In its true state Buddhism is not a religion but way or choice of living and perceiving life.It doesn't fight anything it is quite opposite it destroys any kind of duality in ones self.To me this guy sound as most religious clerics. Since then beginning of humanity ego has caused mainly suffering. Paradox here is that suffering has a great value because it is the greatest teacher.
(cont) assessment of Buddhism is complete. Guatama Buddha had intense desire to find the truth, and had an ego big enough to defy his father (the king) and seek his own path with subserviance to no one.
I just saw another video with Dr. Laitman where he says one must not identify slef with the ego and, basically, welcome blows that diminish the ego. This seems to be in line with Buddhist thought and condraticts what he is saying here.
But i also understand (i think) what he is saying about the need for an ego big enough to ultimately receive truth -- that you can't just suppress the ego. So maybe there's validity to his criticism of how Buddhism is practiced, but i don't think his (cont.)
So let me get this right. Buddhism=denial of self-importance and ego & Kabbalah=acceptance of ego and receiving all that one can as beneficial? Also, Buddhism reflects that smallest sensible experience or microcosm and Kabbalah teaches to recieve all as the macrocosm? I'm sure both are spiritual lifestyles...
I do not see the disparity this man is identifying. Buddhism has many levels and approaches for people of different propensities. When this man talks about Ego, what he addresses is a discussion of identity. Is the Ego, or identity, a small limited one or an expansive one? IHe sees the systems are opposite due to different uses of words (tower of babble effect) not because truth is different between systems. He is correct to say it is difficult to be in different systems and gain fruit.
So it doesn´t matter, have little or have a lot, but do not stop growing on love which destroys original sin and which won´t ever let you be cruel or expend in quantities of social injustice, etc
So what good is to perceive, to grasp realities for your own petty little self when you don´t concern with what is essential: not to harm anybody, not to be cruel, not to expend in something wich can be somebody else´s food? You may grow your concience very high, but if you are making another suffer you are a second-hand human being.
Having little and having a lot. The poor and the rich. The Buddhist and the Kabbalist. If you have little and you don´t have ambition you are perfectly happy and you may also live more simply and with less problems. Having a lot implicates the time and effort of acquiring, the negation of the well-being of the other ( as seeing in modern days: the rich leaves the poor hungry) and the pain and suffering wich are inside the original sin (being cruel, expend, and all the other things the man said)
This gentleman may understand Kabbalah, but seems to have a limited understanding of buddhism. Buddhism is not about 'destroying the ego', rather it is about realizing that the ego or separate self has no real or fundamental existence and that we cling to it only out of ignorance, and that eliminating this ignorance eliminates the suffering that arises from clinging to a false version of reality.
From what little I know of Buddhism, this video presents a distorted view. Within Buddhism there are different vehicles. Sutric vehicle is the path of renunciation, Vajrayana, the path of transformation. Vajrayana is the higher quicker path. Desires and ego transformed into their pure enlightenedby seeing their true nature, but most importantly, from acting for oneself toward acting for others, and in this it seems there is no difference in Kabbalah and Buddhism.
One of the things that seems important in many religious and philosophical systems is to contract or limit oneself. I not sure that I have found that to be the case in Zen but I will keep an open mind. Thank you for the post.
Their are many ways to enlightenment. For example you can supress the ego like in yoga or you can indulge in the ego like tantra or kabbalah. Now yoga and tantra practices are very prominent in buddhist practices. Its only a matter of meditation(awareness) when applying these practices. "It's like a finger pointing to the moon. SLAP!! Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory." Bruce Lee-Enter The Dragon.
I like buddhism, it liberates man from it's selfish nature... just look at history's wars, its all ego in action in a collective state...ego cannot be eliminated, its a part of our well being, but it can be controlled and thats what Buddhism wants us to practice...Kabbalah is interesting however, but i am confused to to those big names that practice it...Like Crowley and other black magicians...
to become truly awakened, as was the buddha, siddhartha gautama, one needs to possess ego, welcome it and tend to it in order to realize that one needs to be rid of it, this is exactly the case of the buddha, as well as abraham
one has to properly experience ego in order to become enlightened and thus detached from it. what drives someone to seek the path of enlightenment? what drives somone to rid themselves of ego? one has to have the desire to do so. to accomplish anything, one needs to desire to accomplish it.
We only use 3% of our brains. Is it any wonder why? We separate and divide all Systems and Isms that look at exactly the same phenomenon. In this case, we are looking at the non-material emancipation of humankind. We must integrate all bodies of knowledge.
hmmm interesting,... I still think some other paths other than Kabbalah do work. I do Self Realization Fellowship techniques taught by Paramhansa Yogananda and I feel that they work. Many others are far advanced than I. But I do see some good in his points. BTW the lady interviewing him is very attractive!
Self is the created aspect of the upper force viewed by Kabbalist. It is said that the self is meant to receiving by the method of Kabbalah. Basically, how to receive correctly from the upper force that creates, gives, sustains, and directs. If the upper force is opposite of the egoic self, it is therefore unknown because it is not specified to finite existence that can be grasped completely by the egoic self. Therefore the problem is not in becoming like the creator or receiving for the sake of
The self(ego) only exist due to the parts that make it exist. In Buddhism it is called the five skandhas; like the parts that make up a car, a house, or a computer. Within these parts, there is no self to be found. Because without them, there is no existing or permanent self.(There are religions that believe in eternal self. How would anyone know what thats true if it's not a direct knowing and experience?) What's really important in buddhism is balance of self(ego) and non-self(God, creator)
Gautama Buddha lived as a luxurious human being and new that indulgence and filling the ego with all kinds pleasures and delight wasn't the way either because such experiences were unfulfilling fleeting desires which lead to more desire and want. Either paths lead to an extreme and unstable condition causing ignorance and delusion. The ignorance and delusion occurs when one is bind with the identity of the egoic self that causes suffering; and this is why it is denied because it isn't real.
@CerebralTwilight This is a good point. In the Kabbalistic teachings it says that fulfilling the needs of the ego always leads, at some point, to the realization that the ego is never satisfied. What follows is disillusionment and pain, and a search for Light. So, you speak truth and I understand it :)
Kabbalah and Buddhism are different, yet similar in perfecting the very self with the upper force. Kabbalah is a method of receiving correctly; which is to fill the ego at a point to develop the qualities of the creator, which then becomes a balance of giving and receiving. Buddhism however is quite the opposite of Kabbalah, but not exactly. Buddhism is thought as a denial of self(nihilism). Gautama Buddha tried that path as an acetic and found it lacking. There's great spiritual benefits.
Buddhism is about making what is manifest none-manifest kabbalah is a process of making the none-manifest manifest. In other words Buddhism aims at taking the man up while Kabbalah aims at brining the god-man down
wow never knew kabbalah embraces the ego wild. paahuu your right all of what you say is true. but whats better then seeing, conceiving this truth for yourself through your own experience? Its possible to persue worldy things with a spiritual mindset and be able to feel for yourself the lust, pleasure, jealousy, anger and the isolation they cause between you and the ones you do love. this speeds up the process and can quickly lead to the truth. Kabbalah is on to something
It is interesting that the interviewer was a Buddhist nun in Tibetan Buddhism but didn't note anything about Tantric ideas which have more consonance with this presentation of Kabbalah. I am a Buddhist but I agree with the Kabbalah guy; we do need to explore these emotions with a positive thesis instead of one with an eye to their negation. Buddhist rhetoric is thick with the indictment of fixation of the self. It can lead to a negative perception of the human project on the whole.
Enlarge the ego? The ego's fuel is fear and desire with a constant obsession on itself, on it's idenity. The ego centered life is one of isolation, seperation, with yourself as the center of creation, and the rest of the world sitting there only to be desired or feared by you. This is all opposite the spiritual life, whether you Christian, Buddhist, Hindu & so forth. What does this suppose to mean that China wants 2 bowls of rice, India perhaps a second helping also? Big gaps here in thought.
So Buddhism embraces Nirvana and Kabalah embraces Samsara. Perhaps the correct balance is to move back and forth between being a Kabbalist and a Buddhist.
Yes! you can be a buddhist and a kabbalist when both experience the "love" ,but what set both apart is theirs' books(youtube) , friends, teachers.
couple years in renounce life only, added up the rebound potential if you did not work through what he said, never the less, those years not in vane, just a lessen, move on
kabbalah.
ARlfims neither right nor wrong just reviver the truth. yours
Buddhism, taoism and all the other philosophies are merely relics over there now, like churches in Western Europe. There are some who still live their lives according to the ancient teachings, but most are "thanks" to the forced introduction of capitalism forced to live their lives in the "desire-seeking-culture" they never knew. Desires were never an issue for them, because they didn't have that quality that's inherent in capitalism.
I was studying Buddhism for ten years and a time came were the budas teachings could not solve my questions so I turned to the kabbalah and its knowledge is infinte and it is a beautiful book the budas teachings are good but a time comes when it ends and this doesn't not occur in the kabbalah its impposible for you to know everything about it which makes it beautiful
Of course Kabbalah is true and was true since ever.On the other hand,how it's presented here and in the other videos of the same author is just not the truth.Kabbalah can not just be absorbed intelectually, it's more,it develops out of a life of whose purpose is to serve the Creator fully without any compromise,in the same time to fullfill the mission on earth why one was sent and all this in a manner of love for the naxt and the creation as whole,bc thats what the creator loves.
a buddhist reduces his ego to zero right? he then senses the spiritual world right? he is where the universe actually is.. EXCEPT NOW, now he has nothing to measure against the upper light acting on him.. he does not advance..
the world is messed up big time even more than we can think so all this eastern stuff is interesting but has a underlining mentality of most religions wich is that we or ego is bad.
i think there may be a magor truth here that actualy could be right.
only you can justify kabbalah my friend, only you can glorify the creator and all the chaos across the globe.. the answer of course is above reason. its your choice.
a matter of wording. looks like kabbalah increases the desire for some global things, contributing to universe, life, people above the mundane desires. buddhism lets the mundane desires to be suppressed, so something else arises. same goal, different paths.
acceptance, guys, tolerance does not cut it anymore. we need true acceptance of others' believes.
His explanation of ego sounded more like hedonism to me. I thought Kabbalah like many other religions wanted to destroy the ego so one can see more clearly.
Buddhism is developing. it does not suppress anything . Buddhist are aware of all their feelings. its called mindfulness. and they are not oblivious to their surroundings.
You will never over throw and destroy the higher power... The hate will only grow.
Ego is the source of evil. The mindless destruction of the world to fill a hole that can't be filled is a Genesis of hate. That fire must learn it is not destine to be a God. It is that desire that hold us all back. It is the ego that can't separate his mind from the higher. That failure can cause one to think himself God.
Buddahisim does not teach suppressing of desires but the letting go of desires. I can tell you from experience that suppression of desires is a one way ticket to hell. Both methods are valid. One deals with the internal reality while the other deals with the external reality. 0ne is just the reflection of the other.
suppressing yourself using eastern methods will only give you certain access to the creator which is only possible on the physical realm, which is very small.
if you do whatever you want you get a huge ego but, you will find out that you can never be satisfied by anything in this physical world. it may take a thousand life times or one life time, but when you find this out your HUGE ego will turn into a HUGE desire for spirituality which in turn will take you into spirituality. desire is the only thing that can take you into spirituality.
If you arent suffering than you don't need to seek spirituality or enlightenment because you already must be enlightend. So why cause suffering if you are already enlightend and understand reality. It just dosent make sense.
budhism is not a realigion is an attitude a way of dealing with pain, it is not about destroying anything but seeing our patterns and habits and going "BEYOND" them. SEEING IS FREEING. and SHAMBHALA BUDHISM is a SECULAR BRANCH THAT is so accessible to all humans specially us western people.
This man, his 'ego' thing to be expanded, to increase 'desire', to manifest 'cruelty' (was it translated well?), ... well, imagine the socio-political consequences of that? when the 'corporate' ego desires a land or natural resources ... big armies and lots of cruelty to peoples, to environments, to animals ... I don't know, I will continue my Buddhist practices and meditations in peace. Shalom.
"every human being is a work in progress. Any pain, disappointment, or chaos that exists in our lives is not because this is how life is meant to be, but only because we have not yet finished the work that brought us here. That work, quite simply, is the process of freeing ourselves from the domination of the human ego and creating an affinity with the sharing essence of God."
That guy is got mistranslated, He does not know what is talking about or he just does want you to know what Kabalah really is. Kabalah and bouddhism are sciences, not religion. He's speaking about the degraded version of those science, aka religion which at that level, he's right, both schools are incompatible. But at the highest level all is oneness.
Trying to destroy the ego won't get you far as a buddhist imho. There's nothing there to be destroyed. We're not trying to change reality by creating connection with others or destroying the ego. We're trying to see reality as it actually is, but that's beyond words. Sometimes thinking of no-ego is counterproductive. Sometimes it's better to think in terms of making your sense of ego encompass more and more until you identify with every living thing in existence.
I.Y.B. Sounds good to "me". Consciouness is king. We find it, see it and cultivate it, increase our being. The mind sees it own luminous clarity and this developed becomes bliss. Well-being for you friend.
In the words of the Buddha, the 'original mind' (without ego thinking) is luminous, bright and blissful [see Pabhassara Sutta on the web]. This is what the Dalai Lama always refers to as: the clear light mind. As the Buddha said: this state of mind is to be cultivated, developed (like any skill is practiced or trained in). Ego is just a thought, like a cloud in the expansive sky.
When you can embrace death as the common destiny, you will be sensitive, compassionate and free. To realise the illusion of the ego has the foundation of perceiving impermanence. The Chinese are "evolving". Like you, they are like child friend, entranced by the world and sensuality. The Dalai Lama (for example) receives with great gratitude.
A person acquires a system according to their tendencies. You have displayed great ignorance friend but mentioning an "only way". Buddhism teaches not to harm oneself, to develop skillful ways to live and learn to accept life's imperfections and inevitabilities.
I am not either but have been studying buddhism a lot and love it because it allows be to be free of many things. I am personally glad to be working on being free of ego :)
I thought Buddhism was about becoming awake/enlightened. There is a conception of them being opposite, I percieved this was the case before I watched the video. Kabbalah is about being fulfilled.
He has not criticised Buddhism,he has only shown what are the differences between the kabbalistic and the buddhist system.
SupremeMage56 2 weeks ago
In its true state Buddhism is not a religion but way or choice of living and perceiving life.It doesn't fight anything it is quite opposite it destroys any kind of duality in ones self.To me this guy sound as most religious clerics. Since then beginning of humanity ego has caused mainly suffering. Paradox here is that suffering has a great value because it is the greatest teacher.
TheTruthseeker89 1 month ago
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TheTruthseeker89 1 month ago
Can I just say I consider myself to be a spiritual person, and this is off the topic of the video. But She's HOT.
Mistic718x 3 months ago
(cont) assessment of Buddhism is complete. Guatama Buddha had intense desire to find the truth, and had an ego big enough to defy his father (the king) and seek his own path with subserviance to no one.
orange343434 4 months ago
I just saw another video with Dr. Laitman where he says one must not identify slef with the ego and, basically, welcome blows that diminish the ego. This seems to be in line with Buddhist thought and condraticts what he is saying here.
But i also understand (i think) what he is saying about the need for an ego big enough to ultimately receive truth -- that you can't just suppress the ego. So maybe there's validity to his criticism of how Buddhism is practiced, but i don't think his (cont.)
orange343434 4 months ago
LOL "All the systems of oppression that you call their religious systems..."
PerfectDecalibration 6 months ago
Really great video, thank you so much for the upload.
Tallykoren 7 months ago
So let me get this right. Buddhism=denial of self-importance and ego & Kabbalah=acceptance of ego and receiving all that one can as beneficial? Also, Buddhism reflects that smallest sensible experience or microcosm and Kabbalah teaches to recieve all as the macrocosm? I'm sure both are spiritual lifestyles...
livenletlive91 7 months ago
This is amazing
majikstranger 7 months ago
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valkrow6 7 months ago
I do not see the disparity this man is identifying. Buddhism has many levels and approaches for people of different propensities. When this man talks about Ego, what he addresses is a discussion of identity. Is the Ego, or identity, a small limited one or an expansive one? IHe sees the systems are opposite due to different uses of words (tower of babble effect) not because truth is different between systems. He is correct to say it is difficult to be in different systems and gain fruit.
stupabuilder 8 months ago
So it doesn´t matter, have little or have a lot, but do not stop growing on love which destroys original sin and which won´t ever let you be cruel or expend in quantities of social injustice, etc
rumbal 10 months ago
So what good is to perceive, to grasp realities for your own petty little self when you don´t concern with what is essential: not to harm anybody, not to be cruel, not to expend in something wich can be somebody else´s food? You may grow your concience very high, but if you are making another suffer you are a second-hand human being.
rumbal 10 months ago
Having little and having a lot. The poor and the rich. The Buddhist and the Kabbalist. If you have little and you don´t have ambition you are perfectly happy and you may also live more simply and with less problems. Having a lot implicates the time and effort of acquiring, the negation of the well-being of the other ( as seeing in modern days: the rich leaves the poor hungry) and the pain and suffering wich are inside the original sin (being cruel, expend, and all the other things the man said)
rumbal 10 months ago
Can a Kabbalist also be a Buddhist?
patonmichael21 11 months ago
No need to make distinctions for separation. All religions has their unique teachings and values that can benefit our development.
No single religion is all encompassing.
All is good.
Akaliko 1 year ago
This gentleman may understand Kabbalah, but seems to have a limited understanding of buddhism. Buddhism is not about 'destroying the ego', rather it is about realizing that the ego or separate self has no real or fundamental existence and that we cling to it only out of ignorance, and that eliminating this ignorance eliminates the suffering that arises from clinging to a false version of reality.
mruglypig 1 year ago 2
From what little I know of Buddhism, this video presents a distorted view. Within Buddhism there are different vehicles. Sutric vehicle is the path of renunciation, Vajrayana, the path of transformation. Vajrayana is the higher quicker path. Desires and ego transformed into their pure enlightenedby seeing their true nature, but most importantly, from acting for oneself toward acting for others, and in this it seems there is no difference in Kabbalah and Buddhism.
123dtucker 1 year ago
One of the things that seems important in many religious and philosophical systems is to contract or limit oneself. I not sure that I have found that to be the case in Zen but I will keep an open mind. Thank you for the post.
eotto2001 1 year ago
Their are many ways to enlightenment. For example you can supress the ego like in yoga or you can indulge in the ego like tantra or kabbalah. Now yoga and tantra practices are very prominent in buddhist practices. Its only a matter of meditation(awareness) when applying these practices. "It's like a finger pointing to the moon. SLAP!! Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory." Bruce Lee-Enter The Dragon.
gabatrone 1 year ago
let me get it straight ..
is kabbala promoting "ego " and fulfillment of desires
under any cause ...
to reach " enlightenment "
if that is "enlightenment "
what is the description of darkness to them ?
irresestable 1 year ago
I like buddhism, it liberates man from it's selfish nature... just look at history's wars, its all ego in action in a collective state...ego cannot be eliminated, its a part of our well being, but it can be controlled and thats what Buddhism wants us to practice...Kabbalah is interesting however, but i am confused to to those big names that practice it...Like Crowley and other black magicians...
jechtism 1 year ago
I like the M10
attorneydestroyusa 1 year ago
whoa a woman! 0.0
faszika 1 year ago
@faszika
She was an MTV video jockey :-)
Eden Harel
rujtj 1 year ago
by making others wrong we create a foundation for conflict, from this we have the reason for the majority of the worlds conflicts
TheWarriorScholar 1 year ago
to become truly awakened, as was the buddha, siddhartha gautama, one needs to possess ego, welcome it and tend to it in order to realize that one needs to be rid of it, this is exactly the case of the buddha, as well as abraham
thegoodshep50 1 year ago 2
one has to properly experience ego in order to become enlightened and thus detached from it. what drives someone to seek the path of enlightenment? what drives somone to rid themselves of ego? one has to have the desire to do so. to accomplish anything, one needs to desire to accomplish it.
thegoodshep50 1 year ago
We only use 3% of our brains. Is it any wonder why? We separate and divide all Systems and Isms that look at exactly the same phenomenon. In this case, we are looking at the non-material emancipation of humankind. We must integrate all bodies of knowledge.
ilsy74 2 years ago
@ilsy74
3% of what? there is no limited capacity. we use 100% of what we have, but we can gain much more.
99,9..% of knowlege/informations and thoughts are garbage. we must integrate only what is useful.
patriotix 1 year ago
hmmm interesting,... I still think some other paths other than Kabbalah do work. I do Self Realization Fellowship techniques taught by Paramhansa Yogananda and I feel that they work. Many others are far advanced than I. But I do see some good in his points. BTW the lady interviewing him is very attractive!
Spiritualseeker86 2 years ago
self, but in coming into balance with the source. The path of non-extreme.
CerebralTwilight 2 years ago
Self is the created aspect of the upper force viewed by Kabbalist. It is said that the self is meant to receiving by the method of Kabbalah. Basically, how to receive correctly from the upper force that creates, gives, sustains, and directs. If the upper force is opposite of the egoic self, it is therefore unknown because it is not specified to finite existence that can be grasped completely by the egoic self. Therefore the problem is not in becoming like the creator or receiving for the sake of
CerebralTwilight 2 years ago
The self(ego) only exist due to the parts that make it exist. In Buddhism it is called the five skandhas; like the parts that make up a car, a house, or a computer. Within these parts, there is no self to be found. Because without them, there is no existing or permanent self.(There are religions that believe in eternal self. How would anyone know what thats true if it's not a direct knowing and experience?) What's really important in buddhism is balance of self(ego) and non-self(God, creator)
CerebralTwilight 2 years ago
Gautama Buddha lived as a luxurious human being and new that indulgence and filling the ego with all kinds pleasures and delight wasn't the way either because such experiences were unfulfilling fleeting desires which lead to more desire and want. Either paths lead to an extreme and unstable condition causing ignorance and delusion. The ignorance and delusion occurs when one is bind with the identity of the egoic self that causes suffering; and this is why it is denied because it isn't real.
CerebralTwilight 2 years ago
@CerebralTwilight This is a good point. In the Kabbalistic teachings it says that fulfilling the needs of the ego always leads, at some point, to the realization that the ego is never satisfied. What follows is disillusionment and pain, and a search for Light. So, you speak truth and I understand it :)
Lisarata 2 years ago
Kabbalah and Buddhism are different, yet similar in perfecting the very self with the upper force. Kabbalah is a method of receiving correctly; which is to fill the ego at a point to develop the qualities of the creator, which then becomes a balance of giving and receiving. Buddhism however is quite the opposite of Kabbalah, but not exactly. Buddhism is thought as a denial of self(nihilism). Gautama Buddha tried that path as an acetic and found it lacking. There's great spiritual benefits.
CerebralTwilight 2 years ago 7
I also noticed that in another video he said that we have to supress the ego and here he says the opposite... not really straight-line...
thematrixisreal1 2 years ago
That's exactly what Kabbalah is about.
heituzi 2 years ago
Buddhism is the total opposite of kabbalah, one tries to destroy it while the other one enlarges the ego till it eclipses the universes and more :)
this is the amount of pleasure a kabbalist receives compared to a buddhist.
rosettast0ned 2 years ago
Buddhists believe in looking inwards for answers.
Other religion believe in a god for answers.
yo1o2eggs 2 years ago 3
Buddhism is about making what is manifest none-manifest kabbalah is a process of making the none-manifest manifest. In other words Buddhism aims at taking the man up while Kabbalah aims at brining the god-man down
bobbles291171 2 years ago
wow never knew kabbalah embraces the ego wild. paahuu your right all of what you say is true. but whats better then seeing, conceiving this truth for yourself through your own experience? Its possible to persue worldy things with a spiritual mindset and be able to feel for yourself the lust, pleasure, jealousy, anger and the isolation they cause between you and the ones you do love. this speeds up the process and can quickly lead to the truth. Kabbalah is on to something
soldatheero 2 years ago
It is interesting that the interviewer was a Buddhist nun in Tibetan Buddhism but didn't note anything about Tantric ideas which have more consonance with this presentation of Kabbalah. I am a Buddhist but I agree with the Kabbalah guy; we do need to explore these emotions with a positive thesis instead of one with an eye to their negation. Buddhist rhetoric is thick with the indictment of fixation of the self. It can lead to a negative perception of the human project on the whole.
henjokongo 2 years ago
Enlarge the ego? The ego's fuel is fear and desire with a constant obsession on itself, on it's idenity. The ego centered life is one of isolation, seperation, with yourself as the center of creation, and the rest of the world sitting there only to be desired or feared by you. This is all opposite the spiritual life, whether you Christian, Buddhist, Hindu & so forth. What does this suppose to mean that China wants 2 bowls of rice, India perhaps a second helping also? Big gaps here in thought.
Paahau 2 years ago
So Buddhism embraces Nirvana and Kabalah embraces Samsara. Perhaps the correct balance is to move back and forth between being a Kabbalist and a Buddhist.
delerium2k 3 years ago
Yes! you can be a buddhist and a kabbalist when both experience the "love" ,but what set both apart is theirs' books(youtube) , friends, teachers.
couple years in renounce life only, added up the rebound potential if you did not work through what he said, never the less, those years not in vane, just a lessen, move on
kabbalah.
ARlfims neither right nor wrong just reviver the truth. yours
fwusenw 3 years ago
Buddhism, taoism and all the other philosophies are merely relics over there now, like churches in Western Europe. There are some who still live their lives according to the ancient teachings, but most are "thanks" to the forced introduction of capitalism forced to live their lives in the "desire-seeking-culture" they never knew. Desires were never an issue for them, because they didn't have that quality that's inherent in capitalism.
HerrNebuchadnezzar 3 years ago
some of the other people posting here. do not know what they are talking about friend. You are correct !!!!!!
annunnemesis 3 years ago
I was studying Buddhism for ten years and a time came were the budas teachings could not solve my questions so I turned to the kabbalah and its knowledge is infinte and it is a beautiful book the budas teachings are good but a time comes when it ends and this doesn't not occur in the kabbalah its impposible for you to know everything about it which makes it beautiful
CANETZ 3 years ago
Of course Kabbalah is true and was true since ever.On the other hand,how it's presented here and in the other videos of the same author is just not the truth.Kabbalah can not just be absorbed intelectually, it's more,it develops out of a life of whose purpose is to serve the Creator fully without any compromise,in the same time to fullfill the mission on earth why one was sent and all this in a manner of love for the naxt and the creation as whole,bc thats what the creator loves.
srtzui 3 years ago
a buddhist reduces his ego to zero right? he then senses the spiritual world right? he is where the universe actually is.. EXCEPT NOW, now he has nothing to measure against the upper light acting on him.. he does not advance..
illevity 3 years ago
the world is messed up big time even more than we can think so all this eastern stuff is interesting but has a underlining mentality of most religions wich is that we or ego is bad.
i think there may be a magor truth here that actualy could be right.
shaeltiel 3 years ago
only you can justify kabbalah my friend, only you can glorify the creator and all the chaos across the globe.. the answer of course is above reason. its your choice.
illevity 3 years ago
a matter of wording. looks like kabbalah increases the desire for some global things, contributing to universe, life, people above the mundane desires. buddhism lets the mundane desires to be suppressed, so something else arises. same goal, different paths.
acceptance, guys, tolerance does not cut it anymore. we need true acceptance of others' believes.
gorapeng 3 years ago
His explanation of ego sounded more like hedonism to me. I thought Kabbalah like many other religions wanted to destroy the ego so one can see more clearly.
buddyfreakinholly 3 years ago
Buddhism is developing. it does not suppress anything . Buddhist are aware of all their feelings. its called mindfulness. and they are not oblivious to their surroundings.
ramidudu 4 years ago 16
You will never over throw and destroy the higher power... The hate will only grow.
Ego is the source of evil. The mindless destruction of the world to fill a hole that can't be filled is a Genesis of hate. That fire must learn it is not destine to be a God. It is that desire that hold us all back. It is the ego that can't separate his mind from the higher. That failure can cause one to think himself God.
abram730 4 years ago
Buddahisim does not teach suppressing of desires but the letting go of desires. I can tell you from experience that suppression of desires is a one way ticket to hell. Both methods are valid. One deals with the internal reality while the other deals with the external reality. 0ne is just the reflection of the other.
gh3770android 4 years ago
the ego is impossible to destroy(it's our very nature - the will to receive), that's why we have to work with it.
mellowchuck 4 years ago
suppressing yourself using eastern methods will only give you certain access to the creator which is only possible on the physical realm, which is very small.
mellowchuck 4 years ago
amazing video
the whole point he is trying to make is this -
if you do whatever you want you get a huge ego but, you will find out that you can never be satisfied by anything in this physical world. it may take a thousand life times or one life time, but when you find this out your HUGE ego will turn into a HUGE desire for spirituality which in turn will take you into spirituality. desire is the only thing that can take you into spirituality.
mellowchuck 4 years ago
If you arent suffering than you don't need to seek spirituality or enlightenment because you already must be enlightend. So why cause suffering if you are already enlightend and understand reality. It just dosent make sense.
sonic1to1 4 years ago
what is spirituality?
homeborn 4 years ago
budhism is not a realigion is an attitude a way of dealing with pain, it is not about destroying anything but seeing our patterns and habits and going "BEYOND" them. SEEING IS FREEING. and SHAMBHALA BUDHISM is a SECULAR BRANCH THAT is so accessible to all humans specially us western people.
hornybodhisattva 4 years ago
This man, his 'ego' thing to be expanded, to increase 'desire', to manifest 'cruelty' (was it translated well?), ... well, imagine the socio-political consequences of that? when the 'corporate' ego desires a land or natural resources ... big armies and lots of cruelty to peoples, to environments, to animals ... I don't know, I will continue my Buddhist practices and meditations in peace. Shalom.
CesarBrauer 4 years ago
This is from The Kabbalah Centre FAQ section:
"every human being is a work in progress. Any pain, disappointment, or chaos that exists in our lives is not because this is how life is meant to be, but only because we have not yet finished the work that brought us here. That work, quite simply, is the process of freeing ourselves from the domination of the human ego and creating an affinity with the sharing essence of God."
Vehcklox 4 years ago
That guy is got mistranslated, He does not know what is talking about or he just does want you to know what Kabalah really is. Kabalah and bouddhism are sciences, not religion. He's speaking about the degraded version of those science, aka religion which at that level, he's right, both schools are incompatible. But at the highest level all is oneness.
Annoyed120 4 years ago
Trying to destroy the ego won't get you far as a buddhist imho. There's nothing there to be destroyed. We're not trying to change reality by creating connection with others or destroying the ego. We're trying to see reality as it actually is, but that's beyond words. Sometimes thinking of no-ego is counterproductive. Sometimes it's better to think in terms of making your sense of ego encompass more and more until you identify with every living thing in existence.
rupazer0 4 years ago
Then explain to me the concept of Masach.
Izak1981 5 years ago
I.Y.B. Sounds good to "me". Consciouness is king. We find it, see it and cultivate it, increase our being. The mind sees it own luminous clarity and this developed becomes bliss. Well-being for you friend.
BarbarraBay 5 years ago
In the words of the Buddha, the 'original mind' (without ego thinking) is luminous, bright and blissful [see Pabhassara Sutta on the web]. This is what the Dalai Lama always refers to as: the clear light mind. As the Buddha said: this state of mind is to be cultivated, developed (like any skill is practiced or trained in). Ego is just a thought, like a cloud in the expansive sky.
BarbarraBay 5 years ago
if you want to divorce yourself from 'the illusion of ego',
you need only off yourself, and this will all disappear.
g0bl1nk1ng 5 years ago
When you can embrace death as the common destiny, you will be sensitive, compassionate and free. To realise the illusion of the ego has the foundation of perceiving impermanence. The Chinese are "evolving". Like you, they are like child friend, entranced by the world and sensuality. The Dalai Lama (for example) receives with great gratitude.
BarbarraBay 5 years ago
barb, i've heard a great many opinions
on the subject.
what it boils down to is "this illusion".. all of it.
do you want to get rid of it? obviously not or you
would cease to exist, and this world would disappear.
you enjoy the illusion. i enjoy it. the bad and the
good. ego is tied to individuality. if you lose the
ego, you become one with what is. ego is about the
individual experience.
g0bl1nk1ng 5 years ago
A person acquires a system according to their tendencies. You have displayed great ignorance friend but mentioning an "only way". Buddhism teaches not to harm oneself, to develop skillful ways to live and learn to accept life's imperfections and inevitabilities.
BarbarraBay 5 years ago
I am not either but have been studying buddhism a lot and love it because it allows be to be free of many things. I am personally glad to be working on being free of ego :)
lozati 5 years ago
I thought Buddhism was about becoming awake/enlightened. There is a conception of them being opposite, I percieved this was the case before I watched the video. Kabbalah is about being fulfilled.
SpiritJAG 5 years ago
I would like to learn more about this!!!
Ethral3 5 years ago
interesting perspective
freedom4956 5 years ago
hmmm...but do we even know what this Kabbalist is comparing against? What exactly does it mean to be a Kabbalist?
ddgsas 5 years ago
Buddhism talks about the adult ego as the attainment of the Middle Path....not necessarily through meditation alone...
kdcruz75 5 years ago