佛陀在两千多年前是否已经谈过了“黑洞”呢?以下是摘自《相应部第56.46》英文经文。<br /><br />“Bhikkhus, there are world interstices(空隙), vacant and abysmal (无底的 )<br />regions of blinding darkness and gloom (幽暗), where the light of the sun and moon, so powerful and mighty, does not reach.”<br /><br />巴利原文为“Lokantarika agha asamvuta andhakaraka andhakaratimsa.” 这段经文除了在相应部,也可在长部、中部、和增支部可看见。<br /><br />以下是注释中对这经文的解释。<br /><br />“Between every three spiral world spheres (cakkavala) there is one world-interstice, like the space between three cart wheels set down so that they touch. That is a ‘world interstice hell’, measuring 8,000yojanas. It is ‘vacant’ (agha). i.e always open (niccavivata); and ‘abysmal’ (asamvuta), ie without an underlying support and so dark even eye-consciousness cannot arise.”<br /><br />在这段的注述当中,这幽暗的空隙被形容为存在于三个螺旋形的世界(cakkavala)(也就是我们现代所说的银河系)连接的空间。<br /><br />从这里可以看得出佛教在以前已经了解黑洞的存在。同时,也了解我们的世界是以螺旋形(cakkavala)的方式存在的。<br /><br />我在以前就有听过佛教中有谈到黑洞和银河的形状。在前几天读相应部时就刚好看到了这篇。所以就摘下来和大家一起分享分享。 <br /><br /> |