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Why is Einstein so partial to Buddhism and thinks Buddhism is great?
First of all, this sentence itself is wrong, because Einstein did not praise Buddhism in formal occasions. But the reason why such news can be widely circulated is mainly because 1954, Einstein published a book in Princeton University, in which he officially mentioned that he was not a religious lover. But if he wants to join a religion, he will choose Buddhism. It is such a sentence that has been written down by many people with a heart and publicized on various occasions. Einstein spoke highly of Buddhism.

But later, according to the investigation, I found that Einstein didn't do this. First of all, there is no mention in the book that Einstein wants to enter the Buddha, which is in the Einstein Archives of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. It recorded all the important information of Einstein's life, but it didn't find this sentence, so someone found Einstein according to some fragmentary information. The most likely time to mention this sentence is at 1930. In an interview with The New York Times, Einstein said that if there is no dogma and worship of God in a religion, then maybe Buddhism is the most suitable.

But this is only a hypothesis, which does not explain how much Einstein worships Buddhism. On the contrary, as a physicist, Einstein may have advocated finding truth with nature all his life. Even in the archives of Jerusalem, there is a letter Einstein once wrote to readers, in which he mentioned some of his views on religion. He said that the religion you, you and I believe in is probably a lie, a lie that has been repeated for thousands of years. ? The God we believe in may be personified. I want to make this point clear. If we really want to call it religion, then scientifically revealing the real structure of the world is what I yearn for. It can be seen from this that Einstein may have studied Buddhism in his later years, but his understanding of Buddhism came from Schopenhauer's understanding, not his own in-depth understanding.