How do Buddhists view extraterrestrials?
Answer Hi Fawn, Thank you for asking me. The Budhha’s explanation of the universe was what the present scientists found out to be. He divided the process of “creation” (for lack of better word) into four stages…formation, existence, degeneration, and destruction. Upon destruction, all the material elements returned to their original base elements, and after a long long time, they began to group together and the process of formation would start again. So you can understand, that the whole process is a cycle, and has no beginning or ending. These forces of “creation, formation, existence, and destruction” are universal throughout the entire cosmic space which has no ending. Time is a non factor, it has no meaning in this cosmic display of life cycle. Space is also a non entity; it is just void. At any point in time there is this incessent cycle of creation, existence, degeneration and destruction of stars, planets, and even galaxies! Space has no ending, which can be better decribed as
