How do you define consciousness as a Buddhist Scientist? Allan Wallace

This video is an excerpt from an interview with Dr. Allan Wallace. He has been a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970, and has taught Buddhist theory and meditation worldwide since 1976. Having devoted fourteen years to training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, ordained by H. H. the Dalai Lama, he went on to earn an undergraduate degree in physics and the philosophy of science at Amherst College and a doctorate in religious studies at Stanford.

[guruladakhi]

Allan Wallace is one of the most eloquent interpreters of Buddha Dharma to a Western mind.

[erichouser]

I agree with this too... Buddhism is a radical and ruthless realism cutting through the core of everything. It is not settling on the 'explanations' but experience. That's why in Buddhist teachings, the emphasis is more on 'work and find out ' than 'this is this and that is that' like in those monotheistic religions.

[pensieri]

Allan's voice is so soothing and calm. Many thanks for sharing this wonderful interview!

[JesseNickelltheFourth]

Allan Wallace has such an incredible mind! Thank you for sharing this teaching!

[OnlyNewAgeMusic]

Thank you for suggesting to look at these words in different languages! For example in German mind is „Verstand“, which means „Understanding“… or for Consciousness it’s „Bewusstsein“ which means „Knowingbeing“.

[ezeeproproperties]

Beyond brilliant is this great being Alan Wallace 💎💎💎🌈🌈🌈🙏🙏🙏🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️

[gra]

In Buddhism there is consciousness as, and consciousness of. Consciousness of is everything one can experience or imagine. Consciousness as come before. Like an image in a mirror is consciousness of. A mirror with nothing to reflect is consciousness as.

[leonorcapalbo]

Es tan gran maestro Alan...no podrán traducir al español todos los videos...para aprender y disfrutar todas sus enseñanzas....Gracias..

[bachtuyetdang]

Definitions of consciousness and mind in English language already give incomplete representation of Buddha’s teachings

[Tridib_Tinkel]

Words are yet to be invented for defining most of the phenomena.

[jonesreviews]

I feel that this is just a layer of the overall unknown definition of consciousness

[SuperStevien]

Maybe consciousness is the wrong question? (one thing I have learned from practiced phenomenology and noble truths path) It leaves a Koan. "Maybe consciousness is the wrong question", the answer in emptiness, which is part of seasoned practice, does not have a nomenclature per se, the buddha touched the ground. It is the meditation for me of this question, I can carry around for years and see and feel joy from this meditation, I am sitting with empathy for the human experience, which can be the same for anyone with consciousness, it is a beautiful practice of empathy with emptiness, in a free world, I do not define the dependant origination and successions of others.

[kumarsiriwardena]

Consciousness can't easily be defined by words as those words are subjects of same conscienceness

[普济-iw]

阿弥陀佛🙏。
To make manifest at the same moment initiate the second knowing as a reflection !
Is a whole unity seemingly as two independent sensations
, if taken on each sided.
However from the grasping instantaneously of thy sensation . One never actually moved.
As if lightning flashes over and over the dark skies.
Buddha had always be there in every moment aisle dark skies allowing the days the nights and inter ever changing possibly flashes of lightnings .
Smiling at me . Compassionately allowing me to witness the manifestation .
The only truth where all sufferings turned into bliss.
I would vowed to hold this line
As long as till the last sentient being will witness too upon to
where all Buddha is.
I will follow all Buddha's path of enlightenment .
Giving up my self upon all temptations seemingly realism when taken on either side of the dualism .
I will only walk on the path of all Buddhas.
In return of my conscience I will only born as monk to bestow the triple gems .
Guatum, Dharma and Sangha .
As the strength of all Buddhas .
I will stood firmly on the
Ground of Samadi where my vow of holding the line is, to where all Buddhas is.

[RussAbbott]

To say that consciousness is appearance and knowing isn't to say much unless you can say what appearance and knowing mean, which he didn't.

[Iam-odnc]

Luminosity and cognizance may be two useful defining characteristics, yet the reality that they describe is singular.

[stPrinciples]

Definition of Consciousness can be as many as there are Gods prayed to by humans. So a Word can have many countless meanings. Which God? What is God? Your God or my God? Likewise, what consciousness? Scientific consciousness or religious consciousness or philosophical consciousness etc? Putin defines invasion as special military operations. Mao defines love for country as civil war massacre

[stevemadden]

Buddha's core teachings do not pin point any god or sole. He made a discovery how mind works. Ultimately found mind is created by with in out of nothiness.. and it is a cycle happening inside living beings continues as a cycle. He clearly stated no such thing call sole exist. Only the delution give born to the existence or to the cycle which drives our existence.
It is a stream which arises and fall course and effect drives it as a stream. But problem is it could not be seen as such stream, instead every living being take it as continuation so result is self. Some religions pointed it as sole.
Most of people think it is sole something comes externally, Buddha said it comes "with in " and it's just course and effect no such has essential quality like sole . .

[nathanbruce]

I dont understand how video recordings dont fit the first definition and computer associations using machine learning doesnt fit the second definition

[amiami]

4:02 ...In fact you don’t. ...Everyone knows that your personal bias and even visual limitations will define both what you see and what you make of it /think it is.