Questions & Answers 15. Zoom 10.2021

6 October 2021. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer. Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator. Index "(00:00) Can dzogchen be reconciled with a scientific view of the world? Do they need to be reconcilable? If they can't be reconciled, how to resolve the tension between western cultural beliefs and dharma views?" "(04:13) Are mind and matter truly different?" "(19:08) Wisdom indicates that there are no really existing beings. Compassion indicates that we should respond to the suffering of beings and try to help them. How to reconcile this and not be an unethical bystander?" "(29:06) What does the term unborn mean, when applied to phenomena?" "(39:48) And the consequent facts that for the great bodhisattvas thoughts do not arise?" Video at https://youtu.be/IgvcKxejmO8?si=kGHwpihXQtqCtvPc