The Relationship Between Physical and Ethereal Hearts in Buddhism : หน้า 133/207

The physical heart is an organ. Nowadays, doctors can stop the beating of the heart while operating on a patient with heart problems and are able to restart the beating once the operation is finished. If the physical heart and the ethereal are the same, the patient would have died. This should prove that the physical heart and the ethereal heart are two different things. In the Tripitaka, the Lord Buddha spoke of a number of subjects that were unknown to science at the time. He said thousands of years ago there was more than one universe; actually there are an infinite number of universes. Scientists only came to discover this fact a few hundred years ago. The Lord Buddha had also explored the concept of merit, and it would be deplorable if we rejected this idea outright. We should learn about it with open minds since it directly affects our lives. We cannot see it, but we can feel it within us. We should support Buddhism and study the Tripitaka to enhance our knowledge, and then we would not be labeled as Buddhists only in name. Based on this belief, the writer has faith in merit and demerit. Unfavorable outcomes are the consequence of bad actions. This is the Law of Kamma. And in times of trouble, we can look for help, not in science, not in economics, and not in politics, but from good kamma to aid us.