Were one to lay the Kamma teaching of the Buddha before a physicist, in
all likelihood he would dismiss it with this objection:--
“Immediate passing over that cannot be put to the proof in space and
time is telekinesis. Telekinesis is a fact only for faith. Accordingly,
Buddhism too, like every other religion, is a religion of faith.”
The scientifically-educated man would probably concur in this train of
thought. Hence, if Buddhism is to have any prospect whatever of playing
a part in our intellectual life, it must offer a reply to such a line
of argument.