Commenting on the discussion, Dmitry Volkov, one of the founders of the Moscow Center for Consciousness Research at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, noted that Buddhists have a more conservative point of view on some issues. "They generally support science, but they believe that there are some traditional ways to follow. For example, even if science invents a pill that allows you to enter the state of meditation more quickly and achieve great effects, they will consider it the wrong way." Read more