Buddhism and Quantum Physics
Whenever and wherever there is no mind there is no meaning and no reality.

Ajahn Punnadhammo’s Column in the Toronto Star
Speaking speculatively, perhaps there is some underlying direction to evolution. Perhaps consciousness itself is continually seeking out a more suitable physical vehicle.

Infinite Causes and Intelligent Design
There are many universes, of many possible types. We happen to be in one. There may be both natural and supernatural causes that set the physical conditions of our universe the way they are and allowed life of our type to come into being.