Buddhism is Kinda Out There, Man
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If you’re interested in Buddhism, this is some stuff I certainly got a kick out of over the years:
So, a massive amount of this video came from a lecture series by Malcolm David Eckel. You can listen to it here, and no - no one's sponsoring me for this, it's just ace - www.audible.com/pd/Buddhism-A...
Also:
My favourite version of the Dhammapada, the sayings of the Buddha - • Video
A great written intro to Zen - Zen Mind Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki - / 402843.zen_mind_beginn...
Another brilliant intro to Zen by Alan Watts - • Video
Act Normal (a great documentary about a Western Buddhist monk) - vimeo.com/27590176 - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
"I'm an alcoholic, not an educator" Could have been an Alan Watts quote.
or a Charles Bukowski quote
It's funny how this is all playing out actually. I somehow found some old Alan Watts talks and have been listening to a few for the past few months. Earlier today I remembered exurb1a and his perspectives on life and just his content, etc. And I thought "wouldn't it be interesting if he covered some of the things Alan talks about, Buddhism wise?". And now I'm here. 5 hours later. What a weird coincidence.
@@ItsNotMax ive never watched this guy and i dont see how anyone could compare him to Watts, he seems like he just read a book on Buddhism and then made a video
@@harmondraws i suggest watching more of his videos, hes brilliant in his own right. I dont like to compare philosophers because everyone brings their own unique perspective to it, thats the beauty of it
@@harmondraws Watch his video, A letter to marble 3
"I'm not a buddhist... I'm barely a person"
Amen philosophy turtle, amen.
lol
Amen!
Yes, thanks, Oogway!
philosophy/science turtle
Turtle
“I’m not a Bhuddist, I’m BARELY a person” sounds like some real bhuddist shit to say
me
Yeah, it really is on brand.
Me too tho😂
My favourite quote from now on
Wait- we'd actually say this
Manager: “don’t just sit there, do something”
Buddha: “don’t just do something, sit there”
😹😹
its weird how someones paying you to do something not just sit there and think about life 🤔
Ooooooooo...........
@@sickofschool6626 i KNOW smh
me: *sitting there, doing something*
*L I M I T L E S S T R A N S C E N D E N C E*
"I'm not a buddhist, I'm barely a person"
Well, you know who'd say that ? a buddhist
Hahahahah yessssssss that's true
Exactly what I thought when he said it 😂
Zen
a rapist?
Know 'Genetically Modified Sceptic'?
The Atheist-TH-camr so nice and unbiased and non-arrogant that he has lots of Christian Fans now?
That warm guy?
Or Forrest Valkai, the Bio-Teacher who's also on Tiktok?
Turtle man defended the blobfish. My life is complete. Enlightenment achieved
Respect to you my man
Yes
I do like when someone defends a blob fish.😌
Profile pic checks out.
I appreciate your existence.
Justice for the blob!
I was homeless when I first saw this video. I just watched it again after getting out of bed living in an appartment with a job that can actually pay rent. When you have had nothing, it really puts into perspective on life.
Bouta be in the same boat
It really does.
I was homeless 8 years ago.
Cheers mates
Good to hear you’re doing better man
Yh I guess this vid can make you think. But most people forget.
Was homeless briefly as a kid. It definitely changed me. Not sure if it was for the better. But maybe it doesn't matter if it was.
"We can't stand in the same river once"
Man that's profound. I love your writing.
That was actually such a perfect analogy
Heraclitus beuatifully said
@@penggunasepertinyatidakdik4374I don’t understand it. How can you not stand in the same river once? You standing on it in the 1st place would mean ‘once’. It sounds ‘smart’ but it doesn’t make any sense.
@@zakiahmed6655what Heraclitus meant was the river you once stepped on 5 minutes ago wasn’t the same river that you are now standing on, for nothing is permanent except change.
@@zakiahmed6655 the water in the river flows, its not the same anymore, and you standing there are not the same like you even 1 second ago. So what that mean is everything is in a condition of flowing flux, the matter of any existences are in motion over time, and it cannot be defined as it was, because its always changing and never in a stabile state.
"How long is a Kalpa?"
"The length of time between exurb1a videos."
😂
Good one
imagine if he did that lol
This got me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ooooof
“A star died to make you and you no longer find romance in that.”
Why did that make me incredibly sad?
Because we have all heard that when we were young and we all felt childlike shock and joy when we heard that only to release tater down the line that it doesn't matter.
You should really think about why that is. Dont ignore that feeling, see what it has to say.
that cobain pfp tho
@Fck Utube what the the hell are yoy talking about lol
Because it's sad. Because it's true.
That something as massive as a star, that lived longer than there has been life, that once burned with such heat and died with such violence and power as were needed to form the heavy elements of which we're made, for that sacrifice, as unbalanced as it is between what we were and what we are now, for that to be so underappreciated, that it brings you sadness is to be expected, for it is the saddest truth of our reality.
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, And the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." ~The Buddha
”Morning comes and you wake, your first awareness is of boundless misery”
This made me spit out my morning coffee, hilarious!
“Electric Buddhaloo” is the best thing I’ve heard in the past two years.
What was the best thing before that?
@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx 20 min
@@splitarillo1960 Sliced bread.
Exurb1a reply to your wild and dark allegations. You are an evil being.
Top 10 greatest puns of all time)
It's definitely fun to ponder on these deep existential dilemmas, but I really would just rather be a tree or a rock.
Always felt like I'd like to be a tree.
@@Wintercide yeah, I'dt be pretty chill till some guy with an axe shows up
are you using the right word? pontificate means you’re expressing your opinion in a pompous way
Wanna just be a cicada rn
Sooner or later your consciousness will fade back into the world, there's no rush.
What a great time to be alive! Having this kind of stuff available just at the reach of my hand, thank you bro!
aaaaand... next! Next video! More dopamine! More catchy titles! Samsara never ends and fuck her!! XD
I’m an Atheist but often tend to seek wisdom from Buddhism. Absolutely love Buddhas teaching !
When Islamic Extremists talk disdainfully about the atheists in the East, they don't mean the Communists... they mean the Buddhists.
Atheism is a belief. Why not drop it and return to your "don't know" mind?
@@StimParavane Good point. Plato (Sacratese) put belief as the 2nd lowest form of knowledge, with only superstition being last. I don't know is wisdom, and I don't know, along with letting go, are both very much a part of Buddhist wisdom.
@@StimParavaneAtheism is not a belief. It's a generally held idea based on facts. No point in our modern day science has led us any closer to proving theism.
Atheism is a a lack of belief .
“I’m an alchoholic, not an educator.”
There’s a difference?
are you implying that all educators are alcoholics or alcoholics or educators?
@@DisentDesign both
One teaches, the other teaches a test
I think Dylan Moran may have several words to string together in a sentence, just for this topic alone.
@@DisentDesign As a son of a teacher: Yes.
"i'm not a Buddhist, i'm barely a person" thanks for bring me back to smiling after that trip brother. keep making things, you're a gem. all love
o.o your name's chai? It means tea in hindi.
Lol I was thinking the same thing, glad we came up for a breathe of air after going that deep😂
I mean, he's got sexual assault charges against him, so he might not even be joking when he says what kind of person he is ...
@@firebert2000 could you link an article or something so I can know more about what's going on coz I have no idea
@@codeywilson2151 the link might get deleted. but there's no doubt. look up Pieke Roelofs. This whole thing is a mess...
As a buddhist i love this! Not perfect but very close, and made in a very light way, well done sir.
Not perfect? Do you desire a more perfect video? Would that bring you satisfaction?
what exactly he got off? I think it was spot on.
@@NitrousOxide72 Relax, he seemed pretty satisfied from the way he worded things. Stop getting so emotional over something like this
@@NitrousOxide72are you okay you seem spiteful
@@n14ck I think it's a joke on desire
I like that so much of Buddhism's value is in its philosophies. You can leave the spirituality behind and still benefit enormously from the perspectives and tools it offers.
Islam: "Praise god and its followers"
Christian: "Praise Jesus and he'll save you"
Buddhism: *_"Reject existence, return to nothing "_*
that makes a lot of sense to be honest as a Buddhist
Paganism: "Praise existence, return to nature"
Hmmm last one sounds good? i guess but nah ima stick with nothing
@@thotslayer9914 yeah i dont hold any view of after life
@@thotslayer9914 Unless you mean after life as in just dead in a grave
"Dalai Lama 2: Electric Buddhaloo"
This man is a genius
So I wasn't the only one that got it!
Indeed he is
what does it mean 😩
@@DieuNguyen-up5ph it’s a reference to hermitcraft i think
that’s where i heard it anyway
edit: nvm not from hermitcraft lol
@@DieuNguyen-up5ph it's a meme which originates from the '80s movie "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
Throwing this on in the background while tryna play some minecraft has got me tripping on life
same man
There’s too much to be thought about in his videos, I watch them distraction free and focus on the message and try to embrace it. I don’t even binge his videos I watch one multiple times over multiple days in order to truly grasp the message and then next. This ain’t a binging channel, this is an existential crisis channel.
@@sharandeepsingh9559 cool for you man, personally i binged all of his videos because its like a fucking drug man. I cant not. And even after waatching them I rewatch again and again.
Bro this was some great content. It has became one of my most favorite video on youtube. Thanks man
"A star died to make you and you find no romance in that"
I have never heard anything so beautiful yet agonizing in my life.
It’s blindly self-centred. Stars die, and make everything.
The romance, or rather the passion, starts to come back after you actually study the process. Then passion goes away, and is replaced by satisfaction.
A star didn't die to make ME or YOU, the star just died and shit started to make itself from it, from how I see it
@@leonardo9259 See, this is the lack of romance we're talking about.
We are literally living atoms. Carbon, oxygen, IRON, sodium, calcium, potassium... Brown is dark orange. If a tree falls and nothing is around to perceive the sound, it made no sound just vibrations. Color is a shape and only exists in brains. We breathe oxygen but our atmosphere is mostly nitrogen. Twin particles are normal and when one dies the other one disappears at the same exact time, no matter where in the UNIVERSE it exists. Human brains haven't changed in about 30.000 years, just the cultures which allow for greater learning. The heat from the sun is particles hitting your skin and that's why you get a sunburn, basically getting pounded too hard by atoms (which humans do need to produce vitamin D). You are here experiencing your life simply for your enjoyment, education, and ultimate enlightenment. Plastic is a liquid, just like certain glass.
@@NoFootprints27 You "literally" have no idea what you are, nihilism is lazy and ignorant. On the other side with most beliefs you have unbounded arrogance. And actually, we have unchanged human remains going back over 200 000 years, when cro magnon suddenly appears and is unchanged to this date in all measurable ways. So much for "evolution". Pure adaptation is much more reasonable, and has no ulterior motives behind it
"milk or no milk?"
*universe intensifies*
Milk, it doesn’t take a long time for me to decide.
"universe intensifies" ? lol
I sometimes come back and rewatch it. I love your videos, they are so unique and full of character. Thank you for this, and I hope you are doing good.
long time friend and ive got to say you are absolutely a modern age philosopher
Depressed turtle man is back let’s gooo
yessir
It has been only 6 months
@@philothefabulous w h a t
And he has a book!😁
I miss being depressed in these videos
shoutout to this man for giving blob fish the kindness they deserve
#blobfishlifematters xd
@@tuna3717 bflm blob fish lives matter
#giveblobfishthekindnesstheydeserve
All hail the blobfish and may it rise up against humanities stigmatization of its self under the sense of different atmospheric compression!!
All hail the Blob fish!
FUCKIN AY
In my language, the meanings are like this (ballparking/similar meaning),
Dukkha - Sadness/Pain (dissatisfaction is a part of this, right?)
Samsara - World/Earth (but also can mean 'talking' in my lang)
Nirvana/Moksha - Lower-Enlightenment(?)/ Higher-Enlightenment(?)
Kalpa/Yuga - era/eon/age
Anishchatha - Impermanence/uncertainty /transience
Anaatha - in my language it means orphan, that may have stemmed from 'identitylessness', but actual Sanskrit-meaning might have been 'non-individualityness'(?).
The word is "Anaththa" meaning the absence of "self". 'Anaatha' is indeed an orphan. Are you Sinhalese?
Interesting, which language is this?
@@livelife2324 I'm Indian
@@aaronrhys9000 Maybe the word has multiple derived meanings.
@@ianc8266 My language is Malayalam.
"a battle to regulate our prehistoric tendecies"
goddamnit man, what a neat way of describing the situation
“I hope you’re listening, cause there’ll be a test at the end”
-rewinds video to 0:00
At the end of what..
@@pilifoknaj904 I don't know, but eh, just to be sure
Summary: Blob fish good, hooman kinda not good
He means the end of life
“Muuum, depression turtle is terrorizing me again.” - Everyone
Weird talking turtle man is nice
Existencial crisis turtle😩
Damn turtle
Not really.
The turtlean is your friend dont reseist him
"No matter how advanced technology is the world cannot exist without love" - Castle in The Sky
Hello exurb1a, thank you for making this video. Two years ago, I was searching for something meaningful, not necessarily a religion, but just something that clicks with me and gives me some "existential" direction. This very entertaining and educational intro to buddhism hooked me on those ideas and over many detours I landed in a Soto Zen dojo. While it's wrong to say that it transformed my life (buddhism is there for you to live your life, not escape from it), Zen meditation gave my life a context and appreciation for which I am very grateful - therefore thanks for making such an entertaining video. Maybe otherwise I wouldn't have looked into it further
The Dalai Lama once said "Do not try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are." and honestly I live by that daily. I don't consider myself to be a religious person but as a philosophy I've found Buddhism to be foundational for me getting through covid.
I guess I just have to figure out what I am. hard question to answer!
Covid was nothing, easy crisis.
Exactly! And this what I feel life is about you have an x amount of years to find your own answer and find an answer to all of the questions you have for life
Well, that was anti-climactic. I thought that instead of "covid" you'd say "life." But OK.
@@psterud they are one and the same
Dalai Lama is the leader of Gelug, which is one of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism, not the whole Tibetan Buddhism.
One of my favorite quotes from the buddha is just “ask for a rice grain from any household that hasn’t had anyone die before and maybe I can revive your son”, cold asf line, context is a woman is tryna revive her early graved son
true, the buddha did not shy away from things like that
I asked a Buddhist lady monk if she had any tips for clearing my mind of thoughts.
“After all these years my head still full of crazy ” I was informed.
She is right
yep! it’a not really about getting your mind totally clear and peaceful- if you’re always waiting for that and chasing after it, you’ll never achieve it and you’ll set yourself up for frustration. what you CAN do, though, is practice letting thoughts come and go without getting attached to/engaging with them.
Yeah, you can't control the mind, but you can just let it be, let it go and carry on.
The key is not wanting it. So a real answer is life changes, meditation and consistently digging into your mind through exterior resources, not internally
@@turncloak. Could you elaborate on this?
"i'm barely a person" funny coincidence is this is the central teaching of buddhadharma
it must have been a subconscious thing. ahhaah
I think that's the joke
Funny coincidence is he's credibly accused of pretty inhumane acts
@@Hayanomie pardon?
@@Hayanomie what?
i like your authenticity, how you're not throwing big words and trying to look like an intellectual which may not be bad some people develop vocabulary over time but you can tell when it gets inauthentic. I love your insights.
Great, quick, to the point explanation of Buddhist concepts. Like all things- the deeper study of any subject gives you greater understanding. The video gives you plenty to think about and study deeper.
"I don't have much time"
Goes on to explain why blobfish aren't actually ugly :'D
it's important you can't cut that out
that seemed like some personal grudge
“I’m not a Buddhist, I’m barely a person” damn I felt that
Isn't that their goal?
I literally spat my drink when you showed Boris with the Gargoyles 💀
This video is beyond incredible, thank you for putting your time and effort into this
With a failing business, due mortgage, and parents to care for, I teared up more than I should have watching this. Thanks man, these really do help.
That sounds like a huge weight and I hope you're doing all right - massive love, Subhan
Damn, you are going through a lot. Hope your situation improves. Stay strong.
I hope things start to go your way more, man.
I hope It's all gonna work out for you
Money doesnt control you. You and your parents are stronger than the fear of the world.
“Lil Fusion Reactor” is actually a pretty dope rapper name
Tokamak 😆
What about lil amogus?
@@kingcrimson2168 hahahaha, amogus funni.
I mean i guess you could go with Lil’ Tok and that works
you guys hear that new EP from lil Chernobyl? Shit was fire
Just discovered exurb1a. 62 years old. Seen a lot. The last minute hit home - hard.
You are awesome man. Great video. ❤️
The Buddha: Attains Nirvana
Also Buddha: "Pretty stoked, bro."
What ? Lord Buddha never said that. Don’t insult the Buddhism and accumulate bad karma
@@pzan49 Chill dude. If you're being serious, I'm just kidding.
@@pzan49 there is a pretty thick line between insult and a joke.
@@Cra3ture Buddhism is no subject to joke about. Thinking it as such is itself an insult. I don’t expect you guys to understand this anyway.
@@pzan49 Bruh chill learn how to take a joke man
exurb1a: It's time for your irregularly-scheduled existential crisis video
me: yes, dear
Hes making the crisis parts longer and longer now
@@crassenmlgscopez6524 that's life yo
If this video gives you an existential crisis, you need to revaluate your life. Thats like saying finding out 1+2=3, made you doubt maths.
@@drabnail777 ok
Yes
Cheeky as it is, this is quite an excellent summary of basic Buddhism and a heartfelt message about remembering our shared Humanity. Well done, you!
We are the universe experiencing itself 💜
Thanks for this,
I really enjoyed. 💚
No one:
_exurb1a_ in every video: *I paid for the whole shutterstock, I'm gonna use whole shutterstock.*
😂😂😂
True, he has an image for every idea/concept/word, it's astounding.
th-cam.com/video/T0rS5LvdFa4/w-d-xo.html
"And of course this picture of the UK prime minister, because why the hell not."
@@Neoplasie1900 sneakily hidden between two dozen pictures of gargoyles
To everyone having issues with "conquering yourself" I just want to encourage you. I was deeply depressed during my 20s and experienced a lot of loss. I thought would never be able to be who I wanted to be and never get out of the hole I was in. But I did, and you can too. Things aren't perfect but I'm very happy where I'm at compared to where I was before. This doesn't work for everyone, but my first step was just straight up accepting who I was in that moment. I had trouble getting one task done a day and often laid in bed for 2 hours after waking up. I was a shell. It's a little paradoxical but when I accepted my current self and stopped guilting myself over it is when I was finally able to muster the energy to start changing. That energy was previously wasted on self hatred and comparing myself to others. Anyways, have a good one, hope this helps at least one person who's reading.
This reminds me of the old adage 'people get better'.
The vast majority of people who are ill get better, and yet they want to attribute their healing to some outside power.
Maybe it was their diet, maybe it was a crystal. actually, you just got better.
Nice to see you here man, your work makes me happy and I hope you have a nice week.
Thank you
Thanks a lot!! I really wanna that!
I can't believe this. I had the exact same experience. The depression and then the revelation. I was depressed for 3 years in university (19 to 21/22) and I would skip class, just stay in my dorm room and stay up all night, sleep for hours, stay in bed all day. Avoid friends and meeting people, not shower, barely do any work. Self loathing, blaming that I am unlucky and everything bad happens to me. Eventually just sitting alone I started thinking about life and just existence and why everything is so shitty. Why are people hustling all the time just to be miserable. Pain and sorrow everywhere, I realized no-one is truly happy. What am I even working towards. Then I realized I wasn't even working. I had stopped caring and my life being stuck in a rut is a result of me not doing anything. I felt very lonely and isolated, like no one cared. Like no one loved me. It took me a while to realize that if there's anyone that will be with me at all times....it's me. Only I can be there for myself, I can only rely on myself. Only I know what I like and don't like, so only I can love myself and make myself happy. That's when it hit me. The problems and the solutions are inside of me. I am the answer. Seeking happiness inside rather than outside is the answer. If I love myself, care about myself, I would be happier. I would feel good, enjoy my time. Then eventually I will be a better version of me. I will be more confident to put myself out there, to be among people. If I am happy and I can rely on myself even in hard times, I won't have to seek for some sort of helping hand or wait for a savior. This way if I am happy, other people will see that and would want to associate themselves with me because I spread joy more than despair and self-detrimental jokes. Another big revelation was to not have expectations. Expectations is exactly what causes disappointment which leads to being upset or sad. Being realistic, having no expectations, and doing your work and living life cuz that's your duty helps being realistic with yourself and your emotions too. I will blame other things less. Anyways, it was crazy to see someone else have a similar experience and way out of depression and existential crisis. I am glad we are both in a better place! And I hope more people turn to introspection and bettering themselves because they love themselves and not to fit into society and make other's happy!
Good to hear that you’re there. Thank you. Take care and stay well
You narrated it in a humorous way but you managed to capture some of the most complicated concepts of Buddhism, which is a difficult thing to do in English, for a non-Buddhist audience. Appreciate the attempt and putting this out here. It is difficult for most people in the West to discover the original form of Buddhism (Theravada school of thought) because of the language barrier. Most people think Zen Buddhism and meditation are what Buddhism is. If this fired up even a little curiosity in people to deep dive into Buddhism, you've accumulated a lot of good Karma.
zen is probably good but it lacks the structured path the buddha taught, and heavily relies on the teacher-student transmission, which means that it can be easily bullshitted
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 🙏🏼☸️🙏🏼
Dude, you are the most depressing optimist I've heard so far.
Buddhism kinda seems depressing at first glance. But when you understand what it means, Buddhism makes a lot of sense.
@@hiran4935 its the exact middle of pessimism and optimism
Happy optimistic nihilism day
@@cormacabbey2404 whatever it is it sounds pretty chill lol
Realist person with a melancholic soul in other words
"Mom, the depression turtle is trying to teach me about religion again... "
Lmfaoo
Annie Clark?
Meh the turtle is probably wanting you to reincarnate to become a turtle so you can join him
"Clark, our son is watching the depressing turtle again"
......
"YEAH! Get the popcorn!"
"tell him we're all going to hell anyway sweetie"
This is the only TH-cam video that I have watched more than twice. I find it so comforting.
LOL @ dalai lama 2: electric buddhaloo. That allusion came out of left field and elicited a hearty chuckle :)
He remembered the password to his channel, finally.
Nah thats cuz he was dealing with his rape allegations and being summoned to court
@@NeostormXLMAX what in the god forgiven *sighs* whatever
😂
@Karl Walrodt stop the cap
Aaah, the rememberer
This channel is a captivating mix of education, humour, and existential dread
yep he is spreading depression
@@christiantaylor1495 Your name implies that you're just a depressed jealous christian, spreading lies.
Yes, Quite a funny way to be introduced to seriously deep stuff. I hope it won't dissuade viewers to conduct some prolonged investigation, and dare I say, "Meditate Upon," Buddhism - or, again, dare I mention: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, perennial psychology, scientism, - I think you get it. Don't dismiss long ago knowledge, because Us early 21st (monetizing) Ego's seem to think all "certainty and clarity" may only be acquired here and now, exclusively by us brainiacs. Let's not be that wit-filled with arrogance... Even if it is, as I've stated, pretty "entertaining".
@@hellion6737 christian is a name not all the time someone part of a religion
@@josephfreetimer1736 kindly download all videos by Exurb1a I fear in future he might Delete all his videos n channels
Just loved your narration. Absolutely brilliant!
Others: dramatic pause for dramaturgical reasons.
This dude: dramatic pause to light up his bong.
Legend. Absolute legend. 10/10
That's at 4:10 - he was trying to get to 4:20 but couldn't.
I never thought I’d see the day when a depressive alcoholic turtle would make an online video detailing the philosophies of buddhism while talking about blobfish and Town of Salem all the while.
Basically, I think I might be really high right now.
And yet you have the mandlebrodt set as your profile pic ❤
That Mandelbrot kinda thicc tho
@@energeticgorilla mmmmmm its so infinite 💦
@@energeticgorilla 😳
@@MrHalahalaho it’s so deep 💦😩😳
“ I’m an alcoholic not an educator “
“ I hope you’re listening because there will be a test at the end”
😂
Passed the test?
Funny, most of my educators were probably alcoholics
@@smallstudiodesign then you're probablly choosed the wrong place to study
@@msia7201 don’t drink, it’s not helpful.
The test is for us to achieve libertation
All of your videos are super informative and fascinating man, I've having a difficult time resisting binging them, but just trying to watch no more than one per day.
lovely writing. lovely narration and editing. thank you for sharing
"Basically the cardgame Mafia"
*shows the cardgame Werewolf which is like the cardgame Mafia*
They sell actual cards for that? I always just played with playing cards
I always played mafia strictly through spoken word. I first played it on a summer camp, which is the perfect environment for it. Sidenote: amogus is mafia minus subteltly and more skill dependent.
I always played it by writing the roles on pieces of paper. Everyone grabs one randomly. Nice and easy.
“And I’m an alcoholic not an educator.”
Yeah aren’t we all...
I wish I was. I'm too busy to be an alcoholic
@@eccomi21 hell yeah!
I’m a pothead not an alcoholic
I'm a hopeless recluse
I can testify that they are on(e) in the same, (I was drunk when I wrote this comment.) But believe me. My memory is crystal clear,
Badass explanation, bro. 🤙🙏🔥
man, it was a pleasure to find your channel. thank you
"The Dalai Lama's been reincarnated but, this time, hes not giving any second chances! Catch him this summer in: Dalai Lama 2: Electric Buddhaloo"
"Hey, Baldy!"
2 brothers
You Never disappoint. That was an absolutely amazing video 👏
Totally random seeing YOU here. Good creators have good taste lol
Haha you still don't have a voice lol
Even cactus needs fair share of wisdom
It's spike the dank meme!
Sweet. Haven't watched anything from you for a few years, so it's lovely to see your development.
love it....knocked out of the...err... temple again. Just ordered your poetry book. Very excited. Good work
Me seeing Boris with a bunch of gargoyles: *accurate*
lmfaooo
that completely took me off guard lmao
@@-thesignpainter9486 same i had to rewind and register what i just saw hahahah
Boris the animal
cringe
"We did everything we could but..."
Christ that phrase still knocks me for six now, over a year later. This life thing is hard.
this video was published 6 hours ago
@@koka1921 timetraveler shenanigans
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@@koka1921 Maybe the event happened a few years ago and the major traumatic experience hit him again when he heard the line again in the video.
@@koka1921 it's not a novel phrase. Seems like our friend here has heard it before.
Great video all the way from Houston Texas 🐲📿☸️🕉✝️❤️🔥😎🇺🇸
you vids are like an acid trip, and the music is so intense, i love it lmao
You simultaneously manage to make me question any sort of purpose in existing, and reaffirm that just being is enough in itself. Never stop what you do dear depressed turtle, you help make the universe a little more endurable for many
That feeling is really assuring if only moments ago I was only questioning my purpose :)
Keep rolling that boulder up the hill, my dude
@@jnc4148 nice ending to youtube disagreements for once, i appreciate both of you
" How miraclus it was that we managed to live through an era in which we could land robots on some of the planets and simultaneously still didn't quite know how to be happy or properly take care of all the human family yet"
@Favel Konefka. But he funded it
@Favel Konefka. But his species did :)
Favel has got you there ngl
if i could be a part of something grand like that, i'd die happy.
A task that only requires one person or a small group of people to put in a lot of effort will always be easier than one that requires a lot of people to put in even the slightest modicum of effort.
Love coming back to these videos
had another bout with my existential crisis today, this helped a lot thank you.
"Morning comes and you wake into boundless misery" hahahaha i just woke up
Funny enough that he caused exactly this to happen to at least one person
Make that two.
Make that 3
When depression turtle said “I’m not a Buddhist I’m barely a person” I felt that
I enjoy all your videos very very very much. They even make me cry a little in excitement. Thank you
I think this is my new favorite channel. The quote from Dave Graeber in particular was a missile to the heart.
"A star died to make you."
Damn, that's... Such a beautiful and tragic statement.
got some big _Upsilon Dies Backwards_ flashbacks from this sentence
It feels too romanticized to call it tragic, knowing the star just stopped functioning on its own with no ulterior purpose. Our making was an ocurrence from its remains and the influence of another star on them.
How is that tragic or beautiful?
and if we calculate chance to you to born from only from that point it's ridiculously small, makes you miracle of the dead star, all of us. Don't waste it, but find your own way and go with it, nobody can't tell you what you are going to spent your life to. (Personally, I hate when people say "don't waste your time" and anything except traveling is acceptable answer to them.) That is beautiful thing and what exurb1a has said before in these videos, most complex thing in the universe is you.
@@steampunkastronaut7081 I say tragic because what he says after, a lot people don't even give it a second thought. We're just here and that's that, whatever happened before (way, way before) isn't relevant to me.
the bong rip after introducing matreiya absolutely fucking slayed me
Thank you for pointing that out. I totally missed it.
Idk why that's so funny but ok
which is rather ironic considering weed and all other mind altering substances (alcohol, psychedelics, etc) are prohibited under Buddhism. Its very tragic that westerners think drug use is the path to enlightenment, when if any westerner ever read the dhammapada they would know drugs only pollute the mind and misguide us.
@@oracle8192 Tragic, but predictable. Western drug users who strive to be nonviolent to be accepted in peace are as such ardently made into "pitiful" out-groups by most elites in power who think drugs distract their worker-pools from making more money for their bosses than proportionally for themselves. As such they have more time to introspect and ponder for themselves but also at the same time to use drugs to "experience mental expansion because deep understanding is so out-there man" not realizing those are just feelings and if their minds were actually expanding they would excel in academia. Yet, the fact that they were drawn to abuse drugs in the first place meant the reality they live does not provide enough to meet the feelings they want, having this sympathy for others they are able to take a look around and see that really most society/production makes life "so unhappy most of the time for all people" as well as themselves, so they feel they at least can begin to relate to a big religion of actual peace, obviously that wouldn't be any form of limited/limiting Monotheism...so they seek "Easter philosophies and religions" to feel connected to and spiritual with. But neither Buddhism nor Hinduism have strong far-away colonial tendencies of "we are humbly better than you and know you are more trash than us" like Abrahamism does.
Buddhism is no more a single unified practice or belief than any other religion or philosophy is. I've smoked weed with Buddhist masters, but if you do this in the wrong country the government will make you disappear regardless of your social status. Using a drug is not necessarily a spiritual practice nor an addiction, either, yet almost any experience pleasurable or not, can be.
Attachment to rigid expectations brings a very transient sense of certainty, the ego revels in the false authority this imparts then feeds further on the scorn that follows.
this was class mate, well done!
I can't remember when's the last time I was so deeply fascinated by a TH-cam video. I started crying. B Has to be one of the best videos ever in TH-cam, It just... felt so personal..
The best line ever written: *'Dalai lama 2: Electric Buddhaloo'*
Grian reference ;)
@@Mario-cz6tr Electric Boogaloo as term is kinda old (1970s), Electric Boogaloo as it's used today comes from a movie called "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" (1984), so no, it isn't a Grian reference.
I think the best line is “I’m not Buddhist, I’m barely human”
@@dryashes its likely that grian revived it into meme culture again a bit
“Munnies, funnies, feline tummies”
Is the new live, laugh, love
omg the pause and the bong rip... that fucking got me
Thank you so much for talking about the fact that humans HAVE NO PLAN. How can we be this self-aware and evolved as a species, but not escape our ape-ambitions to hoard resources and compete just for competitions sake? So crazy. Loved this video.
I think it's because our brains and bodies haven't evolved at nearly the same rate as our surroundings and society are
Our wiring is f*cked. Unf*cking it with meditation is really, really HARD. We're looking at all sorts of better tools - psychedelics, neurotechnologies. AI could help us a lot with that. Or it could outrace us and just cause social chaos. We're a very unusual species.
I mean, no species has a plan. none of life has a plan. we gather resources because that's what life does, except our issue is that instead of reciprocating those resources back to the earth or distributing them for the sake of making life better for all of us, we prefer to just sit on them.
we (often) hoard, and when we hoard, we break into teams and fight.
I think we can also embrace our human nature and just do it really well? Like horde things for the sake of it for a while so you know the joy of it, then know other joys. I think there is a spark in the middle of it all and many sparks all around but always both with you - with your mind - and yourself? - because if mind is a part then I think there is more emotionally. There is a bottom rung to it all where you have truth and discernment and things come into proportion to each other. There is a bed to it all underneath whatever chaos there may be which is why the rest of it makes sense as good in some way and also why we try to do good in spite of less awesome things we could do. There are different ways we get swept up in life but that can be fun ... Our hopes and dreams get swept up too but also with other people, animals, plants and beings of all kinds. Even viruses and other evolutionary beings. When we crash we crash into the learning of those experiences and it's both self instructive as far as what went wrong and what didn't but it's also the felt experience of it on an emotional level and also I wanted to say subliminal but also transcendent. Maybe that was a mini crash. Life makes us want to hold onto it because we need to to survive and learning that teaches us the value of things from a very heart centered place but being able to enter into the place of sort of life reflective also helps us navigate and understand what it's all about. It does seem like a lot of our experiences now in history are intense and include an awareness of ramifications that is difficult to say the least and harrowing and personal because the world is made up of our lives. But there is also time usually at some point when the rain stops to take a minute and breathe and feel the wind again and then dance with it if we want to. I feel like when the ground stays grounded and we are able to move and feel and think and breathe and be in motion or not, and we are communicating, maybe just being in the world itself is therapy enough to then move us into all the evolutionary consciousness things we might want to move into ... But better in the sense that we do get to make the world better and enjoy it being better, and also full of new achetypes, roles, experiences and things to learn than what we had before. So it is hard in some ways to be in tough times and changing times. For sure. Absolutely. But also the joy and opportunity we have for real life things, for heart things, and for consciousness things is also really profound and meaningful and abundant. I loved this whole video ... There are so many points that I feel like we are all talking about these days wrapped up lovingly and well. It brings me back into ... Yes so much yes and also where is the spark? Where is the spark of goodness and joy and meaningfully moving forward in this life personally, collectively, or in general? If we all had the opportunity in the last few years to sit with ourselves alone or slow down or even just feel a lot what were each of those experiences? Where was the gold in it? Because we all now have that to share. It's like, living in a hugely existential time in the sense of change and innovation and fortitude, each of us has if you think of it, so much of value in our own minds, thoughts, perspectives to share ... Really finding love and what is of value even when we are alone or in stillness and silence ... Is sort of like a big entrance, muffled and silenced as it might feel, into a new world? Maybe the things that are of inspiration to us all and give relevance to even the experience of our breathing personhood here, zen like or enlightened as it might be, are actually still here for us despite apparent tragedy. The tragedy of our age or the recent years is part of the fabric of our lives and very real, but realer still is who we are, our selves and our desires for whatever, to do good or be good or love, and that force will always move us up to the next potential. And not in a hollow way. Except in a hallowed way. It's like a balance of forces again and again yes but not lacking meaning because the joy of being is why we are here to begin with and the love of our world or each other is what drives us forward as the best of what the craziness of our world can be. We are choosing it like he said, and maybe the fact that we are choosing it means there is someone choosing. Surrender or you will be dragged but you are surrendering to what you actually are and what you actually care about. That seems like maybe the next step in some way. The ability to stand strong in whatever stance we are in, like nothing or like the wind which has force but also grace, or to act or think or speak strong and with the practiced meditation or even just soul or life experience to really believe we are doing the best we can and really try and keep thinking through it and keep enjoying it and keep going. When I am in conversation with people I keep finding like minds and its like this spirit of progress won't die down. I know that is not the same thing as buddhism but it does feel like we are all evolving through something pretty mind blowing right now. Maybe its like ok if you practice enough you get really good at this Zen thing, and then if you practice enough you have a lot of free will, and then once you have that you naturally want to do good and end up taking on something really beautiful and awesome and want to share. I hope that's the way the earth goes. I hope we all mellow out and realize we can do more but in a good way that is in balance for us and actually helps us all over all. Because we're all here together we have to do it each of us every day and only what we can, but collectively that's a whole lot of good stuff. I keep doing then hoping and sometimes losing faith but whenever i do someone else inevitably comes along and helps me out and all it takes is the bare minimum of both of us or all of us looking for the best potential and things become awesome really fast because that's what happens when you get two people or more all trying to be awesome. Mostly my teacher is my dog Chippie. Im glad we are all living in this time here together and im glad for videos like these and all the great comments. And glad to get to share about what has helped me thru these times. Yay humans? We are mostly good i think. Yay dogs. Cats can come too. Etc.
@@taradouma1025I would have read this, but it is simply too long and a giant wall, dude.