe ... .... But sooner or later, after a long period, the universe begins to expand again.
The discovery of conventional telescopes and radio telescopes and then later, have enabled astronomers to determine not only the origin and nature of the universe, but also its structure. It is known now, that the universe consists of several billion stars, planets, asteroids and comets. All celestial bodies are grouped in the form of discs or spiral galaxy called. Our planet is only one small point contained in a galaxy called the Milky Way (English: Milky Way).Milky Way or Milky Way consists of approximately 100 billion stars with the distance from one end to light 60,000 years. It is known also that the galaxies in the universe is organized in groups. Group Milky Way galaxy in which we are composed of two dozen galaxies, other groups, eg Virgo group consists of thousands of galaxies. Behind the fact, that the solar system, galaxy, and new clusters of galaxies known in the Western world after the invention of sophisticated equipment, so it turns out Buddhist scriptures have mentioned it many thousands of years earlier. Buddhists since ancient times has been described as a spiral-shaped galaxy. The term in Pali for the galaxy is "cakkavala"; which comes from the word "Cakka", which means the disc / wheel. The Buddha is very clearly and precisely describe the groups of galaxies, which recently discovered by scientists. He called it a world system (lokadhatu) and add the difference in size: thousand-fold world system, the system of tens of thousand-fold world, major world system, and so on. He said the world system consists of thousands of sun and planets, though in fact by the astronomers call it the millions.
As far as sun and moon-sun-moon spinning, glowing and emitting a light into the sky, as far as it is also the world's thousands-fold system. In it there are thousands of sun, thousands of the month.
Previously, in a very long time, people can not imagine the vast universe both in units of time and space to be able to understand the origin and broad universe. Current thinking is limited and tied to the understanding of the world alone. In the Bible for example, understood that the entire universe was created in six days and creation takes place before a few thousand years ago. Today, astronomers calculate the star in units of thousands and billions and measure the distances of the universe in units of light years; one light year is the distance that can be achieved by light in one year. Old human dimension clearly can not imagine that. The Buddha, is an exception. His wisdom, the infinite, to understand the concept of the infinite universe. He mentioned the existence of "dark areas, black, dark between the world's systems, such that the light of the sun and moon can not even reach it ... ...." 6. The time required to form and collapse of the world system are very long; needed very much 'kappa' (as the unit of time) for it. When the Buddha was asked about the length of a period of one kappa, he replied:
"Very long period of one kappa. Nothing can be calculated by year, century or thousands of centuries. " "If so, Master, can by using parables?" "Can. Imagine a big lump of a mountain, without cracks, without cracks, solid, a length of 1 mile, 1 mile wide and the height is also 1 mile. Then imagine that every hundred years there comes a rub with a piece of Benares silk. So, going down hill faster than a kappa tergosok passed. Also know, more than one, more than a thousand, more than hundreds of thousands of kappa, actually has passed "
Here we can see, how the Buddha used the parable as described above to give an idea of "distance space in units of time", just as astronomers now describes "the distances in space by using a set of light-years away."
However, the Buddha said about the origin and expansion of the universe is only cursory. He does not consider that theorize and speculate about it, is more important than our main problem, namely to end suffering and achieve happiness of Nibbana (Sanskrit: Nirvana). When a once urged the Buddha to answer questions about the extent of the universe, the Buddha compares the state of the person affected as a poisoned arrow, but refused to be treated and plucked the arrow, before the person know clearly who is releasing the arrow. The Buddha, then said:
Live a holy not be said depending on whether the universe is limited or not, or both or neither. For what does this universe, limited or no; still no birth, there are still age-up, still no death, sorrow, regret, pain, tenderness and despair, and to overcome all that's all that I teach.
Very clear, with only the knowledge of how the universe happens, we will not be able to overcome suffering, also will not be able to develop generosity, kindness and love. Create the Buddha questions concerning these matters are far more important than speculation about the origins of the universe.
However, the concept of the Buddha about the universe that is right and forward, cause we asked ourselves: how could he know all this. How could one know about berkelompoknya Milky Way and that it is a spiral-shaped Milky Way, long before the invention of the telescope? How He, who lived in ancient times takterbatasan so appreciate the time and space? Answer the only thing that probably is because, he, as he is called by itself, is a Buddhist who has attained enlightenment (English: enlightenment). His inner-so perfect, free from prejudice and confuse the mind kekhayalan usually ordinary people, his knowledge has grown beyond normal human capabilities. The Buddha manifested Himself as "universe identifier" (lokavidu), and a statement he was proved right.
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