James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "Worlds Without End", 4 of 5 (CC)

[onetruekeeper]

I believe Buddhism is a philosophy similar to a theory based on observation or experience. People choose to make it into a theocracy or a religion.

[albinoman13bt]

I find it strange that anyone would say "that's not what Buddhism is" when he is telling you with a backdrop of the Himalayas. He is sitting where it is practiced. Maybe modernity or westernization has stripped away the gods it once had to make a new version, but there is no sense in denying it's past.

[MichaelHanTaeJun]

Thanks for uploading these, it really helped me in writing an essay!

[McPrfctday]

I need one of those globes with movable land masses!

[ca1980sl]

Nice video, but this is so much in ERROR when it starts talking about gods and sub gods in Buddhism. there is absolutely nothing as such in pure Buddhist scriptures.

[persianlor]

@ca1980sl True...in the purist sense of Buddhism, it not there...but I suppose Burke was talking about Nepalese Buddhism...or Tibetan buddhism, which blended with the local gods.

[persianlor]

I love the last posts people put up about global warming, because among the biggest group of scientists fighting (AGW) global warming, were the American Association of Petroleum Geologists--for whatever self-interest the industry may have.

Coincidentally, they were also THE biggest haters of Wegener's ideas...so much so, that they actually formed a symposium to refute him.

The AAPG now admits that human activity plays a part in global warming. Funny how science does change the truth.

[Jcolinsol]

Not only does Buddhism, sort of, do the same things science does, Buddha actually advocated the scientific method (minus the peer review)

[matdarecki]

This one is really great!

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Yes, fantastic.