Sorry I know my comment was all over the place. Just wanted to put that out there about myself in case someone who may be suffering from an addiction knows that there is hope. I was the guy on the corner with a sign begging for money for my next fix. All I cared about was the next time I could poke myself with a syringe to inject heroin into my veins. I know not that way of life anymore. I no longer wake to a fix of heroin these days I wake to a fix but not of heroin anymore instead philosophy. And I thank you Stephen west for making it easy to get my fix of the good stuff. You don’t know how much good you do or who you could be saving by putting out these videos. I can’t thank you enough
I'm so pleased you're making these videos. To have knowledge passed down like this, is an incredible way for us ignorant folk to get educated. Thanks 🙌
I came here looking to get caught up on a bunch of the philosophy that I missed in school. I saw this video, and as a practicing Buddhist, I thought I'd use this as a litmus test to see where your biases lay. I have to say you did a great job. Buddhism gets slammed and misinterpreted all the time, and you managed to pull of a pretty fair and even-handed approach.
I once had a dream I was a singer and in this garden I found a fruit that looked like a dark shinning orange with circular inscpritions on it, when I touched it it turned into a lotus flower, it was pink or white I cant remember. Since then I looked a bit more into the history of associations with the flower, just because.
It's amazing that eastern philosophy was already way ahead of Western philosophers in the sense they were already focusing on individual or the self and prospect of discovering nature of one's mind and discovering truths about nature of consciousness prior to thought. To this day..it's the highest philosophy and in a way, it's not even a philosophy. People have been discovering similar truths by doing psychedelics like Magic mushrooms or LSD and imagine, some cultures figured that shit out without use of those substances (supposedly). Even some of greatest Western philosophers based their greatest ideas on psychedelic experiences. And then it's just a matter of how impressively and from what angles you talk about the nature of experience. But the cash value still lies in bringing a change in subjectivity..still lies in discovering truths about nature of consciousness and no amount of theoretical philosophy can make up for it IMO as there have been philosophers who are considered great but have lived fairly miserable lives. Ultimately, if you don't look at your own mind and don't realize who you are and understand how your mind works (however you wanna phrase it), any amount of philosophy imposed from outside is next to worthless and makes you a slave to that outlook that's just not yours.
"Blood is thicker than water, but honey is thicker than blood" tells my thoughts simply on what family is to us. To some, they never had a family, and had to build one. To others, they did, until very early in their lives when they were betrayed by their family. To most, their family is their best friends that they take for granted. Taking a best friend for granted, in my opinion, is what family is. What "for granted" here means, honestly, is a mystery to me. Maybe it's the sense of nostalgia. Side note, I don't like the idea that all life is suffering. Rather than accepting the world as is, I think that making the world a better place is how we can find contentment and safety. This might line up best, within Buddhism, with the Navayana reinterpretation of Buddhism. Though I don't know much about it.
Ikr! When I saw your comment I thought he would mention him in Little Buddha which is not one of my favourite of his perfomances either but Matrix?! People are crazy if they think Keanu is the worst i mean lol he'ss not the best for sure but Ive seen waaaaay worse. At least he has the physicality and the charisma to make up for it.
Great episode.just one correction about quote "universe run by horse for sometime"..in eastern religions like buddhism 'God' does not necessarily mean an omnipotent/monotheistic God. also does not necessarily mean they are powerful than humans. it's more like a state of reincarnation. you can find many stories of gods worshipping human/ascetics. Buddhism does not talk about an omnipotent god. I guess the idea of an omnipotent god does not really change Buddhist philosophy
There is a correction Indra is God of rain and thunder and is king of gods ( but not above Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva) God of war is Kartikeya and goddess of war is Durga (goddess Durga is very important, she has a whole sect devoted to her).
As you rightly said that history gets muddy, I would like to speak about one of the most famous but flawed theory - aryan invasion theory. As a matter of fact, aryans or people from Georgia etc did not really come to India. In Hinduism, we believe that lord shiva lived in the mountain of Kailasa in modern day China and the descendants of Hinduism came from there. There were 7 sapt rishi or seven saints who started the lineage of people. The aryan and dravidian theory was highly popularized by the Britishers who wanted to divide the northern and southern part of the nation. Both the north and south Indian parts believe in the same gods and have same beliefs, although we have different languages and ways to do it. This is the beauty of Hinduism or सनातन धर्म which means a continuous religion. Because sanatana dharma is a very open religion, sects like Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism were born out of it.
" "I," was created by the thought of Gods and "Their," desire to allow all mortals to know that "They," are always with them: As humankind grows and seeks absolute independence from "Them," "They," will remain by their side, guiding them and directing them, in their growth to absolute "WISDOM," the way to "Their Essence" and the Elysium Fields. As you look out beyond the now, into the heavens, "I" will be there, guiding you and helping you know that "I," be visible or invisible, "My Essence," will guide you beyond all that is sensed in your reality. So, let it be now revealed to you that both "I" and "He," in mortal being, who speaks to you through the thoughts of children are but one. " Eleusis. Let The Light within you guide you to the Elysian Fields entrance; your inner beauty is expected. Seek me out: Amazon, Imagination is the way. Love is the ink; wisdom is the message.
Great episode sir.. All I am disappointed is that how come you have studied so much about Buddha his philosophy and didn't even said the name of the country he was born once. It's Nepal not India not northeast India. It's NEPAL. This may not be a big of a deal. But I think it is. I really don't know why not hearing the name made me sad. Anyways very insightful episode sir!
@@sandipkunwar5062 you idiot, have ever heard of gupta dynasty that rule almost all south asia, and they also ruled nepal what we called akahand bharat. Yes u can say nepal wasnt part of any colonization like india during british rule.
2 wanted to be 4 but got 1 now he is 3 and want to be 6 but got 2 now he is 5 and want to be 10 but got 4 now he is 9 if he accept it he is happy if not he will want more he began as 2 that wanted to be 4 but now he is 9 so is he happy
To say we are doing better individually in comparison to the past is absolutely incorrect. There are 9 billion people on this planet and there is no way for you to even gauge such a claim. Actual access to resources is limited and we are under full military control. We live in a giant zoo with invisible bars & one only has to attempt to leave their country of origin to see how visible the bars actually are. The size of your cage is quickly becoming the place you call home as we are presently in a forced mandated lockdown. I'm surprised you think we should appreciate such dominance over our lives or maybe you just don't see the reality of this.
This podcast was released in 2013 so there is no lockdown the picture then. Yup we aren't in a better position than our forefathers considering things you said yet we have so much more that we didn't have back in the day. You lose some, you gain some. There are no absolutes.
@@pragatiyaduvanshi3120 My favorite time to be alive was in the 70's, when you could buy a brand new car for about 5 grand and a house was about 25 grand. I think the biggest difference is our limited access to nature and the resources it has to offer really. Everything is out of wack in our economy. Thank's for your input.
9:42 “this guy had a single digit social security number”. 😂
I've been listening to older episodes I hadn't caught. This is a great show. Interesting fact, Keanu Reeves plays Siddhartha in "The Little Buddha."
Sorry I know my comment was all over the place. Just wanted to put that out there about myself in case someone who may be suffering from an addiction knows that there is hope. I was the guy on the corner with a sign begging for money for my next fix. All I cared about was the next time I could poke myself with a syringe to inject heroin into my veins. I know not that way of life anymore. I no longer wake to a fix of heroin these days I wake to a fix but not of heroin anymore instead philosophy. And I thank you Stephen west for making it easy to get my fix of the good stuff. You don’t know how much good you do or who you could be saving by putting out these videos. I can’t thank you enough
“desire to have no desire!” ba-dum-tsss! 🥁
I'm so pleased you're making these videos. To have knowledge passed down like this, is an incredible way for us ignorant folk to get educated. Thanks 🙌
Herman Hesse's "Siddhartha" is a short, highly enjoyable book that would be a great complement to Mr. West's presentation on the Buddha.
I came here looking to get caught up on a bunch of the philosophy that I missed in school. I saw this video, and as a practicing Buddhist, I thought I'd use this as a litmus test to see where your biases lay. I have to say you did a great job. Buddhism gets slammed and misinterpreted all the time, and you managed to pull of a pretty fair and even-handed approach.
I agree with everything but the fact that he was born in India, which is far from true. He was born and raised in Nepal.
Great episode! The audio seems to be cut off a bit too soon at the end.
Yes, a few of them are like this, always sems to cut off around 41 minutes, clearly near the end but often mid-sentence.
11:41 Be careful not to get crucified by Reddit.
My therapist suggested this podcast. Very helpful! Thank you
nah that horse is peak, he a god for a short period of time😭🙏
Hey stay off Keanu. He's breathtaking !
I agree but he’s abit of a wooden actor lol
I once had a dream I was a singer and in this garden I found a fruit that looked like a dark shinning orange with circular inscpritions on it, when I touched it it turned into a lotus flower, it was pink or white I cant remember. Since then I looked a bit more into the history of associations with the flower, just because.
It's amazing that eastern philosophy was already way ahead of Western philosophers in the sense they were already focusing on individual or the self and prospect of discovering nature of one's mind and discovering truths about nature of consciousness prior to thought. To this day..it's the highest philosophy and in a way, it's not even a philosophy. People have been discovering similar truths by doing psychedelics like Magic mushrooms or LSD and imagine, some cultures figured that shit out without use of those substances (supposedly). Even some of greatest Western philosophers based their greatest ideas on psychedelic experiences. And then it's just a matter of how impressively and from what angles you talk about the nature of experience. But the cash value still lies in bringing a change in subjectivity..still lies in discovering truths about nature of consciousness and no amount of theoretical philosophy can make up for it IMO as there have been philosophers who are considered great but have lived fairly miserable lives. Ultimately, if you don't look at your own mind and don't realize who you are and understand how your mind works (however you wanna phrase it), any amount of philosophy imposed from outside is next to worthless and makes you a slave to that outlook that's just not yours.
"Blood is thicker than water, but honey is thicker than blood" tells my thoughts simply on what family is to us. To some, they never had a family, and had to build one. To others, they did, until very early in their lives when they were betrayed by their family. To most, their family is their best friends that they take for granted. Taking a best friend for granted, in my opinion, is what family is.
What "for granted" here means, honestly, is a mystery to me. Maybe it's the sense of nostalgia.
Side note, I don't like the idea that all life is suffering. Rather than accepting the world as is, I think that making the world a better place is how we can find contentment and safety. This might line up best, within Buddhism, with the Navayana reinterpretation of Buddhism. Though I don't know much about it.
Great overall look at Buddhism. Confused about your spelling of "Buddha" in the title though.
Terrific intro! Bravo! (One of the funniest episodes 😯.) Yeah ... what if the spirit evolves over eons, just like bodies!?
keanu worst actor of all time?!!? really?
Ikr! When I saw your comment I thought he would mention him in Little Buddha which is not one of my favourite of his perfomances either but Matrix?! People are crazy if they think Keanu is the worst i mean lol he'ss not the best for sure but Ive seen waaaaay worse. At least he has the physicality and the charisma to make up for it.
Great episode.just one correction about quote "universe run by horse for sometime"..in eastern religions like buddhism 'God' does not necessarily mean an omnipotent/monotheistic God. also does not necessarily mean they are powerful than humans. it's more like a state of reincarnation. you can find many stories of gods worshipping human/ascetics. Buddhism does not talk about an omnipotent god. I guess the idea of an omnipotent god does not really change Buddhist philosophy
For meditation: Look into ‘Holotropic Breathing’.
Very powerful stuff, Be careful.
u are a great narrator bro
Heyyy! So hard on Keanuunu. You forgot Nick Cage.
There is a correction
Indra is God of rain and thunder and is king of gods ( but not above Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva)
God of war is Kartikeya and goddess of war is Durga (goddess Durga is very important, she has a whole sect devoted to her).
I expected to fail the pencil challenge but I was still surprised by how quickly I failed.
5:20 Buddha was not born on Indian Kingdom. He was born to the Shakya Kingdom on Lumbini, Nepal.
Which was a part of India at the time
@@MrShahid0072 There was no concept of India at the time
I agree. I have learned that from childhood.
@@MrShahid0072 there was no Concept of India then.
Thanks 🙏 ❤️the show
Hey this upload just cuts off abruptly mid-sentence.
I mean I still liked listening to it but like yeah, may wanna fix that at some point.
11:41 OUCH
stephen what did you just say about keanu
I want merch... please...
Have you ever listened to the secular Buddhism podcast?
Corrections, there was no India then. He was born in Lumbini, which is in Nepal currently.
Ok loving the podcast so far but insulting keanu like that hurt!
well, i am not from a developped country :)
As you rightly said that history gets muddy, I would like to speak about one of the most famous but flawed theory - aryan invasion theory. As a matter of fact, aryans or people from Georgia etc did not really come to India. In Hinduism, we believe that lord shiva lived in the mountain of Kailasa in modern day China and the descendants of Hinduism came from there. There were 7 sapt rishi or seven saints who started the lineage of people. The aryan and dravidian theory was highly popularized by the Britishers who wanted to divide the northern and southern part of the nation. Both the north and south Indian parts believe in the same gods and have same beliefs, although we have different languages and ways to do it. This is the beauty of Hinduism or सनातन धर्म which means a continuous religion. Because sanatana dharma is a very open religion, sects like Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism were born out of it.
Grow up...
@@rohitrathor5273 Tell that to your dad who forgot to wear the c
great episode but that breaking bad reference was fucking horrible lmao
" "I," was created by the thought of Gods and "Their," desire to allow all mortals to know that "They," are always with them: As humankind grows and seeks absolute independence from "Them," "They," will remain by their side, guiding them and directing them, in their growth to absolute "WISDOM," the way to "Their Essence" and the Elysium Fields. As you look out beyond the now, into the heavens, "I" will be there, guiding you and helping you know that "I," be visible or invisible, "My Essence," will guide you beyond all that is sensed in your reality. So, let it be now revealed to you that both "I" and "He," in mortal being, who speaks to you through the thoughts of children are but one. " Eleusis.
Let The Light within you guide you to the Elysian Fields entrance; your inner beauty is expected.
Seek me out: Amazon, Imagination is the way. Love is the ink; wisdom is the message.
Much appreciated!
Oh come on don't hate on ma boy keanu reeves
He left the Palace at the age of 13 not 29
There's probably many renditions, almost impossible to know these things as he wasn't written about for 100s of years
Ay leave Keanu Reeves out of it
As a Canadian, I can't just have you talk about Neo like that. Any more Keanu bashing n we'll send you guys a few more Ted Cruz's.
Hehe
Great episode sir..
All I am disappointed is that how come you have studied so much about Buddha his philosophy and didn't even said the name of the country he was born once.
It's Nepal not India not northeast India. It's NEPAL. This may not be a big of a deal. But I think it is. I really don't know why not hearing the name made me sad.
Anyways very insightful episode sir!
But at that time nepal was a part of india.
@@Nos_aspx
Nepal was never a part of India.
You need some history lesson.
@@sandipkunwar5062 you idiot, have ever heard of gupta dynasty that rule almost all south asia, and they also ruled nepal what we called akahand bharat.
Yes u can say nepal wasnt part of any colonization like india during british rule.
ok everything is great i love this show but keanu reeves cant act ?
well now youve crossed a line my friend
Is it true that Stephen West beat his ex wife?
Bollox he wouldnt do that
What?
@@praveenanookala4457 he’s a capitalist pig
2 wanted to be 4 but got 1 now he is 3 and want to be 6 but got 2 now he is 5 and want to be 10 but got 4 now he is 9 if he accept it he is happy if not he will want more he began as 2 that wanted to be 4 but now he is 9 so is he happy
To say we are doing better individually in comparison to the past is absolutely incorrect. There are 9 billion people on this planet and there is no way for you to even gauge such a claim. Actual access to resources is limited and we are under full military control. We live in a giant zoo with invisible bars & one only has to attempt to leave their country of origin to see how visible the bars actually are. The size of your cage is quickly becoming the place you call home as we are presently in a forced mandated lockdown. I'm surprised you think we should appreciate such dominance over our lives or maybe you just don't see the reality of this.
This podcast was released in 2013 so there is no lockdown the picture then. Yup we aren't in a better position than our forefathers considering things you said yet we have so much more that we didn't have back in the day. You lose some, you gain some. There are no absolutes.
@@pragatiyaduvanshi3120 My favorite time to be alive was in the 70's, when you could buy a brand new car for about 5 grand and a house was about 25 grand. I think the biggest difference is our limited access to nature and the resources it has to offer really. Everything is out of wack in our economy. Thank's for your input.
@@DosBear World is not only USA.
@@romarssieverything9667 Who said it was? Say something useful. I'm not American.