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    This document discusses parallels between the concepts in Vajrayana Buddhism and Complex Systems Science (CSS). It notes that Vajrayana is a complex tradition that is difficult to define as it incorporates elements from other traditions. Key concepts in CSS like emergence, coevolution, and system boundaries have equivalents in Vajrayana concepts like dependent arising and the interconnected nature of phenomena. Considering Vajrayana as a complex system may help explain some of its underlying dynamics, and insights from Buddhist philosophy could also aid understanding in CSS, for example about the limitations of cognition. The document proposes further exploring these connections in a research agenda.

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    VAJRAYANA , INNOVATION AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS

    Thank you Bhutan and CBS!!


    Dr Paola Di Maio, PhD
    Bhutan 1 July 2016

    BACKGROUND
    About me: knowledge and truth seeker, gets in troueble often, travel everywhere,
    journalist, writer author and publisher, information systems engineer, mind
    scientist, lecturer, explorer,
    How I got here: realised that despite access to all human knowledge human remain
    ignorant (and evil), started seeking the barriers to enlightenment that exist in
    the mind.
    My research field : applied systemics - interdisciplinary study of everything,
    knowledge unification, technology

    ABOUT THIS TALK


    MAIN IDEA IS THAT THERE ARE INTERESTING PARALLELS AND SHARED CONCEPTUALISATIONS
    BETWEEN CSS AND VAJRAYANA
    Complex Systems, Inter-Multi-TransDisciplinarity
    Vajrayana, A personal perspective
    Equivalence, Convergence, Complementarity
    Commonalities/Shared metaphors

    VAJRAYANA TRADITION OF INNOVATION


    Vajrayana (as discussed by eminent others in this conference) is many things to
    many people
    Difficult to define exactly what vajarayana is because it cannot be completely
    separated from other traditions with which it shares many precepts
    Is the result of synthesis of different traditions
    And process of ongoing innovation
    (some of the concepts discussed in this talk apply to VJ as well as to other
    traditions)

    COMPLEXITY IN VAJRAYANA
    Very powerful but very complex

    Complexity requires high level of cognitive refinement


    (which is generally the result of practice)

    SYNTHESIS

    Integral approach/system thinking view


    System thinking takes a WHOLE view

    Phenomena are studied as a whole

    Integral approach *system is more than the sum of its part

    COMPLEX SYSTEMs
    D1 Any system featuring a large number of interacting components (agents,
    processes, etc.) whose aggregate activity is nonlinear (not derivable from the
    summations of the activity of individual components) and typically exhibits
    holarchicl self-organization under selective pressures.
    D2 a new field of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the
    collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interacts with its
    environment.

    SOME PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS


    Non linear
    Not all the dependencies are visible/observable
    Chaos Theory Example of Butterfly /Thurnderstorm
    Display emergent behaviour (not predictable)

    EMERGENCE = SPONTAENUS INNOVATION


    (WHAT FINALLY ARISES)
    POSSIBLE THANKS TO INTEGRATION

    SOCIO TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY


    iNCLUDES PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT (EXTENDED BOUNDARY)

    EXPONENTIAL
    COMPLEXITY
    DUE TO
    INCREASED AGENTS
    AND INTERACTIONS

    ADAPTIVITY
    The ability of a system to evolve/adapt following interactions

    System/phenomena under observation evolves by making constrant adjustments

    COEVOLUTION
    In Biology: the influence of closely associated species on each other in their
    evolution.

    Different kinds of coevolution

    DIFFERENT TYPES OF COEVOLUTION:

    DIVERGENT
    CONVERGENT
    PARALLEL
    MUTUALISTIC/RECIPROCAL

    COEVOLUTION IN VAJRAYANA
    The notion of coevolution can be applied to understand the ongoing evolution of
    vajrayana

    As a response to interaction with various traditions and belief systems, in


    different contexts

    EMERGENCE/DEPENDENCE ARISING
    Emergence in complex systems is comparable to dependence arising
    Form is emptyness. Emptyness is form

    Pratītyasamutpāda (Sanskrit: पतततयसममतपपद; Pali: पटटचसममपपपद paṭiccasamuppāda), commonly


    translated as dependent origination, or dependent arising, states that all dharmas
    ("things") arise in dependence upon other dharmas: "if this exists, that exists; if
    this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist.

    VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES
    Visualization techniques (diagrams, charts) are used to help represent complexity
    and make it understandable

    https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/imgs/512/254/4122935/PMC4122935_evu137f2p.png

    NESTING in INFORMATICS

    NESTING IN VAJRAYANA PRACTICE

    COMBINING DIFFERENT PRACTICES

    PRACTICE A STARTS
    PRACTICE B STARTS
    PRACTICE B FINISHES
    PRACTICE A FINISHES

    MULTIPLE VIES IN VJ
    VJ can be described as a complex system with many aspects and dimensions

    MULTIPLE VIEWS IN TECHNOLOGY

    SYSTEM BOUNDARY
    VERY CENTRAL NOTION TO SYSTEM MODELLING

    COMPLEX SYSTEMS ARE OFTEN OPEN (BOUNDARY IS NOT SET BUT ADAPTS TO ALLOW FOR
    ADJUSTMENTS)

    PRACTICE BOUNDARY
    SUCH AS RETREAT BOUNDARY
    (The mark around the Physical Space where retreat takes place)

    MIND SPEECH BODY BOUNDARY


    (such as mantra recitation, prostration etc to keep the being within the boundary
    of the Dharma)

    VJANA A TYPE OF COMPLEX SYSTEM


    To consider Vajrayana (and Dharma in general) as a type of complex system can help
    to understand some of the underlying complexities and dynamics

    Some of the nove mehods methods used in CS can be relevant and useful to the
    understandng, the practice and the propagation of Vajrayana

    CAN COMPLEX SYSTEM SCIENCE BE USEFUL TO DHARMA/VAJRAYANA?


    Yes. Phenomena such as Emergence, Coevolution and other metaphors used in CSS are
    now being studied SCIENTIFICALLY and can be applied to understand and explain
    phenomena and experiences in the Dharma Traditions
    CAN DHARMA BE USEFUL TO CSS?
    Yes, ASPECTS OF the NATURE OF MIND (duality, cognition, perception, karma etc)
    can help to explain and to understand some aspects complex systems science
    (for example, that limitations of our view are directly related to limitations of
    cognition which depend on consciousness)

    THANK YOU!
    THIS IS EXPLORATORY WORK
    IS THIS GOING ANYWHERE?
    LETS CONSIDER A RESEARCH AGENDA
    BHUTAN IS FANTASTIC, CONFERENCE AMAZING
    THANK YOU BHUTHAN AND CBS

    PDM

    paola.dimaio@gmail.com

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