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As no major principles of Buddhism contradict it, many Buddhists tacitly accept the theory of evolution.〔(Religious Differences on the Question of Evolution )〕 Questions about the eternity or infinity of the universe at large are counted among the 14 unanswerable questions which the Buddha maintained were counterproductive areas of speculation.〔(Buddha's Wisdom and Compassion )〕 As such, many Buddhists do not think about these kinds of questions as meaningful for the Buddhist goal of relieving oneself and others from suffering.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Four reasons Buddhists can love evolution )〕 One does not need to know the origin of life, nor agree with the Buddha's position on scientific topics, in order to achieve enlightenment. Dalai Lama dismisses the element of randomness in the theory of evolution based on natural selection: 〔 , p. 112〕 Lopez elaborates that the process of Rebirth (into any of a large number of states of being including the human, any kind of animal and several types of supernatural being) is conditioned by karma (action of consciousness), which explains Dalai Lama's view. 〔 , p.146〕 ==Buddhist views== Anagarika Dharmapala once stated that "the theory of evolution was one of the ancient teachings of the Buddha."〔(Buddhism and Science: Probing the Boundaries of Faith and Reason ) by Dr. Martin J. Verhoeven. ''Religion East and West'', Issue 1, June 2001, pp. 77-97〕 In the Majjhima Nikaya, a potential follower asks the Buddha for an answer to the problem of cosmogony: This Parable of the arrow has often been used to illustrate the Buddha's teachings that "practitioners who concern themselves with the origins of the universe and other topics are missing the point of religious practice."〔 Albert Low, a Zen master and author of ''The Origin of Human Nature: A Zen Buddhist Looks at Evolution'', (2008) opposes neo-Darwinism and the selfish gene as he claims they are materialistic. He also opposes creationism for being dogmatic and instead advocates spiritual evolution. Stephen T. Asma has noted that the Buddha himself largely avoided answering questions about the origins of the universe. The Buddha argued that there is no apparent rational necessity for the existence of a creator god because everything ultimately is created by mind.〔 Belief in a creator is not necessarily addressed by a religion based on phenomenology, and Buddhism is generally accepting of modern scientific theories about the formation of the universe. This can be argued either from the standpoint that it simply does not matter, or from an interpretation of the Agañña Sutta favoring the notion that it describes the basic concept of evolution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buddhism and evolution」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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