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Buddhism

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Open scholarly corpus of early Buddhist texts and parallels in Pali, Chinese, Sanskrit and other languages; use text-specific records rather than treating one canon as an autograph or uniform original Buddhism.

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Buddhism is a non-creator-centered religious tradition in which liberation from suffering is pursued through ethical, meditative, and wisdom training.

Buddhism is strongly supported by texts, inscriptions, archaeology, art, monastic institutions, and living practice. The weakest claims are modern attempts to make Buddhism into proof of unrelated scientific or extraterrestrial theories.
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Buddhist traditions include philosophy, ethics, meditation, ritual, monastic institutions, mythology, cosmology, and devotion, with substantial regional variation.

Answer / theory: It is both, depending context. Buddhism includes philosophy, ethics, meditation, ritual, monastic institutions, mythology, cosmology, and devotion. What supports it: Textual traditions, monastic practice, ritual life, and living Buddhist communities. What is weak or disputed: Calling it only philosophy strips out much of the historical tradition. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.
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Nirvana is liberation from the causes of suffering and rebirth in Buddhist teaching, with interpretive differences among traditions.

Answer / theory: Nirvana is liberation from the causes of suffering and rebirth. It is not simply physical death or ordinary nothingness. What supports it: Early Buddhist teachings on cessation, craving, ignorance, and liberation. What is weak or disputed: Different traditions explain nirvana differently. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.
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The catalog contains no physics study or claimant source, so Buddhist philosophical material cannot serve here as direct scientific evidence for quantum physics.

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