I did the same thing with other words. So, we can boil it down to see the main things in language we each can understand, and then build up again from that base to a more complex description and understanding. Thanks!
I was born and raised Buddhist, scored the highest marks in dhamma school and grew up with these teachings, studying it in the native tongue Pali. In my late teens, I resented it and grew apart from religion completely. Watching this video 10 years later, I feel a great sense of peace and calmness. I'm going through a depressive spiral, hearing the original Pali terms and reconnecting spiritually feels like I'm taking the first steps to a better mental state. Thank you for the video, it was explained so well and so concisely and I'm glad I can reconnect with this
Connection is healing. Connection with others. Connection with life. Connection with self. May you have many days of health, happiness, and awareness ahead of you.
@@mercymunoz1408 yeah, I went to Dhamma school and there were several factors. I was disillusioned by the kids who attended - most of them were not there to study but were forced to show up. I kept getting hit on by older kids, I was 13 or so and didn't know how to handle any of this. I genuinely feared I was gonna get raped or kidnapped. So the environment at the school was one factor. Later, all my friends dropped out at some point and I felt very alone. The monks preached questionable facts on disciplining children (they have no kids or families of their own so I think this is beyond their capacity tbh) and continuously told my parents beating is a great way to discipline me when I acted out as a teen. Teachers at Dhamma school loved me and began to edit my exam answers so I scored highest even though there were 2 or 3 smart peers who deserved the same grades. When I realized it and brought it up, they got mad at me and told me to shut up. With all this, I ended up being very disillusioned and critical of the people who represented the Buddhist way of life. The religion was being shoved down my throat at that point. The other main factor was that bad things happened in my life and I felt like I had been betrayed by the religion I followed. I tried turning to other religions but atheism is hard to break out of. These are very petty reasons which have nothing to do with Buddhism at all really, but it was a matter of timing and environment and negative exposure. Now I'm happy to turn to the Dhamma and the Buddha's teachings on my own without people forcing it on me
@@pandawan4 Wow thank you for sharing. I hate that you had that experience. You didn't deserve any of the things that happened to you. The problem with religion is that it is man-made and men are flawed in every sense of the word. I hope that now everything is better for you.
I am very impressed with how clear and well explained this video is. I was looking for something like this and kept clicking on all these over wordy videos and then finally found yours. Good job
I have been to some of the villages in Bihar where the Buddha taught the four noble truths. One of them is Bhatgawan mispronounounced as Bandagawan in the Mahaparinirvana story. Very educative. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to you.
The clarity with which this video presents the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path is remarkable. It's a reminder of the timeless relevance of Buddha's teachings in finding inner peace.
" The whole teaching of Buddha can be divided into four parts. The four noble truths he calls arya satya - noble truths. The first is that unexamined life is sorrow, unenlightened life is sorrow. That is the most fundamental truth, Buddha says. Those who follow the way, they become aware of it: that life can be lived in two ways, either consciously or unconsciously. If you live unconsciously you will live in sorrow, you will be at the mercy of blind instincts. A wealthy American widow had a fantasy about marrying a man who had never had any previous sexual experience with a woman. She made contact with a discreet, international detective agency, and within six months they found an Australian gentleman who seemed to be perfectly suited for the widow. On the wedding night the widow was trembling with excitement as she completed her toilette and entered the bedroom to greet her husband. To her amazement, he had piled all of the furniture, including the bed, into the living room. “Why did you get rid of the furniture?” she blurted in disbelief. “Well,” drawled her new spouse, “I have never slept with a woman before, but if it is anything like those kangaroos, we will need all the space we can get.” People go on living through fantasies, absurd fantasies. You look at your own fantasies and they will all be ridiculous. But you never see your own fantasies as ridiculous; it is easier to see others’ fantasies as ridiculous. Watch your own fantasies. What do you want out of your life? What you are living for? What is your program, your schedule on this earth? Why do you want to still be alive tomorrow? Just look at your fantasies. If you are given only seven days to live, how are you going to fulfill those seven days? With what? Write down your fantasies, don’t be cunning and don’t be clever - be utterly true. And you will find all your fantasies ridiculous. But this is how people are living. This life, Buddha says, is nothing but sorrow. He agrees with Socrates. Socrates says: An unexamined life is not worth living. And Buddha says: An unexamined life is nothing but sorrow. That is the first noble truth. If you remain in sorrow you are not free. And the second noble truth one becomes aware of if one follows the way is: The beginning of sorrow… the cause of sorrow. The cause is desire - desire for more. First one experiences that his whole life is full of sorrow, then one becomes aware that the cause is desire. Those who have escaped from the wheel of desire are not in sorrow, they are utterly blissful. But those who are caught in the wheel are crushed by so many desires. The first truth is: life is sorrow. The second truth: the cause of sorrow is desire, desire for more. And the third truth is the eightfold way. Buddha says that his whole approach of transforming your being can be divided into eight steps; that is called the eightfold way. And all those steps are nothing but different dimensions of a single phenomenon: right mindfulness, sammasati. Whatsoever you are doing, do it absolutely consciously, alertly, do it with awareness. Those eight steps are nothing but applications of awareness into different aspects of life. For example: if you are eating, Buddha says, eat with full awareness - samyak ahar. Then whatsoever you eat is right - just be aware. Now see the difference: other religions say, “Eat this, eat that. Don’t eat this, don’t eat that.” Buddha never says what to eat, what not to eat. He says, “Whatsoever you are eating, eat with full awareness. And if your awareness says no, then don’t eat it.” Can you eat meat with awareness? It is impossible; you can eat meat only with unawareness. In Africa a few days ago, one African dictator, Bokasso, who was trying to be another Napoleon, had been dethroned. The most strange thing that came to light was that in his house, in his freezer, human flesh was found. He was a man-eater. Just think of a man eating another man’s meat. Is it possible in consciousness? The whole thing is so disgusting! It is said that children were stolen just to prepare food for Bokasso. Of course, small children have delicious meat. Hundreds of children had disappeared and nobody could have ever thought that this man, who used to call himself emperor, was the cause behind the whole thing. But so is the case when you eat animal meat, not much difference in it. The animals also have life just as you have. They are our brothers and our sisters. Buddha never says what to eat, what not to eat; he never goes into details. And that’s my approach too: just be aware. And likewise he uses this method of awareness for other things in life: samyak vyayam - right effort. Don’t make too much effort and don’t make too little either. Right effort for everything, a balanced effort, effort which does not disturb your tranquillity. Life is like walking on a tightrope: right effort is needed and awareness so that you cannot fall. Each moment there is danger: if you lean too much towards the left you will fall. Finding yourself leaning too much to the left you have to lean towards the right to keep balance. And when you lean towards the right a moment comes, you start feeling that now you will fall towards the right; then you start leaning towards the left just to balance. This is right effort: keeping balanced. All those eight steps are nothing but applications of a single thing - awareness. Buddha calls it right mindfulness. Don’t do anything unconsciously. And the fourth: And the end for sorrow - nirvana, cessation of sorrow. The man who follows the path finds four things: life is sorrow, the cause of sorrow is desire, the method to get rid of sorrow is the eightfold path, rooted basically, essentially, in the phenomenon of awareness. And the fourth: that if you follow awareness you will attain to the cessation of sorrow, you will attain to nirvana. Buddha says: These are the four noble truths. Then at last he is safe. And one who has moved through all these four and attained to the fourth, he is at last safe. He has shaken off sorrow. He is free. To be free of sorrow is to be free. If you remain in sorrow you are not free. If you remain sad, howsoever great a saint you may be, you are not free; you are still far away from the goal."
I have the great fortune to be living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and have found a teacher here who teaches from the original Pali Canon. This has brought me light years ahead of what I was doing prior to studying with this Teacher. I have learned that Buddhism is a way of life, and changing the way that I used to think, it definitely is not a religion. Gotoma Buddha did not teach, rights, rituals or ceremonies as a path to Enlightenment. Great explanation of the Four Noble Truths…🙏
Suffering is not so much extinguished as replaced by the all fulfilling radiance of pure consciousness. A presentation on Buddhism ought to present this goal and experience. It is everything we are searching for.
Noble Buddha's teachings are so far away from people because people are in whirlpool of desire, anger and nearly all people have no idea of 4 Nobel truths. Only the know is safe. After death, another life is certainly being. The one who knows the four Nobel truths thoroughly is totally free from all troubles. Teachings of Buddha are universal truth of all universe. Not blind faith.
This is simplified to the point of being simplistic. Compassion does not mean never to kill. Avoiding the attempt to encapsulate existence-- and diety-- in words, does not mean atheism. And there is no "requirement" to believe in reincarnation. Most Buddhists just assume it is so, but nobody can really know. Still, a reasonable introduction to some basic concepts.
Im born in a buddhist family in far-east asia and raised in a buddhst environment. Strange enough but true, I learn buddhist teaching from westerners in french and in english.😮
This was some good information. I am baffled that u never noticed that I was going through this and actually following these teachings already. 🙂🙂🙂 I have some more growth to do but I've been hitting alot of these points already.
How does one overcome the desire to end suffering either for themselves or others? Aren't the truths rooted in a desire to end ones own suffering? Curious to hear others thoughts on this
I have been to some of the villages in Bihar where the Buddha taught the four noble truths. One of them is Bhatgawan mispronounounced as Bandagawan in the Mahaparinirvana story. Very educative. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to you.
I really appreciated it so much.....now I understand more clearer. I didn't realize I practice it everyday.......already.......I called the inner workings or the inner peace......and I shared it with others. Thank you for sharing.....peace!!!
This brings me a question: if desired is the cause of suffering how we can succeed we are also materia, it should be balance between enlighment and materia we humans are made of both, isn't it? Thank you.
I believe in God and Jesus teachings. The bible as well. That it is inspired. These enlightened tools are within the same realm of Spiritual Awakening. So i avoid suffering less often and for too long. I can grieve, let go, detach and continue to live on much better honoring God and Jesus sacrifice. King Solomon existed the same time as Prince Sidartha. I believe they all leanrned from each other. Read Ecclesiastes in the Bible. It will help.
I'm merely researching this as a friend seems to be getting into Buddhism without real consideration. I thought to understand before accepting or denouncing. Turns out as a nihilist who loves philosophy, I've been following the middle path for a while now. EDIT: I will put it out there that there's one form of suffering that is not touched upon. The suffering inflicted by the malicious against us. Many suffer due to standing against their native religion, their tyrannical government and the abusive people in their day to day.
I love Buddha and I love the other teachers we have been given. But suffering to many people as I have learned as a Clinical Social worker has nothing to do with their desires. But suffering from child abuse, mental health, racism, political oppression and more. We have to all work together to fix all this around us and around the world. We have to uncover the abusers and get them help too. Maybe I have watched too much Star Track... GOD Bless you ALL
Love star "track" haha Voyager is my favorite. It definitely covers a lot of controversial moments between nature and nurture. Suffering can come from both
Even after fixing all these things there will still be dukkha. He is talking about the deepest cause of dukkha which arises with desire(crave) to either prolonge good sensations or to get rid of bad sensations
All of that is just additions to suffering. Even if you take all of those wrongs away from the world, you will still suffer. That is the point you’re missing. It doesn’t mean that all those things you listed don’t also cause suffering.
In Mahayana Buddhism, there is concept of 'Relative Dependent Reality'. And this is the ultimate truth without any intellectual or imaginative conceptualization. In simple words, this means that true reality is beyond your body, mind, thoughts and any kind of conceptualization. 'Nibbana' which the creator of the video is referring as 'Nirvana' is the attainment of 'Ultimate Self-equanimity' where you are not perturbed by the unfortunate events, pain and suffering. And once you achieve Nibbana it is said that you totally understand this 'Relative dependent reality' and why certain things happen the way they do.
Does a Buddhist (not to mention all religions) the religion has never helped make a society more equal, it has never helped a society educate or feed it's people, and that it has many different varieties of the religion that all claim to be the right one. In other words it's just faith or the self delusion that they claim is best in order to feel better about living and find a purpose.
Not "reincarnation" - this is refuted time and again in the Buddha's teachings. There is no soul that is reincarnated. Therei is only rebirth - which does not require identity or soul - is recycling of current elements that results in the arising of a different thing that has no personal relation to this current life form EXCEPT for the causal chain that caused the new life form to arise.
@@Toddstomper I do not agree at all. Reality is reality. You talk about perceptions. Perception of reality is not reality. A perception include our biases, trauma, cognitive distortions, etc. It’s important to know what is the reality.
Basis of Budhism is reincarnation and law of karma . The necessity of Budhism is impermanence sufferings and concept of no soul . Budhism guides us to stay in human world and heavens until final stage is attained . 🙏🙏🙏
I do research on how and why Buddhism disappeared from Bihar. I realize there was no conversion to Hinduism. Hinduism quietly crept in and is running parallel to Buddhism.
I don't understand how you can read early buddha sutras and claim reincarnation is key to Buddhism. He was pretty clear in telling you off, he makes it clear that someone who finishes the path does not reincarnate. He uses reincarnation to describe growth within one lifetime. Your brain is constantly changing. The people who tried to confirm he believed in literal reincarnation were rejected. He straight up says that to live the spiritual life, you must live with the uncertainty that death brings.
Budh means wisdom love! It is a a way of being, not a person! dha or dhi means mind. So it is not a person. The person with the most complete love without conditions was siddharta. That was the Buddha. He said he would never take a form again. Also not in dreams or visions. If some one says he met the buddha, he is mistaken.
Desire causes attachment. The more attached you are to anything, a good bottle of wine or your soulmate, the more suffering you will feel when it is gone, and Everything is impermanent. To eliminate future suffering, do not get attached. That's the answer, but nobody likes it. To attain this state get rid of desire. Right. I work on it every day have not gotten there yet!!!
The teachings are not pessimistic, but because it shows you how to get release from them, it is very optimistic. The problem is that most people are unable to recognize suffering and hence it is the first Arya truth. It is something that needs to understood.
Respects the life of animals but not plants? Some plants raise their young. In the rainforest they intertwine roots, the offspring survives off the parent plant until it’s large enough to get into canopy. They also communicate by releasing chemicals into the air and through their roots.
Buddhists do believe in gods, such as many gods or goddesses like rain wind wisdom health and others, but not simply just one god or God and that no god is going to relieve you from your sin nor does god or goddess (not even Buddha), but you yourself or individual can do that for oneself; it’s practical really - one must be responsible for oneself - not god or any one else ( it’s one journey, and with the right path, one finds happiness or whatever one looks for in life); of course, gods or God can help you a long the way. Buddha had done himself, but gods and goddesses helped him a long the way, and ended up in peace. 😊❤🎉
Respectfully, the word Buddha is NOT pronounced as Booda! :) It is Bud-dha, with the d pronounced as in "thee" and not as in "dime." Same with the word Dukkha, where the d is pronounced as in thee, thus etc. and not dime. Every time I hear "Dukkha" translated as "suffering," it makes me want to say, like Sylvester the Cat, Sssssuffering succotash! Dukkha (Sanskrit or Pali) literally means sadness, grief. Many scholars now have switched to words like dissatisfaction. The opposite of Dukkha, in Sanskrit, is SUKHA, (Soo-kha with a short Soo as in soot) which is a state of wellness, good health, satisfaction and such, without Dukkha. When I see children playing joyfully with not a care in the world, they are in a state of Nirvana, which means that the essential nature of human life is NOT DUKKHA. Samudaya (Udaya means dawn or sunrise, can mean the arising of) some people pronounce as Samu-daaya which is incorrect) as I see it, is the desire for Sukha. It is natural, I believe; what's wrong in wanting Sukha anyhow??? :) But yes it causes misery if we have endless craving/seeking for "stuff." :) Just my two cents 😄
There is something about the approach to eliminating suffering I fundamentally disagree with. It seems to me that Buddhism encourages non-reaction. However, I think if you are completely non-reactive, then how will you seek inspiration and motivation. I think wanting and drive contribute to the development of society. If everybody is truly 'happy' with things the way they are, happy as in content and non-reactive, I can't imagine how, for instance, medicine would've achieved what it has achieved. I think instead of experiencing suffering as it is in a non-judgemental way as Buddhism encourages, we may as well utilize it to motivate ourselves. It is only when we are completely overwhelmed and blind-sighted by desire and want, then we may take a step back and reevaluate if the attachment to certain things is truly worth our effort. Elon Musk would've not created SpaceX if he had been practicing non-attachment in a monastery.
the concept of non reaction, isnt literal. For me, it is like wu wei. It doesnt mean to not react, but to not do too much to the point your stability breaks. The non reactive or wu wei, is just a principle to let time show the way, patience, and continuity
Desire is the first step in creation. With no desire, nothing happens, and everyone lives in enlightened boredom. You create your own reality. Suffering is optional. You can choose ease,happiness and fun instead.
It's something that cannot be achieved, it just happens..when you want to achieve it, you never will, when you stop wanting it, then it happens..Zen-Buddhism and Taoism are good to realize it immediately..
You say at the beginning that Buddhism teaches reincarnation but that is Hinduism. Buddhists believe in rebirth (there is no fixed self, soul or anatta that passes from one life to another).
The Four Noble Truths, restated for the street smart: 1. Life is a real bear; 2. Life is a real bear because you want something out of it so bad that it hurts; 3. If you didn't want anything from life that badly, life would not be such a bear; 4. If you tread the Noble Eight-fold Path, life wouldn't be such a bear.
I don’t follow any religion. I’ve translations of Islam,Buddhism,Hinduism, atheism etc. My conclusion is if you’re a Buddhist, you need only to observe Pan Sil. That’s the 5 principles of Buddhism. Don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t misbehave sexually, don’t tell lies, meaning be truthful, don’t consume alcohol. If you follow these 5 easy rules, you avoid mental, physical suffering to a great extent. If you’re a Christian , respect your neighbour = love thy neighbour = the 5 Buddhist rules. Pan Sil. The 5 Buddhist principles apply to all human beings. Whatever your faith is, attachments cause most of the human suffering. Greed or thanha is the main root for modern day suffering. If you’re too rich you’re unhappy. If you’re too poor you’re unhappy. Lead moderate lives.
The real enemy has been discovered in the 1950s. Engrams in our Reactive minds below our level of awareness. Engrams are the source of fear, crazy, nasty & criminal behavior. Look it up for yourself! Get clear of engrams & be sane!
I think it can be explained as - all emotions and actions are ultimately love or fear-based (or derivatives of these). Hence the negative emotions of greed, ignorance and hatred all come under the umbrella of fear, as do the positive emotions come under the umbrella of love.
To me, Buddhism is not a 'religion' for Buddha isn't a god at all. Buddhism is just a philosophy and I know that some were taken from Chrisitianity. I mean, who worships socrates or Einstein, some do, but it's no religion like Christianity.
Very cool summary. * The case with Buddha, same as with other enlightened, that they don't know what it is, and how they arrived exactly. Also, they imagine a way, they never walked, and teaching it. * These are just symptoms of a sickness, and you don't have to deal with them. Again, it is not the way they got enlightened, and nobody does the way, they teach. * Pain is rooted in the physical being. We must create hormones and endorphins in order to ease the pain. They have a min/max chart, as hundreds of other things they measure in the blood. It is chemistry. Thoughts and emotions are changing the chemistry. When the balance is off, the mind explodes and tries to fix it, only making things worse. The mind blows out the subconscious, the master of balancing. Meditation or sleeping can bring it back somewhat, by quieting the mind. Running a Marathon does it as well. * The real method is - follow one thing through, while holding on to the path of 8. Not because Buddha said so, because of inner knowledge. * Why do I "habla" so much? Because I was there, and I lost it. It was a unstoppable falling. Very painful, throughout one year. Everything was "broken" except my bones. It took three years, before I could crawl. I know why it happened. I testify, I did not pick greed or any of these so called "reasons of suffering". Pure bull sh*t! Those are just symptoms. As Buddha would say, not knowing you were drunk : "Your suffering comes from head ache, short breaths and insecure movements". Bumm, you are really helped out.
Thank you for helping us learn about the Truth in all directions. Ahimsa,vegan, Daniels diet, Nazarene code, harmless as doves,the vegetation diet standard of the aeon for us all on land and air creatures of the trees knowledge of good and evil don’t eat that forbidden fruit that is all of the creatures.
@@suzanneemerson9787 Yes. Meditation is how one accesses the wisdom that's hidden deep inside ones consciousness and many other aspects of human psyche.
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Shortest explanation of the 4 Truths: 1) Life sucks 2) Here's why 3) It doesn't have to suck 4) Here's how to make it suck less
Or not suck anymore 😊
@@MrNataphongthe unenlightened life is suffering.
I did the same thing with other words. So, we can boil it down to see the main things in language we each can understand, and then build up again from that base to a more complex description and understanding.
Thanks!
And we thought disassociation was bad ha can be a super power if we undo the suffering parts ya🤓🧠💜🫖🫐
I was born and raised Buddhist, scored the highest marks in dhamma school and grew up with these teachings, studying it in the native tongue Pali. In my late teens, I resented it and grew apart from religion completely. Watching this video 10 years later, I feel a great sense of peace and calmness. I'm going through a depressive spiral, hearing the original Pali terms and reconnecting spiritually feels like I'm taking the first steps to a better mental state. Thank you for the video, it was explained so well and so concisely and I'm glad I can reconnect with this
So happy Sasha that video was pleasant to you. Thank you for your comment and I wish you all the best.
May I ask why did you resent it and grew apart from it?
Connection is healing. Connection with others. Connection with life. Connection with self. May you have many days of health, happiness, and awareness ahead of you.
@@mercymunoz1408 yeah, I went to Dhamma school and there were several factors. I was disillusioned by the kids who attended - most of them were not there to study but were forced to show up. I kept getting hit on by older kids, I was 13 or so and didn't know how to handle any of this. I genuinely feared I was gonna get raped or kidnapped. So the environment at the school was one factor. Later, all my friends dropped out at some point and I felt very alone.
The monks preached questionable facts on disciplining children (they have no kids or families of their own so I think this is beyond their capacity tbh) and continuously told my parents beating is a great way to discipline me when I acted out as a teen.
Teachers at Dhamma school loved me and began to edit my exam answers so I scored highest even though there were 2 or 3 smart peers who deserved the same grades. When I realized it and brought it up, they got mad at me and told me to shut up.
With all this, I ended up being very disillusioned and critical of the people who represented the Buddhist way of life. The religion was being shoved down my throat at that point.
The other main factor was that bad things happened in my life and I felt like I had been betrayed by the religion I followed. I tried turning to other religions but atheism is hard to break out of.
These are very petty reasons which have nothing to do with Buddhism at all really, but it was a matter of timing and environment and negative exposure. Now I'm happy to turn to the Dhamma and the Buddha's teachings on my own without people forcing it on me
@@pandawan4 Wow thank you for sharing. I hate that you had that experience. You didn't deserve any of the things that happened to you. The problem with religion is that it is man-made and men are flawed in every sense of the word. I hope that now everything is better for you.
I am very impressed with how clear and well explained this video is.
I was looking for something like this and kept clicking on all these over wordy videos and then finally found yours. Good job
My pleasure. Let me know if you would like to see similar topics described.
Thank you for explaining the four noble truth! as a Buddhist I hardly understand it before, now my thoughts are more clear and understanding. 🙏😄
Thank you so much for this simple and understandable explanation. You really do deserve a bigger audience.
Thank you my friend. I’m really happy this was helpful to you. And for the audience, patience is a virtue. 🙏
I have been to some of the villages in Bihar where the Buddha taught the four noble truths. One of them is Bhatgawan mispronounounced as Bandagawan in the Mahaparinirvana story. Very educative. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to you.
The clarity with which this video presents the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path is remarkable. It's a reminder of the timeless relevance of Buddha's teachings in finding inner peace.
" The whole teaching of Buddha can be divided into four parts. The four noble truths he calls arya satya - noble truths. The first is that unexamined life is sorrow, unenlightened life is sorrow. That is the most fundamental truth, Buddha says. Those who follow the way, they become aware of it: that life can be lived in two ways, either consciously or unconsciously. If you live unconsciously you will live in sorrow, you will be at the mercy of blind instincts.
A wealthy American widow had a fantasy about marrying a man who had never had any previous sexual experience with a woman.
She made contact with a discreet, international detective agency, and within six months they found an Australian gentleman who seemed to be perfectly suited for the widow.
On the wedding night the widow was trembling with excitement as she completed her toilette and entered the bedroom to greet her husband. To her amazement, he had piled all of the furniture, including the bed, into the living room.
“Why did you get rid of the furniture?” she blurted in disbelief.
“Well,” drawled her new spouse, “I have never slept with a woman before, but if it is anything like those kangaroos, we will need all the space we can get.”
People go on living through fantasies, absurd fantasies. You look at your own fantasies and they will all be ridiculous. But you never see your own fantasies as ridiculous; it is easier to see others’ fantasies as ridiculous.
Watch your own fantasies. What do you want out of your life? What you are living for? What is your program, your schedule on this earth? Why do you want to still be alive tomorrow? Just look at your fantasies. If you are given only seven days to live, how are you going to fulfill those seven days? With what? Write down your fantasies, don’t be cunning and don’t be clever - be utterly true. And you will find all your fantasies ridiculous. But this is how people are living.
This life, Buddha says, is nothing but sorrow. He agrees with Socrates. Socrates says: An unexamined life is not worth living. And Buddha says: An unexamined life is nothing but sorrow. That is the first noble truth.
If you remain
in sorrow
you are not free.
And the second noble truth one becomes aware of if one follows the way is: The beginning of sorrow… the cause of sorrow. The cause is desire - desire for more. First one experiences that his whole life is full of sorrow, then one becomes aware that the cause is desire. Those who have escaped from the wheel of desire are not in sorrow, they are utterly blissful. But those who are caught in the wheel are crushed by so many desires.
The first truth is: life is sorrow. The second truth: the cause of sorrow is desire, desire for more. And the third truth is the eightfold way. Buddha says that his whole approach of transforming your being can be divided into eight steps; that is called the eightfold way. And all those steps are nothing but different dimensions of a single phenomenon: right mindfulness, sammasati. Whatsoever you are doing, do it absolutely consciously, alertly, do it with awareness. Those eight steps are nothing but applications of awareness into different aspects of life.
For example: if you are eating, Buddha says, eat with full awareness - samyak ahar. Then whatsoever you eat is right - just be aware. Now see the difference: other religions say, “Eat this, eat that. Don’t eat this, don’t eat that.” Buddha never says what to eat, what not to eat. He says, “Whatsoever you are eating, eat with full awareness. And if your awareness says no, then don’t eat it.” Can you eat meat with awareness? It is impossible; you can eat meat only with unawareness.
In Africa a few days ago, one African dictator, Bokasso, who was trying to be another Napoleon, had been dethroned. The most strange thing that came to light was that in his house, in his freezer, human flesh was found. He was a man-eater.
Just think of a man eating another man’s meat. Is it possible in consciousness? The whole thing is so disgusting! It is said that children were stolen just to prepare food for Bokasso. Of course, small children have delicious meat. Hundreds of children had disappeared and nobody could have ever thought that this man, who used to call himself emperor, was the cause behind the whole thing.
But so is the case when you eat animal meat, not much difference in it. The animals also have life just as you have. They are our brothers and our sisters.
Buddha never says what to eat, what not to eat; he never goes into details. And that’s my approach too: just be aware.
And likewise he uses this method of awareness for other things in life: samyak vyayam - right effort. Don’t make too much effort and don’t make too little either. Right effort for everything, a balanced effort, effort which does not disturb your tranquillity. Life is like walking on a tightrope: right effort is needed and awareness so that you cannot fall. Each moment there is danger: if you lean too much towards the left you will fall. Finding yourself leaning too much to the left you have to lean towards the right to keep balance. And when you lean towards the right a moment comes, you start feeling that now you will fall towards the right; then you start leaning towards the left just to balance. This is right effort: keeping balanced.
All those eight steps are nothing but applications of a single thing - awareness. Buddha calls it right mindfulness. Don’t do anything unconsciously.
And the fourth: And the end for sorrow - nirvana, cessation of sorrow. The man who follows the path finds four things: life is sorrow, the cause of sorrow is desire, the method to get rid of sorrow is the eightfold path, rooted basically, essentially, in the phenomenon of awareness. And the fourth: that if you follow awareness you will attain to the cessation of sorrow, you will attain to nirvana. Buddha says: These are the four noble truths.
Then at last he is safe.
And one who has moved through all these four and attained to the fourth, he is at last safe.
He has shaken off sorrow.
He is free.
To be free of sorrow is to be free. If you remain in sorrow you are not free. If you remain sad, howsoever great a saint you may be, you are not free; you are still far away from the goal."
This message is exactly what I needed to hear exactly today. Thank you, willieluncheonette5843
I have the great fortune to be living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and have found a teacher here who teaches from the original Pali Canon. This has brought me light years ahead of what I was doing prior to studying with this Teacher. I have learned that Buddhism is a way of life, and changing the way that I used to think, it definitely is not a religion. Gotoma Buddha did not teach, rights, rituals or ceremonies as a path to Enlightenment. Great explanation of the Four Noble Truths…🙏
You deserve a huge audience for such hard work.
Thank you for this clear explanation of the 4 noble truths.
Appreciate the kind words Frédérick. Reading and sharing knowledge is my passion.
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Suffering is not so much extinguished as replaced by the all fulfilling radiance of pure consciousness. A presentation on Buddhism ought to present this goal and experience. It is everything we are searching for.
Thank you for sharing such meaningful and transformative content that touches the hearts of many.
Thank you for the video. You have explained Buddhism so well. I will watch this many times. Slowly I will learn and practice the Middle Path and more
Noble Buddha's teachings are so far away from people because people are in whirlpool of desire, anger and nearly all people have no idea of 4 Nobel truths. Only the know is safe. After death, another life is certainly being. The one who knows the four Nobel truths thoroughly is totally free from all troubles. Teachings of Buddha are universal truth of all universe. Not blind faith.
Well explained my friend 🙏🙏
People are crazy & nasty because of Engrams.
religion is false and disgusting... I studied with buddha...
This is simplified to the point of being simplistic. Compassion does not mean never to kill. Avoiding the attempt to encapsulate existence-- and diety-- in words, does not mean atheism. And there is no "requirement" to believe in reincarnation. Most Buddhists just assume it is so, but nobody can really know.
Still, a reasonable introduction to some basic concepts.
Amazing ,magical but true and doable. Best teaching one can accept without doubt .🙏🏻
Im born in a buddhist family in far-east asia and raised in a buddhst environment. Strange enough but true, I learn buddhist teaching from westerners in french and in english.😮
Wonderful explanation. Eternal thanks!
The Four Noble Truths is my way of life 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🧘🏻♀️🧘🏻♀️🧘🏻♀️
This was some good information. I am baffled that u never noticed that I was going through this and actually following these teachings already. 🙂🙂🙂
I have some more growth to do but I've been hitting alot of these points already.
Good to hear. Keep going 🙏
So basic and so true!
How does one overcome the desire to end suffering either for themselves or others? Aren't the truths rooted in a desire to end ones own suffering?
Curious to hear others thoughts on this
end suffering? consult with your spirit guides...
"One indeed is one's own refuge;
how can others be a refuge to one?
With oneself thoroughly tamed,
one can attain a refuge"
Thank you so much brother , I was unable to understand the 4 noble truths and your video made me understand it very well ❤
You're most welcome ❣️
I have been to some of the villages in Bihar where the Buddha taught the four noble truths. One of them is Bhatgawan mispronounounced as Bandagawan in the Mahaparinirvana story. Very educative. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to you.
I really appreciated it so much.....now I understand more clearer. I didn't realize I practice it everyday.......already.......I called the inner workings or the inner peace......and I shared it with others. Thank you for sharing.....peace!!!
Thank you Seng for your kind words 🙏
Craving is suffering. There is a way to let go of craving, suffering. He advised how
Amazing explanation, so well portrayed even a kid can understand it easily. Thank you for such a hard work, best wishes 🕊💖🍀
Appreciate your kind words. Stay tuned for more 🙏🙏
I was told by someone that it was not a religion it was a philosophy. So which one is correct?
Religion. They believe in the supernatural "reincarnation."
Thank you from my heart for your superb explanation & sketches. Now l understand the dharma better. May you always be well & happy.~swamhiji
Thank you very much my friend 😊 I wish the same to you.
This brings me a question: if desired is the cause of suffering how we can succeed we are also materia, it should be balance between enlighment and materia we humans are made of both, isn't it? Thank you.
I believe in God and Jesus teachings. The bible as well. That it is inspired.
These enlightened tools are within the same realm of Spiritual Awakening.
So i avoid suffering less often and for too long.
I can grieve, let go, detach and continue to live on much better honoring God and Jesus sacrifice.
King Solomon existed the same time as Prince Sidartha.
I believe they all leanrned from each other.
Read Ecclesiastes in the Bible. It will help.
You can reach enlightenment by ending your suffering, and you can end your suffering by not giving a shit. Wow, what a concept.
"Not giving a shit" should be interpreted as not being attached.
I'm merely researching this as a friend seems to be getting into Buddhism without real consideration. I thought to understand before accepting or denouncing.
Turns out as a nihilist who loves philosophy, I've been following the middle path for a while now.
EDIT: I will put it out there that there's one form of suffering that is not touched upon. The suffering inflicted by the malicious against us. Many suffer due to standing against their native religion, their tyrannical government and the abusive people in their day to day.
Hi, great video! Would you, by any chance, have a . PDF version of your illustrations throughout the video? Would love to make it a poster.
Don’t have pdf, not sure if there is chance to get one with some kind of software for video editing.
@@inchbyinchstories No worries, thanks for replying my question!
Buddhism primarily teaches people to be wise, compassionate and virtuous. And there are many examples of Buddhists living as so.
I love Buddha and I love the other teachers we have been given. But suffering to many people as I have learned as a Clinical Social worker has nothing to do with their desires. But suffering from child abuse, mental health, racism, political oppression and more. We have to all work together to fix all this around us and around the world. We have to uncover the abusers and get them help too. Maybe I have watched too much Star Track... GOD Bless you ALL
Thank you for your commend Melinda. This is so important as you said, and we need to be the change we want to see in the world.
Love star "track" haha
Voyager is my favorite. It definitely covers a lot of controversial moments between nature and nurture. Suffering can come from both
Even after fixing all these things there will still be dukkha. He is talking about the deepest cause of dukkha which arises with desire(crave) to either prolonge good sensations or to get rid of bad sensations
All of that is just additions to suffering. Even if you take all of those wrongs away from the world, you will still suffer. That is the point you’re missing. It doesn’t mean that all those things you listed don’t also cause suffering.
In Mahayana Buddhism, there is concept of 'Relative Dependent Reality'. And this is the ultimate truth without any intellectual or imaginative conceptualization. In simple words, this means that true reality is beyond your body, mind, thoughts and any kind of conceptualization. 'Nibbana' which the creator of the video is referring as 'Nirvana' is the attainment of 'Ultimate Self-equanimity' where you are not perturbed by the unfortunate events, pain and suffering. And once you achieve Nibbana it is said that you totally understand this 'Relative dependent reality' and why certain things happen the way they do.
The cause of our suffering is what we think about a particular trigger.
Well done! Simple but complex thoughts worth thinking deeply about.
Appreciate your kind words Leila 🙏
Does a Buddhist (not to mention all religions) the religion has never helped make a society more equal, it has never helped a society educate or feed it's people, and that it has many different varieties of the religion that all claim to be the right one. In other words it's just faith or the self delusion that they claim is best in order to feel better about living and find a purpose.
Namaste 🙏🏼
Namaste ❤
great
You would think greed would be the pig…ignorance would be the cockerel.
Greed, Ignorance, Hatred. I wonder what country embodies these characteristics...
Not "reincarnation" - this is refuted time and again in the Buddha's teachings. There is no soul that is reincarnated. Therei is only rebirth - which does not require identity or soul - is recycling of current elements that results in the arising of a different thing that has no personal relation to this current life form EXCEPT for the causal chain that caused the new life form to arise.
Not accepting reality is a source of suffering.
Reality can be subjective, thus influenced by human nature. One's "reality" is another's delusion.
@@Toddstomper I do not agree at all.
Reality is reality.
You talk about perceptions. Perception of reality is not reality. A perception include our biases, trauma, cognitive distortions, etc.
It’s important to know what is the reality.
There is no objective reality.
@@suzanneemerson9787 yes there is
Basis of Budhism is reincarnation and law of karma . The necessity of Budhism is impermanence sufferings and concept of no soul . Budhism guides us to stay in human world and heavens until final stage is attained . 🙏🙏🙏
Educative.
I do research on how and why Buddhism disappeared from Bihar. I realize there was no conversion to Hinduism. Hinduism quietly crept in and is running parallel to Buddhism.
I don't understand how you can read early buddha sutras and claim reincarnation is key to Buddhism. He was pretty clear in telling you off, he makes it clear that someone who finishes the path does not reincarnate. He uses reincarnation to describe growth within one lifetime. Your brain is constantly changing. The people who tried to confirm he believed in literal reincarnation were rejected. He straight up says that to live the spiritual life, you must live with the uncertainty that death brings.
Your right he didn't believe in reincarnation but rebirth instead
Budh means wisdom love! It is a a way of being, not a person! dha or dhi means mind. So it is not a person. The person with the most complete love without conditions was siddharta. That was the Buddha. He said he would never take a form again. Also not in dreams or visions. If some one says he met the buddha, he is mistaken.
Perfect presentation I've ever heard
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Sadhu! Sadhu!Sadhu!
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The 4 Truths do not show how to eliminate the suffering of loss of the heart, especially the death of someone deeply loved.
Desire causes attachment. The more attached you are to anything, a good bottle of wine or your soulmate, the more suffering you will feel when it is gone, and Everything is impermanent. To eliminate future suffering, do not get attached. That's the answer, but nobody likes it. To attain this state get rid of desire. Right.
I work on it every day have not gotten there yet!!!
yet another failure of a stink-hole religion... i just consult Karra.. from time to time.
Budhism has been recommended by scientists and well educated people
The teachings are not pessimistic, but because it shows you how to get release from them, it is very optimistic. The problem is that most people are unable to recognize suffering and hence it is the first Arya truth. It is something that needs to understood.
good but describe many sample s in details for four noble truth s is very famous. in Burmese. Buddhism. thank. you. may you be healthy
Remember poverty doesn’t comes out by diminishing our wealth but in multiplying our desires! Plato
Great video, well condensed. Thank you!
Appreciate your kind words 🙏
Respects the life of animals but not plants? Some plants raise their young. In the rainforest they intertwine roots, the offspring survives off the parent plant until it’s large enough to get into canopy. They also communicate by releasing chemicals into the air and through their roots.
Best video for understanding 4 noble truths
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The info was good but choppy
Thanks a lot for taking your time to put this is the simplest form ever
Appreciate your kind words 🙏
Old man Shakyamuni, he was nearly there.
IT IS NOT A RELIGION IT IS A PATH. HE WAS A TEACHER
Book Siddhartha from Hermann Hesse. 💫
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thank u for this content. so concise and enjoyable
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Great explanation. Thank you for sharing.
It’s not that Buddhists do or do not believe in God, they simply don’t focus on that question
Buddhists do believe in gods, such as many gods or goddesses like rain wind wisdom health and others, but not simply just one god or God and that no god is going to relieve you from your sin nor does god or goddess (not even Buddha), but you yourself or individual can do that for oneself; it’s practical really - one must be responsible for oneself - not god or any one else ( it’s one journey, and with the right path, one finds happiness or whatever one looks for in life); of course, gods or God can help you a long the way. Buddha had done himself, but gods and goddesses helped him a long the way, and ended up in peace. 😊❤🎉
Respectfully, the word Buddha is NOT pronounced as Booda! :) It is Bud-dha, with the d pronounced as in "thee" and not as in "dime." Same with the word Dukkha, where the d is pronounced as in thee, thus etc. and not dime. Every time I hear "Dukkha" translated as "suffering," it makes me want to say, like Sylvester the Cat, Sssssuffering succotash! Dukkha (Sanskrit or Pali) literally means sadness, grief. Many scholars now have switched to words like dissatisfaction. The opposite of Dukkha, in Sanskrit, is SUKHA, (Soo-kha with a short Soo as in soot) which is a state of wellness, good health, satisfaction and such, without Dukkha. When I see children playing joyfully with not a care in the world, they are in a state of Nirvana, which means that the essential nature of human life is NOT DUKKHA. Samudaya (Udaya means dawn or sunrise, can mean the arising of) some people pronounce as Samu-daaya which is incorrect) as I see it, is the desire for Sukha. It is natural, I believe; what's wrong in wanting Sukha anyhow??? :) But yes it causes misery if we have endless craving/seeking for "stuff." :) Just my two cents 😄
thank you.🙂
Very similar to the writings of John Milton .
There is something about the approach to eliminating suffering I fundamentally disagree with. It seems to me that Buddhism encourages non-reaction. However, I think if you are completely non-reactive, then how will you seek inspiration and motivation. I think wanting and drive contribute to the development of society. If everybody is truly 'happy' with things the way they are, happy as in content and non-reactive, I can't imagine how, for instance, medicine would've achieved what it has achieved. I think instead of experiencing suffering as it is in a non-judgemental way as Buddhism encourages, we may as well utilize it to motivate ourselves. It is only when we are completely overwhelmed and blind-sighted by desire and want, then we may take a step back and reevaluate if the attachment to certain things is truly worth our effort. Elon Musk would've not created SpaceX if he had been practicing non-attachment in a monastery.
With the desire, we create more problems such as nuclear weapons, pollution, pesticides in our food, new diseases, etc.. and more laws are required.
Elon isnot created spaceX , Taṇhā created spaceX
Everything has a cause for it to happen.Its effect is come from that cause
the concept of non reaction, isnt literal. For me, it is like wu wei. It doesnt mean to not react, but to not do too much to the point your stability breaks. The non reactive or wu wei, is just a principle to let time show the way, patience, and continuity
Desire is the first step in creation. With no desire, nothing happens, and everyone lives in enlightened boredom.
You create your own reality. Suffering is optional. You can choose ease,happiness and fun instead.
Is the act and wanting to achieve enlightenment in itself a desire?
It's something that cannot be achieved, it just happens..when you want to achieve it, you never will, when you stop wanting it, then it happens..Zen-Buddhism and Taoism are good to realize it immediately..
Good desire to achieve enlightment destroys bad desire then enlightment detroys even good desire.
Yes.
You say at the beginning that Buddhism teaches reincarnation but that is Hinduism. Buddhists believe in rebirth (there is no fixed self, soul or anatta that passes from one life to another).
thank you for the explanation
Appreciate your kind words. 🙏🙏
Beautiful ❤️.....
The Four Noble Truths, restated for the street smart:
1. Life is a real bear;
2. Life is a real bear because you want something out of it so bad that it hurts;
3. If you didn't want anything from life that badly, life would not be such a bear;
4. If you tread the Noble Eight-fold Path, life wouldn't be such a bear.
cool explanation 🤜
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Does your mahayana buddhism agree his definition of Nirvanna?
I just wanna know it, bud
@@Kamisama77 yes
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Thank you Rinpoche 🙏
Your welcome 🙏
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Concise.
I don’t follow any religion. I’ve translations of Islam,Buddhism,Hinduism, atheism etc. My conclusion is if you’re a Buddhist, you need only to observe Pan Sil. That’s the 5 principles of Buddhism. Don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t misbehave sexually, don’t tell lies, meaning be truthful, don’t consume alcohol. If you follow these 5 easy rules, you avoid mental, physical suffering to a great extent.
If you’re a Christian , respect your neighbour = love thy neighbour = the 5 Buddhist rules. Pan Sil.
The 5 Buddhist principles apply to all human beings. Whatever your faith is, attachments cause most of the human suffering. Greed or thanha is the main root for modern day suffering. If you’re too rich you’re unhappy. If you’re too poor you’re unhappy. Lead moderate lives.
Problem is some religious books have brutal and mean guidances.
How about that?
I mean sword verses 😁
I think you know honor killings, blasphemy killings, apostacy killings.. etc
angry to s selfishness has the number one root of all evil than the most powerful it leads to all the other evils
Well done
The Buddha was born in 543 B.C .
Thank you sir 🙏 ☺
No mention of fear - Ghandi stated “The enemy is fear, we think it is hate, but it is fear.”
The real enemy has been discovered in the 1950s. Engrams in our Reactive minds below our level of awareness. Engrams are the source of fear, crazy, nasty & criminal behavior. Look it up for yourself! Get clear of engrams & be sane!
I think it can be explained as - all emotions and actions are ultimately love or fear-based (or derivatives of these). Hence the negative emotions of greed, ignorance and hatred all come under the umbrella of fear, as do the positive emotions come under the umbrella of love.
Buddhism is cool however I do not consider myself an atheist.
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Well presented - something to share with nonBuddhist friends
I always thought Buddhism was foolish, humans suffer, because they allow themselves to suffer.
That's stupid in various ways
To me, Buddhism is not a 'religion' for Buddha isn't a god at all. Buddhism is just a philosophy and I know that some were taken from Chrisitianity. I mean, who worships socrates or Einstein, some do, but it's no religion like Christianity.
By your logic zosastrianism isn't a religion
I belive Mr. Meeseeks understands one of these truths.
Very cool summary.
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The case with Buddha, same as with other enlightened, that they don't know what it is, and how they arrived exactly. Also, they imagine a way, they never walked, and teaching it.
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These are just symptoms of a sickness, and you don't have to deal with them. Again, it is not the way they got enlightened, and nobody does the way, they teach.
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Pain is rooted in the physical being. We must create hormones and endorphins in order to ease the pain. They have a min/max chart, as hundreds of other things they measure in the blood.
It is chemistry. Thoughts and emotions are changing the chemistry. When the balance is off, the mind explodes and tries to fix it, only making things worse. The mind blows out the subconscious, the master of balancing. Meditation or sleeping can bring it back somewhat, by quieting the mind. Running a Marathon does it as well.
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The real method is - follow one thing through, while holding on to the path of 8. Not because Buddha said so, because of inner knowledge.
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Why do I "habla" so much? Because I was there, and I lost it. It was a unstoppable falling. Very painful, throughout one year. Everything was "broken" except my bones. It took three years, before I could crawl.
I know why it happened.
I testify, I did not pick greed or any of these so called "reasons of suffering". Pure bull sh*t!
Those are just symptoms.
As Buddha would say, not knowing you were drunk : "Your suffering comes from head ache, short breaths and insecure movements". Bumm, you are really helped out.
Thank you for helping us learn about the Truth in all directions. Ahimsa,vegan, Daniels diet, Nazarene code, harmless as doves,the vegetation diet standard of the aeon for us all on land and air creatures of the trees knowledge of good and evil don’t eat that forbidden fruit that is all of the creatures.
Buddha, killed by an Indian takeaway meal. Peace be unto you.
WISDOM is the main tool for inner peace, not meditation
Meditation is just another form of physical exercise.
Meditation is a practice which creates a vibrational state from which wisdom can be accessed.
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Yes. Meditation is how one accesses the wisdom that's hidden deep inside ones consciousness and many other aspects of human psyche.
if your not meditating to connect..your doing it wrong. Buddha was a moron. I just try to consult karra as often as i can...