All that exist

[Spirit of Light]

In this physical world we live all that exist is 4 elements

Earth
Water
Fire
Air

How can this be? If you brake down everything all around us including our self is made up by this four elements. Human body is only made up by four elements.

This 4 Element i talk about come from the teching of the buddha in Buddhism.

What is your thought?

 

[ChristineM]

In this physical world we live all that exist is 4 elements

Earth
Water
Fire
Air

How can this be? If you brake down everything all around us including our self is made up by this four elements. Human body is only made up by four elements.

What is your thought?

They are not elements

 

[Woberts]

Actually, there are about 120 elements.

 

[Spirit of Light]

They are not elements

According to Buddhist teaching they are But why do you say they are not elements?

 

[Spirit of Light]

Actually, there are about 120 elements.

May it be that the 120 elemenst you talk about ( i do not doubt you ) Can be put in to the 4 elements category?

 

[crossfire]

In this physical world we live all that exist is 4 elements

Earth
Water
Fire
Air

How can this be? If you brake down everything all around us including our self is made up by this four elements. Human body is only made up by four elements.

What is your thought?

You forgot space-time.

 

[lostwanderingsoul]

Maybe you need a science class.

 

[Spirit of Light]

You forgot space-time.

Are they physical elements?
All i do is study dhamma and not what someone teach today as science. So i am very aware that many will see things very different them i do in this tread. And i find it ok

 

[Spirit of Light]

Maybe you need a science class.

I study Buddha dhamma, all i need is in there
But i do not reject science

 

[Spirit of Light]

The hard and solid parts of our body make up the earth element; the liquid and flowing parts, the water element. Winds that pass up and down our body make up the wind element, and the heat in our body, the fire element. Taken together, they compose what we call a “human being”. However, when the body is broken down into its component parts, only these four elements remain. The Buddha taught that there is no “being” per se, no human, no person, but that ultimately, there are only these four elements

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

In this physical world we live all that exist is 4 elements

Earth
Water
Fire
Air

How can this be? If you brake down everything all around us including our self is made up by this four elements. Human body is only made up by four elements.

What is your thought?

for me, they represent states of matter...
Earth = Solids
Water = Liquids
Fire = Plasma
Air = Gas

They are what we experience as reality...along with gravity, electromagnetism, etc....

 

[crossfire]

Are they physical elements?
All i do is study dhamma and not what someone teach today as science. So i am very aware that many will see things very different them i do in this tread. And i find it ok

A person has six--earth, liquid, wind, fire, space, and consciousness:
Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta: An Analysis of the Properties

 

[Spirit of Light]

for me, they represent states of matter...
Earth = Solids
Water = Liquids
Fire = Plasma
Air = Gas

They are what we experience as reality...along with gravity, electromagnetism, etc....

That is the same as i said in the OP you just use different words then i do

 

[Spirit of Light]

A person has six--earth, liquid, wind, fire, space, and consciousness:
Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta: An Analysis of the Properties

I do not reject what you say in your aswer here But if you again take it futher down you end up with the 4 in the way i understand it But as said before i am not enlighten yet, so there might be details i do not see yet.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

The hard and solid parts of our body make up the earth element; the liquid and flowing parts, the water element. Winds that pass up and down our body make up the wind element, and the heat in our body, the fire element. Taken together, they compose what we call a “human being”. However, when the body is broken down into its component parts, only these four elements remain. The Buddha taught that there is no “being” per se, no human, no person, but that ultimately, there are only these four elements

to me, "things" are analogous to the temporary standing waves seen in rivers, or clouds in the atmosphere...transient and separate only in perspective.

 

[Quintessence]

They are not elements

They are in the classical sense of what the word means. It was since co-opted by modern chemistry to mean something a bit different. I'll get into that in a follow-up post.

 

[lostwanderingsoul]

The hard and solid parts of our body make up the earth element; the liquid and flowing parts, the water element. Winds that pass up and down our body make up the wind element, and the heat in our body, the fire element. Taken together, they compose what we call a “human being”. However, when the body is broken down into its component parts, only these four elements remain. The Buddha taught that there is no “being” per se, no human, no person, but that ultimately, there are only these four elements

Maybe the Buddha needs a science class.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Maybe the Buddha needs a science class.

I have no doubt in Buddha or the teaching. But i understand you come from a science background, and that is ofcourse very good We just walk different paths

 

[crossfire]

I do not reject what you say in your aswer here But if you again take it futher down you end up with the 4 in the way i understand it But as said before i am not enlighten yet, so there might be details i do not see yet.

Space-time would most definitely be a physical property, imo. I can't see how it could not be, because you can't have solid-liquid-gas-energy without physical space-time to contain them, imo. (Unless, of course, you are just thinking of the concepts, then you need consciousness to contain the ideal concepts.)

 

[Spirit of Light]

Space-time would most definitely be a physical property, imo. I can't see how it could not be, because you can't have solid-liquid-gas-energy without space-time, imo.

I do not mean to sound rude or be an A...s here, but does not space time contain the 4 elements i talk about? I may ofcourse be wrong