Science cannot solve the problem of life, and East and West differ in their conceptions of theory and practice, both in religious and philosophical terms. In the East it is emphasized that theory and practice are one and the same, and the test of any religious or philosophical concept is how well it can be applied in real life.
科學無法解決生命的問題，在宗教與哲學上東西方對理論與實踐的觀念不同，東方強調理論與實踐合一，任何觀念或宗教驗證，都必須回歸應對事物的能力、在生命現象中起作用，禪者常提「境界現前時，如何？」