Love this man and although the doubters maybe cannot engage in the knowledge offered by the great Buddhist masters, Bob Thurman is so clear and simple and downright amusing in his delivery, that it's impossible not to think carefully about what he says.
Years ago I read Bob's translation of the Vimalakirti Sutra, an old Buddhist text about an archetypal boddhisattva. I somehow "knew" that here was someone (Bob) who knew. I have never doubted it. Thank you Bob and all who made this talk possible. Bob is an extremely rare jewel.
Yeah, he's way way more than just an academic. I've always wondered how he was allowed to teach at the academy, since he actually believes in something.
Buddha Bob -- as he was called at Columbia University -- is absolutely the best :) I wonder how come some people don't get that some things he says is tongue-in-cheek, like women are more enlightened ... This great scholar delivers message of profound wisdom, massage of libaration, in a modern, entertaining language, very accurately too, without everything-is -the-same-devious-thinking trash that often oozes from the lips of so many so called gurus....
Bob is my fav' presenter by far at this conference. He seems to have done real spiritual study and works and not become dried up. Reminds me of some of the himalaya yogis I have known.
Rebirth by choice, is a vacation. Learn the capabilities of the mind and body. Remember the value of hard work and helping others. Overall, have a good time with it and share those vibes with others along the path. 🔼🔃🔽
Buddha message is all of the above. Buddha teaching is like the universe where your experience is infinite. The answer is within you but yes compassionate is number 1 key factor but if you don't have the experience in life how do you know which is compassionate.
I met Bob's daughter in a dream once, over twenty years ago. I asked her how her dad was. She told me, "He's probably off drunk somewhere." Good enough for Marpa.
Well, the paradox is the sign post and the tetralemma has some landing lights. Neither something, nor nothing, nor both, nor neither. No thing might be more precise in many contexts.
Thus the more realized enlightened testicled humans cut off their testicled and embrace their YIN nature more = the meaning of TRANSgenderism. :]😅😅😅😅😅😅
Dear friends at SAND: the title of this video really doesn’t do it justice. I clicked on it purely because it was Bob Thurman, but please consider a more engaging or even accurate title. This is a really fun presentation, but there is really deep existential content presented here - dreams, afterlife, social responsibility- that others might skip over based on a title that is a little too glib. I love your videos and would love to share this one on social but don’t think the title is accurate or even enticing.
@@tenzinthomasmasami The title comes, in part from Professor Thurman's suggestion, he is working on a book about how "Buddhas have more fun." He's very passionate about reminding the world that the Buddha's discovery was about the blissful nature of reality, not suffering. Here's a recent talk where he digs deeper into the idea: th-cam.com/video/rjzr1OtzHSM/w-d-xo.html
Stimulating and fun- but I have one place where I disagree. I think it's very simplistic to assume that lions are only lions to learn how to become human! It is very possible that Lion Soul is its own utter perfection- equal to but different from humans. Same for all other life forms.
Not only haven't they discovered a lack of subtle soul surviving the material body, but they've weighed dying patients demonstrating the weight of the soul. It's also been photographed.
I love this channel. It is ironic that the logo of 🕉️ = MC2 actually represents dualism, not Om, and not the Absolute. Since the speed of light squared requires time and distance and the Absolute has neither, it is timeless and motionless. It might be more accurate to put, Om does not equal MC2. Or perhaps use the symbol of yin and yang. ☯️=MC2? What do you think? Can science and spirit actually be reconciled? 🛐⚛️=☮️.
Amazing talk and posting this out. Having lived in the remote high Himalayas bordering Tibet (30 miles away) for the last 18 years, and the lower jungle regions, and being a psychotherapist for 32-years before that, it has to be said that this 'nothing' as per Buddhism is not what's been found to be true/reality, either via personal experience or hearing many accounts from shaman/yogis. What has been experienced is described in ancient Yogic science/Hinduism; the dissolving of a personal egocentric self followed by tremendous expansion into being every single thing simultaneously - both in form/manifestation and as light itself. In other words, there's no personal self (rather than 'nothing') which leaves a feeling/experience of emptiness because the ego-self has dissolved. And also to add that I've found Buddhist's to be not an innately joyous/playful - or generous as Hindus.
"Shunyata" (translated as "emptiness/nothingness") is a later Buddhist (Mahayana) technical word.. (Shunya in sanskrit means void). You are taking the dictionary meaning of the translation of the technical word and beating on it. The true meaning of Shunyata would be more like "there is no other". All said, the original sanskrit word was itself a bad choice, as Buddhists got labelled as nihilists due to that.
Thank you. I agree Buddhists are not joyful, especially the western ones. I also just read a comment that Ramana Marishi said there's no karma, just spontaneous happenings. I feel karma is a restrictive concept that keeps the flock in check. Rather like the commandments. Hinduism is more lively, vibrant and all encompasing than the very dry, limited morose Buddhism. I routinely dislike it, and repeatedly get sucked back into its vortex.
I want to know more about the "clear light of the void". Intuitively, I understand how it is experienced through bliss. Is there any science available on this?
Daily activity, speech, and silence are the evidence. Hedges and traffic jams are the evidence. There is no model that "brings together" the evidence - that's a trap for thinking. Each piece of evidence is in itself conclusive.
No. Science is not interested in the subjective, but rather objective, empirical proofs that can be verified by scientists the world over of different languages. It changes with new discoveries. Religion well never, ever offer you that AND if you question, you will be guilted and shamed and expected to be down and go away and beg forgiveness for the audacity of using your brain. You decided which process treats you like a child. To most, it's obvious. That said, the clear light you are curious about is unlikely to be discovered beyond your internal landscape.
No one has discovered nothing precisely because there is always something, I.e. some material object, as tiny as an atom , which has some weight and occupies some space.
The very initial distinction between so-called Relative and Absolute is problematic. There is neither Relative nor Absolute. In fact, one can see all seemingly relative phenomenons and existence as ultimately an "Ineffable Absolute" that is somehow "behaving or appearing as relative" to us self-aware sentient beings with a limited canonical point of view... Or on the other hand, one can indeed also see the whole world and phenomenons as absolutely relative where absolute has no meaning at all because everything is relative; however, the only way to assume/imagine such an absolutely relative universe would be to think it as eternal, as infinite, which is problematic as well! Why? Because first of all, it contradicts the very core Buddhist concept of "Emptiness" as ultimately there is no such concepts as "Eternalism" either. Because those very concepts of eternity and infinity as anthropomorphic concepts are also "empty" of essence. Second of all, infinity is always infinity of something, infinity of phenomenons, worlds, stuff, numbers and so on and so forth, and infinity cannot be just infinity by itself, it does not even make sense to begin with! What I'm trying to say is that, in my humble opinion, when one reaches the very edges of her/his intellectual capabilities which is usually the concept of infinity in our mind (the concept of infinity represents the very edge of our intellectual rational capacity which beyond that, we cannot "know" anything rationally), one does not necessarily need to simply "assume" stuff or bring about overly anthropomorphic justification simply because those mysteries go beyond the capabilities of human beings. If there is a mystery that cannot be realized by usual means of our mental intellectual capabilities, then we should not simply modify the mystery or come up with absurd answers simply to satisfy our rational minds! ... In other words and in this example, "Relativity" is a concept in the language, and language as a medium with which we are not only communicate with each other, but also think with! (without language thinking/rationalizing is impossible) is not ultimately real. On the other hand, "Absolute" is also a concept in the language which just like infinity cannot exist in actuality nor can it be even imagined conceptually! The truth of the matter is that the "Nature of Reality" if you will (for the lack of better term) is neither This or That (hence the ancient practice of Advaitic Neti Neti), the Nature of Reality stands even beyond being and non-being, hence it cannot be even proven or disproven as by standing beyond all concepts, existences and phenomenons, it means that it also stands beyond time as we define it. Therefore, the Nature of Reality by definition stays "Ineffable" and beyond anything graspable by us rational humans. In fact let me finish this by asking this question: How can one attempts to know an ineffable substance which ultimately stands beyond "Knowledge"? Is not it absurd to assume that one can somehow know "That" which stands beyond "Knowing" by simply knowing it? ... That which stands beyond knowing is by nature "Unknowable", and that which is unknowable cannot be known by knowledge, period...
Oh, really, "one life only" makes us irresponsible (around 8:40)? How about the "many lifetimers", who encounter a miserably suffering person, only to shrug their shoulders, reflecting that the person must have done lots of evil in past lives to end up in that state. No question of helping them, of course, because that would prevent the wretch from getting their just desert. They brought it on themselves and deserve it, having done so much evil. Makes it easier to understand some of the scenes you are bound to witness in India if you spend enough time there...
Relativity? Relative? I hate it when new age spiritualist take Einstein's theory of relativity and twists it to fit their narrative. Einstein NEVER mentioned that his theory was to support new age spiritualism. I've studied physics for YEARS. WTF?
Mind Only dharma practitioners understand and let go. God Only dogma believers cannot understand, so as usual to show they have a self, become exclusive, superior and judgmental. Thus their afflictions continues.
Samsara means wandering on in search of happiness. This whole "samsara is nirvana" trope is wrong. When the motivating flames of passion go out, there is no more samsara. When happiness is found, there is no more wandering on in search.
Women are more spiritually enlightened then men> Im sorry but this is not the Tao- The true master shows no favoritism, There is no better or worse then. I am a follower or Zen and Tao, Whenever I hear things like this It always strikes me as so distasteful and not honoring the teachings- Their are no chosen people, women , men, black , white - It simply is not true- the truth is this moment. And compassion is key, Humility is key . It is a dis service to women to boast them like this, maybe they wont heal themselves of the human dysfunctions that we all suffer from because they hear things like this, I meet more suffering women everyday the same amount as men. How do I know this? because I look within myself. peace
I know what you wrote is true . I had a revelation and no one could understand me . I will make story short I did chanting to SHIVA and did a lot of meditation.and I now know the truth why we are here. IT is a play of consciousness. Love people as your self and GOD above all thing.The reason is to know you are GOD ON EARTH. THAT IS WHY THERE IS VIDEO THAT TEACH YOU TO CREATE WHAT YOU WANT BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SPACE FOR THIS i MEAN CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS .ALSO KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS YOU.
@@raduaurelian NICHIREN DAISHONIN WHO ENTAIN ENLIGHTMENT OF THE MEANING OF LIFE AND DEATH.OF HIS OWN LIFE . AND TEACH THAT WE HERE AND CONNECTED IN UNIVERSE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT BEGINING OF TIME.
This guy makes Deepak sound like Sam Harris. I have never heard so much double talk in my life l. The Buddha straightened God out? There is no creator God in Buddhism so who was he talking to? If such a thing as God exists no human could one up him in that way.
Why is it, that we are amused at men speaking worthlessness? As though riddles, are all we want to hear. I can't judge this man on his whole life. Why has everyone forgotten, what drove Siddhartha Gautama? Everyone want's to be god-like. Without the responsibilities. This is all laughable. If it weren't such a horrendous distraction. How dare anyone, speak with such certainty. You better be available, for debate.
My friend the way of Buddha is self-experience and from those experience, there is a moment of realization. The only way is to keep quiet and practice and experience because no one is right or wrong in the Buddha concept.
I understand perfectly, the need to obfuscate the way. And I reject the notion, that I should make it difficult. To comprehend. That, is the easy part. Putting the plan, into action is impossible, without earnest intention. Therefore, I submit, the 'powers', can never fall, into the wrong hands.
Bob Thurman is putting others perspectives down.... I don't like that....by the way also Harari does buddhist meditation practice. Why do we grasp this rebirth/reincarnation? Either you believe it or not but there is no way to know. All there is right now is a story. Enlightenment could be as mondane as being non reactive.
Sorry, but we can only express ourselves relative to how other people relate themselves. We're stuck in dialogical mode, so I understand you don't like that stuckedness. Sorry, Kai, I should have remained nonreactive, but instead thought I'd engage.
@@selfwill We have to work out our own salvation with diligence, is what Shakyamuni said. Guttermonk is right, there is no saving. We think we're in prison even when we are holding the file in our hands. There's work to be done, but we'll get where we are eventually. 🐝
And it's not even the Buddha's teaching. Not even close. Pitiful deception brought on by the Greater Vehicle as they call themselves. So sad. Mo wonder most of the comments are off the charts talking about esoteric nonsense.
@@earth9544 He once dressed himself in a used shroud, and was forced to speak in terms of relative truth that he knew we could understand, so in a sense I would agree with Krishnamurti, a young boy groomed to be the Theosophical Messiah and an impeccable dresser.
But wait, I do take issue with the 'bastard' part. Siddhartha did have a father Śuddhodana and mother Māyādevī and belonged to a very fine family. His mother may have died when he was very young, and he may have been raised by his aunt, but that hardly makes him an illegitimate child.
Love this man and although the doubters maybe cannot engage in the knowledge offered by the great Buddhist masters, Bob Thurman is so clear and simple and downright amusing in his delivery, that it's impossible not to think carefully about what he says.
I never tire of listening to dr Thurman
Robert Thurman is an absolute treasure.
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Bob this is your most insightful lecture especially your example of escaping responsibility by being reborn in Saint Louis!This really hit home🕉️
Accomplished buddhist scholar with a great mind and intellect. Peace ✌🏻
Years ago I read Bob's translation of the Vimalakirti Sutra, an old Buddhist text about an archetypal boddhisattva. I somehow "knew" that here was someone (Bob) who knew.
I have never doubted it.
Thank you Bob and all who made this talk possible.
Bob is an extremely rare jewel.
Real Buddha’s teaching for attaining sothapanna. th-cam.com/video/muGoNE-tYvg/w-d-xo.html
Agreed. I felt the same after reading his translation of Vimalakirti Sutra.
Yeah, he's way way more than just an academic. I've always wondered how he was allowed to teach at the academy, since he actually believes in something.
Thank you, Bob. I love you. Have fun!
Thank you Bob ... and many Tashi Delek 🙏
So many profound points in such a logical presentation.
Makes me glad to not be a robot,
and ever so happy to be a Buddhian Aspirant.
Thanks Bob for sharing
Buddha Bob -- as he was called at Columbia University -- is absolutely the best :) I wonder how come some people don't get that some things he says is tongue-in-cheek, like women are more enlightened ... This great scholar delivers message of profound wisdom, massage of libaration, in a modern, entertaining language, very accurately too, without everything-is -the-same-devious-thinking trash that often oozes from the lips of so many so called gurus....
Bob the builder of inspiration you are infinitely a beautiful minded soul thank you.......
wow... how engaging is this man. first ever meeting. Brilliant lecture. thx
Bob is my fav' presenter by far at this conference. He seems to have done real spiritual study and works and not become dried up. Reminds me of some of the himalaya yogis I have known.
Real Buddha’s word for attaining sothapanna th-cam.com/video/muGoNE-tYvg/w-d-xo.html
Tks for meditating and being a scholar though when u were younger as we are reaping the harvest of that now..with Gratitude
Enlightenment ~ infinite presence in relative reality... yes!!! So good
Rebirth by choice, is a vacation.
Learn the capabilities of the mind and body. Remember the value of hard work and helping others.
Overall, have a good time with it and share those vibes with others along the path.
🔼🔃🔽
Always inspiring and fun to watch! Thanks as always!
Oneness.....together! BEING! UR it! JOY
Fabulous Bob…☺️👍👨🎨🎨🎼🎉🙏🥰
awesomeness all round. awesome!
This is great! Brilliant people tend to be funny, at least my favorite ones.
Thank you so much geshe lharampa la
GREAT DISCUSSION...THANK YOU
WOW 🦋🌏✨🤹♀️🌻🐝❤️Yesss!! Bob you are Wise Comic Genuis😎Thank You!!
Loved that. ❤️
Great sir thank you so much
Brilliantly delivered response to the cyborg future Harari has in store for us, really!
The message of the Buddha is Not hedonistic. The message of the Buddha is Be Compassionate towards All living beings equally much.
Buddha message is all of the above. Buddha teaching is like the universe where your experience is infinite. The answer is within you but yes compassionate is number 1 key factor but if you don't have the experience in life how do you know which is compassionate.
@paul w bruh
Look beyond the title and look at his words and presence
True Treasure
Thank you
Mumbling in this video aside, he’s right that nonduality and science more or less prove each other.
#GetWoke science and nonduality are illusions. Illusions are also illusions.
Hello sir. Xuang Zang showed me the first sangarama made for Tibetans in India. Would you like to see it.
I met Bob's daughter in a dream once, over twenty years ago. I asked her how her dad was. She told me, "He's probably off drunk somewhere." Good enough for Marpa.
555 pm Teulon Manitoba
Such honesty
Well, the paradox is the sign post and the tetralemma has some landing lights. Neither something, nor nothing, nor both, nor neither. No thing might be more precise in many contexts.
'If I'm unhappy it's my fault.' What happened to compassion?
What a beautiful, beautiful man, and how intelligently he describes women and their innate "superiority" to the testicled ones.
Thus the more realized enlightened testicled humans cut off their testicled and embrace their YIN nature more = the meaning of TRANSgenderism. :]😅😅😅😅😅😅
Dear friends at SAND: the title of this video really doesn’t do it justice. I clicked on it purely because it was Bob Thurman, but please consider a more engaging or even accurate title. This is a really fun presentation, but there is really deep existential content presented here - dreams, afterlife, social responsibility- that others might skip over based on a title that is a little too glib. I love your videos and would love to share this one on social but don’t think the title is accurate or even enticing.
Here here Jen. So often TH-cam video titles leave much to be desired.
@@tenzinthomasmasami The title comes, in part from Professor Thurman's suggestion, he is working on a book about how "Buddhas have more fun." He's very passionate about reminding the world that the Buddha's discovery was about the blissful nature of reality, not suffering. Here's a recent talk where he digs deeper into the idea: th-cam.com/video/rjzr1OtzHSM/w-d-xo.html
The title is the important thing??? 🤣
So Nothingness or Field of light that recharges us? :-)
potrebitel3 who’s there to be recharged?
Never trust anyone who says, "right?" at the end of a statement. It is a sure sign of uncertainty and chicanery.
Stimulating and fun- but I have one place where I disagree. I think it's very simplistic to assume that lions are only lions to learn how to become human! It is very possible that Lion Soul is its own utter perfection- equal to but different from humans. Same for all other life forms.
I loved it when he characterized the human as that which empathizes with its prey. Then he rejects the human which has created AI.
he has always been materialistically comfortable though
Not only haven't they discovered a lack of subtle soul surviving the material body, but they've weighed dying patients demonstrating the weight of the soul. It's also been photographed.
I love this channel. It is ironic that the logo of 🕉️ = MC2 actually represents dualism, not Om, and not the Absolute. Since the speed of light squared requires time and distance and the Absolute has neither, it is timeless and motionless.
It might be more accurate to put, Om does not equal MC2. Or perhaps use the symbol of yin and yang. ☯️=MC2? What do you think? Can science and spirit actually be reconciled? 🛐⚛️=☮️.
Amazing talk and posting this out. Having lived in the remote high Himalayas bordering Tibet (30 miles away) for the last 18 years, and the lower jungle regions, and being a psychotherapist for 32-years before that, it has to be said that this 'nothing' as per Buddhism is not what's been found to be true/reality, either via personal experience or hearing many accounts from shaman/yogis. What has been experienced is described in ancient Yogic science/Hinduism; the dissolving of a personal egocentric self followed by tremendous expansion into being every single thing simultaneously - both in form/manifestation and as light itself. In other words, there's no personal self (rather than 'nothing') which leaves a feeling/experience of emptiness because the ego-self has dissolved. And also to add that I've found Buddhist's to be not an innately joyous/playful - or generous as Hindus.
"Shunyata" (translated as "emptiness/nothingness") is a later Buddhist (Mahayana) technical word.. (Shunya in sanskrit means void). You are taking the dictionary meaning of the translation of the technical word and beating on it. The true meaning of Shunyata would be more like "there is no other". All said, the original sanskrit word was itself a bad choice, as Buddhists got labelled as nihilists due to that.
Thank you. I agree Buddhists are not joyful, especially the western ones.
I also just read a comment that Ramana Marishi said there's no karma, just spontaneous happenings. I feel karma is a restrictive concept that keeps the flock in check. Rather like the commandments.
Hinduism is more lively, vibrant and all encompasing than the very dry, limited morose Buddhism. I routinely dislike it, and repeatedly get sucked back into its vortex.
@@yoya4766 ,
Yes.. ignorant is a many layered blissful state that your ego gets stuck in those layered. Good luck.
A mutable buddha wood then be spelled Budha
A~1, B~2
Adding is a fun cranial exercise, away from focus on imaginary ego or feeling base
Jovial Jibber Jabber do true
The ONLY real truth that no one can deny is : We are all forced to exist in a reality we didn't create, with rules we can not govern.
-OK Internet- or did we create it.... 😉
I want to know more about the "clear light of the void". Intuitively, I understand how it is experienced through bliss. Is there any science available on this?
Daily activity, speech, and silence are the evidence. Hedges and traffic jams are the evidence. There is no model that "brings together" the evidence - that's a trap for thinking. Each piece of evidence is in itself conclusive.
No. Science is not interested in the subjective, but rather objective, empirical proofs that can be verified by scientists the world over of different languages. It changes with new discoveries.
Religion well never, ever offer you that AND if you question, you will be guilted and shamed and expected to be down and go away and beg forgiveness for the audacity of using your brain.
You decided which process treats you like a child. To most, it's obvious.
That said, the clear light you are curious about is unlikely to be discovered beyond your internal landscape.
@@PhoenixProdLLC Why do you not think that there are internal states that can be reached that are the same in each
Just how many pictures did that guy in the front row take?
wake up man. you are dreaming.
start meditating.
❣ 💡
This guy this guy makes Deepak sound like Sam Harris. I have never heard so much double talk in my life.
So in other words there is no end to anything.. and death is easy for the person that dies.. but being alive is far harder..
Words......
No one has discovered nothing precisely because there is always something, I.e. some material object, as tiny as an atom , which has some weight and occupies some space.
If it can be photographed, it is not the soul.
🌞🌟
The very initial distinction between so-called Relative and Absolute is problematic. There is neither Relative nor Absolute. In fact, one can see all seemingly relative phenomenons and existence as ultimately an "Ineffable Absolute" that is somehow "behaving or appearing as relative" to us self-aware sentient beings with a limited canonical point of view...
Or on the other hand, one can indeed also see the whole world and phenomenons as absolutely relative where absolute has no meaning at all because everything is relative; however, the only way to assume/imagine such an absolutely relative universe would be to think it as eternal, as infinite, which is problematic as well! Why? Because first of all, it contradicts the very core Buddhist concept of "Emptiness" as ultimately there is no such concepts as "Eternalism" either. Because those very concepts of eternity and infinity as anthropomorphic concepts are also "empty" of essence. Second of all, infinity is always infinity of something, infinity of phenomenons, worlds, stuff, numbers and so on and so forth, and infinity cannot be just infinity by itself, it does not even make sense to begin with!
What I'm trying to say is that, in my humble opinion, when one reaches the very edges of her/his intellectual capabilities which is usually the concept of infinity in our mind (the concept of infinity represents the very edge of our intellectual rational capacity which beyond that, we cannot "know" anything rationally), one does not necessarily need to simply "assume" stuff or bring about overly anthropomorphic justification simply because those mysteries go beyond the capabilities of human beings. If there is a mystery that cannot be realized by usual means of our mental intellectual capabilities, then we should not simply modify the mystery or come up with absurd answers simply to satisfy our rational minds! ...
In other words and in this example, "Relativity" is a concept in the language, and language as a medium with which we are not only communicate with each other, but also think with! (without language thinking/rationalizing is impossible) is not ultimately real. On the other hand, "Absolute" is also a concept in the language which just like infinity cannot exist in actuality nor can it be even imagined conceptually! The truth of the matter is that the "Nature of Reality" if you will (for the lack of better term) is neither This or That (hence the ancient practice of Advaitic Neti Neti), the Nature of Reality stands even beyond being and non-being, hence it cannot be even proven or disproven as by standing beyond all concepts, existences and phenomenons, it means that it also stands beyond time as we define it. Therefore, the Nature of Reality by definition stays "Ineffable" and beyond anything graspable by us rational humans.
In fact let me finish this by asking this question: How can one attempts to know an ineffable substance which ultimately stands beyond "Knowledge"? Is not it absurd to assume that one can somehow know "That" which stands beyond "Knowing" by simply knowing it? ... That which stands beyond knowing is by nature "Unknowable", and that which is unknowable cannot be known by knowledge, period...
In nothing there is everything.
And vice versa.
Im Back in the Bardo again -
There has got be nothingness in this present life. Leave every thought process. It actually is deceiving
Oh, really, "one life only" makes us irresponsible (around 8:40)? How about the "many lifetimers", who encounter a miserably suffering person, only to shrug their shoulders, reflecting that the person must have done lots of evil in past lives to end up in that state. No question of helping them, of course, because that would prevent the wretch from getting their just desert. They brought it on themselves and deserve it, having done so much evil. Makes it easier to understand some of the scenes you are bound to witness in India if you spend enough time there...
« Every night you let go of your consciousness - you die every night » wow has this bloke never head of Freud???????
Relativity? Relative? I hate it when new age spiritualist take Einstein's theory of relativity and twists it to fit their narrative. Einstein NEVER mentioned that his theory was to support new age spiritualism. I've studied physics for YEARS. WTF?
A relative was a Buddhist thing way before Einstein came its called tendrel.
Relativity applies to more than physics.
Mind Only dharma practitioners understand and let go.
God Only dogma believers cannot understand, so as usual to show they have a self, become exclusive, superior and judgmental. Thus their afflictions continues.
Samsara means wandering on in search of happiness.
This whole "samsara is nirvana" trope is wrong.
When the motivating flames of passion go out, there is no more samsara.
When happiness is found, there is no more wandering on in search.
Searching is also an illusion. There is no one to find and there is no one to search.
This guy is hilarious
And awesome
Women are more spiritually enlightened then men> Im sorry but this is not the Tao- The true master shows no favoritism, There is no better or worse then. I am a follower or Zen and Tao, Whenever I hear things like this It always strikes me as so distasteful and not honoring the teachings- Their are no chosen people, women , men, black , white - It simply is not true- the truth is this moment. And compassion is key, Humility is key . It is a dis service to women to boast them like this, maybe they wont heal themselves of the human dysfunctions that we all suffer from because they hear things like this, I meet more suffering women everyday the same amount as men. How do I know this? because I look within myself. peace
have some fun, price 7Moscow Lemons, says jesusfm, who mind keeps consciousness the Buddha had.
I know what you wrote is true . I had a revelation and no one could understand me . I will make story short I did chanting to SHIVA and did a lot of meditation.and I now know the truth why we are here. IT is a play of consciousness. Love people as your self and GOD above all thing.The reason is to know you are GOD ON EARTH. THAT IS WHY THERE IS VIDEO THAT TEACH YOU TO CREATE WHAT YOU WANT BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SPACE FOR THIS i MEAN CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS .ALSO KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS YOU.
You talk to much.
Everthing is from couse
And effect.for a reason
We connected from here
In universe.
Buddihm is real.
sun set who knows that?
@@raduaurelian
NICHIREN DAISHONIN
WHO ENTAIN ENLIGHTMENT OF THE
MEANING OF LIFE AND DEATH.OF HIS OWN LIFE .
AND TEACH THAT WE HERE AND CONNECTED IN UNIVERSE OF CAUSE
AND EFFECT BEGINING
OF TIME.
Oh no. You were doing so well until 13:20. I hate it when my kindhearted friends are so influenced by the global oligarchy.
Derrrrrp
delicious
This guy makes Deepak sound like Sam Harris. I have never heard so much double talk in my life l. The Buddha straightened God out? There is no creator God in Buddhism so who was he talking to? If such a thing as God exists no human could one up him in that way.
Why is it, that we are amused at men speaking worthlessness? As though riddles, are all we want to hear. I can't judge this man on his whole life. Why has everyone forgotten, what drove Siddhartha Gautama? Everyone want's to be god-like. Without the responsibilities. This is all laughable. If it weren't such a horrendous distraction. How dare anyone, speak with such certainty. You better be available, for debate.
My friend the way of Buddha is self-experience and from those experience, there is a moment of realization. The only way is to keep quiet and practice and experience because no one is right or wrong in the Buddha concept.
@@azndragon75 The Buddha was a living example that this is possible(enlightenment) in a human lifetime.
@@azndragon75 Who in this world, dare claim, to be liberated. I do. And aside from 'bliss', it is, a living hell. lol watching men flounder.
I understand perfectly, the need to obfuscate the way. And I reject the notion, that I should make it difficult. To comprehend. That, is the easy part. Putting the plan, into action is impossible, without earnest intention. Therefore, I submit, the 'powers', can never fall, into the wrong hands.
@@WayneNiamat Sounds wonderful lol
Bob Thurman is putting others perspectives down.... I don't like that....by the way also Harari does buddhist meditation practice. Why do we grasp this rebirth/reincarnation? Either you believe it or not but there is no way to know. All there is right now is a story. Enlightenment could be as mondane as being non reactive.
Sorry, but we can only express ourselves relative to how other people relate themselves. We're stuck in dialogical mode, so I understand you don't like that stuckedness. Sorry, Kai, I should have remained nonreactive, but instead thought I'd engage.
I feel he's quasi famous only because of his daughter and HH Dalai Lama.
Talking about Buddha's teaching is not going to bring salvation for you my friend, same goes to Dali Lama
@@selfwill We have to work out our own salvation with diligence, is what Shakyamuni said. Guttermonk is right, there is no saving. We think we're in prison even when we are holding the file in our hands. There's work to be done, but we'll get where we are eventually. 🐝
And it's not even the Buddha's teaching. Not even close. Pitiful deception brought on by the Greater Vehicle as they call themselves. So sad. Mo wonder most of the comments are off the charts talking about esoteric nonsense.
@@tomfisher9089 thank god you're here to straighten it all out for us.
Typing here won't bring you Salvation either 🤣
@@user-Void-Star it's too obvious, if I was looking for it, I wouldn't be here with a bunch of losers like you.
Materialism is a disease LOL
He sort of had me until he said listen to your wife, and women are more enlightened 🙄, really?, what all of them no I’m sorry definitely not.
"The Buddha was the filthiest bastard and biggest con-man that ever lived." -UG Krishnamurti :)
You are a dog barking
@@sunyclime 😃☺😼
@@earth9544 He once dressed himself in a used shroud, and was forced to speak in terms of relative truth that he knew we could understand, so in a sense I would agree with Krishnamurti, a young boy groomed to be the Theosophical Messiah and an impeccable dresser.
But wait, I do take issue with the 'bastard' part. Siddhartha did have a father Śuddhodana and mother Māyādevī and belonged to a very fine family. His mother may have died when he was very young, and he may have been raised by his aunt, but that hardly makes him an illegitimate child.
@@oaim50 Yes, agreed. He wasn't a bastard. :)
Drivel.