Buddha, with his renunciation, left corrupt status-quo Brahmanism and set the example and doctrinal means for followers to purify Religion from deviations that otherwise (just like Christianity in the last 500 years) pile up unless a new generation is inspired to dispel them. He inspires me me to appreciate the value of all traditions, including Christianity beyond the literalist Jesus-fetishism ill-disguised as "love".
By pointing to their Essence, the Buddha took the sins of all religions.
Bible is written by man, Christians are indecisive, why you think they have so many branches that separates them all. buddhism is more logical with mind over matter and progression of ones spirit to attain enlightenment, it is the teaching of the universal truth
Very informative video!!!!!! Thank you for the information!! But, what if we are a christian and we want to convert to buddhism. Can you give us directions?
I read too much academic and historical facts about Christianity at the university when I studied theology. I became a buddhist instead because its such an unconditionally loving and beautiful religion. It encompassed rights for animals. I have never felt so much love, peace and sincerity in any religion. I had no confusion in the scriptual text. The meditation helped to open my eyes to loving everything unconditionally nomatter how bad youre treated by them. it is a nonjudgemental religion.
firstly the Buddhist & Christian view hold a similar view of man's imperfection.Buddhism traces it back to man's attachment,while Christianity blames it on Adam & Eve's sin [original sin theory].It is from this imperfection that both call man to embark on a religious path.Buddhism lays down the 8 Noble Paths,while Christianity prescribe Jesus's blood.For me,i choose Buddhism as the path to crossover the imperfection is clear.
I am happy and extremely comfortable being a Buddhist and I hope that whatever your religion is you should love it too. No need to switch religion since all will arrive at same destination.
@777NVN no u wont end up at the SAME destination if his religion tells men to KILL GAYs,own slaves,and kill unbeleivers,do u think if he does these things he will end up where u do?
@Buddhist1986 You are right in a way and I agreed with you on that point. What I tried to say is that universally EVERYONE is a Buddhist, even Jesus, Muhammed and God. Everyone will in time become a Buddha.
@777NVN well u are 100% right we will all become buddhas one day,and we are all buddhist,even the mara(devil) is a Buddhist but he doesnt want to be and he does everything he can to keep others from doing so also.hence why i say what i did.i will send u a friend request.
after hearing this .....ill stick with my awareness of the buddhist teachings....its more about here and now, rather than the writings of a different age.
is any christians here interested in knowing the pure teachings of the lord Buddha?if u have realised the evil in the bible and want to find the pure way then send me a message and i will help guide u out of the darkness.
@Buddhist1986 Thank you for your invitation. Please explain to me the science of karma, the cycle of suffering and rebirth, Naraka beings, Preta, hungry ghost, Asuras,Devas including Brahmas. Tell me why a 4 year old child becomes a monk. Do you really understand the history of Buddhism. Buddha's teachings were too dangerous to write down for 200 years after his death.
@packrat28401 KARMA=cause and effect WIND BLOWS TREE MOVES,seek good live in peace,seek evil hang around evil people get killed.REBIRTH u live u die u are REBORN in the next life due to the KARMA u have accumulated hence cause and effect hang around bad people in this life be reborn around bad people in the next life(hell)sorry 4 yr OLD MONKS have NOTHING to do do with BUDDHIST SCRIPTURE it has as much to do with Buddhas teachings as CHRISTIAN preist MOLESTING 4 yr olds have to do with jesus.
@packrat28401 yes i understand Buddhas teachings very well and NO u are incorrect the Lord buddhas teachings were not DANGEROUS can u tell me how?i bet i can QOUTE a HUNDRED bible verses where ur deity tells men to COMMIT almost EVERY EVIL ACT KNOWN to MANKIND:( LEV 25:44-46,EX:21:20-21,EX 27:7,DUET 13:6-11,DUET 13:11-18,1 SAM 15:1-3,LEV 26:14,and i can keep going these verse ur deity says STABING "INNOCENT"INFANTS IS GOOD,KILLING PEOPLE CAUSE they SPOKE something wrong is GOOD,OWNING SLAVES:(
@packrat28401 (cont) i gave u PROOF i gave u VERSES from ur OWN bible showing PROOF ur bible and ur deity is EVIL,what Buddhist SCRIPTURES do u have as PROOF to show me Buddhism is DANGEROUS or EVIL?and i sure hope ur PROOF isnt 4 yr old monks cause u wont wont find that in Buddhas teachings :)
@packrat28401 i would also like to thank you for makeing this video i have met many buddhists and made many friends in this process may this be good karma for u in the future life,also ive been waiting on u to answer those questions for like 4 weeks.
I have a request of all Buddhist for a free exchange of thoughts and ideas. What would you like to know about God, or Jesus that does not involve the way corrupt men have used God as a front for profit and war?
@KTK401 A bold statement invented by your own mind with no evidence. I encourage a free exchange of thoughts, we all have a lot to learn. However, Christians or Buddhist will never assume you to being correct without evidence.
Here's the problem with this video - Buddhists are not allowed to try and convert others to the Buddhist belief - it is a path found by yourself. It's why you don't see preachers in the streets hollering nonsense to the public about going to hell, unlike Christians who do, and make videos like this in a similar respect.
@TheRenoReviews Millions of people around the world are born into Buddhism. Many become monks at 4 years old, and experience intense brain washing. Local Buddhism is the only thing they know. Are you attempting to limit them from exercising their free will to learn anything outside of Buddhism?
@packrat28401 Millions of people are born into fundamentalist evangelical "Christianity" & experience horrific brainwashing from childhood (being told of horror stories about "eternal hell" and "the devil") neither of which exist in the Jewish religion!
And if Judaism is wrong then Christianity isn't worth a thing......
So we can just as well call fundie Christians brainwashed by your criteria...
@packrat28401 what you are saying is misleading. the children who become monks at the age of 4 usually only do so fo a very brief period of time. actually, if you knew what you are talking about you would know thayt asian men of all ages become monks for a breif period of time. usually at the same time each year. i can tell you that buddhism does not try to spread lies and propaganda about christianity or any other religion. you know next to nothing about buddhism
Changing religion is like changing you mother. Jesus Christ was a buddhist Student for 16 years in Kashmir India. FOr evidence visit some BBC documentries in youtube. You can also type "where was Jesus for 18 years?" in youtube.
@ghondae There are BBC documentaries on Y2K, UFO,s, haunted castles, vampires, the Lock Nest monster, Nostradamus prophesies, and many other entertainment stories that just are not true historically or scientifically. Why do you believe the BBC documentaries that are written to gain viewership? Even the history channel is selling hype about the Mayan Calender and the end of the world, the same stuff it sold about year 2000, just in a different package.
@packrat28401 why would you even need to defend your holding to love?
There is no Almighty God but any God is free to believe in me or not. I exist regardless. The more good Karma that the Gods put into the universe the better for us all.
Yes, a Buddhist can become a Christian - AND stay a practicing Buddhist. There is no conflict between the two. Sadly, so many have misunderstandings about what Buddhism is about. Many think that Buddhists actually WORSHIP the Buddha. While there are a few who do, the vast majority know there is no worship in Buddhism as Buddhism is non-theistic in nature.
@Atatakaidan I guess I do not understand why this video states "how a Buddhist can become . . ." because there is nothing in here about how it relates to Buddhists or Buddhism. It is the blanket group of passages which only talks, if one were to assume it as that, about what some people state in the Bible. To the author, do you have the same video with other names on it, too, naming other theologies, both theistic and non-theistic?
@formless777 Because Buddhism encourages individual and logical thought and isn't bound on conversion. A Buddhist will be content with their philosophy and will welcome those who are curious.
Those who are bent on converting people are usually insecure in their own thoughts and try to convert others to feel as if they are correct.
I agree with your comments. To support your argument about insecurity I direct you to study proselytizing Buddhism in Japan, such as the Jodo Shinshu and Nichiren, perhaps the two least Buddhist forms of Buddhism.
What is the point in making this video? with all no disrespect intended, why do you seek to convert people of other religons? Why cant you simply accept that if they want to be christian they will be christian? or if they want to be Buddhist they will be Buddhist? What happened to free will and freedom from opression?
@JacobyJenkins I simply teach How a Buddhist can become a Christian.
What happened to the free will of the 4 year old boys whom are forced to become Buddhist monks? Is it wrong to have a free exchange of ideas? How is this video oppression?
@packrat28401 I wouldn't say it's wrong for anyone to make any video. What I would say, though, is your comparison of 4-year old boys being forced to become buddhist monks isn't any more far off than say Catholic/Christian School, "Jesus Camp", or society imposing extreme Christian views on a child.
It's all in perspective about what's right and what's wrong. No one tells you how to raise your children, I'd be careful of telling others how they should raise theirs.
@JacobyJenkins Is it wrong for a Buddhist monk to make a video, How a Christian can become a Buddhist? Is it wrong for a Buddhist to study Christianity? Is it wrong for a Christian to study Buddhism?
Are you becoming one of the thought control police?
@packrat28401Please refrain from smack talk? lets be civil. im saying if someone wanted to turn to christianity from buddhism. they would go to the church and study and vice versa. opression was too harsh of a word I aploagize, The word i should have used was pressure, freedom from pressures like this. Im saying why cant we just accept each other and not have to make videos like this? I mean to say lets stop telling each other how we could do things and just make a new way to do them together?
@JacobyJenkins Peace brother, This Video is passive and like a book in the library. Any person interested has the freedom to look at it or not. It does not drag children into a church or a monastery. Would you have the same sentiment if it was titled "How a Christian can become a Buddhist?"
@JacobyJenkins I have studied Buddhism too, and I can see thousands of Buddhist watch this video. And there are also many people defending Buddhism but do not have a clue how to become a Buddhist. These are the thought police that have no place in Buddhism, and oppose the free exchange of information. Just read the comments from these modern book burners.
What's ironic about this is that I went from Christianity to Buddhism, much for the reasoning implied by your video and your responses to various people here.
There's a lot of focus on our actions not being important, that we can do anything in this life but at the very end can claim belief in Jesus and God, and we will be saved. What concerns me about this is that people can be as rude and crude as they can be - converting, arguing, and so on with no regard for being a "good person."
@TheDarkTrumpet When Jesus heard it, he said to them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
@packrat28401 I would not consider myself righteous - I am way too far from perfect, but I appreciate much the complement. I do spend a considerable amount of time helping others/volunteering, not that it's good or bad or I'm better or worse than others.
The only thing I'd like to add is we should be very careful of saying any one group is better than another. I, personally, consider myself Buddhist and have been for about 10 years now. I wouldn't classify everyone of one group good or bad..
@packrat28401 To rephrase a bit better. There are really bad Christians, really bad Buddhists, really bad Hindus, really bad Islamic people, so on. Consequently, there are really good Christians, really good Buddhists, really good Hindus, really good Islamic people. The path of which we get to the end is different for each group, but the focus - that is, the human aspect of how we treat each other, is very similar among religions. Do onto your neighbor. One path isn't better than another.
@TheDarkTrumpet Actions are thoughts are very important. A true believer will align his inner thoughts and beliefs and his actions with his faith. Otherwise, his life is not consistent. Or he will remain a shallow, ill-informed or worse still, a hypocrite. I expect a young believer to grow deep in spiritual matters so this alignment can occur over months and years. As for those who are arguing for argument sake, I would consider them immature or perhaps they have a lack of communication skills.
@StudentOfLife81 Thank you for your comment. There is nothing that you can do or say, that I will not forgive. The Lord Jesus Christ is the source of my joy and not the opinion of others. kindest regards to you and your family. John 3:16
@knightsofstjoan2004 Millions of people around the world are born into Buddhism. Many become monks at 4 years old, and experience intense brain washing. Local Buddhism is the only thing they know. Are you attempting to limit them from exercising their free will to learn anything outside of Buddhism?
@knightsofstjoan2004 You do not have any authority over what I do or say. And Buddhist do not need additional Thought Police. If any Buddhist wants to understand How to become a Christian, he has that free will to learn, regardless of your thoughts on the matter. Thank you for your comment
@packrat28401=Most devout Buddhists wanted to be a bodhisattva and attain Buddhahood, that's what's precious and important to them. I think it would be better that neither you nor anyone should interfere when it comes to this things.
read the Abhidhamma and learn the proper meditation with an experience teacher.....you can find them in Burma and Thailand. There are some good ones in Australia and the U. S. This is where Buddhism is different from all other religions.
Hinduism is close but they cant take you beyond they world cycle of birth and death ! ! !
@pinky88bloom Siddhartha Gautama sat under the scared fig tree struggling with his own conscience and the local superstition .If he told people that he did not believe in the cycle of Karma and rebirth he would be stoned by the people or killed by the tribal leadership as a hieratic. After a few days he had an Eureka moment. He would claim to have overcome the fetters of his mind and break the cycle of karma.
He was not lying because basically He kicked the superstitions to the curve. He announced that he was now awake that he had been enlightened. His enlightenment was the freedom from blaming the past for problems in the now. And he began to work on being a better human being instead of being a superstitious fool.
Primitive Buddhism was a lifetime commitment to deliver ignorant masses from the religious control of the local tribal and religious leaders. Buddha's teachings were too dangerous to write down for 200 years after his death. Then all the local superstitions polluted and saturated Buddhism.
@willeksgls Thank you for your comment. Please explain to me the science of karma, the cycle of suffering and rebirth, Naraka beings, Preta, hungry ghost, Asuras,Devas including Brahmas. Tell me why a 4 year old child becomes a monk. Do you really understand the history of Buddhism.
@TheGothiclism The title is correct. A disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ becomes a Christian, not a Christianity. I respect your free will to accept or reject The Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for your comment. Peace and safety to you.
@willeksgls Thank you for your comment, I never met a Buddhist that I did not like. So show me the light, point out how you consider me hostile to Buddhism.
@willeksgls I was born & raised Buddhist in Thailand. 3 yrs ago at 45 yrs old, I discovered the deepest truth of the universe, God exists, is real, is who He said He is in the Bible & Jesus Christ is His only begotten Son. Jesus came to earth 2010 yrs ago, not only to teach the way to heaven, but to be the only Way to heaven. Needless to say, I am Buddhist no more.
For Buddhists by birth, as I use to be, it's extremely difficult to become a Christian because Buddhism is all they know.
@KATAERO all religions teaches good things. when u born with one religion.. its a gift. when u r converted later.. its ur own choice. Dont be afraid of heaven or hell, its all up to urself whether u doing good things or bad things. heaven or hell is just on the earth. look around u and learn ..what's going on with this world and dont be confused. its not about religions.. even jesus learned many things from buddha. its not difficult to convert..it only difficult to know urself..
@TheGothiclism Where is your source of info? Man created religion to explain the unknown, kind of creating his god in his own image & likeness. It can never answer our question about the great unknown of whether there is life after death. Gautama Siddhartha did the same thing, creating his own god in what he thought to be the answer to that great unknown. He, himself became a god to Buddhists. However, the day I met the Way, the Truth & the Life, I knew Gautama Siddhartha got it all wrong.
@TheGothiclism (con) I've come across "Buddhist monk visited hell, and came back to life after 3 days!" last night. It might interest you. The monk was a well-known Burmese Buddhist monk.
@KATAERO unfortunately that was a fake. confirmed and sued that organization. That is not a well-known monk too :) not even a real monk tho. These kind of organization are just trying to cause a flame between religions relationship.
Do you think that all Buddhists should convert to Christianity? No, I don't think so because that would make Buddhism a dead religion and the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama totally forgotten and the belief and doctrine of karma and reincarnation decline.
is there christians here that want to become buddhist? this seem like a great site to draw christians in to mabey come back with a buddhist perspective.
The Buddha is the Spiritual Father who Christ refers to anonymously because the Jews never would have followed him if he told them his Spiritual Father was the Buddha. The jealous "God" of the Jews is in fact proven by the New Testament to be the anti-Christ.
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@fabtastic2 John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
@fabtastic2 These type of christians try to earn power and wealth,while pretending that there god is beside them supporting them. Trying to hide from Karma until it is too late.
It's simple, just bow down, talk to empty air, donating money for the church, give your daughter's virginity to the high priest, burning the " heretics ", denying science and evolution.... and you become Christian.
@aclock2 Thank you for your comment. Please explain to me the science of karma, the cycle of suffering and rebirth, Naraka beings, Preta, hungry ghost, Asuras,Devas including Brahmas.
@packrat28401 - "Tell me why a 4 year old child becomes a monk."
Probably because of a myriad of reasons which you would not agree with, but perhaps the rightful guardians of the child deemed the best thing for the child under the circumstances.
The same goes for Christian children who are brought up in religious environments by their rightful guardians. What is the point here? Kids shouldn't be monks according to you? B/c monks are ????? bad? evil? what? I am curious to hear your opinion(s).
@aclock2 Have you ever considered that all of the theories of evolution are in direct scientific conflict with Buddhist teaching. The concept of survival of the fittest and the concept of overcoming 100,000 generations of bad karma are opposed in an infinite number of points.
@packrat28401 - So you don't understand the "science" of karma? That's quite understandable since there is no "science" behind it. Quite simply, karma means action committed by sentient beings. Any action you commit is karma. Hopefully, you did not mix up the Buddhist explanation of action and its repercussions with the Hindu version. Or do you think you are exempt from repercussions of your actions? Please explain to me what you mean in your evolution & karma comment as I do not understand it.
@packrat28401 "The concept of survival of the fittest and the concept of overcoming 100,000 generations of bad karma are opposed in an infinite number of points."
I'm afraid you will have to explain this a bit further. I makes no logical sense to expect them to be conflict free...Again, I am curious to know your view of karma.
"100,000 generations of bad karma" -- where did this come from? What do you mean to say here? It does not make sense.
How a Christian can become a Buddhist... Live for 40 years being abused , demoralised ,beaten and broken by Christians and then learn to be compassionate and loving thru Buddhism.
@emobutterflylady It's not the person that you should blame... It's the idea.... Thought is what you should focus on... The abusive "christians" are just shells.... :) I know some very genuine christians... I am one... Am I abusive too.....? I also believe in buddhism...
@emobutterflylady Do you blame the Lord Jesus Christ because your abusers called themselves Christians?
Any Nazi can call themselves a christian, and start a war. And as long as you carry this baggage you will always live as their victim. Forgive them or they will control room in your head until you die.
Now I say to you all. If you understand that all conceivable things are impermanent and liable to decay. Then you have understood the Buddha's teaching. It is pointless to worry about names and labels. The point is to understand the teaching which transcends religious labels. Therefore, you can be Buddhist while being a Christian and vise versa.
Thank you for your comment. None of Siddhartha Gautama's teachings were written down for 400 years. Buddha taught disciples that pasted the teachings down orally. Hinduism with it local myths permeated the oral tradition. Once they were written down, the follows divided into two main opposing divisions and many small troubled groups of followers.
@DarkBeauty1989 Thank you for your comment. However you clearly do not know the history of Buddhism or you are suppressing the facts. You are throwing stones from a glass house my friend.Just Google Buddhism, educate yourself. You do not know just how much you do not know.
@packrat28401 jesus' teaching werent written down untill year later aswell. im not buddhist my husband is -so its not like i think buddhist religion is the truth
@packrat28401 however I respect his religion cause it dosent preach any evil what so ever. No one would ever be able to use buddha as an excuse to kill
@DarkBeauty1989 Thank you for your comment. This video explains How a Buddhist May Become a Christian. I have not completed the video explaining Why a Buddhist should become a Christian. However I can recommend several other very good videos which address your issues. Peace
@jason1973tl Thank you for your comment. However you clearly do not know the history of Buddhism or you are suppressing the facts. You are throwing stones from a glass house my friend.Just Google Buddhism, educate yourself. You do not know just how much you do not know.
@packrat28401 I have forgotten more about buddhism than you will ever know. I am tired of Christians screwing with "my" religion. If you don't want people throwing stones at your glass house don't screw with a religion you obviously know nothing about. Buddhism is not a religion that can be easily understood in an evening by non Buddhist people.
@jason1973tl You do not know, just how much I know about Buddhism. And millions of Buddhist are becoming Christians, regardless of how tired you get. You are not the thought police for all Buddhist. Get a grip on your ego.
@jason1973tl Millions of former Buddhist have used their free will to become born again Christians. You can see testimonies on YouTube of some of these wonderful people. Buddhist do not need or want thought police. They have the right to examine any religious belief they so choose. My humble efforts in this video may have been inadequate to convinced you, but hopefully the Holy Spirit will reveal the love of Jesus to you all all other Buddhist.
@packrat28401 Anguttara Nikaya 3.60 He walks upon the water without parting it,as if on solid ground. Buddha walked on water first. look into Horus,Mithra,and Krishna and you will see that your "god" is a copycat. And a buddhist converting to christianity is a huge step backwards no offense
@DarkBeauty1989 Thank you for your comment. None of Siddhartha Gautama's teachings were written down for 400 years. Buddha taught disciples that pasted the teachings down orally. Hinduism with it local myths permeated the oral tradition. Once they were written down, the follows divided into two main opposing divisions and many small troubled groups of followers.
@matreyia Thank you for the comment. There are no straight facts to get straight. My source is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. However it was obvious that Buddha could not read or write. And that the oral propagation of his teachings were controlled by the oral teachers for at least 200 and possibly 400 years.
@packrat28401 - "...None of Siddhartha Gautama's teachings were written down for 400 years."
This was your claim. I merely rebutted your claim to which you admitted your wikipedia as a reliable source. Should we all then go to wikipedia for our sources in discussions? Wikipedia is one source...you need to read many many sources instead of relying on wikipedia. Many versions of the same story...research then make objective critiques.
@packrat28401 - I would sincerely like to ask you the version of the Gospels which you read. There are currently 40 English versions including 2 King James versions. I do not care which one you ascribe to, I mere wish to know which one so that I do not speak in error about your beliefs. Furthermore, did you also study the "heretical" gospels? thanks for your intelligent replies. I look forward to our dialogue. You seem to have a strong foundation in your faith. I admire that and wish to examine.
Millions of former Buddhist have used their free will to become born again Christians. You can see testimonies on YouTube of some of these wonderful people. Buddhist do not need or want thought police. They have the right to examine any religious belief they so choose. My humble efforts in this video may have been inadequate to convinced you, but hopefully the Holy Spirit will reveal the love of Jesus to you all all other Buddhist.
In 2500 years, hundreds of millions of Buddhist have not accomplished what Buddha accomplished in a few weeks of meditation. His evidence was his own testimony which was written down 400 years after his death.
@nactan This information came from the Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, subject Buddhism. Check it out friend. Nothing Buddha said was writen down for 400 years. Somebody had a long memory...
@packrat28401 The first part. I don't believe anything just because the Buddha said so. It doesn't even matter whether the historical Buddha existed. No more than it matters whether the historical Euclid existed. Their works speak for themselves either way. And besides, you don't know how accurate oral traditions are, do you? Even today, it's not hard to find Buddhist monks who have memorized each and every word of the Tipitaka. This was standard practice in preliterate societies like old India.
@packrat28401 Not only have several people I know attained some measure of enlightenment, so have I. Enlightenment isn't absolute, one's level depends on innate qualities and the amount of effort we've been willing to exert.
@nactan You have now made my point of your own intellectual dishonesty. You flattery your own intellect to believe in beings that exist only in your own mind. Remember your psychology 101, self flattery gets you anywhere you really want to go.
@packrat28401 This is why people don't like talking about this stuff. It's absolutely true,but there is nothing I can say (not in 500 chrs) that will make you believe me. If I say I have never experienced enlightenment,you'll go "Hah! So Buddhism is useless!" If I choose not to deny the truth out of false modesty, you'll say I'm flattering my own intellect. (whatever that means) Okay then, let me be a flatterer in your eyes until you find your own reasons to think differently. I could care less.
@nactan Peace, my friend. You claimed to be a science grad student and that Buddhism is fully compatible with science. Please tell me about Naraka beings, Preta, Asuras, Devas,Brahmas, Suddhavasa Worlds, or scientifically explain Karma.
@packrat28401 Karma is mundane, non-deterministic causality, not "justice". (a common misconception) African countries that export conflict diamonds are literally populated by demons and hellbeings, not humans. In scholarly Buddhism, realms indicate mental state, not species or physical location. Indians used to believe that different races of men are different species of sentient beings anyway. An alien from Alpha Centauri can be a "human" or a "hellbeing" just as much as any of us.
@nactan Hellbeings aren't thought of as "condemned". Cripples are not being "punished" for past life crimes. Karmic causality is unfair and unjust. Buddhism teaches us to find expedient means to save beings who are suffering.
@packrat28401 Some people just turn out to be closer to enlightenment than others by birth. No one in my family has schizophrenia or epilepsy. We all lead normal, productive lives. People dislike blowing their own trumpet when it doesn't help in any way. In this case though, it's necessary to correct your misconception.
useless = a Christian's 10-minute preachment reciting a mythological book about a supernatural messiah written by scientifically illiterate men who maintained geocentrism
useful = Alan Watts' 2-minute comment on psychological doctrines of Buddhism developed by an empiricist whose worldview has turned out to be resonating with the fundamental scientific facts such as the wave-particle duality, quantum entanglement, etc.
Acceptance of evolution: Protestant 24%, Unaffiliated 72%, Buddhist 81%
@mirandansa Thank you for your comment. However you clearly do not know the history of Buddhism or you are suppressing the facts. You are throwing stones from a glass house my friend.
@mirandansa Young prince Siddhartha Gautama 35, sat in meditation a few weeks under a sacred fig tree and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. The only evidence he gave was his own words, which were written down 400 years after his death.
@mirandansa Thank you for your comment. Not theism! You clearly have not researched the history or teachings of Buddhism. Just Google Buddhism, educate yourself. You do not know just how much you do not know.
« Not theism! You clearly have not researched the history or teachings of Buddhism. »
YOU have not. Siddhartha did not believe in any deity. For him, questioning about that which cannot be experienced was futile. Like most atheists, though, he did not *claim* that there is no deity; he just lacked belief in it due to lack of empirical evidence.
He was a self-professed human. He died of food poison. And "Buddha" refers to a state of awareness, not to a person or a deity.
@mirandansa You have now made my point of your own intellectual dishonesty. You flattery your own intellect to believe in beings that exist only in your own mind. Remember your psychology 101, self flattery gets you anywhere you really want to go.
« So where are the scientific proof of Naraka beings ... »
They are posthumous allegorical inventions. Siddhartha himself was a non-theist, sceptic, and empiricist. His teachings are purely psychological in nature. The Four Truths (how consciousness functions), the Eightfold Path (how to decrease cognitive suffering by increasing cognitive capability), and the Middle Way (not too much, not too little), that's the essence of Buddhism.
@mirandansa Your quest to becoming a Superior being through enlightenment is narcissism. The only evidence of Nirvana or enlightenment is in your own head. The only evidence scientific or otherwise any Buddhist can show of enlightenment is their own testimony.
i'm sorry, i'm truely sorry but i have to include these:
"it is written that [blablablabla]..." - indeed, it is written... by MAN. lest not forget: DECADES after the initial events (may they be true or not, but most likely not) have taken place. is there a verified stamp or fingerprint of god for approval?
and a last insight about buddhism vs religion:
Buddhism Teaches - religion PReaches
wherein the 'teachers' encourage to question/investigate for yourself & 'preachers' demand blind belief
@robvidtime9000 Millions of former Buddhist have used their free will to become born again Christians. You can see testimonies on YouTube of some of these wonderful people. Buddhist do not need or want thought police. They have the right to examine any religious belief they so choose. My humble efforts in this video may have been inadequate to convinced you, but hopefully the Holy Spirit will reveal the love of Jesus to you all all other Buddhist.
This says nothing about why a Buddhist ought to believe in Jesus Christ or even what's wrong with Buddhist beliefs from a Christian POV. All it does is summarize the story of the bible, which we're all quite familiar with thanks to the West, and attempt to lead me in a prayer. This is the first time I have downrated a video.
As a Buddhist, I have a bible passage to recommend: Matthew 25:31-46 Where Jesus explains very unambiguously who will be saved and who damned in the Christian afterlife.
Creation of the Universe Genesis 1:11-13 ‘Vegetation was created on the third day.’ Genesis 1:14-19 ‘The Sun was created on the fourth day.’ How can the vegetation come into existence without the sunlight and how could it survive without the sunlight?! Unscientific.
I have links to show other unscientific verses if anyone is interested.
buddhism is superior than christianity or islam because of one saying buddha had said:
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, where you heard it, or who said it - even if I have said it - unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
but christians request us not to ask reason, but only to believe.
it's against human consciousness and common sense.
this is also reason why rational and merciful ancient chinese accept buddism but reject christianity .
rational ancient chinese really dont bother to talk about gods or ghosts (confucius is the example), because if we cant even solve many of the problems in real life, then why waste time in meaningless non-existing virtual problems (for eample if there is god, if god (if real) is allmighty... this fucking stupid cant -never-be-proved childish problems). and i adore ancient chinese attitude to religions.
even from the first page of the bible i cannot understand the analogies that christianity attempts to teach people. I just don't like the attatchment all have to this man jesus. Others have made monumental steps to enlightenment, and to help people, to end pain. It's only fair to then praise and worship every living person who has done good and is connected to god then? this claim would mean most people would not be saved (if it is really true.)
@quidnick The Lord Jesus Christ is unique in this universe. There is only one begotten Son of God, Jesus. Every one else has been tested and found unworthy. Even HIS name is above every name that is named.
@packrat28401 i'm sorry,but unless there's a fully disclosed genetic DNA proof i will not recognise jesus as the son of god... damn,if they only HAD the DNA of both... :-D (not even have to mention the physical proof of either's existence... which to date has NEVER been proven, may i remind you)
i have many many (solid) arguments to why christianity isn't a good religion but i'll only bore you with 1:
the 'good' book isn't really THAT good if it's open for (mis)interpretation now is it ;-) peace
@Mnemosyne9 You are being intellectually dishonest. You demand DNA proof that Jesus is the Son of God, which is clearly taught as a requirement of our faith. You do not even know how much you do not know about Buddhism. Have you explored the history of Buddhism?
@Mnemosyne9 Young prince Siddhartha Gautama 35, sat in meditation a few weeks under a sacred fig tree and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. The only evidence he gave was his own words.
@Mnemosyne9 While hundreds of millions of Buddhist have not been able to accomplish enlightenment with years of meditation. Have you first demanded scientific proof of Naraka beings, Preta, Devas Brahmas, Śuddhāvāsa Worlds, anāgāmis, arupa-dhatu, arūpajhānas, ???
@packrat28401 man & woman physically exist & they are capable of anything without a need of outside (divine) help, THAT is what buddhism is trying to teach,to find that strength within you. once finding that & seeing the many benificial results it would be pretty silly to give your happiness out of your hands and into the hands of such an absurd concept of a god... you only have to answer for to yourself: do bad things, accept the effects. everything exists out of cause and effect.
Buddha, with his renunciation, left corrupt status-quo Brahmanism and set the example and doctrinal means for followers to purify Religion from deviations that otherwise (just like Christianity in the last 500 years) pile up unless a new generation is inspired to dispel them. He inspires me me to appreciate the value of all traditions, including Christianity beyond the literalist Jesus-fetishism ill-disguised as "love".
By pointing to their Essence, the Buddha took the sins of all religions.
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YakobusRO 3 months ago
Bible is written by man, Christians are indecisive, why you think they have so many branches that separates them all. buddhism is more logical with mind over matter and progression of ones spirit to attain enlightenment, it is the teaching of the universal truth
paulsy23 3 months ago
what happened to the dinosaurs? why bible never mention them?
candygirlz2005 6 months ago
@candygirlz2005 Ah yes the bible mentions them. For one in the book of Job. The Leviathan and the Behemoth they are called and it's description.
Check out the 'biblegateway' online and look them up...
Awake4Truth 5 months ago
Very informative video!!!!!! Thank you for the information!! But, what if we are a christian and we want to convert to buddhism. Can you give us directions?
WorldMilitia 6 months ago
@WorldMilitia well i can give u directions.send me a message :)
Buddhist1986 6 months ago
I read too much academic and historical facts about Christianity at the university when I studied theology. I became a buddhist instead because its such an unconditionally loving and beautiful religion. It encompassed rights for animals. I have never felt so much love, peace and sincerity in any religion. I had no confusion in the scriptual text. The meditation helped to open my eyes to loving everything unconditionally nomatter how bad youre treated by them. it is a nonjudgemental religion.
angellicvoices 7 months ago 5
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Beautiful post. Really.
I too, went thru a similar process with comparitive religion. Only to become confused.
The meditative practice....was the salve.
7Beyonder 7 months ago
firstly the Buddhist & Christian view hold a similar view of man's imperfection.Buddhism traces it back to man's attachment,while Christianity blames it on Adam & Eve's sin [original sin theory].It is from this imperfection that both call man to embark on a religious path.Buddhism lays down the 8 Noble Paths,while Christianity prescribe Jesus's blood.For me,i choose Buddhism as the path to crossover the imperfection is clear.
sampuna 8 months ago 2
packrat28401
You still have not convince me to switch religion.
777NVN 9 months ago
I am happy and extremely comfortable being a Buddhist and I hope that whatever your religion is you should love it too. No need to switch religion since all will arrive at same destination.
777NVN 9 months ago
@777NVN no u wont end up at the SAME destination if his religion tells men to KILL GAYs,own slaves,and kill unbeleivers,do u think if he does these things he will end up where u do?
Buddhist1986 9 months ago
@Buddhist1986 You are right in a way and I agreed with you on that point. What I tried to say is that universally EVERYONE is a Buddhist, even Jesus, Muhammed and God. Everyone will in time become a Buddha.
777NVN 9 months ago
@777NVN well u are 100% right we will all become buddhas one day,and we are all buddhist,even the mara(devil) is a Buddhist but he doesnt want to be and he does everything he can to keep others from doing so also.hence why i say what i did.i will send u a friend request.
Buddhist1986 9 months ago
*yawn*
SkyKing02 10 months ago
after hearing this .....ill stick with my awareness of the buddhist teachings....its more about here and now, rather than the writings of a different age.
7Beyonder 10 months ago 3
@7Beyonder Thank you for your comment, kindest regards. Ron
packrat28401 10 months ago
is any christians here interested in knowing the pure teachings of the lord Buddha?if u have realised the evil in the bible and want to find the pure way then send me a message and i will help guide u out of the darkness.
Buddhist1986 10 months ago
@Buddhist1986 evil does not exist in the bible. evil only exists in the mind of human beings. a human being can find evil in an Archie comic
BeingNobody1956 10 months ago
@BeingNobody1956 and a human being can find great evil in the bible also.plus the archie comic proble contains more moral advice.
Buddhist1986 10 months ago
@Buddhist1986 Thank you for your invitation. Please explain to me the science of karma, the cycle of suffering and rebirth, Naraka beings, Preta, hungry ghost, Asuras,Devas including Brahmas. Tell me why a 4 year old child becomes a monk. Do you really understand the history of Buddhism. Buddha's teachings were too dangerous to write down for 200 years after his death.
packrat28401 10 months ago
@packrat28401 KARMA=cause and effect WIND BLOWS TREE MOVES,seek good live in peace,seek evil hang around evil people get killed.REBIRTH u live u die u are REBORN in the next life due to the KARMA u have accumulated hence cause and effect hang around bad people in this life be reborn around bad people in the next life(hell)sorry 4 yr OLD MONKS have NOTHING to do do with BUDDHIST SCRIPTURE it has as much to do with Buddhas teachings as CHRISTIAN preist MOLESTING 4 yr olds have to do with jesus.
Buddhist1986 10 months ago
@packrat28401 yes i understand Buddhas teachings very well and NO u are incorrect the Lord buddhas teachings were not DANGEROUS can u tell me how?i bet i can QOUTE a HUNDRED bible verses where ur deity tells men to COMMIT almost EVERY EVIL ACT KNOWN to MANKIND:( LEV 25:44-46,EX:21:20-21,EX 27:7,DUET 13:6-11,DUET 13:11-18,1 SAM 15:1-3,LEV 26:14,and i can keep going these verse ur deity says STABING "INNOCENT"INFANTS IS GOOD,KILLING PEOPLE CAUSE they SPOKE something wrong is GOOD,OWNING SLAVES:(
Buddhist1986 10 months ago
@packrat28401 (cont) i gave u PROOF i gave u VERSES from ur OWN bible showing PROOF ur bible and ur deity is EVIL,what Buddhist SCRIPTURES do u have as PROOF to show me Buddhism is DANGEROUS or EVIL?and i sure hope ur PROOF isnt 4 yr old monks cause u wont wont find that in Buddhas teachings :)
Buddhist1986 10 months ago
@packrat28401 i would also like to thank you for makeing this video i have met many buddhists and made many friends in this process may this be good karma for u in the future life,also ive been waiting on u to answer those questions for like 4 weeks.
Buddhist1986 9 months ago
I have a request of all Buddhist for a free exchange of thoughts and ideas. What would you like to know about God, or Jesus that does not involve the way corrupt men have used God as a front for profit and war?
packrat28401 11 months ago
No need to try and covert Buddhists to Christianity, or people of any religion for that matter.
God will gather all the righteous to himself in the next world, regardless of their belief on earth, incorrect belief or not.
regards
KTK401 11 months ago
@KTK401 A bold statement invented by your own mind with no evidence. I encourage a free exchange of thoughts, we all have a lot to learn. However, Christians or Buddhist will never assume you to being correct without evidence.
packrat28401 11 months ago
@packrat28401 All the evidence is in the Jewish Bible (Tanakh), The Torah & the Talmud.
That's all the evidence we need. Indeed even Christ's own teachings reflect the same.
Jesus is not God & does not offer salvation.
For evidence, I advise anyone to consult the above documents.
Simple really!
KTK401 11 months ago
Here's the problem with this video - Buddhists are not allowed to try and convert others to the Buddhist belief - it is a path found by yourself. It's why you don't see preachers in the streets hollering nonsense to the public about going to hell, unlike Christians who do, and make videos like this in a similar respect.
TheRenoReviews 11 months ago
@TheRenoReviews Millions of people around the world are born into Buddhism. Many become monks at 4 years old, and experience intense brain washing. Local Buddhism is the only thing they know. Are you attempting to limit them from exercising their free will to learn anything outside of Buddhism?
packrat28401 11 months ago
@packrat28401 Millions of people are born into fundamentalist evangelical "Christianity" & experience horrific brainwashing from childhood (being told of horror stories about "eternal hell" and "the devil") neither of which exist in the Jewish religion!
And if Judaism is wrong then Christianity isn't worth a thing......
So we can just as well call fundie Christians brainwashed by your criteria...
kind regards
KTK401 11 months ago
@packrat28401 what you are saying is misleading. the children who become monks at the age of 4 usually only do so fo a very brief period of time. actually, if you knew what you are talking about you would know thayt asian men of all ages become monks for a breif period of time. usually at the same time each year. i can tell you that buddhism does not try to spread lies and propaganda about christianity or any other religion. you know next to nothing about buddhism
BeingNobody1956 10 months ago
Changing religion is like changing you mother. Jesus Christ was a buddhist Student for 16 years in Kashmir India. FOr evidence visit some BBC documentries in youtube. You can also type "where was Jesus for 18 years?" in youtube.
ghondae 11 months ago
@ghondae There are BBC documentaries on Y2K, UFO,s, haunted castles, vampires, the Lock Nest monster, Nostradamus prophesies, and many other entertainment stories that just are not true historically or scientifically. Why do you believe the BBC documentaries that are written to gain viewership? Even the history channel is selling hype about the Mayan Calender and the end of the world, the same stuff it sold about year 2000, just in a different package.
packrat28401 11 months ago
@packrat28401 lol...but u believe in a book/bible????
SkyKing02 10 months ago
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@packrat28401 why would you even need to defend your holding to love?
There is no Almighty God but any God is free to believe in me or not. I exist regardless. The more good Karma that the Gods put into the universe the better for us all.
kitiowa 11 months ago
@packrat28401 If you love then you are on the Buddha Path.
There is no such thing as an Almighty God.
kitiowa 11 months ago
@kitiowa=Who says there's no such thing as an Almighty God? It's rediculous, hypocritical, and insane. There is an Almighty God.
knightsofstjoan2004 11 months ago
see how many dislikes :)
amilagmail 11 months ago
@amilagmail Thank you for your comment. I pray that God will help me do a better job and be more convincing. Peace
packrat28401 11 months ago
Yes, a Buddhist can become a Christian - AND stay a practicing Buddhist. There is no conflict between the two. Sadly, so many have misunderstandings about what Buddhism is about. Many think that Buddhists actually WORSHIP the Buddha. While there are a few who do, the vast majority know there is no worship in Buddhism as Buddhism is non-theistic in nature.
Atatakaidan 1 year ago
@Atatakaidan I guess I do not understand why this video states "how a Buddhist can become . . ." because there is nothing in here about how it relates to Buddhists or Buddhism. It is the blanket group of passages which only talks, if one were to assume it as that, about what some people state in the Bible. To the author, do you have the same video with other names on it, too, naming other theologies, both theistic and non-theistic?
Atatakaidan 1 year ago
Why has nobody made any videos about why Christians should become Buddhists ?
formless777 1 year ago
@formless777 Because Buddhism encourages individual and logical thought and isn't bound on conversion. A Buddhist will be content with their philosophy and will welcome those who are curious.
Those who are bent on converting people are usually insecure in their own thoughts and try to convert others to feel as if they are correct.
davencarp1991 11 months ago
@davencarp1991
I agree with your comments. To support your argument about insecurity I direct you to study proselytizing Buddhism in Japan, such as the Jodo Shinshu and Nichiren, perhaps the two least Buddhist forms of Buddhism.
formless777 11 months ago
For your video to be at all convincing, I would first have to believe the bible to be true.
To believe the bible to be true I would first have to believe in god.
If I already believed in god, I would not need this video.
Your video appears to be mostly without substance.
pkemrin 1 year ago
@pkemrin Thank you for your comment. God believes in You.
packrat28401 1 year ago
What is the point in making this video? with all no disrespect intended, why do you seek to convert people of other religons? Why cant you simply accept that if they want to be christian they will be christian? or if they want to be Buddhist they will be Buddhist? What happened to free will and freedom from opression?
JacobyJenkins 1 year ago
@JacobyJenkins I simply teach How a Buddhist can become a Christian.
What happened to the free will of the 4 year old boys whom are forced to become Buddhist monks? Is it wrong to have a free exchange of ideas? How is this video oppression?
Peace
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 I wouldn't say it's wrong for anyone to make any video. What I would say, though, is your comparison of 4-year old boys being forced to become buddhist monks isn't any more far off than say Catholic/Christian School, "Jesus Camp", or society imposing extreme Christian views on a child.
It's all in perspective about what's right and what's wrong. No one tells you how to raise your children, I'd be careful of telling others how they should raise theirs.
TheDarkTrumpet 1 year ago
@JacobyJenkins Is it wrong for a Buddhist monk to make a video, How a Christian can become a Buddhist? Is it wrong for a Buddhist to study Christianity? Is it wrong for a Christian to study Buddhism?
Are you becoming one of the thought control police?
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401Please refrain from smack talk? lets be civil. im saying if someone wanted to turn to christianity from buddhism. they would go to the church and study and vice versa. opression was too harsh of a word I aploagize, The word i should have used was pressure, freedom from pressures like this. Im saying why cant we just accept each other and not have to make videos like this? I mean to say lets stop telling each other how we could do things and just make a new way to do them together?
JacobyJenkins 1 year ago
@JacobyJenkins Peace brother, This Video is passive and like a book in the library. Any person interested has the freedom to look at it or not. It does not drag children into a church or a monastery. Would you have the same sentiment if it was titled "How a Christian can become a Buddhist?"
packrat28401 1 year ago
@JacobyJenkins I have studied Buddhism too, and I can see thousands of Buddhist watch this video. And there are also many people defending Buddhism but do not have a clue how to become a Buddhist. These are the thought police that have no place in Buddhism, and oppose the free exchange of information. Just read the comments from these modern book burners.
packrat28401 1 year ago
What's ironic about this is that I went from Christianity to Buddhism, much for the reasoning implied by your video and your responses to various people here.
There's a lot of focus on our actions not being important, that we can do anything in this life but at the very end can claim belief in Jesus and God, and we will be saved. What concerns me about this is that people can be as rude and crude as they can be - converting, arguing, and so on with no regard for being a "good person."
TheDarkTrumpet 1 year ago
@TheDarkTrumpet When Jesus heard it, he said to them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Mark 2:17
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 I would not consider myself righteous - I am way too far from perfect, but I appreciate much the complement. I do spend a considerable amount of time helping others/volunteering, not that it's good or bad or I'm better or worse than others.
The only thing I'd like to add is we should be very careful of saying any one group is better than another. I, personally, consider myself Buddhist and have been for about 10 years now. I wouldn't classify everyone of one group good or bad..
TheDarkTrumpet 1 year ago
@packrat28401 To rephrase a bit better. There are really bad Christians, really bad Buddhists, really bad Hindus, really bad Islamic people, so on. Consequently, there are really good Christians, really good Buddhists, really good Hindus, really good Islamic people. The path of which we get to the end is different for each group, but the focus - that is, the human aspect of how we treat each other, is very similar among religions. Do onto your neighbor. One path isn't better than another.
TheDarkTrumpet 1 year ago
@TheDarkTrumpet Actions are thoughts are very important. A true believer will align his inner thoughts and beliefs and his actions with his faith. Otherwise, his life is not consistent. Or he will remain a shallow, ill-informed or worse still, a hypocrite. I expect a young believer to grow deep in spiritual matters so this alignment can occur over months and years. As for those who are arguing for argument sake, I would consider them immature or perhaps they have a lack of communication skills.
veritasvita 1 year ago
I can just visalize this guy in the video waving a rebel flag and a shotgun and shouting about Jesus
StudentOfLife81 1 year ago
@StudentOfLife81 Thank you for your comment. There is nothing that you can do or say, that I will not forgive. The Lord Jesus Christ is the source of my joy and not the opinion of others. kindest regards to you and your family. John 3:16
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 Thats not John 3:16 though lol
StudentOfLife81 1 year ago
You know what packrat28401 you can't go around anywhere converting all Buddhists to Christianity.
knightsofstjoan2004 1 year ago
@knightsofstjoan2004 Millions of people around the world are born into Buddhism. Many become monks at 4 years old, and experience intense brain washing. Local Buddhism is the only thing they know. Are you attempting to limit them from exercising their free will to learn anything outside of Buddhism?
Buddhism28401 1 year ago
@knightsofstjoan2004 You do not have any authority over what I do or say. And Buddhist do not need additional Thought Police. If any Buddhist wants to understand How to become a Christian, he has that free will to learn, regardless of your thoughts on the matter. Thank you for your comment
packrat28401 1 year ago
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@packrat28401=Most devout Buddhists wanted to be a bodhisattva and attain Buddhahood, that's what's precious and important to them. I think it would be better that neither you nor anyone should interfere when it comes to this things.
knightsofstjoan2004 11 months ago
@packrat28401
read the Abhidhamma and learn the proper meditation with an experience teacher.....you can find them in Burma and Thailand. There are some good ones in Australia and the U. S. This is where Buddhism is different from all other religions.
Hinduism is close but they cant take you beyond they world cycle of birth and death ! ! !
pinky88bloom 1 year ago
@pinky88bloom Siddhartha Gautama sat under the scared fig tree struggling with his own conscience and the local superstition .If he told people that he did not believe in the cycle of Karma and rebirth he would be stoned by the people or killed by the tribal leadership as a hieratic. After a few days he had an Eureka moment. He would claim to have overcome the fetters of his mind and break the cycle of karma.
Buddhism28401 1 year ago
He was not lying because basically He kicked the superstitions to the curve. He announced that he was now awake that he had been enlightened. His enlightenment was the freedom from blaming the past for problems in the now. And he began to work on being a better human being instead of being a superstitious fool.
Buddhism28401 1 year ago
Primitive Buddhism was a lifetime commitment to deliver ignorant masses from the religious control of the local tribal and religious leaders. Buddha's teachings were too dangerous to write down for 200 years after his death. Then all the local superstitions polluted and saturated Buddhism.
Buddhism28401 1 year ago
also....that seems to be what Christianity teaches. It's very childish dogma.
willeksgls 1 year ago
@willeksgls Thank you for your comment. Please explain to me the science of karma, the cycle of suffering and rebirth, Naraka beings, Preta, hungry ghost, Asuras,Devas including Brahmas. Tell me why a 4 year old child becomes a monk. Do you really understand the history of Buddhism.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 the title is wrong. :) it should be "Christianity" . and i will just stick around with Buddhism. thank you
TheGothiclism 1 year ago
@TheGothiclism The title is correct. A disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ becomes a Christian, not a Christianity. I respect your free will to accept or reject The Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for your comment. Peace and safety to you.
packrat28401 1 year ago
packrat28401...you seem very hostile towards a religion that shows no such hostility towards you
willeksgls 1 year ago
@willeksgls Thank you for your comment, I never met a Buddhist that I did not like. So show me the light, point out how you consider me hostile to Buddhism.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@willeksgls I was born & raised Buddhist in Thailand. 3 yrs ago at 45 yrs old, I discovered the deepest truth of the universe, God exists, is real, is who He said He is in the Bible & Jesus Christ is His only begotten Son. Jesus came to earth 2010 yrs ago, not only to teach the way to heaven, but to be the only Way to heaven. Needless to say, I am Buddhist no more.
For Buddhists by birth, as I use to be, it's extremely difficult to become a Christian because Buddhism is all they know.
KATAERO 1 year ago
@KATAERO all religions teaches good things. when u born with one religion.. its a gift. when u r converted later.. its ur own choice. Dont be afraid of heaven or hell, its all up to urself whether u doing good things or bad things. heaven or hell is just on the earth. look around u and learn ..what's going on with this world and dont be confused. its not about religions.. even jesus learned many things from buddha. its not difficult to convert..it only difficult to know urself..
TheGothiclism 1 year ago
@TheGothiclism Where is your source of info? Man created religion to explain the unknown, kind of creating his god in his own image & likeness. It can never answer our question about the great unknown of whether there is life after death. Gautama Siddhartha did the same thing, creating his own god in what he thought to be the answer to that great unknown. He, himself became a god to Buddhists. However, the day I met the Way, the Truth & the Life, I knew Gautama Siddhartha got it all wrong.
KATAERO 1 year ago
@TheGothiclism (con) I've come across "Buddhist monk visited hell, and came back to life after 3 days!" last night. It might interest you. The monk was a well-known Burmese Buddhist monk.
God bless
KATAERO 1 year ago
@KATAERO unfortunately that was a fake. confirmed and sued that organization. That is not a well-known monk too :) not even a real monk tho. These kind of organization are just trying to cause a flame between religions relationship.
TheGothiclism 6 months ago
Do you think that all Buddhists should convert to Christianity? No, I don't think so because that would make Buddhism a dead religion and the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama totally forgotten and the belief and doctrine of karma and reincarnation decline.
knightsofstjoan2004 1 year ago
is there christians here that want to become buddhist? this seem like a great site to draw christians in to mabey come back with a buddhist perspective.
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TheSonofman2 1 year ago
Sad...this a perfect example of pure brainwashing and ignorance.
TheSonofman2 1 year ago
Why do Christians always try to convert everybody. There ongoing attempts at destroying the cultures of other people are ridiculous.
fabtastic2 1 year ago
@fabtastic2 John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Buddhism28401 1 year ago
@fabtastic2 These type of christians try to earn power and wealth,while pretending that there god is beside them supporting them. Trying to hide from Karma until it is too late.
dmileynon97 1 year ago
It's simple, just bow down, talk to empty air, donating money for the church, give your daughter's virginity to the high priest, burning the " heretics ", denying science and evolution.... and you become Christian.
aclock2 1 year ago
@aclock2 Thank you for your comment. Please explain to me the science of karma, the cycle of suffering and rebirth, Naraka beings, Preta, hungry ghost, Asuras,Devas including Brahmas.
Tell me why a 4 year old child becomes a monk.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 - "Tell me why a 4 year old child becomes a monk."
Probably because of a myriad of reasons which you would not agree with, but perhaps the rightful guardians of the child deemed the best thing for the child under the circumstances.
The same goes for Christian children who are brought up in religious environments by their rightful guardians. What is the point here? Kids shouldn't be monks according to you? B/c monks are ????? bad? evil? what? I am curious to hear your opinion(s).
matreyia 1 year ago
@aclock2 Have you ever considered that all of the theories of evolution are in direct scientific conflict with Buddhist teaching. The concept of survival of the fittest and the concept of overcoming 100,000 generations of bad karma are opposed in an infinite number of points.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 - So you don't understand the "science" of karma? That's quite understandable since there is no "science" behind it. Quite simply, karma means action committed by sentient beings. Any action you commit is karma. Hopefully, you did not mix up the Buddhist explanation of action and its repercussions with the Hindu version. Or do you think you are exempt from repercussions of your actions? Please explain to me what you mean in your evolution & karma comment as I do not understand it.
matreyia 1 year ago
@packrat28401 "The concept of survival of the fittest and the concept of overcoming 100,000 generations of bad karma are opposed in an infinite number of points."
I'm afraid you will have to explain this a bit further. I makes no logical sense to expect them to be conflict free...Again, I am curious to know your view of karma.
"100,000 generations of bad karma" -- where did this come from? What do you mean to say here? It does not make sense.
matreyia 1 year ago
How a Christian can become a Buddhist... Live for 40 years being abused , demoralised ,beaten and broken by Christians and then learn to be compassionate and loving thru Buddhism.
emobutterflylady 1 year ago
@emobutterflylady It's not the person that you should blame... It's the idea.... Thought is what you should focus on... The abusive "christians" are just shells.... :) I know some very genuine christians... I am one... Am I abusive too.....? I also believe in buddhism...
blackneos940 1 year ago
@emobutterflylady Do you blame the Lord Jesus Christ because your abusers called themselves Christians?
Any Nazi can call themselves a christian, and start a war. And as long as you carry this baggage you will always live as their victim. Forgive them or they will control room in your head until you die.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401
According to Jesus, you know a tree by it's fruit. Jesus' followers are the fruit of his teaching; his is an evil and ignorant tree indeed.
formless777 1 year ago
Now I say to you all. If you understand that all conceivable things are impermanent and liable to decay. Then you have understood the Buddha's teaching. It is pointless to worry about names and labels. The point is to understand the teaching which transcends religious labels. Therefore, you can be Buddhist while being a Christian and vise versa.
matreyia 1 year ago
Thank you for your comment. None of Siddhartha Gautama's teachings were written down for 400 years. Buddha taught disciples that pasted the teachings down orally. Hinduism with it local myths permeated the oral tradition. Once they were written down, the follows divided into two main opposing divisions and many small troubled groups of followers.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 so?
DarkBeauty1989 1 year ago
@DarkBeauty1989 Thank you for your comment. However you clearly do not know the history of Buddhism or you are suppressing the facts. You are throwing stones from a glass house my friend.Just Google Buddhism, educate yourself. You do not know just how much you do not know.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 jesus' teaching werent written down untill year later aswell. im not buddhist my husband is -so its not like i think buddhist religion is the truth
DarkBeauty1989 1 year ago
@packrat28401 however I respect his religion cause it dosent preach any evil what so ever. No one would ever be able to use buddha as an excuse to kill
DarkBeauty1989 1 year ago
@DarkBeauty1989 Thank you for your comment. This video explains How a Buddhist May Become a Christian. I have not completed the video explaining Why a Buddhist should become a Christian. However I can recommend several other very good videos which address your issues. Peace
packrat28401 1 year ago
Christianity is a ripoff of ancient paganism. Go check out pocm.info
jason1973tl 1 year ago
@jason1973tl Thank you for your comment. However you clearly do not know the history of Buddhism or you are suppressing the facts. You are throwing stones from a glass house my friend.Just Google Buddhism, educate yourself. You do not know just how much you do not know.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 I have forgotten more about buddhism than you will ever know. I am tired of Christians screwing with "my" religion. If you don't want people throwing stones at your glass house don't screw with a religion you obviously know nothing about. Buddhism is not a religion that can be easily understood in an evening by non Buddhist people.
jason1973tl 1 year ago
@jason1973tl You do not know, just how much I know about Buddhism. And millions of Buddhist are becoming Christians, regardless of how tired you get. You are not the thought police for all Buddhist. Get a grip on your ego.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 Speaking of thought police. You should look in the mirror.
jason1973tl 1 year ago
@jason1973tl Millions of former Buddhist have used their free will to become born again Christians. You can see testimonies on YouTube of some of these wonderful people. Buddhist do not need or want thought police. They have the right to examine any religious belief they so choose. My humble efforts in this video may have been inadequate to convinced you, but hopefully the Holy Spirit will reveal the love of Jesus to you all all other Buddhist.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 Anguttara Nikaya 3.60 He walks upon the water without parting it,as if on solid ground. Buddha walked on water first. look into Horus,Mithra,and Krishna and you will see that your "god" is a copycat. And a buddhist converting to christianity is a huge step backwards no offense
DarkBeauty1989 1 year ago
@DarkBeauty1989 Thank you for your comment. None of Siddhartha Gautama's teachings were written down for 400 years. Buddha taught disciples that pasted the teachings down orally. Hinduism with it local myths permeated the oral tradition. Once they were written down, the follows divided into two main opposing divisions and many small troubled groups of followers.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 - actually it was an oral tradition for about 200 years after His passing. Get your history right before posting please.
matreyia 1 year ago
@matreyia Thank you for the comment. There are no straight facts to get straight. My source is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. However it was obvious that Buddha could not read or write. And that the oral propagation of his teachings were controlled by the oral teachers for at least 200 and possibly 400 years.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 - "There are no straight facts to get straight...."
Likewise friend, there are no facts to get straight in your case or in your religion. Thank you for acknowledging that.
matreyia 1 year ago
@packrat28401 - "...None of Siddhartha Gautama's teachings were written down for 400 years."
This was your claim. I merely rebutted your claim to which you admitted your wikipedia as a reliable source. Should we all then go to wikipedia for our sources in discussions? Wikipedia is one source...you need to read many many sources instead of relying on wikipedia. Many versions of the same story...research then make objective critiques.
matreyia 1 year ago
@packrat28401 - I would sincerely like to ask you the version of the Gospels which you read. There are currently 40 English versions including 2 King James versions. I do not care which one you ascribe to, I mere wish to know which one so that I do not speak in error about your beliefs. Furthermore, did you also study the "heretical" gospels? thanks for your intelligent replies. I look forward to our dialogue. You seem to have a strong foundation in your faith. I admire that and wish to examine.
matreyia 1 year ago
BOOOO
Bonersoup183 1 year ago
Why would a Buddhist convert to Christianity, when Buddhism is superior to Christianity?
WineK0ne 1 year ago
@WineK0ne yup.
Bonersoup183 1 year ago
Millions of former Buddhist have used their free will to become born again Christians. You can see testimonies on YouTube of some of these wonderful people. Buddhist do not need or want thought police. They have the right to examine any religious belief they so choose. My humble efforts in this video may have been inadequate to convinced you, but hopefully the Holy Spirit will reveal the love of Jesus to you all all other Buddhist.
packrat28401 1 year ago
In 2500 years, hundreds of millions of Buddhist have not accomplished what Buddha accomplished in a few weeks of meditation. His evidence was his own testimony which was written down 400 years after his death.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 This is factually incorrect. Where to people get these silly notions anyway?
Satyameva Jayate.
May truth prevail.
nactan 1 year ago
@nactan This information came from the Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, subject Buddhism. Check it out friend. Nothing Buddha said was writen down for 400 years. Somebody had a long memory...
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 The first part. I don't believe anything just because the Buddha said so. It doesn't even matter whether the historical Buddha existed. No more than it matters whether the historical Euclid existed. Their works speak for themselves either way. And besides, you don't know how accurate oral traditions are, do you? Even today, it's not hard to find Buddhist monks who have memorized each and every word of the Tipitaka. This was standard practice in preliterate societies like old India.
nactan 1 year ago
@packrat28401 Not only have several people I know attained some measure of enlightenment, so have I. Enlightenment isn't absolute, one's level depends on innate qualities and the amount of effort we've been willing to exert.
nactan 1 year ago
@nactan You have now made my point of your own intellectual dishonesty. You flattery your own intellect to believe in beings that exist only in your own mind. Remember your psychology 101, self flattery gets you anywhere you really want to go.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 This is why people don't like talking about this stuff. It's absolutely true,but there is nothing I can say (not in 500 chrs) that will make you believe me. If I say I have never experienced enlightenment,you'll go "Hah! So Buddhism is useless!" If I choose not to deny the truth out of false modesty, you'll say I'm flattering my own intellect. (whatever that means) Okay then, let me be a flatterer in your eyes until you find your own reasons to think differently. I could care less.
nactan 1 year ago
@nactan Peace, my friend. You claimed to be a science grad student and that Buddhism is fully compatible with science. Please tell me about Naraka beings, Preta, Asuras, Devas,Brahmas, Suddhavasa Worlds, or scientifically explain Karma.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 Karma is mundane, non-deterministic causality, not "justice". (a common misconception) African countries that export conflict diamonds are literally populated by demons and hellbeings, not humans. In scholarly Buddhism, realms indicate mental state, not species or physical location. Indians used to believe that different races of men are different species of sentient beings anyway. An alien from Alpha Centauri can be a "human" or a "hellbeing" just as much as any of us.
nactan 1 year ago
@nactan Hellbeings aren't thought of as "condemned". Cripples are not being "punished" for past life crimes. Karmic causality is unfair and unjust. Buddhism teaches us to find expedient means to save beings who are suffering.
nactan 1 year ago
@packrat28401 Once again, note that you have offered no actual points or counterarguments or anything, just pointless, rhetorical generalities.
nactan 1 year ago
@packrat28401 Some people just turn out to be closer to enlightenment than others by birth. No one in my family has schizophrenia or epilepsy. We all lead normal, productive lives. People dislike blowing their own trumpet when it doesn't help in any way. In this case though, it's necessary to correct your misconception.
nactan 1 year ago
useless = a Christian's 10-minute preachment reciting a mythological book about a supernatural messiah written by scientifically illiterate men who maintained geocentrism
useful = Alan Watts' 2-minute comment on psychological doctrines of Buddhism developed by an empiricist whose worldview has turned out to be resonating with the fundamental scientific facts such as the wave-particle duality, quantum entanglement, etc.
Acceptance of evolution: Protestant 24%, Unaffiliated 72%, Buddhist 81%
mirandansa 1 year ago
@mirandansa Thank you for your comment. However you clearly do not know the history of Buddhism or you are suppressing the facts. You are throwing stones from a glass house my friend.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401
« you clearly do not know the history of Buddhism or you are suppressing the facts »
What history? What facts? If you don't want the truth to be hidden, make it shown.
mirandansa 1 year ago
@mirandansa Young prince Siddhartha Gautama 35, sat in meditation a few weeks under a sacred fig tree and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. The only evidence he gave was his own words, which were written down 400 years after his death.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401
« vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment »
So? What about it?
« The only evidence he gave was his own words, which were written down 400 years after his death. »
What evidence? Do you realise Buddhism is NOT theism?
mirandansa 1 year ago
@mirandansa Thank you for your comment. Not theism! You clearly have not researched the history or teachings of Buddhism. Just Google Buddhism, educate yourself. You do not know just how much you do not know.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401
« Not theism! You clearly have not researched the history or teachings of Buddhism. »
YOU have not. Siddhartha did not believe in any deity. For him, questioning about that which cannot be experienced was futile. Like most atheists, though, he did not *claim* that there is no deity; he just lacked belief in it due to lack of empirical evidence.
He was a self-professed human. He died of food poison. And "Buddha" refers to a state of awareness, not to a person or a deity.
mirandansa 1 year ago
@mirandansa You have now made my point of your own intellectual dishonesty. You flattery your own intellect to believe in beings that exist only in your own mind. Remember your psychology 101, self flattery gets you anywhere you really want to go.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401
« You flattery your own intellect to believe in beings that exist only in your own mind. »
What are you talking about? Please be precise.
mirandansa 1 year ago
@mirandansa Thank you for your comment. Go to google and type in "Buddhism" look in the Wikipedia or any other encyclopedia.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@mirandansa So where are the scientific proof of Naraka beings, Preta, Devas Brahmas, Śuddhāvāsa Worlds, anāgāmis, arupa-dhatu, arūpajhānas, ???
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401
« So where are the scientific proof of Naraka beings ... »
They are posthumous allegorical inventions. Siddhartha himself was a non-theist, sceptic, and empiricist. His teachings are purely psychological in nature. The Four Truths (how consciousness functions), the Eightfold Path (how to decrease cognitive suffering by increasing cognitive capability), and the Middle Way (not too much, not too little), that's the essence of Buddhism.
mirandansa 1 year ago
@mirandansa Your quest to becoming a Superior being through enlightenment is narcissism. The only evidence of Nirvana or enlightenment is in your own head. The only evidence scientific or otherwise any Buddhist can show of enlightenment is their own testimony.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401
« Your quest to becoming a Superior being through enlightenment is narcissism. »
This is a typical misunderstanding of what enlightenment means. Alan Watts explains:
watch?v=9UAv9tJ-fVA
« The only evidence of Nirvana or enlightenment is in your own head. »
Of course. Nirvana is a psychological state. Buddhism is not a belief system about some supernatural places like the Christian "heaven".
mirandansa 1 year ago
i'm sorry, i'm truely sorry but i have to include these:
"it is written that [blablablabla]..." - indeed, it is written... by MAN. lest not forget: DECADES after the initial events (may they be true or not, but most likely not) have taken place. is there a verified stamp or fingerprint of god for approval?
and a last insight about buddhism vs religion:
Buddhism Teaches - religion PReaches
wherein the 'teachers' encourage to question/investigate for yourself & 'preachers' demand blind belief
Mnemosyne9 1 year ago
ok... none of this is true y'know, this isnt very likely to convert anyone unless they suddenly lose their sense of reasoning
robvidtime9000 1 year ago
@robvidtime9000 Millions of former Buddhist have used their free will to become born again Christians. You can see testimonies on YouTube of some of these wonderful people. Buddhist do not need or want thought police. They have the right to examine any religious belief they so choose. My humble efforts in this video may have been inadequate to convinced you, but hopefully the Holy Spirit will reveal the love of Jesus to you all all other Buddhist.
packrat28401 1 year ago
One word: BULLSHIT
asnathan93 1 year ago
I have no idea what this video is about, thank god I am not a christian.
tripledsting 1 year ago
Hint: Charity.
nactan 1 year ago
This says nothing about why a Buddhist ought to believe in Jesus Christ or even what's wrong with Buddhist beliefs from a Christian POV. All it does is summarize the story of the bible, which we're all quite familiar with thanks to the West, and attempt to lead me in a prayer. This is the first time I have downrated a video.
As a Buddhist, I have a bible passage to recommend: Matthew 25:31-46 Where Jesus explains very unambiguously who will be saved and who damned in the Christian afterlife.
nactan 1 year ago
vid: Wrong. In biblical times, people used to sacrifice all sorts of creatures to propitiate the deity.
nactan 1 year ago
Creation of the Universe Genesis 1:11-13 ‘Vegetation was created on the third day.’ Genesis 1:14-19 ‘The Sun was created on the fourth day.’ How can the vegetation come into existence without the sunlight and how could it survive without the sunlight?! Unscientific.
I have links to show other unscientific verses if anyone is interested.
ThisUserIsKool 1 year ago 5
buddhism is superior than christianity or islam because of one saying buddha had said:
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, where you heard it, or who said it - even if I have said it - unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
but christians request us not to ask reason, but only to believe.
it's against human consciousness and common sense.
this is also reason why rational and merciful ancient chinese accept buddism but reject christianity .
mapscraper 1 year ago
religion is evil. If there is a god and he knew hwat is going to happen, then why did he put the tree of knowledge in the garden.
rnm1011 1 year ago
rational ancient chinese really dont bother to talk about gods or ghosts (confucius is the example), because if we cant even solve many of the problems in real life, then why waste time in meaningless non-existing virtual problems (for eample if there is god, if god (if real) is allmighty... this fucking stupid cant -never-be-proved childish problems). and i adore ancient chinese attitude to religions.
mapscraper 1 year ago
even from the first page of the bible i cannot understand the analogies that christianity attempts to teach people. I just don't like the attatchment all have to this man jesus. Others have made monumental steps to enlightenment, and to help people, to end pain. It's only fair to then praise and worship every living person who has done good and is connected to god then? this claim would mean most people would not be saved (if it is really true.)
quidnick 1 year ago
@quidnick The Lord Jesus Christ is unique in this universe. There is only one begotten Son of God, Jesus. Every one else has been tested and found unworthy. Even HIS name is above every name that is named.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401
So tell em what The Lord Jesus Christ has done to end suffering, I still see alot of violence, poverty, and hatred in this world.
ThisUserIsKool 1 year ago 3
@packrat28401 i'm sorry,but unless there's a fully disclosed genetic DNA proof i will not recognise jesus as the son of god... damn,if they only HAD the DNA of both... :-D (not even have to mention the physical proof of either's existence... which to date has NEVER been proven, may i remind you)
i have many many (solid) arguments to why christianity isn't a good religion but i'll only bore you with 1:
the 'good' book isn't really THAT good if it's open for (mis)interpretation now is it ;-) peace
Mnemosyne9 1 year ago
@Mnemosyne9 You are being intellectually dishonest. You demand DNA proof that Jesus is the Son of God, which is clearly taught as a requirement of our faith. You do not even know how much you do not know about Buddhism. Have you explored the history of Buddhism?
packrat28401 1 year ago
@Mnemosyne9 Young prince Siddhartha Gautama 35, sat in meditation a few weeks under a sacred fig tree and vowed not to rise before achieving enlightenment. The only evidence he gave was his own words.
packrat28401 1 year ago
@Mnemosyne9 While hundreds of millions of Buddhist have not been able to accomplish enlightenment with years of meditation. Have you first demanded scientific proof of Naraka beings, Preta, Devas Brahmas, Śuddhāvāsa Worlds, anāgāmis, arupa-dhatu, arūpajhānas, ???
packrat28401 1 year ago
@packrat28401 man & woman physically exist & they are capable of anything without a need of outside (divine) help, THAT is what buddhism is trying to teach,to find that strength within you. once finding that & seeing the many benificial results it would be pretty silly to give your happiness out of your hands and into the hands of such an absurd concept of a god... you only have to answer for to yourself: do bad things, accept the effects. everything exists out of cause and effect.
peace