a beginningless universe

In his book The Universe in a Single Atom the Dalai Lama explores the parallels between Buddhist philosophy and modern science. In the chapter entitled 'The Big Bang and the Buddhist Beginningless Universe' he writes: 'Buddhism and science share a fundamental reluctance to postulate a transcendent being as the origin of all things'. Buddhist cosmology prefers to see the the universe as having no beginning as such but more of a continuous cycle: 'first there is a period of formation, next when a period when the universe endures, then a period when it is destroyed, followed by a period of void before the formation of a new universe' :: read more