I LOVE PEOPLE I WANTED TO HAVE BETTER RELATIONS WITH THEM. THAT'S WHY I STUDY ZEN BUDDHISM. BUT I ALSO WANT TO KILL SOME FUCKING AYRABS WHICH IS WHY I'M A FUCKING US NAVY SEAL. USA USA USA
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WITH A WHOLISTIC WITCHCRAFT WE SET A WAY RIGHT NOT A PATH, BUT A WILDNESS BY WITCH JOYS; DELIGHT INSIGHT LIKE A CANDLE, POURED UNTO THE NIGHT AND WE KNOW ENERGY IS ALL FOREVER INSIGHT THE IN BECOME OUT AND THE OUT BECOME IN AT THE TOP YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM AGAIN TRUE FRIEND IN BEGINNING AND TRUE LOVE IN THE END FOR THE HARMONY OF NATURE, WE CAN ALL WIN FOR THE BEAUTY WITHOUT IS THE BEAUTY WITHIN
The word Zen and weapon together ?!?!?!??!?! I pray brother the you never pick up a weapon and that no one should harm and no life should go in vain Om mani padme hum Om mani padme humOm mani padme humOm mani padme humOm mani padme humOm mani padme hum Everytime a weapon is pick up one's karma becomes heavier.. 5 years to become a zen priest ? Very short time May the Buddha bless you
even so, every day i speak the same old hippie wisdom, think for yourself, just live your own life, stick to your own affairs, your own local grass roots, this is the way to world peace
Buddhism is not a religion, it is an education of the wisdom and understanding of life and the universe. Einstein. He said: "The future of religion will be a cosmic religion, the Buddhist religion, including the expected future characteristics of the universe: --
it is beyond the personification of God, avoid dogma and theology, covering both natural and spiritual, which is based on all things natural and spiritual world as a meaningful whole experience caused the religious consciousness. Buddhism is in line with this description, if there is anything that can cope with modern scientific needs of the religion, it must be Buddhism. "From 1954, Princeton University Press published "Einstein: the human side" Amitabha
the wise know recognize that true history is non linear, the fact that we tell it in the present also has an effect on time! all we have is now, constantly we are creating entirely new universes that have always existed.
the buddha was an old acorn that exploded, the buddha was a box of water, the buddha was a nun, the buddha was a bowl of herb, the buddha was a rave, the buddha is a cow
does it matter what the buddha was? the buddha was nothing, and everything, the reality is he/she never existed, nor have you, yr distracted by details of an illusion, when you yourself are consciousness just the same, all of us are everything, and nothing
life is a game, why fight? its a joke, can we be violent consciously? when we are conscious, its impossible to be violent, there is no future, and so there are no weapons, only themind and the love of the heart, all things are one without distinction
@BoomDoneNext sure but believing in a man who is actually god, being born from a virgin then dying and then magically come alive again is perfectly fine??
Oh and he walked on water and turned water to wine.
@astraeagreek yes but an impermanent bliss, easily dispelled by the light of truth, which is why only those who can find bliss in truth are capable of finding everlasting peace, something buddhists practitioners try to achieve
Advertising tools for killing and talking about Buddhism experience? It's not about religion it's about how people can turn everything upside down. This world became playground for fools
@OrangeJackson no it is not a good explanation, its a description and short one at that... Zen is all about experience. Samauri were warriors who just used mediation as a means to an end..its fucking bullshit man... these guys know nothing of compassion, of universal love, of right mind, and right action and right intent and no self because if they did they would have dropped that samurai sword... this dork probably thinks hes a reincarnation of some bushido ronin, just a joke...
@OrangeJackson No, for fucks sake I don't... and sure piss on Zen all you want man, here i'll piss on it with you. Maybe when we are done pissing together we can have a good conversation about meditation, consciousness and the nature of reality and if not, then have a good one! Metta...
Jesus Christ lived a perfect life and died for your sins. He loves you more than anyone could ever love you. Now is the time to accept him as your personal Lord and Savior. Confess your sins to God, and ask Jesus Christ to come into your life and repent from your sins. "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." "Every knee shall bow and every mouth will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord."
@commonsense1plus1 can i get a post card from him or something supporting your claims or should i believe the unsupported opinions that youre showing me?
@RazaIsCool He will give you more than a postcard if you let him. He wants to reveal himself to you in many ways. Once you draw near to him, he will draw near to you. Humble yourself before God and call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. You literally have to pour your heart to him. If you honestly do this, you will be born-again, but only you and God will know that. Being born again is not a change of heart or turning over a new leaf, but a supernatural work of God.
@commonsense1plus1 - There is nothing "supernatural" in this world. It's just that man in his limited understanding sees it as unexplainable, but that is not so. Once you understand the Spiritual Laws you can use these powers by directing your mind; you become co-creator with the Divine Mind. Jesus said, "These things I do, greater things shall you do if you will but believe (i.e. "understand"). Nothing mysterious about that.
@commonsense1plus1 - It is better understood as: Jesus represented "the Christ Mind" in all its grandeur and power. The Christ Mind is present in all human beings only most do not know of it yet. It isn't Jesus the man we turn to but the CHRIST in You that is being spoken of here. I'm sure Jesus doesn't want us to fall down and worship him, that was not his purpose for being here. We must find that centre within our mind and heart known as THE CHRIST. Simple when you understand the teachings.
like mack said the samurai used zen techniques and they were some of the most skilled and all around deadly warriors that have ever walked the battle field
All you people that are saying its not a weapon are retarded. They are added the implication that implementing Zen religion into your life in a military job like this will make you focus easier at the task at hand when they are in battle and not stress out all the time when under fire. Say they are stuck at an extraction point with gun fire over them, this guy would probably try to go into the state of mind of zen to calm himself and focus at the task at hand - that's what the weapon is - focus
Future Weapons: Zen Buddhism. Get your enemy to sit and stare at a wall for 7 days without moving while your battalion advances on their encampment ready for an offensive assault. In the future, this would be a grand weapon.
zen is not a religion as there is nothing to believe in.
"this is the buddha, this is not the buddha"
it is most likely a philosophy which helps u to deal with ur own shit. to focus on yourself. if u do that, u will not be jealous or angry. u will be better than ever before.
@zer0cool1909 Zen is a religion. To be more precise, it is a subset of Mahayana Buddhism (that is, the Buddhism which holds that enlightenment is for everyone, not just the people who spend decades attempting to achieve it). Infact, it retains several beliefs of Buddhism (the eightfold path, bodhisattvas, ect.), and Zen just refers to specific meditation practices, thus driving a wedge in Zen itself; Zen Buddhism (the religious practice) and Secular Zen (non religious Zen).
@keinve2 then we have a different understanding of the word religion itself. in buddhism there is less to believe in but more to practice. u dont necassaryly believe into the eightfold path but u practice by it. there is much more belief in christianity. (trinity, holy spirit, resurrection) since there is not much actual believing it ist more a philosophy. and i mean that in a very good way. dont get me wrong.
@zer0cool1909 Faith is one of the requisite factors of training in the Buddhist. Faith in the Buddha, faith in the Dharma, faith in the Enlightened community of accomplished ones. Without faith in these three, it is not possible to progress very far in the path. By reducing Buddhism to a philosophy, we run the risk of robbing it of it's profound potential to transform the mind. As a philosophy, it's just something to think about. With faith, it becomes something more.
The biggest difference between buddhism and other religions is really that the others is about doing the will of god by being "good" so you can enter heaven. buddhism has no heaven as it doesn't talk about how everything started or a life after death or even a god as in the same sense. it is purely about becoming "enlightened" and getting rid of suffering in your life. it also has no real rules only guidelines that we should evaluate our selves.
@ChrizOlsen Buddhism acknowledges many heavens. After the Buddha was enlightened, he saw that his mother, who died giving birth to him or soon after, had been reborn in the Tushita heaven ... because she had been "good". In order to repay her kindness, he ascended to this heaven and taught her and the gods liberation. After three months, he descended from this heaven upon a celestial stair with banners, parasols, garlands - gifts from the gods. This day is called Lha Bab Duchen in Tibet.
@ChrizOlsen To say that Buddhism has no real rules is a distortion. It has the five precepts for laity and the 10 non-virtuous deeds to be avoided. For the monastics, there are 227 rules for monks and 311 rules for nuns. Buddhism has a rigorously ethical system of conduct. Cheers.
@preemptivestrike20 No you can't. A good nights sleep replenishes and heals the mind and body (speaking scientifically). Meditative training does many things, calms the mind, takes it to a different state (again, science) and alters the perspective on an individual. Have you tried it? Its really quite amazing.
This is actually exist!!! It's done people that for no reasons at all they pick-up on certain people and harass them 24-7 day night at sleep and what not- Most people that been "TARGETED-INDIVIDUAL" are people that they did nothing wrong to no one but - they abuser continue to abuse harass and stalk those individuals -Why? not-sure -(Russians-Italians-Israelis-o riginally used it on people)- I assume just because they didn't been liked or accepted in society or in the community!!!!!!!
@eltrombonverde - that would be very advanced, he'd have to be able to hold a lot of say electrical charge in his chi / prana & be able to burst or fire it out....
@J3rrylim Control your mind, and you control your body. Can u focus ur mind to wait patiently for 10 hours without losing your focus and shifting from your task, I think snipers should need to discipline their mind so they are 100% focused while camping making sure he dosnt let anything pass, Just letting u know snipers in real life have to camp a lot meaning they have to wait, and wait forever till they contact enemies, For snipers if u move u vulnerable to being spotted.
Loving and glorify weapons has never been a part of Buddhism. All (at least most) Buddhist practitioners are warriors. All have their weapons in their mind against enemies which lies within! And those enemies cannot be defeated using even armies. When you win your mind you win the world! Pls refer original Buddhism. Not the Samurai version!
Loving and glorify weapons has never been a part of Buddhism. All (at least most) Buddhist practitioners are warriors. All have their weapons in their mind against enemies which lies within! And those enemies cannot be defeated using even armies. When you win your mind you win the world! Pls refer original Buddhism.
i tend to be introspective, emotional, self-conscious and submissive, but also somewhat empathetic and compassionate. so, should i train in the military to get a better handle on "the outside physical world" or should i focus on spirituality?
What is wrong with using Zen as an inner discipline to help yourself be better at killing other people? It's what the Samurai did and he seems aware of this thus you can see his point of view. All you people knocking him... I bet you would all be begging him to defend you if a certain situation would arise.
@deathbeforedishonou1 I'm sorry you perceive the world to be so threatening that it requires you to be prepared to kill in self defense. The Buddhist practice of nonattachment is designed for these kinds of scenarios. That is why monks avoid romantic relationships and put themselves out of harm's way.
And like I said before, the samurai were doing it wrong. Violence and Buddhism do not mix. Period.
@nightmarecinema33 I am sorry that you perceive the world to be so innocent that you can go through your life as though no one will ever try to harm you. The Buddhist practice of nonattachment is idiotic. That is probably why monks are single.
@CavalierDreams I am well aware the world is not innocent. The point is that there are ways to deal with that do not involve violence. I am willing to assume that for all your internet chest beating, you have never been attacked in your home or anything of the sort. Most Americans understand the world through their television screens and hyperviolence. Pay attention to what you actually experience in your daily life, and then tell me being hyperdefensive is more useful than nonattachment.
@CavalierDreams If it's not television, (or electronic media in general) then why is it that you live in constant fear that someone is going to attack you, despite the fact that this has not happened? It sounds like you are preparing yourself to live in a world that you do not in fact occupy. What is the use of this?
@CavalierDreams I do not mean to deny the fact that evil occurs. I am just saying that violence and the threat of attack are not part of our daily lives, and so, at least for me, it distracts me from living fully in the present to pretend like I need to be ready to repel an attacker at any given moment. There are better things to do with my time than cultivate an unnecessarily defensive attitude.
The fact that we are not attacked EVERY DAY does not mean that we will never be attacked, and it does not mean that we should not have the knowledge, skill, or equipment we need to use violence in the defense of ourselves or others, but you keep repeating the same logical fallacy in different words.
No one is saying that we should live in fear, but to be totally unprepared is not a good thing.
@CavalierDreams It's not a logical fallacy, it's the recognition of patterns. Recognizing patterns in both our environment and our own minds is very important to Buddhist practice. I do not mean to say that you shouldn't be able to defend yourself, but the fact is that you probably will not need to, and by assuming that you will, you'll come to see the world as more threatening that it really is and that doesn't do anyone any good.
@nightmarecinema33 - that's true, you go into a space where there simply aren't manifestations of hostility towards you, so you never actually get into any quarrels or fights. I did that for ages, then I found I was being stalked etc cause I was posting spiritually true things on the internet - like the stalkers gave me any of the knowledge I was releasing. Then I realised I had to go on a more unbeaten path - or be sileneced or bullied into not communicating.
As for your "non-attachment", I would rather love someone and prepare myself to protect them than to live without love, and I would fight in the defense of the innocent whether I was "attached" or not. Becoming a cold-hearted social-recluse does not sound appealing to me at all. I would rather take the risk of loss.
@CavalierDreams Non-attachment does not mean one cannot love. That is the same kind of baseless assumption that you are falsely accusing me of behaving. Every Buddhist practitioner I have ever met or heard of has been very, very far from a "cold-hearted social recluse." Non-attachment is a very complex subject that originates in cultures we do not readily understand, and so I don't trust myself to try and summarize it in a youtube post, but the information is there for you to freely consume.
I never said that I live in fear. You are making statements with no support again.
Do I really need to explain to you why the fact that it has not happened to me does not mean that it never will happen to me? Crime does occur in the United States, but you seem to be denying that it happens at all. It would appear that you are the one that is prepared for a world that does not exist, a world without evil.
zen is kind of like doing nothing unless it's absolutely necessary, so a zen consciousness wouldn't develop weapons and so forth in the first place, maybe they meant Bushido, which is like Samurai-zen.
eg - zen farming is like the 'one straw revolution' or 'do-nothing farming'.
@MannySteinerBIeeky Specifically, that's Soto Zen. If you'd like to read about more active styles of Zen practice, I would recommend reading works by the eighteenth century meditation master Hakuin. His autobiography is title "Wild Ivy."
The more this man finds out about Zen and all the areas around Zen, He will soon realise he will not want to be a part of Future Weapons anymore, and will actualy go against it....
@marbito11 you just shoot. And maybe a little better then a usual guy because you often have less fear and you are not distracted because of Zen meditation. There is a reason why many Samurai trained a little Zen besides their martial training. In eastern martial arts it is everywhere, too.
@jomushin7 i was being sarcastic. though sompe people say it isnt a religion it has become into a religion which teaches self restraint the path of peace. shooting another human being in the forehead or slitting a mans throat is hardly peaceful. though i understand you are much relaxed for proper trigger squeeze, less fear etc but his missing the overall goal which is reaching peace and nirvana. i dont think you reach nirvana through violence
@marbito11 yeah but we all need police and special forces as long there are bad people out there. So policeman and soldier should not practice 'Zen in your opinion? :D Of course I knew the paradox in my statement. We are not Jesus, sometimes it is time for fights or otherwise our freedom rights and democracy and stuff will soon be gone. And that is not a theory, but pure knowledge of man. We don't want to hurt ourselves, but sometimes there is reason to do so. Peace brother
@jomushin7 using zen buddhism to make you a more effective killing machine doesnt make any sense. thats like gandhi having a machine gun while preaching about peace and love
@marbito11 then it decreases the fear of death maybe ^^ The shaoöin monks had to fight for their temples a lot. If we can trust the legends. And some had deadly skills for sure and used them. There is always the need for selfdefense as long as there are bad people out there. We don't need to discuss the peaceful philosophy of buddhism, but otherwise do you want to forbid Zen for policemen and soldiers? This doesn't make sense to me. Everything you do Zen helps you anyways.
@jomushin7 - Shaolin is more Taoist, which is similar to zen in a lot of ways. Zen is a bit like knowing the Tao (so to speak, as it can't exactly be known) from a detached perspective,
eg a Taoist meditation may be to move with the Tao (like in Shaolin forms, and Tai Chi etc), and a Zen meditation is more being still and having it flow through you
@marbito11 and yeah I found the video and title offensive, too. But it is not that easy when i thought sometihng about it. We can' t become all zen monks and let us rob us for free. And without Nato and military we would have much more war on this world for sure. If we get rid of our army now, our free nations will soon be conquéred. And a soldier who trains zen is more likeable for me than a soldier who has low morality standards and enjoys killing...
i think the uber dogmatics here are being too critical. religion is nothing more than a TOOL by which to better yourself. how you use it, whether its for peace or war, doesn't lessen the fact that you're following its teachings. just like how christians used faith for crusading, or muslims conduct jihad, any faith can be harnessed for a violent purpose. anyone who blindly assumes buddhism is "superior" or "more peaceful" in any way knows nothing of east/south asian history...
@Ouroboros718 im not sure if you're refering to me when you say uber domatic but you'd be wrong if you were. I dont believe so much in Buddhism as I do in simply Buddha Dharma, forget all the sects. Any "ism" in my book has already taken a position and more often than not that position will lead to conflict with other positions. Buddhism by far is the most peaceful of the world religions but i wouldnt argue its a tool to better yourself. Why do you need religion to lead a just and moral life
@Ouroboros718 But did the Buddha ever use violence to spread his teachings and did he ever promote violence? See, that's what sets Buddhism apart from other religions.
@MareBellator That is a good comment, the Buddha preached non-violence but what Ouroboros718 I think is trying to say is religion can be used to enhance a person in more than just the spiritual form. A good example would be the Samurai, they harnessed the teachings of the Buddha to create peace of mind in all walks of life, Yet this study helped them become the fierce warriors we know today :)
@MareBellator What sets Buddhism apart is that it is NOT a religion... It is a philosophy! A good set of philosophies. But C'mon the Universe is FULL of "violence"! That is part of its beauty... That is "THE IS"!
@MareBellator A lot of violence has been carried out in the name of Buddhism. Just look at Feudal Japan. All religions have been used to promote violence.
@darckofi1 Thr will alwayz b people who distort religon.Just like the crusades,Al Qaeda,Hamas and da salem witch trials............bottom line is Buddhism exclucivly sayz no killing what so ever,no 1 can argue with dat.............
@darckofi1 F.Y.I. The samurai didn't fight because of Buddhism they fought for control of the nation of Japan. Many of them were Buddhists yes but many were also Shinto animists. The Ikko-Ikki, Yamabushi and the Sohei however were Buddhist warrior monks who fought during Japans feudal period.
@MareBellator all religions advocate against violence though, its the people can twist it. read the ten commandments. or in the kuran - it always says be peaceful.
@pumitaproductions bible or quran are full of contradictions. in some parts of the book it says to be peaceful and never harm anyone yet you can turn the next page and read how it advocates to stone people who don't believe or critisize their religion.
@MareBellator Nobody knows much about the Buddha himself, but there have been times when Buddhism has inspired violence from it's followers just like any other religion/ideology. There will always be people who use an ideology to excuse behaviors that their ideology normally forbids. It may have a less bloody history, but the blood is still there.
@tootiefruities well the african centralist are entitled to their views. i do find them very loopy. there was one time i was arguing with a female african centralist and she claims that the africans launched a satelite to the moon. i swear to God she said that. As for buddha, he was aryan and there is a writing called' the 32 signs of the great man". written by a monk who knew buddha personally, he said that buddha had blue eyes. go and goggle it
@TheDravidianwolf If you mean "aryan" as in "Indo-European" then yes Buddha was "aryan." But if you meant "aryan" in the white-Nazi-blonde hair-blue eyed way, then no. The "32 Signs of a Great Man" also included that Buddha had black hair. Also, if you read the 80 Secondary Characteristics, it says he had a "topknot as if crowned with a flower garland" topknot refers to the Sikha of male Hindus. That would make sense as Buddha was the prince of the Shakya clan, located between Nepal & India.
Fuck off.. What kind of people is this sposed to convince into the army/navy? They think we're so fucking stupid.
DSilsbury 1 week ago
zzen battle! no one can be a peaceful and zen as me! the founder of zen
rainbowaon 1 week ago
Why did bodhi-dharma come to the East?
jbearden 1 week ago
He isn't even aware of his body movements...and future weapons...
he is maybe student of zen master from mcdonald's who is selling enlightenment for few 1000$ :)
nothincz 1 week ago
I LOVE PEOPLE I WANTED TO HAVE BETTER RELATIONS WITH THEM. THAT'S WHY I STUDY ZEN BUDDHISM. BUT I ALSO WANT TO KILL SOME FUCKING AYRABS WHICH IS WHY I'M A FUCKING US NAVY SEAL. USA USA USA
93224956 2 weeks ago
The images are not Zen but Vajrayana. I think somebody doesn't know the difference.
81oistvan 2 weeks ago
@81oistvan
yeah, that would be the producers and editors, who cut everything together, and recorded the B roll.
eriklares90 2 days ago
RAVING = THE TRUE HEALING SHAMANIC SWEAT LODGE
rainbowaon 3 weeks ago
there is nothing wrong with spirituality of any flavor, as long as it cultivates positive results.
terb1371 3 weeks ago
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Psychedelics are not drugs, they are innate deities and qualities of Spirit who live die and are born again they activate the dissolution of past and future lives, and center to the eternal life in the now as we gather the spirit together and realize wisdom, indwelling bliss fertility and gnosis, which is vogodie, nirvana, we awaken to the truth that we are the Goddess
rainbowaon 3 weeks ago
CAPTAIN PLANET AND THE PLANETEERS
DO GUARD OVER OUR NATURAL FEARS
WITH THE HEALING OF THE RAINBOW
AND THE MAGIC OF MIRRORS
WE REFLECT UPON ANGELS
EVER SEEING SULOS CLEARER
rainbowaon 1 month ago
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SACRED TRICKSTER! MYSTICAL LOVE!!
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SACRED TRICKSTER! MYSTICAL LOVE!!
rainbowaon 1 month ago
SACRED TRICKSTER! MYSTICAL LOVE!!
rainbowaon 1 month ago
I am the spirit of Final Fantasy 7
I walk with the bluntest sword in the word, the healing sword of Nan
Ling, I say RAH!! RAH!!! for this is the beginning of the new age,
though words do not fully wrap it up
inadelin yabi yabelo du
the Planets are happy
maybealover 1 month ago
The word Zen and weapon together ?!?!?!??!?! I pray brother the you never pick up a weapon and that no one should harm and no life should go in vain Om mani padme hum Om mani padme humOm mani padme humOm mani padme humOm mani padme humOm mani padme hum Everytime a weapon is pick up one's karma becomes heavier.. 5 years to become a zen priest ? Very short time May the Buddha bless you
dc003864 1 month ago
if you can't see them, they can't see you, if you don't think of them, they don't think of you
maybealover 1 month ago
even so, every day i speak the same old hippie wisdom, think for yourself, just live your own life, stick to your own affairs, your own local grass roots, this is the way to world peace
maybealover 1 month ago
the incredible peacekeeping power of now
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Buddhism is not a religion, it is an education of the wisdom and understanding of life and the universe. Einstein. He said: "The future of religion will be a cosmic religion, the Buddhist religion, including the expected future characteristics of the universe: --
kamsmelon1 1 month ago
it is beyond the personification of God, avoid dogma and theology, covering both natural and spiritual, which is based on all things natural and spiritual world as a meaningful whole experience caused the religious consciousness. Buddhism is in line with this description, if there is anything that can cope with modern scientific needs of the religion, it must be Buddhism. "From 1954, Princeton University Press published "Einstein: the human side" Amitabha
kamsmelon1 1 month ago
if u'd really learn buddhism, you'd quit the armed forces.
mmallari44 1 month ago
i dont exist within time only in the present
rainbowaon 1 month ago
I AM THE BUDDHA! my way is non-harming
rainbowaon 1 month ago
the buddha is the rainbow body one with all
rainbowaon 1 month ago
the buddha only exists in history metaphorically,
the wise know recognize that true history is non linear, the fact that we tell it in the present also has an effect on time! all we have is now, constantly we are creating entirely new universes that have always existed.
rainbowaon 1 month ago
the buddha was an old acorn that exploded, the buddha was a box of water, the buddha was a nun, the buddha was a bowl of herb, the buddha was a rave, the buddha is a cow
rainbowaon 1 month ago
does it matter what the buddha was? the buddha was nothing, and everything, the reality is he/she never existed, nor have you, yr distracted by details of an illusion, when you yourself are consciousness just the same, all of us are everything, and nothing
rainbowaon 1 month ago
@rainbowaon You sound smart, then stupid. You make sense, then don't. You know everything, and you know nothing. But mostly just stupid.
ryanmail2004 1 month ago
life is a game, why fight? its a joke, can we be violent consciously? when we are conscious, its impossible to be violent, there is no future, and so there are no weapons, only themind and the love of the heart, all things are one without distinction
rainbowaon 1 month ago
so when i kill people i remember what i lost-----wtf cmon....
D4GG312 1 month ago
zen, "future weapon"?
Americans viewing everything through the eyes of militarism.. backwards, backwards, stupid people
mekanopsis1 2 months ago 2
Nice Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) statue @ 1:11
boodistGeek 2 months ago
samurai culture was indeed influenced by Zen Buddhism.
TheDravidianwolf 2 months ago
this guy is such a tool
BoomDoneNext 2 months ago 11
@BoomDoneNext sure but believing in a man who is actually god, being born from a virgin then dying and then magically come alive again is perfectly fine??
Oh and he walked on water and turned water to wine.
FcK2420 1 month ago
@FcK2420 I don't believe in the western "God"... so I have no clue as to why you're talking about Jesus. Metta.
BoomDoneNext 1 month ago
@BoomDoneNext Because im guessing you dont think all christians are tools?
FcK2420 1 month ago
@BoomDoneNext It's not western.
MrVirtualCoder 1 month ago
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"BELIEVE ONLY IN JESUS BEFORE TOO LATE" OR "BURN IN HELL FOREVER"
"BELIEVE ONLY IN JESUS BEFORE TOO LATE" OR "BURN IN HELL FOREVER"
"BELIEVE ONLY IN JESUS BEFORE TOO LATE" OR "BURN IN HELL FOREVER"
fuckmania07 3 months ago
ignorance is bliss...
astraeagreek 3 months ago
@astraeagreek yes but an impermanent bliss, easily dispelled by the light of truth, which is why only those who can find bliss in truth are capable of finding everlasting peace, something buddhists practitioners try to achieve
buciorjakub 3 months ago
Good Zen. This is pure bullshit presented by an inZensitive idiot.
oilinki3 4 months ago
0:41 Dr Evil.
AlexLMacFarlane 4 months ago
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AlexLMacFarlane 4 months ago
Future weapon: Zen Buddism? Are you serious?
redelman43199 4 months ago 18
He should seriously have kids, he'd probably be a great Dad
Punisher2474Eva 4 months ago
1:30 The ability to connect deeper with the people around them by slicing them open with their samauri swords...
BoomDoneNext 5 months ago
@BoomDoneNext
Yes. Ha! But don't blame the Samurai's adoption of Zen on the teachings of the Buddha.
shunyotube 4 months ago
i love idiots
BayouBluesMan 5 months ago 2
This fool never ceases to amaze me in his ignorance. Metta
BoomDoneNext 5 months ago 2
did anyone else expected him to blow up things with his mind?
JoeM007 5 months ago
It is easy for a good warrior to kill an attacker not as skilled as him. But it much harder to avoid that attacker with love and intelligence.
humanoid144 6 months ago
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmm
mohiahmed1 6 months ago
Advertising tools for killing and talking about Buddhism experience? It's not about religion it's about how people can turn everything upside down. This world became playground for fools
3bepko 6 months ago
Zen Buddhism and western American war should never be used in the same sentence...ever..........
lCraftyl 6 months ago
@lCraftyl But eastern European/Asian war is totally okay! :P
WillKillForName 6 months ago
@lCraftyl but...you just used them both in the same sentence....
DarkKabut0 6 months ago
Nice explanation of Zen Practice.
OrangeJackson 6 months ago
@OrangeJackson no it is not a good explanation, its a description and short one at that... Zen is all about experience. Samauri were warriors who just used mediation as a means to an end..its fucking bullshit man... these guys know nothing of compassion, of universal love, of right mind, and right action and right intent and no self because if they did they would have dropped that samurai sword... this dork probably thinks hes a reincarnation of some bushido ronin, just a joke...
BoomDoneNext 6 months ago
@BoomDoneNext
You take your ideas too seriously.
I piss on your Zen.
OrangeJackson 6 months ago
@OrangeJackson No, for fucks sake I don't... and sure piss on Zen all you want man, here i'll piss on it with you. Maybe when we are done pissing together we can have a good conversation about meditation, consciousness and the nature of reality and if not, then have a good one! Metta...
BoomDoneNext 6 months ago
talibans with rusty old rifles and ieds kicking the asses of allied troops in spite of all their modern hardware, is what i call future weapons...
DiabloTheGames 6 months ago
try LSD training
pumitaproductions 6 months ago
I'm also a very stubborn and angry person biologically. I'm working on this as well. Very inspiring
mjs0077 6 months ago
Jesus Christ lived a perfect life and died for your sins. He loves you more than anyone could ever love you. Now is the time to accept him as your personal Lord and Savior. Confess your sins to God, and ask Jesus Christ to come into your life and repent from your sins. "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." "Every knee shall bow and every mouth will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord."
commonsense1plus1 6 months ago
@commonsense1plus1 can i get a post card from him or something supporting your claims or should i believe the unsupported opinions that youre showing me?
RazaIsCool 6 months ago
@RazaIsCool He will give you more than a postcard if you let him. He wants to reveal himself to you in many ways. Once you draw near to him, he will draw near to you. Humble yourself before God and call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. You literally have to pour your heart to him. If you honestly do this, you will be born-again, but only you and God will know that. Being born again is not a change of heart or turning over a new leaf, but a supernatural work of God.
commonsense1plus1 6 months ago
@commonsense1plus1 hmm..wheres the evidence that this will happen? or again, is it just your unsupported opinions?
RazaIsCool 6 months ago
@RazaIsCool Yup, it's all about faith in God. If you do not believe in God, then the "evidence" will never reveal itself.
commonsense1plus1 6 months ago
@commonsense1plus1 - There is nothing "supernatural" in this world. It's just that man in his limited understanding sees it as unexplainable, but that is not so. Once you understand the Spiritual Laws you can use these powers by directing your mind; you become co-creator with the Divine Mind. Jesus said, "These things I do, greater things shall you do if you will but believe (i.e. "understand"). Nothing mysterious about that.
goldie0800 6 months ago
@commonsense1plus1 - It is better understood as: Jesus represented "the Christ Mind" in all its grandeur and power. The Christ Mind is present in all human beings only most do not know of it yet. It isn't Jesus the man we turn to but the CHRIST in You that is being spoken of here. I'm sure Jesus doesn't want us to fall down and worship him, that was not his purpose for being here. We must find that centre within our mind and heart known as THE CHRIST. Simple when you understand the teachings.
goldie0800 6 months ago
i love how all the monastery footage is of tibetian buddhists, not zennies....
MrCalmlikeaBomb 6 months ago 8
@MrCalmlikeaBomb its to piss off china i think
skywiz3 3 months ago
@MrCalmlikeaBomb It could be a Chan monastery. Chinese Zen (Chan) monasteries looks like a combination of a Zen and Tibetan mix.
Sonny832 2 months ago
cold blooded killer, lol
MrJesib 6 months ago
like mack said the samurai used zen techniques and they were some of the most skilled and all around deadly warriors that have ever walked the battle field
thedoubledeus 6 months ago
All you people that are saying its not a weapon are retarded. They are added the implication that implementing Zen religion into your life in a military job like this will make you focus easier at the task at hand when they are in battle and not stress out all the time when under fire. Say they are stuck at an extraction point with gun fire over them, this guy would probably try to go into the state of mind of zen to calm himself and focus at the task at hand - that's what the weapon is - focus
ZvloHD 6 months ago
and ur implying that zen buddhism is a future weapon?
AHMEDTAHA6272 6 months ago
Future Weapons: Zen Buddhism. Get your enemy to sit and stare at a wall for 7 days without moving while your battalion advances on their encampment ready for an offensive assault. In the future, this would be a grand weapon.
MYTHIRDSHADOW 6 months ago
I don't get the "weapons" part of the video...
SilentShadowLT 7 months ago
zen is not a religion as there is nothing to believe in.
"this is the buddha, this is not the buddha"
it is most likely a philosophy which helps u to deal with ur own shit. to focus on yourself. if u do that, u will not be jealous or angry. u will be better than ever before.
zer0cool1909 7 months ago
@zer0cool1909 Zen is a religion. To be more precise, it is a subset of Mahayana Buddhism (that is, the Buddhism which holds that enlightenment is for everyone, not just the people who spend decades attempting to achieve it). Infact, it retains several beliefs of Buddhism (the eightfold path, bodhisattvas, ect.), and Zen just refers to specific meditation practices, thus driving a wedge in Zen itself; Zen Buddhism (the religious practice) and Secular Zen (non religious Zen).
keinve2 7 months ago 4
@keinve2 then we have a different understanding of the word religion itself. in buddhism there is less to believe in but more to practice. u dont necassaryly believe into the eightfold path but u practice by it. there is much more belief in christianity. (trinity, holy spirit, resurrection) since there is not much actual believing it ist more a philosophy. and i mean that in a very good way. dont get me wrong.
zer0cool1909 6 months ago
@zer0cool1909 Faith is one of the requisite factors of training in the Buddhist. Faith in the Buddha, faith in the Dharma, faith in the Enlightened community of accomplished ones. Without faith in these three, it is not possible to progress very far in the path. By reducing Buddhism to a philosophy, we run the risk of robbing it of it's profound potential to transform the mind. As a philosophy, it's just something to think about. With faith, it becomes something more.
stefanfain 5 months ago
The biggest difference between buddhism and other religions is really that the others is about doing the will of god by being "good" so you can enter heaven. buddhism has no heaven as it doesn't talk about how everything started or a life after death or even a god as in the same sense. it is purely about becoming "enlightened" and getting rid of suffering in your life. it also has no real rules only guidelines that we should evaluate our selves.
ChrizOlsen 7 months ago
@ChrizOlsen Buddhism acknowledges many heavens. After the Buddha was enlightened, he saw that his mother, who died giving birth to him or soon after, had been reborn in the Tushita heaven ... because she had been "good". In order to repay her kindness, he ascended to this heaven and taught her and the gods liberation. After three months, he descended from this heaven upon a celestial stair with banners, parasols, garlands - gifts from the gods. This day is called Lha Bab Duchen in Tibet.
stefanfain 5 months ago
@ChrizOlsen To say that Buddhism has no real rules is a distortion. It has the five precepts for laity and the 10 non-virtuous deeds to be avoided. For the monastics, there are 227 rules for monks and 311 rules for nuns. Buddhism has a rigorously ethical system of conduct. Cheers.
stefanfain 5 months ago
Can't you achieve this same mental horseshit from getting a good nights sleep? And what's with standing on a box during a photo?
preemptivestrike20 7 months ago
@preemptivestrike20 No you can't. A good nights sleep replenishes and heals the mind and body (speaking scientifically). Meditative training does many things, calms the mind, takes it to a different state (again, science) and alters the perspective on an individual. Have you tried it? Its really quite amazing.
ToraJutsu01 7 months ago
DIFFERENT!
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src438 7 months ago
mental warfare.
bluntblaz3r 7 months ago
@bluntblaz3r call of duty: mental warfare
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mohiahmed1 6 months ago
The first man to ever get some chinese(or whatever they may be) characters tattooed on him that actually mean something.
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fuckmania07 7 months ago
i thought he was going to blow something up with his chakras
eltrombonverde 7 months ago 2
@eltrombonverde - that would be very advanced, he'd have to be able to hold a lot of say electrical charge in his chi / prana & be able to burst or fire it out....
MannySteinerBIeeky 7 months ago
@MannySteinerBIeeky lol
BumBumBoB1 7 months ago
I don't get why how is this the "future weapons". :|
J3rrylim 7 months ago
@J3rrylim Control your mind, and you control your body. Can u focus ur mind to wait patiently for 10 hours without losing your focus and shifting from your task, I think snipers should need to discipline their mind so they are 100% focused while camping making sure he dosnt let anything pass, Just letting u know snipers in real life have to camp a lot meaning they have to wait, and wait forever till they contact enemies, For snipers if u move u vulnerable to being spotted.
tsultrimdawanamgyal 7 months ago
I am a practicing Zen Buddhist. I would love to have a few subscribers! Many Thanks and may the Buddha be with you.
TrueZenBuddhist 7 months ago
Loving and glorify weapons has never been a part of Buddhism. All (at least most) Buddhist practitioners are warriors. All have their weapons in their mind against enemies which lies within! And those enemies cannot be defeated using even armies. When you win your mind you win the world! Pls refer original Buddhism. Not the Samurai version!
unheardvoice11 7 months ago
Loving and glorify weapons has never been a part of Buddhism. All (at least most) Buddhist practitioners are warriors. All have their weapons in their mind against enemies which lies within! And those enemies cannot be defeated using even armies. When you win your mind you win the world! Pls refer original Buddhism.
unheardvoice11 7 months ago
So that's why he keeps his head well waxed!
ChrisspacePatti 8 months ago
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xul12345 8 months ago
i tend to be introspective, emotional, self-conscious and submissive, but also somewhat empathetic and compassionate. so, should i train in the military to get a better handle on "the outside physical world" or should i focus on spirituality?
so confuseddd
surgerryy 8 months ago
Buddhism should never be used to harm ever it is wrong we must only search for peace not war.
maluse227 8 months ago
I thought this video was going to have some kung fu master killing people with his mind
bhughs77 8 months ago
What is wrong with using Zen as an inner discipline to help yourself be better at killing other people? It's what the Samurai did and he seems aware of this thus you can see his point of view. All you people knocking him... I bet you would all be begging him to defend you if a certain situation would arise.
deathbeforedishonou1 8 months ago
@deathbeforedishonou1 I'm sorry you perceive the world to be so threatening that it requires you to be prepared to kill in self defense. The Buddhist practice of nonattachment is designed for these kinds of scenarios. That is why monks avoid romantic relationships and put themselves out of harm's way.
And like I said before, the samurai were doing it wrong. Violence and Buddhism do not mix. Period.
nightmarecinema33 8 months ago
@nightmarecinema33 I could not agree with you more! Metta.... PERIOD!
BoomDoneNext 8 months ago
@nightmarecinema33 I am sorry that you perceive the world to be so innocent that you can go through your life as though no one will ever try to harm you. The Buddhist practice of nonattachment is idiotic. That is probably why monks are single.
CavalierDreams 7 months ago
@CavalierDreams I am well aware the world is not innocent. The point is that there are ways to deal with that do not involve violence. I am willing to assume that for all your internet chest beating, you have never been attacked in your home or anything of the sort. Most Americans understand the world through their television screens and hyperviolence. Pay attention to what you actually experience in your daily life, and then tell me being hyperdefensive is more useful than nonattachment.
nightmarecinema33 7 months ago
@nightmarecinema33
"I am willing to assume that for all your internet chest beating, you have never been attacked in your home or anything of the sort."
I have never been attacked, but that does not mean that I never will be attacked. There are plenty of other people that have been attacked.
"Most Americans understand the world through their television screens and hyperviolence."
Making hasty generalizations based upon no evidence is not going to help your point.
CavalierDreams 7 months ago
@CavalierDreams If it's not television, (or electronic media in general) then why is it that you live in constant fear that someone is going to attack you, despite the fact that this has not happened? It sounds like you are preparing yourself to live in a world that you do not in fact occupy. What is the use of this?
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CavalierDreams 7 months ago
@CavalierDreams I do not mean to deny the fact that evil occurs. I am just saying that violence and the threat of attack are not part of our daily lives, and so, at least for me, it distracts me from living fully in the present to pretend like I need to be ready to repel an attacker at any given moment. There are better things to do with my time than cultivate an unnecessarily defensive attitude.
nightmarecinema33 7 months ago
@nightmarecinema33
The fact that we are not attacked EVERY DAY does not mean that we will never be attacked, and it does not mean that we should not have the knowledge, skill, or equipment we need to use violence in the defense of ourselves or others, but you keep repeating the same logical fallacy in different words.
No one is saying that we should live in fear, but to be totally unprepared is not a good thing.
CavalierDreams 7 months ago
@CavalierDreams It's not a logical fallacy, it's the recognition of patterns. Recognizing patterns in both our environment and our own minds is very important to Buddhist practice. I do not mean to say that you shouldn't be able to defend yourself, but the fact is that you probably will not need to, and by assuming that you will, you'll come to see the world as more threatening that it really is and that doesn't do anyone any good.
nightmarecinema33 7 months ago
@nightmarecinema33 - that's true, you go into a space where there simply aren't manifestations of hostility towards you, so you never actually get into any quarrels or fights. I did that for ages, then I found I was being stalked etc cause I was posting spiritually true things on the internet - like the stalkers gave me any of the knowledge I was releasing. Then I realised I had to go on a more unbeaten path - or be sileneced or bullied into not communicating.
MannySteinerBIeeky 7 months ago
@nightmarecinema33
As for your "non-attachment", I would rather love someone and prepare myself to protect them than to live without love, and I would fight in the defense of the innocent whether I was "attached" or not. Becoming a cold-hearted social-recluse does not sound appealing to me at all. I would rather take the risk of loss.
CavalierDreams 7 months ago
@CavalierDreams Non-attachment does not mean one cannot love. That is the same kind of baseless assumption that you are falsely accusing me of behaving. Every Buddhist practitioner I have ever met or heard of has been very, very far from a "cold-hearted social recluse." Non-attachment is a very complex subject that originates in cultures we do not readily understand, and so I don't trust myself to try and summarize it in a youtube post, but the information is there for you to freely consume.
nightmarecinema33 7 months ago
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@nightmarecinema33
I never said that I live in fear. You are making statements with no support again.
Do I really need to explain to you why the fact that it has not happened to me does not mean that it never will happen to me? Crime does occur in the United States, but you seem to be denying that it happens at all. It would appear that you are the one that is prepared for a world that does not exist, a world without evil.
CavalierDreams 7 months ago
zen is kind of like doing nothing unless it's absolutely necessary, so a zen consciousness wouldn't develop weapons and so forth in the first place, maybe they meant Bushido, which is like Samurai-zen.
eg - zen farming is like the 'one straw revolution' or 'do-nothing farming'.
MannySteinerBIeeky 8 months ago
@MannySteinerBIeeky Specifically, that's Soto Zen. If you'd like to read about more active styles of Zen practice, I would recommend reading works by the eighteenth century meditation master Hakuin. His autobiography is title "Wild Ivy."
nightmarecinema33 7 months ago
@nightmarecinema33 - soto's the original one though isn't it.
MannySteinerBIeeky 7 months ago
ahahahaha alol fail
superjboy 8 months ago
The more this man finds out about Zen and all the areas around Zen, He will soon realise he will not want to be a part of Future Weapons anymore, and will actualy go against it....
Indigo728 8 months ago
americans...
dllhell 8 months ago
This guy is awesome
soulsurvivor52784 8 months ago
Buddhism isnt a religion it's a path .
SonsOfLiberity 8 months ago
so when does zen buddhism come in to play when your shooting or stabbing a terrorist?
marbito11 8 months ago
@marbito11 you just shoot. And maybe a little better then a usual guy because you often have less fear and you are not distracted because of Zen meditation. There is a reason why many Samurai trained a little Zen besides their martial training. In eastern martial arts it is everywhere, too.
jomushin7 8 months ago
@jomushin7 i was being sarcastic. though sompe people say it isnt a religion it has become into a religion which teaches self restraint the path of peace. shooting another human being in the forehead or slitting a mans throat is hardly peaceful. though i understand you are much relaxed for proper trigger squeeze, less fear etc but his missing the overall goal which is reaching peace and nirvana. i dont think you reach nirvana through violence
marbito11 8 months ago
@marbito11 yeah but we all need police and special forces as long there are bad people out there. So policeman and soldier should not practice 'Zen in your opinion? :D Of course I knew the paradox in my statement. We are not Jesus, sometimes it is time for fights or otherwise our freedom rights and democracy and stuff will soon be gone. And that is not a theory, but pure knowledge of man. We don't want to hurt ourselves, but sometimes there is reason to do so. Peace brother
jomushin7 8 months ago
@jomushin7 using zen buddhism to make you a more effective killing machine doesnt make any sense. thats like gandhi having a machine gun while preaching about peace and love
marbito11 8 months ago
@marbito11 then it decreases the fear of death maybe ^^ The shaoöin monks had to fight for their temples a lot. If we can trust the legends. And some had deadly skills for sure and used them. There is always the need for selfdefense as long as there are bad people out there. We don't need to discuss the peaceful philosophy of buddhism, but otherwise do you want to forbid Zen for policemen and soldiers? This doesn't make sense to me. Everything you do Zen helps you anyways.
jomushin7 8 months ago
@jomushin7 - Shaolin is more Taoist, which is similar to zen in a lot of ways. Zen is a bit like knowing the Tao (so to speak, as it can't exactly be known) from a detached perspective,
eg a Taoist meditation may be to move with the Tao (like in Shaolin forms, and Tai Chi etc), and a Zen meditation is more being still and having it flow through you
MannySteinerBIeeky 8 months ago
@marbito11 and yeah I found the video and title offensive, too. But it is not that easy when i thought sometihng about it. We can' t become all zen monks and let us rob us for free. And without Nato and military we would have much more war on this world for sure. If we get rid of our army now, our free nations will soon be conquéred. And a soldier who trains zen is more likeable for me than a soldier who has low morality standards and enjoys killing...
jomushin7 8 months ago
@jomushin7 yeh zen is about becoming human, if that even means anything, the military is about becoming inhuman.. complete opposite.
AbattoirDream 8 months ago
Now we have learned Zen. Its time to kill people. Go SEALS!!
zatoichiable 8 months ago
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@zatoichiable FUCK YEAH!!! AMERICA!!!
WickedWetherill 8 months ago
@zatoichiable Ironic isn't it.
fizwizx 8 months ago
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fuckmania07 8 months ago
i think the uber dogmatics here are being too critical. religion is nothing more than a TOOL by which to better yourself. how you use it, whether its for peace or war, doesn't lessen the fact that you're following its teachings. just like how christians used faith for crusading, or muslims conduct jihad, any faith can be harnessed for a violent purpose. anyone who blindly assumes buddhism is "superior" or "more peaceful" in any way knows nothing of east/south asian history...
Ouroboros718 8 months ago 23
@Ouroboros718 im not sure if you're refering to me when you say uber domatic but you'd be wrong if you were. I dont believe so much in Buddhism as I do in simply Buddha Dharma, forget all the sects. Any "ism" in my book has already taken a position and more often than not that position will lead to conflict with other positions. Buddhism by far is the most peaceful of the world religions but i wouldnt argue its a tool to better yourself. Why do you need religion to lead a just and moral life
BoomDoneNext 8 months ago
@Ouroboros718 whoops... * I would argue its a tool to better yourself but its not better than any other...
BoomDoneNext 8 months ago
@Ouroboros718 no no no.... Religion is nothing more than Bollox... is what you should of said
wantedlonewolf 7 months ago
@Ouroboros718 But did the Buddha ever use violence to spread his teachings and did he ever promote violence? See, that's what sets Buddhism apart from other religions.
MareBellator 7 months ago 28
@MareBellator That is a good comment, the Buddha preached non-violence but what Ouroboros718 I think is trying to say is religion can be used to enhance a person in more than just the spiritual form. A good example would be the Samurai, they harnessed the teachings of the Buddha to create peace of mind in all walks of life, Yet this study helped them become the fierce warriors we know today :)
BuddhaChrist13 7 months ago
@MareBellator What sets Buddhism apart is that it is NOT a religion... It is a philosophy! A good set of philosophies. But C'mon the Universe is FULL of "violence"! That is part of its beauty... That is "THE IS"!
kerr642 6 months ago
@MareBellator A lot of violence has been carried out in the name of Buddhism. Just look at Feudal Japan. All religions have been used to promote violence.
darckofi1 5 months ago
@darckofi1 Thr will alwayz b people who distort religon.Just like the crusades,Al Qaeda,Hamas and da salem witch trials............bottom line is Buddhism exclucivly sayz no killing what so ever,no 1 can argue with dat.............
nickangel19 5 months ago
@darckofi1 F.Y.I. The samurai didn't fight because of Buddhism they fought for control of the nation of Japan. Many of them were Buddhists yes but many were also Shinto animists. The Ikko-Ikki, Yamabushi and the Sohei however were Buddhist warrior monks who fought during Japans feudal period.
Talon8Fenix 5 months ago
@MareBellator Neither did Jesus...
iownugetoverit 5 months ago
@iownugetoverit lol. so the 1000 years of scientific oppression was just an accident. ok.
jlothrop91 5 months ago
@MareBellator all religions advocate against violence though, its the people can twist it. read the ten commandments. or in the kuran - it always says be peaceful.
pumitaproductions 5 months ago
@pumitaproductions bible or quran are full of contradictions. in some parts of the book it says to be peaceful and never harm anyone yet you can turn the next page and read how it advocates to stone people who don't believe or critisize their religion.
contradictions cannot exists...
joshuagoboom 5 months ago
@MareBellator Its also why a lot of people dont consider it a religion.
shishiromura 4 months ago
@MareBellator Nobody knows much about the Buddha himself, but there have been times when Buddhism has inspired violence from it's followers just like any other religion/ideology. There will always be people who use an ideology to excuse behaviors that their ideology normally forbids. It may have a less bloody history, but the blood is still there.
Slipknot808 4 months ago
@Slipknot808 Actually Buddha was an Aryan. He was not an east asian in image. but a blue eyed aryan
TheDravidianwolf 2 months ago
@TheDravidianwolf When did I mention Buddha's ethnic background?
Slipknot808 2 months ago
@Slipknot808 i was just saying .
TheDravidianwolf 2 months ago
@TheDravidianwolf Given the words you used it seemed more like you were correcting something I never said.
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TheDravidianwolf 2 months ago
@TheDravidianwolf LMAO. Riiight, and according to some black people, Buddha was actually an African living in ancient India.
tootiefruities 1 month ago
@tootiefruities well the african centralist are entitled to their views. i do find them very loopy. there was one time i was arguing with a female african centralist and she claims that the africans launched a satelite to the moon. i swear to God she said that. As for buddha, he was aryan and there is a writing called' the 32 signs of the great man". written by a monk who knew buddha personally, he said that buddha had blue eyes. go and goggle it
TheDravidianwolf 1 month ago
@TheDravidianwolf If you mean "aryan" as in "Indo-European" then yes Buddha was "aryan." But if you meant "aryan" in the white-Nazi-blonde hair-blue eyed way, then no. The "32 Signs of a Great Man" also included that Buddha had black hair. Also, if you read the 80 Secondary Characteristics, it says he had a "topknot as if crowned with a flower garland" topknot refers to the Sikha of male Hindus. That would make sense as Buddha was the prince of the Shakya clan, located between Nepal & India.
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