 Very few scholars of (virtual) meta-analysis (of Theravada Buddhism and science) adopt a broader view of the rest of Buddha's concepts about the four mahābhūtas, which leads to an idea that they should not be rigidly translated to earth or solid, water or liquid, air or gas, and fire or plasma.Such speculation considers them as fundamental "aspects" of any physical object, definitely not very "parts" of a touchable object.The Four Elements are used in Buddhist texts to both elucidate the concept of suffering ("dukkha") and as an object of meditation.