"Energy is subject to the law of conservation of energy. According to this law, energy can neither be created (produced) nor destroyed by itself. It can only be transformed."
Some did, search the web.Believing in reincarnation is like believing in heaven and hell nobody knows if its real but the ones who said that they had remmember their past life were more than the ones who said my friend called me from hell.The people who remmembered their past life said that it was different than a dream,well it might be a dream it might be not.
Some did,try searching the web.Most of them remmember it when they were asleep it might be a dream it might be not. Believing reincarnation is the same as believing in heaven and hell nobody knows if its real but the people that said they had an insight about their past life is more than the ones that said their friends in hell. Normally when you meditate like the Buddhist monks it is said that you can remmember your past life.
The human population has increased and increased over time. Could someone explain the reincarnation process in relation to this. Are there brand new lives that come into existence? Or if we were to take the scientific facts of evolution or the fact that all life (including human beings) evolved from stars atoms etc, were we once stars, bacteria, animals before we were humans?
Budhism is NOT a religion!!! Talk about arrogance and nonsense. How confused, ie. saying many Monks use reincarnation to 'justify' Budhism?? "Why can't people remain silent about things they know nothing." Precisely! This Monk Peter's beliefs are not universal to Budhist practice & philosophy as I understand them.
All religions say that they are not religions. If a group of people believe in foolish things, on blind faith, and are dogmatic about their faith, then it is religion. Therefore Buddhism is a religion. The views of this monk might not be universal, but they are representative of the vast majority of Buddhism - and especially representative of Tibetan Buddhism, even though this monk is Theravadin.
@tianya1382 My dictionary says that religion is "a system of faith", and that's what Buddhism is, since Buddhists believe in rebirth on faith. Nobody has ever experienced being reborn as a fish or a rabbit. It is also an article of faith that the results of actions always come back to a person, *personally*. It is also a very foolish belief.
An understanding of the principle of cause and effect is not foolish, and would be correct to practice.
Okay old my winter, you're taking Buddhism way too literally. Siddhartha, the first Buddha, didn't use all of today's practices. The basis of Buddhism is to use ones mind to achieve enlightenment. Enlightenment means you have mentally "cracked" the meaning of life, so to speak. The simple origin of Buddhism is to meditate to exercise the most powerful thing on earth: our mind. From there, what some monks (who haven't achieved enlightenment) have said in the past should be taken very lightly =)
As a former Buddhist, I can tell you this I was saved by Jesus Christ, nothing else matters only your soul. CALL ON HIS NAME BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!!!!!! Don't be deceived by Religion and use your own thoughts and knowledge in this world. Didn't you know earth is run by satan? The father of LIES,steal,kill,& accuser. The answer is right in your face.Learn to accept the Truth and stop using what you learn in this world or your OWN knowledge of something you have no clue of & try to find reason.
Listen when the soul dies everybody goes back to the dust of where they belong. No one can reborn by their own self, this is true.
“His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.” – Psalm 146:4
“For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.” – Ecclesiastes 9:5
I'm not trying to convert anyone into any Religion,cults, or anything that is in a group; folks. I'm just telling you about the TRUTH. There is a Heaven and Hell afterward when you die. Get to know Jesus Christ, He is always ready for you to call on His name! True followers of Jesus(God) DOESN'T GO TO church. We are His church(Temple of the Living God). Get your mind out of the world. We are SEPARATED from this world, we can't go into the ways of this world, remember.
This video has certainly attracted some attention. There is an interesting sub-current that has emerged in the comments, that being the suggestion that the Buddha was an atheist and that true buddhism should be an atheistic philosophy. Its not my place to say how the buddha would react to such claim - but from my understanding of the Buddha he may say something like "belief either in the existence or the non-existence of God has nothing to do with Buddhism"....
@amabodei A Buddha doesn't "believe" there is no God, but he *knows* that such a thing (a causeless thing) is impossible. An atheist is simply a person who lacks a belief in such a God.
@KevinSolway The Buddha might also say, to Be, is to transend cause and effect. Thus to unite with ones own being, is to be permeated with the essence of the devine being* (*ment as the verb, not the noun).
Let him preach his words of hatred towards Buddhists. In the end, he will have to answer to his judgments against people and the way he perceived them through his blindness.
@cotaman7 So you, as a Buddhist, think that only Christians are blind to reality? That sounds like a very unwise way of thinking to me, as an atheist.
@KevinSolway Buddha used his divine eye to search for a being worthy of his worship and found none. Yet, all deities came to the Buddha to worship him, not as a god, but as a person who achieved the highest good, and taught others how they too many achieve it. Buddha did not explicitly rule out the existence of a God or gods, and very shortly after his death a devotional element formed within Buddhism.
@cotaman7 "Buddha did not explicitly rule out the existence of a God "
He most certainly did. The Christian God is a being who is without cause, and the Buddha's reasoning rules out the possibility of anything being without a cause.
@KevinSolway Only an Atheist could have such a pessimistic way of looking at life, and believe that things he can't see don't exist. Maybe if you open your mind and take a look at whats around you could you then be able to visualize the world around you and see your existence in life is without a cause...
@cotaman7 You need to provide a rational argument that atheism is pessimistic rather than realistic. Just like all Buddhists, you fail to present a rational argument. The present is caused by the past, and isn't without cause.
@KevinSolway That makes absolutely no sense? Personally, I think you have an ongoing hatred of others who have found happiness in there lives just like the lonely author of this video. Sad that you feel so much hatred of others and there views. Maybe you will find yourself one day...
@cotaman7 Why do you have to interpret disagreement as hatred? Because it makes your life happier? Such deluded happiness makes the world a worse place.
@KevinSolway It is inconceivable to an internet atheist that someone can be both intelligent and disagree with them. You believe (admittedly subconsciously) that you are so intelligent that to disagree with your interpretation of facts makes someone a fool. You make the claim that to be theistic is the same as believing in Santa or The Easter bunny. Geniuses often are theists. I’ve never heard of a Genius who believed in Santa.
@cotaman7 That's not at all true. I know for certain that you disagree with me, it's just that I think you're wrong.
Your'e wasting your time to say that "X number of supposedly smart people believe in God" since this is a logical fallacy. It's called the logical fallacy of ad populum. If you want to present a rational argument you'll have to learn to avoid logical fallacies.
@KevinSolway You tell us “If God exists, prove it”. You assume of course that all things that exist are detectable to fallible and limited human minds. We are an intelligent species, but we are not omnipotent.
You ask us “If God Created everything who created God” implying that it is illogical for something to exist without a source. But Atheists believe the same thing. If all things are material, and matter cannot be destroyed or generated only converted into energy, what generated matter?
@cotaman7 If God was undetectable to human minds then there is no way we could ever know that God exists.
The God of Christians, however, is a logical impossiblility, just as a square circle is a logical impossibility. It is impossible for a thing to be without a cause.
"What generated matter?"
Causes go back endlessly. Nothing ever happens without cause.
If God is a "Logical" impossibility as you put it. Explain the "Big Bang Theory", the bang theory boils down to 0+0= creation which is essentially is a Logical Impossibility. The whole notion that God is "undetectable" to the human mind gave me a good laugh btw....
@cotaman7 "very shortly after his death a devotional element formed within Buddhism" In other words a cult formed around him and his followers made up lies like reincarnation for instance.
Go to Accesstoinsight . org and you will see hundreds of other examples. The dhamma you try to spread Kevin is a revolting filth, the buddha would have called you a "foolish man" "It is not, foolish man, for the benefit of un-believers, nor for the increase in the number of believers, but, foolish man, it is to the detriment of both unbelievers and believers, and it causes wavering in some." The Book of the Discipline, Part I, by I.B. Horner (London: Pali Text Society, 1982), pp. 36-37.
"Then Ven. Pukkusati,..., got up from his seat, bowed down to the Blessed One and, left in search of robes and a bowl. And while he was searching for robes & a bowl, a runaway cow killed him."..."What is his destination? What is his future state"..."Monks, the clansman Pukkusati... With the destruction of the first five fetters, he has arisen spontaneously [in the Pure Abodes]...That is what the Blessed One said. " "Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta: An Analysis of the Properties" (MN 140)
"From an inconceivable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on. What do you think, monks? Which is greater, the blood you have shed from having your heads cut off while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time, or the water in the four great oceans?" ..."this is the greater: the blood we have shed from having our heads cut..." "Timsa Sutta: Thirty" (SN 15.13)
@KevinSolway "From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on."..."What do you think, monks: Which is greater, the tears you have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time... or the water in the four great oceans?" "Assu Sutta: Tears" (SN 15.3)
You talk from your ego (sakaya ditthi) and not from experience, you disparage others in an attempt to exault yourself, and the views you express in these videos are based solely on putting others down. the buddha taught physical rebrith. Ajahn Brahm is a saint and deserves your respect, hes givin his life to helping those in need of clarity. With videos like this all you are doing is spreading doubt (Vicikiccha) and selfishly collecting pride. with metta
@TheVopepigota I know from direct personal experience that literal rebirth is false. There is only cause and effect. When a candleflame is extinguished, it is not reborn. When firewood is burned, and becomes a pile of ash, it does not turn into firewood again. We are the same. Hopefully I am spreading a lot more than doubt. I want to spread total disbelief.
@TheVopepigota Your latest posts are both spam and logical fallacies. You should know that it is a logical fallacy to appeal to authority. If you want to appeal to authority then you should take note of what the Buddha himself said. The Buddha said that you should not give any weight to a person's words because they are called a "guru" or a "teacher", etc. You are a hypocrite. And while insulting people as "fools" is a very Buddhist thing to do, it is not a wise thing to do.
@KevinSolway The sutta your attempting to quote is AN 3.65, "Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability,or by [trust in teacher]... When you know for yourselves that...'These dhammas are skillful; these dhammas are blameless... lead to welfare and to happiness' — then you should enter and remain in them."accesstoinsight . org/lib/authors/thanissaro/authenticity.html
@TheVopepigota Im getting the impression that your understanding of karma and rebirth is based off of early judeo-christian biased translations of the pali cannon. In the past 30 years many westerners have "gone forth into homelessness" and realized the dhamma for themselfs before translating these very subtle teachings into difficult english. difficult because english is an almost entirely indeclinable language and magadha or pali is the opposite in this respect.e
@TheVopepigota The "logic" you take so much pride in has intention behind it. This sutta is asking you to stear that intention towards your long term welfare and the welfare of others. Emperical truth is not important in buddhism, the true dhamma is largly eneffable. Because of this beliefs in Rebirth serve as well of motivation. a foundation for dealing with greed, hated and selfview. although they may not be "logic" they are more important then "logic", because logic is limited self view.
@TheVopepigota My understanding of karma and rebirth is based entirely on reason and direct personal experience. You shouldn't speculate, as you're not good at it.
@TheVopepigota I know for certain that the teachings are false, and therefore I don't repeat the teachings. You should do the same. When firewood is burned, and becomes ash, it does not become firewood again.
And you should know that it is a logical fallacy to appeal to authority. Don't your teachers teach you that it is a logical fallacy to appeal to authority? They should do, otherwise they are extremely bad teachers.
@TheNatureofOne the flame is reborn, this is how i see it, it allows the to formulate the path. im happy, i enjoy life every day very much. and i wish you this happiness with what ever your logic tells you. may you be well sir.
@TheVopepigota When a candleflame is extinguished, it does not become a candleflame again. It is no different to the firewood, which, when it is burnt and is turned to ash, does not become firewood again. All things are the same in this respect.
In Buddhism, in Tibet and China and other parts of Asia, in Buddhist villages, the 9-10-11-12 yr old girls when they have their first period, immediately after the blood clears are taken to the head monk for deflowering, this is with all Buddhist villages... and I practiced Mahamudra for years and did not know this. I am now a follower of the Sun, which is the embodiment in my opinion of universal love, I take Psilocybin mushrooms to connect to my higher self which is pure love.
@kevinsolway: oh no .. thought you are a christian, thought you sound like one... anyone... just a belief... as long as it is good and harm no one... who cares, right? don't be too wise, it is okay for human to be an idiot, as long as that idiocracy/ideology doesn't harm anyone.... =)
@extrasausage101 In Buddhism, in Buddhist villages, the 9-10-11-12 yr old girls when they have their first period, immediately after the blood clears are taken to the head monk for deflowering, this is with all Buddhist villages... and I practiced Mahamudra for years and did not know this. I am now a follower of the Sun, which is the embodiment in my opinion of universal love, I take Psilocybin mushrooms to connect to my higher self which is pure love.
How bout this... Every time your mind changes its focus, there is rebirth, this is observeable. a good rule of thumb for studying buddhism is: if something doesnt seam observeable in this life time then you are misinterpreting the buddha, he didnt expound any teachings that could not be realized by an honast individual with honast effort in meditation.
Yes. I would say that each moment the ego, the false "I", is generated - from moment to moment, there is rebirth. But this isn't what most Buddhists believe. They think rebirth happens only after you physically die.
I am criticising those who call themselves Buddhists, and I'm not criticising the teachings of the Buddha.
@kevinsolway : I think the main issue here is not that it is unacceptable, but is your refuse to accept it because it goes against Christianity - for you guys animals don't have soul - they merely react but they don't think for themselves. Buddhism believes even animals have consciousness - we don't call them souls - and thus human consciousness can actually be reduced to that of animal levels because we act and associated ourselves like animals.
@extrasausage101 Do you really believe that a person must be a Christian just because they disagree with some ridiculous Buddhist beliefs? That's not a rational conclusion. I am not a Christian.
I agree that human beings behave like animals - and Buddhists behave like animals just as much as any other type of human - which is why they believe such ridiculous things.
Hi sir, with all due respect, if you were to insult that monk, please justify each and every one of your argument, instead of putting up your silly face and give expression like "bull shit". People might not have such great wisdom as yours to actually know what is going on behind your mind. That monk used 1 hours talk, the least you could do to rebut his speech, minus the time you used to quote him, will be reasonably 10 minutes? No wonder you get so many dislike...
@extrasausage101 The reason I said "bullshit" in the case that "there is almost nothing that is carried over to the next life" is that it is Oh so very convenient. The believer in rebirth can always say, "the reason you have never seen evidence of rebirth is that there is almost nothing that is reborn." This has been the argument of charlatans throughout history. If rebirth were true then it ought to be obvious and noticeable to everyone, but it simply isn't.
(more) The only "rebirth" I see is that which happens through cause and effect. There is a saying in Christianity "The son is the father, reborn". That is something I can actually observe to be true, as opposed to the Buddhist variety of rebirth, which is completely undetectable.
Well you raised good points against Buddhism. That guy playing Buddha is pretty lame and I can understand your adversity. However I think you are slightly mistaken....Buddhism does not include reincarnation for it is not compatible with the core teachings as any dogma.
Frankly, just because someone dresses in orange sheets and shaves his head does not make him Buddhist. Being a Buddhist is oxymoron. Because it would involve identification with ego image of yourself.
This is not an argument in favour of atheism, it is more about agnosticism. In the words of Bodhidharma when asked about rebith, he replied ..."I don't know."
For someone who "doesn't know" he sure seemed to spend a lot of time talking about it. Perhaps all those stories were made up. It wouldn't surprise me.
those who wish not to tolerate women the one god and the only god in heaven is a woman,
so christian, muslim and jew MALES YOU WILL ALL ENTER ETERNAL SUFFERING in this life and when you die the lady god will reincarnate you males in this earth for eternity and unlike the women you won't enter heaven because women are never judged in heaven.
military historians ans sexual health historians have evidence to why jesus is idol.
Im non religious, but i've studied buddhism for years and it does not state that something leaves the body when you die. It is something buddha has denied himself according to theravada buddhism
Rather than draw your conclusions and judgements of buddhisim from one obviously confused & ego driven 'monk' look instead to the teachings of buddha himself. Yes, buddisim as religion and tradition falls short, but as a path toward one's own discovery / enlightenment, the teachings of buddha point the way. It is you that must then journey to find the answers.
As far as i understand the line that is drawn between philosophy and religion has to do with unprovable beliefs like reincarnation for example..That said you can practice budhist principles of compassion and respect fo life and meditate in your daily life, at home and work without having a blind faith about past of future lifes..I like many people influenced by Budhism consider reincarnation as a theory, an interesting explannation nothing else..
@KevinSolway As far as i understand the line that is drawn between philosophy and religion has to do with unprovable beliefs like reincarnation for example..That said you can practice budhist principles of compassion and respect fo life and meditate in your daily life, at home and work without having a blind faith about past of future lifes..I like many people influenced by Budhism consider reincarnation as a theory, an interesting explannation nothing else..
All religions demand a form of blind faith and therefore are dogmatic about issues. However what I don't like about this video is that he forgets to mention that Budhism is for many if not most people is a philosphy, a god less or atheist philosophy like existencialism,. A way of life involving respect for life and meditaion for mental health. it's possible to be a secular atheist praticing budhist philosophical principles without the belief in reincarnation..
oh, and please, before you criticized Buddhism and call it a nonsense, try to understand the teaching more, because Buddhism is not for mere intellectual diet. try to meditate, sir. :)
@KevinSolway every moment our cells regenerate. this is rebirth. this moment you happy, then someone hit you and you become mad. this is rebirth. you breathe in, you live, you breathe out, you die, and you breathe in again. this is rebirth. this is meditation. I do the right meditation according to The Buddha's technique. do you? :)
@artaraya7 This video was about what Buddhists generally believe, and most Buddhists don't believe that rebirth happens every moment. They believe that it happens after the body dies, at the end of the physical life ('post-mortem rebirth'). I don't think you are a good meditator, otherwise you would be listening to what I'm saying.
@KevinSolway I speak at least from Theravada branch's pov. I believe in literal rebirth, but not 100% as I haven't experience it yet. but rebirths exist or not, I don't have to believe it 100% to become a Buddhist.
oh, I'm listening and watching with intense focus, Sir, and I don't see you target the video, as you said, "FOR GENERAL BUDDHISTS ONLY," but instead for all Buddhists and Buddhism from the title "NONSENSE IN BUDDHISM," pieces of Ajahn Brahm's talks, and your arguments. hahaha.. _/\_
@KevinSolway and now you're trying to find a mistake from me and starting to attack my arguments rather than defending yours, which is so funny. this is getting funny and not intellect. well then, I wish you well, Sir. _/\_ :)
@artaraya7 I agree this artaraya, this guys a troll. No matter though, hes not the only being unable to see beyond the limited self his senses project in his mind.
@KevinSolway All religions demand a form of blind faith and therefore are dogmatic about issues. However what I don't like about this video is that he forgets to mention that Budhism is for many if not most people is a philosphy, a god less or atheist philosophy like existencialism,. A way of life involving respect for life and meditaion for mental health. it's possible to be a secular atheist praticing budhist philosophical principles without the belief in reincarnation..
@jaykulls There's nothing wrong with having the truth as a favorite thing, and your making of sly insinuations that it's not the truth is a low thing to do. At least confront it directly, by making rational arguments against it, rather than make ad-hominem attacks.
@KevinSolway I already tried rational arguments. Your tactic was to ignore them or only respond when the wording wasn't rock solid. Or they attacked your ego in some way.
A lot of your claims are pretty ridiculous. For example, explain where the violence is in believing in "literal reincarnation" as you call it.
I said that "dogmatic faith is an expression of violence".
To the degree that Buddhists dogmatically assert that literal rebirth is true, when they believe it only on faith, then it is violent. And this happens very commonly in Buddhism, and particularly in Tibetan Buddhism.
Is that so hard to understand? The concept is certainly not "ridiculous".
@jaykulls The definition I am using can be found in any dictionary. For example, Meriam-Websters, "Vehement feeling or expression". Or even "Abusive or unjust exercise of power."
@KevinSolway I doubt there is any malice in the belief of rebirth. You seem to blame buddhists for being human as well. You just won't accept that there are different types of buddhists either. We have irrational beliefs here that we just don't see, such as the idea that sport is anything other than entertainment. I've been called unpatriotic for not following the soccer. By an athiest as well.
@jaykulls I have explained that I myself am a Buddhist who doesn't believe in literal rebirth, so it's nonsense to say that I don't accept that there are different kinds of Buddhists. Hitler was human too, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't criticize him.
@KevinSolway So when you say "typical buddhist" you mean yourself as well? You might think this a stupid question, but you really do talk as though you are on the outside looking in.
@jaykulls I am definitely not a "typical buddhist" for a number of reasons. 1. I totally reject the concept of literal rebirth, or that the teaching of rebirth has anything at all to do with physical life and death. 2. I don't accept anything of faith, and don't even feel the need to accept anything on faith. 3. I don't dogmatically enforce my faith on others, since I don't have such a faith. And 4. I totally reject the teaching of guru yoga, insofar as it is restricted to physical teachers.
@KevinSolway I was taking it as typical of all buddhists rather than of typical buddhists, I understand. I think I was more annoyed by your terminology.
I don't believe in reincarnation either. I've been reading through the comments here. Afterlife and rebirth are things to spare us from our fear of death. A fear which the teachings themselves should address. Any such beliefs "water down" reality, making it less intense and real. True liberation comes from accepting it completely.
@jaykulls I consider myself an "outsider" to Buddhism to the extent that I don't believe there is any community of Buddhists who can tolerate my criticisms of their beliefs.
@KevinSolway Fair enough. I wonder why I was so annoyed, I think it might be
1. that your video comes up amongst videos saying buddhism is stupid and evil.
2. You don't mention you're a buddhist in the video and consequently can come across as someone who doesn't even try to understand the religion.
It is a shame that a lot of buddhist believe in literal rebirth when really the whole religion is more about being present and forgetting the idea of self.
@jaykulls I think Buddhism is the same as Christianity in the sense that the teachings of Jesus were wise, but the behaviour or Christians is anything but wise. The same thing has happened in Buddhism. There is a natural tendency for any religion to move increasingly apart from the teachings of the originator, till eventually it turns into the opposite of what was intended. It's nobody's fault. It's just that wisdom is difficult for us animals, who haven't evolved much beyond chimpanzees.
@KevinSolway When the not so enlightened get to changing the words around 'to make more sense', the message becomes confused. I'm sure 'do not worship false idols' was an instruction not to worship any idols.
We are at an age where the greatest wisdom is at our fingertips, yet it seems to be in our nature to ignore most of it. In this case our survival instinct overpowers our rational minds and demands survival after death. To face it you need something like nitschkes' 'warlike soul'. lol.
reincarnation and rebirth are two different terms. The argument "it's the idea that when we die, something leaves this body and somehow makes its way elsewhere where it goes into the production of another being..." --> this is Hindu's view, not Buddhist. And no, it IS NOT the core belief of Buddhists. So, whether rebirth is true or not (though it can be proved that rebirths are happening every moment), it doesn't matter. The point is we all suffer, and Buddha gave the Way to end the suffering.
@artaraya7 I know that there are Buddhists who don't believe in literal rebirth, but the majority do believe in it, and particularly in Tibetan Buddhism. And it *is* the core belief of these Buddhists, since if you don't believe in such nonsense, they won't consider you to be a Buddhist, regardless of how you live your life.
@KevinSolway we don't need to believe anything which lacks any rational prove. we need faith. the core of Buddhism relies on faith in The Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha. the root of this faith is DOUBT. you have to doubt in order to have faith. so in Buddhism, there's no absolute believe, but a provisional believe. you know, you prove, then you believe. this is faith.
oh, I don't care if no one considers me a Buddhist, because I am, as long as I have that faith and live according to The Dhamma. :)
@artaraya7 You don't speak for all Buddhists. Nearly all the Buddhists I speak to have an absolute faith in literal rebirth, even though they've never experienced it, and they don't have any rational proof. It is blind faith, just the same as all other religions.
I was reborn as a fish. It's been hell honestly. I was swimming around in my bowl when suddenly, splash! The keyboard fell from the shelf and landed right here. Yay!
I just wanted to say rebirth is totally true, ooh yeah. You'd think I would be dumb like a fish, but guess what? Human intelligence, allright!
Don't think you will be reborn as a human being!To have that you would have to become like an innocent Baby at the time of your death.Rather try to imagine a world whereBabies are already greedy,full of hatred,jealous or proud. What kind of evolution would create such a world?Would it be a heavenly or a hellish world?Your last mental act represents a possible form that canot disapear like 1+1=2 cannot disappear.So,it don't mater how much time pases until the form that can continue you wil apear.
@MinistryOfLove999 Every single moment is the "last mental act", and mind changes just as much as anything else in Nature. It is not permanent. That's why the Buddha taught that "the mind is less permanent than the body". Look it up.
@KevinSolway Good! Finally you agree to my view. You have to admit since for you it is mind = body, that then also the body is changing permanently. The mindstream appears because of the similarity of those moments. Buddha explained that the last moment determines the next birth, so a murderer who luckily dies with a wholesome state of mind will have a good rebirth. Life itself is a series of rebirths moment for moment. Why is it difficult to accept this happening beyond the individual body?
@MinistryOfLove999 It is not my position that mind = body, but that mind is dependent on body. The teaching of rebirth is not supposed to be about physical birth and death. "Birth" means the birth of the false "I", which happens moment by moment.
Cause and effect continue after the body has died, but only in the same way that it does for firewood that has been turned into ashes.
There is a whole library of reasoning about rebirth in buddhist literature that this expelled 'monk' apparently has never heard of. And since science has no means to measure mind in any way it is not fit to be used in discussion. Science cannot even measure pain objectively, what would be very useful for doctors. So there is no scientific method to examine rebirth. In Buddhist idea there are infinite worlds and 'universes' so there is no problem with the increasing number of beings on earth.
If today I bumped my head causing amnesia and tomorrow watched the excerpts you posted of Peter Bett talking about Buddhism, I too would be like "what the heck is wrong with this guy?!?" but no such situation ever occurred so instead I say that man Peter Bett is a terrible representation for us Buddhist. You ARE suppose to say "i dont know" when you don't know. Any false information is unacceptable in Buddhism. We are agnostic. His representation of us is very Hollywood.
@cidisking Buddhism is not agnostic. The idea of an omnipotent creator god is not compatible with the idea of enlightenment. In that way Buddhism is completely atheistic. Buddha disprove the existance of such an absolute God and he tamed Gods who thought they are such an omnipotent being.
@MinistryOfLove999 Not true. The Buddha used the story of the elephant and the blind men as an example of an agnostic view and people taking silly when they shouldn't. Towards the end of the tale the Buddha says "Just so are these preachers and scholars holding various views blind and unseeing.... In their ignorance they are by nature quarrelsome, wrangling, and disputatious, each maintaining reality is thus and thus" Malunkyaputta being shot with an arrow is another example.
@MinistryOfLove999 Malunkyaputta basically get's shot with an arrow and he has a bunch of questions that the Buddha says don't matter because there is not a known answer for them.One of the questions is about the source of the universe, is the universe eternal or not and and a few other questions about the soul. I believe the exact quote used as a response was "that would remain undeclared by the Buddha and meanwhile that person would die" Buddhism is agnostic.
@cidisking it is not because there is no answer, but because the Buddha restricted himself to teach only that what will serve liberation. For liberation it is needless to know if the world has a beginning or not, so why bother? But for liberation it is important to know that there is no omnipotent god who could liberate you in an instant or be an impossible to overcome obstacle! So, if you are a Buddhist, you cannot believe in such a god!
@MinistryOfLove999 It's not that there is no answer, but instead it is unknown if there is an answer or not .... those are two different things .... we agnostic people accept that we don't know the existence or power of something such as a God .... we can not prove or disapprove either side and we accept that but are open to both possibilities as far as "there can be" or "there can't be" .... question, how am I changing the definitions to my liking?!?
@MinistryOfLove999 omnipotent means "unlimited power" .... agnostic means you accept that the existence and/or powers of god or a god are unknown .... existence is included in that .... agnostic does not mean you believe Gods powers are unlimited .... regardless from my point of view, even as a follow of the Buddha, I believe the universe is what should rightfully be labeled as God.
@cidisking one could classify, within limits, Buddhism as atheistic Gnosis. I do not count the Devas and Brahmas as theistic, because they are also limited beings. Theism is about the one only 'true' 'living' god who created everything. If you include the Sadevaka, Sabrahmaka and Samaraka, then Buddhism is still atheistic because those gods are not worshipped, but in tibetan Buddhism they are accepted as protectors. Of course if you define the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Akanishta as 'Gods'...
@KevinSolway HA! All Buddhist reasoning on rebirth is based on cause and effect! Do some study before you critisize a philosophy you do not even understand! Buddhism is also very practical, turn your mind into your laboratory and study it! That's Buddhist practice!
@MinistryOfLove999 There is no way that you can reason, by way of cause and effect, that there are separate streams of consciousness, independent of the body, and that a person can be reborn as a fish. Such beliefs are not practical in the slightest degree.
@KevinSolway are waves dependent or independent of water? In the same way mind is dependent and independent of body. Body = Rupa = Form is one intrinsic part of mind as described by the five skandhas. So, why would I want to reason things that are not claimed? Some fish are mature and aggressive at time of birth, so why should an aggressive person not continue as such a fish? You just deny but don't give any reason!
@MinistryOfLove999 The mind is not independent of the body. If it were, it wouldn't be able to know anything about the body. That's the fundamental reason why the common belief in rebirth is entirely wrong. When firewood is burned, and becomes ashes, it doesn't become firewood again. We are the same. We are not a special case. All things work the same way.
Buddha prohibited to talk on these issues 2500 years ago, only because people, most of them, can't understand the concepts. I dont understand why Peter Betts is talking about it and that too with poor explanation.
Dear. You don't have any religious experience. Furthermore, the soul of Buddhism lies in the meditation and compassion and not the concept reincarnation and rebirth.
@eshwar2601 without rebirth what need is there for practice? If there is no result of bad and good actions then there is no reason not to live a hedonistic life!
Another thing you should think about, is that Buddhism has been dumbed down by successive generations from the original teachings, which were not at all super-natural in any way. There is no reincarnation of the Buddha. The Buddha is a cup of tea. He is you, he is me.
@SocialPromotionTips You are correct. My criticisms are not of the Buddha or his teaching, but of the beliefs of those (the vast majority, anyway) of those who call themselves "Buddhists". And I am criticising the teachings of Buddhist teachers, very few of whom teach anything true or intelligent with regards to rebirth.
@KevinSolway Then go and get yourself a tibetan Geshe who is recommended for his knowledge! I mean, if I want to know something reliable on Quantum Mechanics I do not go on a market and ask the people there, do I? I ask a respected physicist who is accepted by the community of physicists. Same goes here!
@MinistryOfLove999 Tibetan Geshes are the worst of all Buddhist teachers when it comes to the subject of rebirth. If you wanted to know the truth about such matters then I think you would learn more by going to a Zen teacher.
@KevinSolway Normally, they do not specialize in this because tibetans generally accept rebirth. But if they have studied the indian masters they should be fit for reasoning. That's why I said you need to look for one. There is some smart reasoning about the mindstream. But actually, I think you are not really interested. Your reasons are emotionally and then there is no rational argument that would change anything!
@MinistryOfLove999 I have talked to many Tibetan geshes in the past, and I disagree with their views. They tend to believe that the mind is independent of the body, and is more permanent than the body, which it is not. The mind is less permanent than the body, as the Buddha correctly taught. Their reasoning about the mindstream is entirely mistaken.
@SocialPromotionTips Ah, so the Sutta where Buddha is followed by someone who spied on him and he got rid of this spy by just disappearing and reappearing on the other side of a vast river, was added later? The Canon is full of miracles the Buddha performed, but he did not like miracles as a general means, the only miracle he liked generally was the miracle of instruction! Do it yourself! :D
Reincarnation is scientifically proven. A tree falls over in the forest, and mushrooms grow from the trunk. I don't believe in the soul, I believe that everything is one. I am you, and you are me. That's a hard concept to wrap your head around, but it is scientifically proven. The only thing that separates you from me is consciousness.
@5micky2 Your friend is telling you "basicly" the truth. Saying things like the 90 year old Guru is God incarnate is just how he was taught. The Masters of Spirtuality will do anything to get you to realize, even lie as far as I understand(not that the Guru is lying...but this Guru might be letting people go around saying he is God or whatever is a form of deception , (unless it actually is the truth somehow). So don't believe him but see for yourself by practicing meditation :)
@KevinSolway Everything recycles in nature! The water you are drinking is the same that the dinosaurs were drinking!Why should that not happen with mind?I mean apart from all the reasoning that fills a whole library.If mind is a neural proces then it is reapearing agin and again!Mind is also not equal to inteligence!Most reasoning seeing problems is really about rebirth of inteligence.Who says that you wil be reborn as a intelligent being! I mean, even now you are not..so,what can you expect? :D
When you burn firewood it turns to ash. The ash might one day contribute towards firewood again - or it might not. It's the same with our mind. When we die we are
"Energy is subject to the law of conservation of energy. According to this law, energy can neither be created (produced) nor destroyed by itself. It can only be transformed."
TheUndertakerSaysRIP 14 hours ago
Namo Shakydamoni Buddha
Xynthoros 1 day ago
Some did, search the web.Believing in reincarnation is like believing in heaven and hell nobody knows if its real but the ones who said that they had remmember their past life were more than the ones who said my friend called me from hell.The people who remmembered their past life said that it was different than a dream,well it might be a dream it might be not.
VincentEndou 2 days ago
Some did,try searching the web.Most of them remmember it when they were asleep it might be a dream it might be not. Believing reincarnation is the same as believing in heaven and hell nobody knows if its real but the people that said they had an insight about their past life is more than the ones that said their friends in hell. Normally when you meditate like the Buddhist monks it is said that you can remmember your past life.
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The human population has increased and increased over time. Could someone explain the reincarnation process in relation to this. Are there brand new lives that come into existence? Or if we were to take the scientific facts of evolution or the fact that all life (including human beings) evolved from stars atoms etc, were we once stars, bacteria, animals before we were humans?
CecilBlanc 2 days ago
Budhism is NOT a religion!!! Talk about arrogance and nonsense. How confused, ie. saying many Monks use reincarnation to 'justify' Budhism?? "Why can't people remain silent about things they know nothing." Precisely! This Monk Peter's beliefs are not universal to Budhist practice & philosophy as I understand them.
starmanskye 6 days ago
@starmanskye "Budhism is NOT a religion"
All religions say that they are not religions. If a group of people believe in foolish things, on blind faith, and are dogmatic about their faith, then it is religion. Therefore Buddhism is a religion. The views of this monk might not be universal, but they are representative of the vast majority of Buddhism - and especially representative of Tibetan Buddhism, even though this monk is Theravadin.
KevinSolway 5 days ago
@KevinSolway" the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods:
ideas about the relationship between science and religion" from oxford dictionary.
1)in buddhism they reject the idea of god
2)what's your idea of foolish things?
3)what are the things that are not foolish and should be consider right to practice?
tianya1382 4 days ago
@tianya1382 My dictionary says that religion is "a system of faith", and that's what Buddhism is, since Buddhists believe in rebirth on faith. Nobody has ever experienced being reborn as a fish or a rabbit. It is also an article of faith that the results of actions always come back to a person, *personally*. It is also a very foolish belief.
An understanding of the principle of cause and effect is not foolish, and would be correct to practice.
KevinSolway 4 days ago
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Okay old my winter, you're taking Buddhism way too literally. Siddhartha, the first Buddha, didn't use all of today's practices. The basis of Buddhism is to use ones mind to achieve enlightenment. Enlightenment means you have mentally "cracked" the meaning of life, so to speak. The simple origin of Buddhism is to meditate to exercise the most powerful thing on earth: our mind. From there, what some monks (who haven't achieved enlightenment) have said in the past should be taken very lightly =)
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SirTjOlmsy 6 days ago
As a former Buddhist, I can tell you this I was saved by Jesus Christ, nothing else matters only your soul. CALL ON HIS NAME BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!!!!!! Don't be deceived by Religion and use your own thoughts and knowledge in this world. Didn't you know earth is run by satan? The father of LIES,steal,kill,& accuser. The answer is right in your face.Learn to accept the Truth and stop using what you learn in this world or your OWN knowledge of something you have no clue of & try to find reason.
neyugnyrad 6 days ago
Listen when the soul dies everybody goes back to the dust of where they belong. No one can reborn by their own self, this is true.
“His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.” – Psalm 146:4
“For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.” – Ecclesiastes 9:5
neyugnyrad 6 days ago
I'm not trying to convert anyone into any Religion,cults, or anything that is in a group; folks. I'm just telling you about the TRUTH. There is a Heaven and Hell afterward when you die. Get to know Jesus Christ, He is always ready for you to call on His name! True followers of Jesus(God) DOESN'T GO TO church. We are His church(Temple of the Living God). Get your mind out of the world. We are SEPARATED from this world, we can't go into the ways of this world, remember.
neyugnyrad 6 days ago
Not all Buddhism preaches reincarnation.
conorucd 1 week ago
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@conorucd "Not all Buddhism preaches reincarnation"
That's true, but the majority of Buddhism does teach it, and those who do teach it tend to be very dogmatic about it.
KevinSolway 6 days ago
This video has certainly attracted some attention. There is an interesting sub-current that has emerged in the comments, that being the suggestion that the Buddha was an atheist and that true buddhism should be an atheistic philosophy. Its not my place to say how the buddha would react to such claim - but from my understanding of the Buddha he may say something like "belief either in the existence or the non-existence of God has nothing to do with Buddhism"....
amabodei 1 week ago
@amabodei A Buddha doesn't "believe" there is no God, but he *knows* that such a thing (a causeless thing) is impossible. An atheist is simply a person who lacks a belief in such a God.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway The Buddha might also say, to Be, is to transend cause and effect. Thus to unite with ones own being, is to be permeated with the essence of the devine being* (*ment as the verb, not the noun).
amabodei 22 hours ago
What is your opinion about the Dalai Lama, Kevil?
TheSeaOfFreedom 1 week ago
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@TheSeaOfFreedom "What is your opinion about the Dalai Lama?"
Just a bloke. I suspect he doesn't believe in literal rebirth, but he doesn't have the courage to pursue it.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
Let him preach his words of hatred towards Buddhists. In the end, he will have to answer to his judgments against people and the way he perceived them through his blindness.
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 I think what you mean is that Buddhists will taken to account for their hatred of reality.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway No, only a Christian can see things that way. Blindness to the beauty around himself is a terrible way to live ones life.
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 "Only a Christian can see things that way"
I think you'll find that all religious people have exactly the same faults.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@cotaman7 So you, as a Buddhist, think that only Christians are blind to reality? That sounds like a very unwise way of thinking to me, as an atheist.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway Atheist, Christian, same thing...
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 The Buddha was an atheist. So how was he the same as a Christian?
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway Buddha used his divine eye to search for a being worthy of his worship and found none. Yet, all deities came to the Buddha to worship him, not as a god, but as a person who achieved the highest good, and taught others how they too many achieve it. Buddha did not explicitly rule out the existence of a God or gods, and very shortly after his death a devotional element formed within Buddhism.
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 "Buddha did not explicitly rule out the existence of a God "
He most certainly did. The Christian God is a being who is without cause, and the Buddha's reasoning rules out the possibility of anything being without a cause.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway Like I said earlier, It's impossible to visualize the true meaning of the being to a blind person...
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 The reason it's impossible to visualize is that it's logically impossible.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway Only an Atheist could have such a pessimistic way of looking at life, and believe that things he can't see don't exist. Maybe if you open your mind and take a look at whats around you could you then be able to visualize the world around you and see your existence in life is without a cause...
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 You need to provide a rational argument that atheism is pessimistic rather than realistic. Just like all Buddhists, you fail to present a rational argument. The present is caused by the past, and isn't without cause.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway That makes absolutely no sense? Personally, I think you have an ongoing hatred of others who have found happiness in there lives just like the lonely author of this video. Sad that you feel so much hatred of others and there views. Maybe you will find yourself one day...
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 Why do you have to interpret disagreement as hatred? Because it makes your life happier? Such deluded happiness makes the world a worse place.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway It is inconceivable to an internet atheist that someone can be both intelligent and disagree with them. You believe (admittedly subconsciously) that you are so intelligent that to disagree with your interpretation of facts makes someone a fool. You make the claim that to be theistic is the same as believing in Santa or The Easter bunny. Geniuses often are theists. I’ve never heard of a Genius who believed in Santa.
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 That's not at all true. I know for certain that you disagree with me, it's just that I think you're wrong.
Your'e wasting your time to say that "X number of supposedly smart people believe in God" since this is a logical fallacy. It's called the logical fallacy of ad populum. If you want to present a rational argument you'll have to learn to avoid logical fallacies.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway You tell us “If God exists, prove it”. You assume of course that all things that exist are detectable to fallible and limited human minds. We are an intelligent species, but we are not omnipotent.
You ask us “If God Created everything who created God” implying that it is illogical for something to exist without a source. But Atheists believe the same thing. If all things are material, and matter cannot be destroyed or generated only converted into energy, what generated matter?
cotaman7 1 week ago
@cotaman7 If God was undetectable to human minds then there is no way we could ever know that God exists.
The God of Christians, however, is a logical impossiblility, just as a square circle is a logical impossibility. It is impossible for a thing to be without a cause.
"What generated matter?"
Causes go back endlessly. Nothing ever happens without cause.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
@KevinSolway
If God is a "Logical" impossibility as you put it. Explain the "Big Bang Theory", the bang theory boils down to 0+0= creation which is essentially is a Logical Impossibility. The whole notion that God is "undetectable" to the human mind gave me a good laugh btw....
VuittonDon13 6 days ago
@VuittonDon13 Big Bang theory does not say that it comes from nothing, or that there was no cause.
KevinSolway 6 days ago
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@cotaman7 "very shortly after his death a devotional element formed within Buddhism" In other words a cult formed around him and his followers made up lies like reincarnation for instance.
cartoonhead5 1 week ago
Troll alert.
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
Go to Accesstoinsight . org and you will see hundreds of other examples. The dhamma you try to spread Kevin is a revolting filth, the buddha would have called you a "foolish man" "It is not, foolish man, for the benefit of un-believers, nor for the increase in the number of believers, but, foolish man, it is to the detriment of both unbelievers and believers, and it causes wavering in some." The Book of the Discipline, Part I, by I.B. Horner (London: Pali Text Society, 1982), pp. 36-37.
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
"Then Ven. Pukkusati,..., got up from his seat, bowed down to the Blessed One and, left in search of robes and a bowl. And while he was searching for robes & a bowl, a runaway cow killed him."..."What is his destination? What is his future state"..."Monks, the clansman Pukkusati... With the destruction of the first five fetters, he has arisen spontaneously [in the Pure Abodes]...That is what the Blessed One said. " "Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta: An Analysis of the Properties" (MN 140)
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
"From an inconceivable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on. What do you think, monks? Which is greater, the blood you have shed from having your heads cut off while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time, or the water in the four great oceans?" ..."this is the greater: the blood we have shed from having our heads cut..." "Timsa Sutta: Thirty" (SN 15.13)
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
@KevinSolway "From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on."..."What do you think, monks: Which is greater, the tears you have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time... or the water in the four great oceans?" "Assu Sutta: Tears" (SN 15.3)
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
You talk from your ego (sakaya ditthi) and not from experience, you disparage others in an attempt to exault yourself, and the views you express in these videos are based solely on putting others down. the buddha taught physical rebrith. Ajahn Brahm is a saint and deserves your respect, hes givin his life to helping those in need of clarity. With videos like this all you are doing is spreading doubt (Vicikiccha) and selfishly collecting pride. with metta
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota I know from direct personal experience that literal rebirth is false. There is only cause and effect. When a candleflame is extinguished, it is not reborn. When firewood is burned, and becomes a pile of ash, it does not turn into firewood again. We are the same. Hopefully I am spreading a lot more than doubt. I want to spread total disbelief.
KevinSolway 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota Your latest posts are both spam and logical fallacies. You should know that it is a logical fallacy to appeal to authority. If you want to appeal to authority then you should take note of what the Buddha himself said. The Buddha said that you should not give any weight to a person's words because they are called a "guru" or a "teacher", etc. You are a hypocrite. And while insulting people as "fools" is a very Buddhist thing to do, it is not a wise thing to do.
KevinSolway 2 weeks ago
@KevinSolway The sutta your attempting to quote is AN 3.65, "Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability,or by [trust in teacher]... When you know for yourselves that...'These dhammas are skillful; these dhammas are blameless... lead to welfare and to happiness' — then you should enter and remain in them."accesstoinsight . org/lib/authors/thanissaro/authenticity.html
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota Im getting the impression that your understanding of karma and rebirth is based off of early judeo-christian biased translations of the pali cannon. In the past 30 years many westerners have "gone forth into homelessness" and realized the dhamma for themselfs before translating these very subtle teachings into difficult english. difficult because english is an almost entirely indeclinable language and magadha or pali is the opposite in this respect.e
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota The "logic" you take so much pride in has intention behind it. This sutta is asking you to stear that intention towards your long term welfare and the welfare of others. Emperical truth is not important in buddhism, the true dhamma is largly eneffable. Because of this beliefs in Rebirth serve as well of motivation. a foundation for dealing with greed, hated and selfview. although they may not be "logic" they are more important then "logic", because logic is limited self view.
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota "logic is limited self view."
Try making a rational argument for a change. Stating that the reason you are illogical and irrational is because logic is limited is not an argument.
You need to provide *reasons* why you believe logic to be limited. Therefore you will need to rely on logic to make your proof.
Belief in rebirth does untold amounts of harm, and therefore needs to be opposed. It is based on a false self-view, for the reasons I have explained.
TheNatureofOne 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota My understanding of karma and rebirth is based entirely on reason and direct personal experience. You shouldn't speculate, as you're not good at it.
TheNatureofOne 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota I know for certain that the teachings are false, and therefore I don't repeat the teachings. You should do the same. When firewood is burned, and becomes ash, it does not become firewood again.
And you should know that it is a logical fallacy to appeal to authority. Don't your teachers teach you that it is a logical fallacy to appeal to authority? They should do, otherwise they are extremely bad teachers.
TheNatureofOne 2 weeks ago
@TheNatureofOne the flame is reborn, this is how i see it, it allows the to formulate the path. im happy, i enjoy life every day very much. and i wish you this happiness with what ever your logic tells you. may you be well sir.
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota When a candleflame is extinguished, it does not become a candleflame again. It is no different to the firewood, which, when it is burnt and is turned to ash, does not become firewood again. All things are the same in this respect.
KevinSolway 1 week ago
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In Buddhism, in Tibet and China and other parts of Asia, in Buddhist villages, the 9-10-11-12 yr old girls when they have their first period, immediately after the blood clears are taken to the head monk for deflowering, this is with all Buddhist villages... and I practiced Mahamudra for years and did not know this. I am now a follower of the Sun, which is the embodiment in my opinion of universal love, I take Psilocybin mushrooms to connect to my higher self which is pure love.
TehSpearRuler 2 weeks ago
anyway*
extrasausage101 2 weeks ago
@kevinsolway: oh no .. thought you are a christian, thought you sound like one... anyone... just a belief... as long as it is good and harm no one... who cares, right? don't be too wise, it is okay for human to be an idiot, as long as that idiocracy/ideology doesn't harm anyone.... =)
extrasausage101 2 weeks ago
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@extrasausage101 In Buddhism, in Buddhist villages, the 9-10-11-12 yr old girls when they have their first period, immediately after the blood clears are taken to the head monk for deflowering, this is with all Buddhist villages... and I practiced Mahamudra for years and did not know this. I am now a follower of the Sun, which is the embodiment in my opinion of universal love, I take Psilocybin mushrooms to connect to my higher self which is pure love.
TehSpearRuler 2 weeks ago
How bout this... Every time your mind changes its focus, there is rebirth, this is observeable. a good rule of thumb for studying buddhism is: if something doesnt seam observeable in this life time then you are misinterpreting the buddha, he didnt expound any teachings that could not be realized by an honast individual with honast effort in meditation.
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
@TheVopepigota "Every time your mind changes its focus"
Yes. I would say that each moment the ego, the false "I", is generated - from moment to moment, there is rebirth. But this isn't what most Buddhists believe. They think rebirth happens only after you physically die.
I am criticising those who call themselves Buddhists, and I'm not criticising the teachings of the Buddha.
KevinSolway 2 weeks ago
@kevinsolway : I think the main issue here is not that it is unacceptable, but is your refuse to accept it because it goes against Christianity - for you guys animals don't have soul - they merely react but they don't think for themselves. Buddhism believes even animals have consciousness - we don't call them souls - and thus human consciousness can actually be reduced to that of animal levels because we act and associated ourselves like animals.
extrasausage101 2 weeks ago
@extrasausage101 Do you really believe that a person must be a Christian just because they disagree with some ridiculous Buddhist beliefs? That's not a rational conclusion. I am not a Christian.
I agree that human beings behave like animals - and Buddhists behave like animals just as much as any other type of human - which is why they believe such ridiculous things.
KevinSolway 2 weeks ago
Hi sir, with all due respect, if you were to insult that monk, please justify each and every one of your argument, instead of putting up your silly face and give expression like "bull shit". People might not have such great wisdom as yours to actually know what is going on behind your mind. That monk used 1 hours talk, the least you could do to rebut his speech, minus the time you used to quote him, will be reasonably 10 minutes? No wonder you get so many dislike...
extrasausage101 3 weeks ago
@extrasausage101 The reason I said "bullshit" in the case that "there is almost nothing that is carried over to the next life" is that it is Oh so very convenient. The believer in rebirth can always say, "the reason you have never seen evidence of rebirth is that there is almost nothing that is reborn." This has been the argument of charlatans throughout history. If rebirth were true then it ought to be obvious and noticeable to everyone, but it simply isn't.
KevinSolway 3 weeks ago
(more) The only "rebirth" I see is that which happens through cause and effect. There is a saying in Christianity "The son is the father, reborn". That is something I can actually observe to be true, as opposed to the Buddhist variety of rebirth, which is completely undetectable.
KevinSolway 3 weeks ago
Well you raised good points against Buddhism. That guy playing Buddha is pretty lame and I can understand your adversity. However I think you are slightly mistaken....Buddhism does not include reincarnation for it is not compatible with the core teachings as any dogma.
Frankly, just because someone dresses in orange sheets and shaves his head does not make him Buddhist. Being a Buddhist is oxymoron. Because it would involve identification with ego image of yourself.
MrDanielBowman74 3 weeks ago
This is not an argument in favour of atheism, it is more about agnosticism. In the words of Bodhidharma when asked about rebith, he replied ..."I don't know."
RochecousteML 3 weeks ago
@RochecousteML "he replied ..."I don't know."
For someone who "doesn't know" he sure seemed to spend a lot of time talking about it. Perhaps all those stories were made up. It wouldn't surprise me.
KevinSolway 3 weeks ago
You are correct. Thanks for the critique. Stick to modern atheist writers like Stephen Batchelor [Buddhism without beliefs]
AtheistCitizen 3 weeks ago
jesus don't treat people, science does.
jesus is an idol invention.
those who wish not to tolerate women the one god and the only god in heaven is a woman,
so christian, muslim and jew MALES YOU WILL ALL ENTER ETERNAL SUFFERING in this life and when you die the lady god will reincarnate you males in this earth for eternity and unlike the women you won't enter heaven because women are never judged in heaven.
military historians ans sexual health historians have evidence to why jesus is idol.
UKGLfemaddict 3 weeks ago
Im non religious, but i've studied buddhism for years and it does not state that something leaves the body when you die. It is something buddha has denied himself according to theravada buddhism
thefallennikaya 3 weeks ago
Rather than draw your conclusions and judgements of buddhisim from one obviously confused & ego driven 'monk' look instead to the teachings of buddha himself. Yes, buddisim as religion and tradition falls short, but as a path toward one's own discovery / enlightenment, the teachings of buddha point the way. It is you that must then journey to find the answers.
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@KevinSolway
As far as i understand the line that is drawn between philosophy and religion has to do with unprovable beliefs like reincarnation for example..That said you can practice budhist principles of compassion and respect fo life and meditate in your daily life, at home and work without having a blind faith about past of future lifes..I like many people influenced by Budhism consider reincarnation as a theory, an interesting explannation nothing else..
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BDeiste 1 month ago
@KevinSolway As far as i understand the line that is drawn between philosophy and religion has to do with unprovable beliefs like reincarnation for example..That said you can practice budhist principles of compassion and respect fo life and meditate in your daily life, at home and work without having a blind faith about past of future lifes..I like many people influenced by Budhism consider reincarnation as a theory, an interesting explannation nothing else..
BDeiste 1 month ago
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All religions demand a form of blind faith and therefore are dogmatic about issues. However what I don't like about this video is that he forgets to mention that Budhism is for many if not most people is a philosphy, a god less or atheist philosophy like existencialism,. A way of life involving respect for life and meditaion for mental health. it's possible to be a secular atheist praticing budhist philosophical principles without the belief in reincarnation..
BDeiste 1 month ago
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@BDeiste Well said...!
nalakam 1 month ago
oh, and please, before you criticized Buddhism and call it a nonsense, try to understand the teaching more, because Buddhism is not for mere intellectual diet. try to meditate, sir. :)
many compassions from Indonesia. _/\_ :)
artaraya7 1 month ago
@artaraya7 Meditation reveals that rebirth is a fantasy. You should try meditation.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway every moment our cells regenerate. this is rebirth. this moment you happy, then someone hit you and you become mad. this is rebirth. you breathe in, you live, you breathe out, you die, and you breathe in again. this is rebirth. this is meditation. I do the right meditation according to The Buddha's technique. do you? :)
artaraya7 1 month ago
@artaraya7 This video was about what Buddhists generally believe, and most Buddhists don't believe that rebirth happens every moment. They believe that it happens after the body dies, at the end of the physical life ('post-mortem rebirth'). I don't think you are a good meditator, otherwise you would be listening to what I'm saying.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway I speak at least from Theravada branch's pov. I believe in literal rebirth, but not 100% as I haven't experience it yet. but rebirths exist or not, I don't have to believe it 100% to become a Buddhist.
oh, I'm listening and watching with intense focus, Sir, and I don't see you target the video, as you said, "FOR GENERAL BUDDHISTS ONLY," but instead for all Buddhists and Buddhism from the title "NONSENSE IN BUDDHISM," pieces of Ajahn Brahm's talks, and your arguments. hahaha.. _/\_
artaraya7 1 month ago
@artaraya7 "I believe in literal rebirth, but not 100%"
That's probably the case for most Buddhists. It's a shame that Buddhists, generally, have to be so dogmatic about something they are not sure about.
I think the issue is that Buddhist don't like people to be thinking for themselves.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway and now you're trying to find a mistake from me and starting to attack my arguments rather than defending yours, which is so funny. this is getting funny and not intellect. well then, I wish you well, Sir. _/\_ :)
artaraya7 1 month ago
@artaraya7 I agree this artaraya, this guys a troll. No matter though, hes not the only being unable to see beyond the limited self his senses project in his mind.
TheVopepigota 2 weeks ago
@KevinSolway All religions demand a form of blind faith and therefore are dogmatic about issues. However what I don't like about this video is that he forgets to mention that Budhism is for many if not most people is a philosphy, a god less or atheist philosophy like existencialism,. A way of life involving respect for life and meditaion for mental health. it's possible to be a secular atheist praticing budhist philosophical principles without the belief in reincarnation..
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jaykulls 4 weeks ago
@jaykulls ha! ha! ha! Thanks it actually comes accross this way..
BDeiste 4 weeks ago
@jaykulls You use the typical Buddhist tactics of insult and slander. Why do you do it?
KevinSolway 4 weeks ago
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jaykulls 4 weeks ago
@jaykulls There's nothing wrong with having the truth as a favorite thing, and your making of sly insinuations that it's not the truth is a low thing to do. At least confront it directly, by making rational arguments against it, rather than make ad-hominem attacks.
KevinSolway 4 weeks ago
@KevinSolway I already tried rational arguments. Your tactic was to ignore them or only respond when the wording wasn't rock solid. Or they attacked your ego in some way.
A lot of your claims are pretty ridiculous. For example, explain where the violence is in believing in "literal reincarnation" as you call it.
jaykulls 4 weeks ago
@jaykulls You misrepresent what I said.
I said that "dogmatic faith is an expression of violence".
To the degree that Buddhists dogmatically assert that literal rebirth is true, when they believe it only on faith, then it is violent. And this happens very commonly in Buddhism, and particularly in Tibetan Buddhism.
Is that so hard to understand? The concept is certainly not "ridiculous".
KevinSolway 4 weeks ago
@KevinSolway There are probably thousands of me typing this around the universe. Lol. Define violence.
jaykulls 4 weeks ago
@jaykulls The definition I am using can be found in any dictionary. For example, Meriam-Websters, "Vehement feeling or expression". Or even "Abusive or unjust exercise of power."
KevinSolway 4 weeks ago
@KevinSolway I doubt there is any malice in the belief of rebirth. You seem to blame buddhists for being human as well. You just won't accept that there are different types of buddhists either. We have irrational beliefs here that we just don't see, such as the idea that sport is anything other than entertainment. I've been called unpatriotic for not following the soccer. By an athiest as well.
jaykulls 4 weeks ago
@jaykulls I have explained that I myself am a Buddhist who doesn't believe in literal rebirth, so it's nonsense to say that I don't accept that there are different kinds of Buddhists. Hitler was human too, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't criticize him.
KevinSolway 4 weeks ago
@KevinSolway So when you say "typical buddhist" you mean yourself as well? You might think this a stupid question, but you really do talk as though you are on the outside looking in.
jaykulls 4 weeks ago
@jaykulls I am definitely not a "typical buddhist" for a number of reasons. 1. I totally reject the concept of literal rebirth, or that the teaching of rebirth has anything at all to do with physical life and death. 2. I don't accept anything of faith, and don't even feel the need to accept anything on faith. 3. I don't dogmatically enforce my faith on others, since I don't have such a faith. And 4. I totally reject the teaching of guru yoga, insofar as it is restricted to physical teachers.
KevinSolway 4 weeks ago
@KevinSolway I was taking it as typical of all buddhists rather than of typical buddhists, I understand. I think I was more annoyed by your terminology.
I don't believe in reincarnation either. I've been reading through the comments here. Afterlife and rebirth are things to spare us from our fear of death. A fear which the teachings themselves should address. Any such beliefs "water down" reality, making it less intense and real. True liberation comes from accepting it completely.
jaykulls 4 weeks ago
@jaykulls I consider myself an "outsider" to Buddhism to the extent that I don't believe there is any community of Buddhists who can tolerate my criticisms of their beliefs.
KevinSolway 3 weeks ago
@KevinSolway Fair enough. I wonder why I was so annoyed, I think it might be
1. that your video comes up amongst videos saying buddhism is stupid and evil.
2. You don't mention you're a buddhist in the video and consequently can come across as someone who doesn't even try to understand the religion.
It is a shame that a lot of buddhist believe in literal rebirth when really the whole religion is more about being present and forgetting the idea of self.
Sorry, now I understand I agree.
jaykulls 3 weeks ago
@jaykulls I think Buddhism is the same as Christianity in the sense that the teachings of Jesus were wise, but the behaviour or Christians is anything but wise. The same thing has happened in Buddhism. There is a natural tendency for any religion to move increasingly apart from the teachings of the originator, till eventually it turns into the opposite of what was intended. It's nobody's fault. It's just that wisdom is difficult for us animals, who haven't evolved much beyond chimpanzees.
KevinSolway 3 weeks ago
@KevinSolway When the not so enlightened get to changing the words around 'to make more sense', the message becomes confused. I'm sure 'do not worship false idols' was an instruction not to worship any idols.
We are at an age where the greatest wisdom is at our fingertips, yet it seems to be in our nature to ignore most of it. In this case our survival instinct overpowers our rational minds and demands survival after death. To face it you need something like nitschkes' 'warlike soul'. lol.
jaykulls 3 weeks ago
@artaraya7 well said....!!
nalakam 1 month ago
reincarnation and rebirth are two different terms. The argument "it's the idea that when we die, something leaves this body and somehow makes its way elsewhere where it goes into the production of another being..." --> this is Hindu's view, not Buddhist. And no, it IS NOT the core belief of Buddhists. So, whether rebirth is true or not (though it can be proved that rebirths are happening every moment), it doesn't matter. The point is we all suffer, and Buddha gave the Way to end the suffering.
artaraya7 1 month ago
@artaraya7 I know that there are Buddhists who don't believe in literal rebirth, but the majority do believe in it, and particularly in Tibetan Buddhism. And it *is* the core belief of these Buddhists, since if you don't believe in such nonsense, they won't consider you to be a Buddhist, regardless of how you live your life.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway we don't need to believe anything which lacks any rational prove. we need faith. the core of Buddhism relies on faith in The Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha. the root of this faith is DOUBT. you have to doubt in order to have faith. so in Buddhism, there's no absolute believe, but a provisional believe. you know, you prove, then you believe. this is faith.
oh, I don't care if no one considers me a Buddhist, because I am, as long as I have that faith and live according to The Dhamma. :)
artaraya7 1 month ago
@artaraya7 You don't speak for all Buddhists. Nearly all the Buddhists I speak to have an absolute faith in literal rebirth, even though they've never experienced it, and they don't have any rational proof. It is blind faith, just the same as all other religions.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
I was reborn as a fish. It's been hell honestly. I was swimming around in my bowl when suddenly, splash! The keyboard fell from the shelf and landed right here. Yay!
I just wanted to say rebirth is totally true, ooh yeah. You'd think I would be dumb like a fish, but guess what? Human intelligence, allright!
Ah ya gotta laugh, take care Kevin.
jaykulls 1 month ago
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MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
Sorry for the spelling, but I don't like to split comments, so I shorten them.
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
Don't think you will be reborn as a human being!To have that you would have to become like an innocent Baby at the time of your death.Rather try to imagine a world whereBabies are already greedy,full of hatred,jealous or proud. What kind of evolution would create such a world?Would it be a heavenly or a hellish world?Your last mental act represents a possible form that canot disapear like 1+1=2 cannot disappear.So,it don't mater how much time pases until the form that can continue you wil apear.
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 Every single moment is the "last mental act", and mind changes just as much as anything else in Nature. It is not permanent. That's why the Buddha taught that "the mind is less permanent than the body". Look it up.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway Good! Finally you agree to my view. You have to admit since for you it is mind = body, that then also the body is changing permanently. The mindstream appears because of the similarity of those moments. Buddha explained that the last moment determines the next birth, so a murderer who luckily dies with a wholesome state of mind will have a good rebirth. Life itself is a series of rebirths moment for moment. Why is it difficult to accept this happening beyond the individual body?
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 It is not my position that mind = body, but that mind is dependent on body. The teaching of rebirth is not supposed to be about physical birth and death. "Birth" means the birth of the false "I", which happens moment by moment.
Cause and effect continue after the body has died, but only in the same way that it does for firewood that has been turned into ashes.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
There is a whole library of reasoning about rebirth in buddhist literature that this expelled 'monk' apparently has never heard of. And since science has no means to measure mind in any way it is not fit to be used in discussion. Science cannot even measure pain objectively, what would be very useful for doctors. So there is no scientific method to examine rebirth. In Buddhist idea there are infinite worlds and 'universes' so there is no problem with the increasing number of beings on earth.
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
If today I bumped my head causing amnesia and tomorrow watched the excerpts you posted of Peter Bett talking about Buddhism, I too would be like "what the heck is wrong with this guy?!?" but no such situation ever occurred so instead I say that man Peter Bett is a terrible representation for us Buddhist. You ARE suppose to say "i dont know" when you don't know. Any false information is unacceptable in Buddhism. We are agnostic. His representation of us is very Hollywood.
cidisking 1 month ago
@cidisking Buddhism is not agnostic. The idea of an omnipotent creator god is not compatible with the idea of enlightenment. In that way Buddhism is completely atheistic. Buddha disprove the existance of such an absolute God and he tamed Gods who thought they are such an omnipotent being.
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 Not true. The Buddha used the story of the elephant and the blind men as an example of an agnostic view and people taking silly when they shouldn't. Towards the end of the tale the Buddha says "Just so are these preachers and scholars holding various views blind and unseeing.... In their ignorance they are by nature quarrelsome, wrangling, and disputatious, each maintaining reality is thus and thus" Malunkyaputta being shot with an arrow is another example.
cidisking 1 month ago
@cidisking this is about such people but not about Dhamma!
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 Malunkyaputta basically get's shot with an arrow and he has a bunch of questions that the Buddha says don't matter because there is not a known answer for them.One of the questions is about the source of the universe, is the universe eternal or not and and a few other questions about the soul. I believe the exact quote used as a response was "that would remain undeclared by the Buddha and meanwhile that person would die" Buddhism is agnostic.
cidisking 1 month ago
@cidisking it is not because there is no answer, but because the Buddha restricted himself to teach only that what will serve liberation. For liberation it is needless to know if the world has a beginning or not, so why bother? But for liberation it is important to know that there is no omnipotent god who could liberate you in an instant or be an impossible to overcome obstacle! So, if you are a Buddhist, you cannot believe in such a god!
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 It's not that there is no answer, but instead it is unknown if there is an answer or not .... those are two different things .... we agnostic people accept that we don't know the existence or power of something such as a God .... we can not prove or disapprove either side and we accept that but are open to both possibilities as far as "there can be" or "there can't be" .... question, how am I changing the definitions to my liking?!?
cidisking 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 omnipotent means "unlimited power" .... agnostic means you accept that the existence and/or powers of god or a god are unknown .... existence is included in that .... agnostic does not mean you believe Gods powers are unlimited .... regardless from my point of view, even as a follow of the Buddha, I believe the universe is what should rightfully be labeled as God.
cidisking 1 month ago
@cidisking if you redefine the words to your liking we cannot communicate!
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@cidisking one could classify, within limits, Buddhism as atheistic Gnosis. I do not count the Devas and Brahmas as theistic, because they are also limited beings. Theism is about the one only 'true' 'living' god who created everything. If you include the Sadevaka, Sabrahmaka and Samaraka, then Buddhism is still atheistic because those gods are not worshipped, but in tibetan Buddhism they are accepted as protectors. Of course if you define the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Akanishta as 'Gods'...
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
This man has No understanding of this subject.
cliviticus 1 month ago
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@cliviticus "This man has No understanding of this subject"
I presume you're talking about the monk.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
ohhhh ...santa
TheDineshChannel 1 month ago
so what do you believe in genius?
adasand21 1 month ago
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@adasand21 "what do you believe in"
Cause and effect. When you burn firewood it becomes ashes and heat.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway HA! All Buddhist reasoning on rebirth is based on cause and effect! Do some study before you critisize a philosophy you do not even understand! Buddhism is also very practical, turn your mind into your laboratory and study it! That's Buddhist practice!
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 There is no way that you can reason, by way of cause and effect, that there are separate streams of consciousness, independent of the body, and that a person can be reborn as a fish. Such beliefs are not practical in the slightest degree.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway are waves dependent or independent of water? In the same way mind is dependent and independent of body. Body = Rupa = Form is one intrinsic part of mind as described by the five skandhas. So, why would I want to reason things that are not claimed? Some fish are mature and aggressive at time of birth, so why should an aggressive person not continue as such a fish? You just deny but don't give any reason!
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 The mind is not independent of the body. If it were, it wouldn't be able to know anything about the body. That's the fundamental reason why the common belief in rebirth is entirely wrong. When firewood is burned, and becomes ashes, it doesn't become firewood again. We are the same. We are not a special case. All things work the same way.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
Buddha prohibited to talk on these issues 2500 years ago, only because people, most of them, can't understand the concepts. I dont understand why Peter Betts is talking about it and that too with poor explanation.
eshwar2601 1 month ago
@eshwar2601 I disagree that it's a "poor explanation". The problem is that what he's trying to explain isn't true.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
Dear. You don't have any religious experience. Furthermore, the soul of Buddhism lies in the meditation and compassion and not the concept reincarnation and rebirth.
eshwar2601 1 month ago
@eshwar2601 "You don't have any religious experience"
You know this because you're omniscient I presume - the same as all Buddhists?
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@eshwar2601 without rebirth what need is there for practice? If there is no result of bad and good actions then there is no reason not to live a hedonistic life!
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
Another thing you should think about, is that Buddhism has been dumbed down by successive generations from the original teachings, which were not at all super-natural in any way. There is no reincarnation of the Buddha. The Buddha is a cup of tea. He is you, he is me.
SocialPromotionTips 1 month ago
@SocialPromotionTips You are correct. My criticisms are not of the Buddha or his teaching, but of the beliefs of those (the vast majority, anyway) of those who call themselves "Buddhists". And I am criticising the teachings of Buddhist teachers, very few of whom teach anything true or intelligent with regards to rebirth.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway Then go and get yourself a tibetan Geshe who is recommended for his knowledge! I mean, if I want to know something reliable on Quantum Mechanics I do not go on a market and ask the people there, do I? I ask a respected physicist who is accepted by the community of physicists. Same goes here!
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 Tibetan Geshes are the worst of all Buddhist teachers when it comes to the subject of rebirth. If you wanted to know the truth about such matters then I think you would learn more by going to a Zen teacher.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway Normally, they do not specialize in this because tibetans generally accept rebirth. But if they have studied the indian masters they should be fit for reasoning. That's why I said you need to look for one. There is some smart reasoning about the mindstream. But actually, I think you are not really interested. Your reasons are emotionally and then there is no rational argument that would change anything!
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
@MinistryOfLove999 I have talked to many Tibetan geshes in the past, and I disagree with their views. They tend to believe that the mind is independent of the body, and is more permanent than the body, which it is not. The mind is less permanent than the body, as the Buddha correctly taught. Their reasoning about the mindstream is entirely mistaken.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@SocialPromotionTips Ah, so the Sutta where Buddha is followed by someone who spied on him and he got rid of this spy by just disappearing and reappearing on the other side of a vast river, was added later? The Canon is full of miracles the Buddha performed, but he did not like miracles as a general means, the only miracle he liked generally was the miracle of instruction! Do it yourself! :D
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
Reincarnation is scientifically proven. A tree falls over in the forest, and mushrooms grow from the trunk. I don't believe in the soul, I believe that everything is one. I am you, and you are me. That's a hard concept to wrap your head around, but it is scientifically proven. The only thing that separates you from me is consciousness.
SocialPromotionTips 1 month ago
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@5micky2 Your friend is telling you "basicly" the truth. Saying things like the 90 year old Guru is God incarnate is just how he was taught. The Masters of Spirtuality will do anything to get you to realize, even lie as far as I understand(not that the Guru is lying...but this Guru might be letting people go around saying he is God or whatever is a form of deception , (unless it actually is the truth somehow). So don't believe him but see for yourself by practicing meditation :)
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uilium 1 month ago
@5micky2 "I have no idea how to argue with the fellow."
You can't argue with meaningless nonsense. That's exactly why he gives it to you.
KevinSolway 1 month ago
@KevinSolway Everything recycles in nature! The water you are drinking is the same that the dinosaurs were drinking!Why should that not happen with mind?I mean apart from all the reasoning that fills a whole library.If mind is a neural proces then it is reapearing agin and again!Mind is also not equal to inteligence!Most reasoning seeing problems is really about rebirth of inteligence.Who says that you wil be reborn as a intelligent being! I mean, even now you are not..so,what can you expect? :D
MinistryOfLove999 1 month ago
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@MinistryOfLove999 "Why should that not happen with mind?I"
When you burn firewood it turns to ash. The ash might one day contribute towards firewood again - or it might not. It's the same with our mind. When we die we are