Theravada Buddhism

[FenderTelecast]

Mahayan buddhism is essentially nothing of buddhism itself. To believe that the buddha was a god of any sort and worship and pray to him would surely disappoint the buddha himself. Why worship him? Why believe he was a god with powers beyond human comprehension? There is no need.

[makespeaches]

All Buddhists wish to benefit all beings, regardless of Mahayana, Theravada, Vajrayana training. Personally I think that all types of meditation have benefit: compassion brings joy and goodwill, anapanasati brings superior attention and mindfulness.

[TheBrewskiBaby]

Mahayana is not real Buddhism, but exotic forms of Brahmanism masquerading as Buddhism. Nothing more, nothing less.

[THeOLdMaNAC119]

Mahayan promotes miracle in spiritual which is only a part from buddhism. However, Theravada is more strict to the core of buddhisms.

[bengchicago]

No adherent to any Buddhist sect should be calling anyone else's beliefs "not true" or "imaginary".  What is the point? Ego, dualism, judgmentalism. Do what works for you and stop thinking about everyone else's choices and beliefs. And this nonsense about housholder's near inability to become enlightened?! Really? Because of few examples in the Pali canon? How do you know who is enlightened and who is not? Your pesky next door neighbor may a a fully realized Buddha for all you know.

[NezinojauKodel]

Theravada really Buddhism. Mahayana not true..

[waveorks1]

From all of Buddhism denomination: Theravada, Mahayana, Vajarayana, I have a feeling that Theravada is similar to the original buddhism than other 2

[zhangyuhao]

ขออนุโมทนา

Amend 。。。

[vinayaholder]

Oh yes. Look at the skull and contemplate everyday on the preciousness of your human life. Don't waste it!

For buddhists, the spiritually inclined or new age fans, here's a great prayer to recite before you light the incense

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[20callenderslady]

yes the skull is there, it's not a figment of your imagination or some kind of ghostly manifestation. I wonder why you mention it? In Buddhism death and decay are embraced as absolute proof that everything is always in a state of change.

[Roelisc]

@20callenderslady Very true. In the Thai forest traditions, some have real skeleton in their temple's to perpetuate this.

[Sexyjon77lol]

does any one else see the skull behind him?

[nowaynohow26]

In Theravada, can the layperson achieve enlightenment?

[buddhasknowbest]

@nowaynohow26

Yes, in the Pali Canon, there are incidents when householders attained the Arahant stage after hearing the Buddha teach. However, in Theravada Buddhism, the view is that a householder close to Enlightenment will almost always renounce the world and ordain as a monk or nun. Enlightenment at home is rare, according to Theravada. Take care.

[gingercatni]

@nowaynohow26 Yes a lay person can achieve enlightment however you have to put the effort in to do so. This includes following the dhamma as a way of life and studying the suttas for guidance. Your question requires a very complex answer which I cannot give here. But in brief the answer is yes.

[rosemacaskie]

Bullies work refusing to enter the common space, sexism also works that way women are taught to create the space, talk for instance and the men not to. Tell the woman that her efforts to look after the us will be seen as silly, the man is looking to hold the reins, mariage is not a common ground thing from a male point of view, it is a master servant thing, Reality empowers people. with it women will refuse to marry or really strenthen their position first or make conditions. rose macaskie.

[rosemacaskie]

Teach them to blacken their spouse or to stone wall him always, verbal kicks. Bullies dont let others think they can propose anything they condiition them to know its not worth it, the reply is to never do a activity they have proposed,. They survive because others go half way . Teach the abused to take an paid job and bust themselves to make sure the partner does not get one.if you are to restr¡ore order with the brutal you have to learn some tough games.rose macaskie.

[SriSatchitananda]

Theravada is not simple. Rather, there are levels upon levels of understanding. The Buddha took the time to completely dissect his teachings and detail all of it's facets, even the smallest. The Pali Canon is more than a lifetime of work to master.

Theravada is true, original, Dhamma as spoken by the Buddha.

[DisturbedVEGAN]

Theravada and general Mahayana are some what sexist when it comes to Women in reaching enlightenment. They Believe you must be Male to fully reach it. Where as Vajrayana we believe both men and women are equally able to attain Liberation and Enlightenment

[lothaleng]

nice explanation, but the word 'suffering' is a misleading translation of what dukkha really means

[dubya68]

What does it really mean?

[lothaleng]

anything conditional or temporary - even happiness is dukkha. the word 'suffering' implies an experience that is uncomfortable for the individual, which can be misleading, especially when it's used to describe The Four Noble Truths. since dukkha doesn't have a direct word-for-word meaning, it's better just to leave it untranslated then the student can try to understand it without being distracted by the translation.

[perrofrio]

Faith is always weak, a slow vehicle toward the truth.

[rivmigrundt]

Buddhism is not build on fait but on experience. every thing you learn is bulid on logical thinking. It is so easy to judge when you don't know the topic

[worldunionspirit]

Funny

[kaluwa2007]

Buddism is the most conflict thing iever seen,, I will understand that one day

[3vidente]

to where?

[TaoOfPhilosophy]

Do you even have a basic understanding of what Buddhism is? Do you know what the core ideas are? Are you sure that you're not just basing your opinions off stereotypes and caricatures?

[fenderstrt4]

Amen.

[perrofrio]

Since when did Jesus Chirst become a road?

[impermanentoo]

Read about all these stories in TIPITAKA. The collection of original teaching of the Buddha.

Some of them can be found on the internet. We have to read the Dhamma everyday so that we do not have wrong view. To have wrong view is a bad kamma. A hindrance to both our spiritual development and path to enlightenment!

[fair7deal]

Pancha Niyama Dhamma

Five Conditions or Laws of Dhamma

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[impermanentoo]

Buddhism is one. Buddha's message just before he entered parinibbana is :

"Buddhists should mix like milk and water and not like oil and water"

All the different schools of Buddhism started when Buddha's cousin Devadata wanted Buddhists to be vegetarian. When Buddha refused as he knew if he were to impose this rule, the monks will split. Devadata insisted. He led some monks and they left Buddha. That is considered "schism". A heavy kamma. He wanted to kill Buddha too and ended up in hell.

[lumbanraja2]

we follow the principles of buddha there is no god in theravada buddhism that is only mahayana and tibetan buddhism,i am an theravada buddhist from bali and was a monk before

[shrinkz9]

knowbuddhism info

[saranagas]

so is kindness and compassion an aspect of our impermanent self? In what way does kindness and compassion exist in our minds?

[smileyman222336]

Someone please enlighten me on the idea of theravada buddhism. Can you still believe in a monotheistic God and follow the principles of buddha simultaneously?

[MaryamNoor]

Theravadan Buddhism is considered to be one of the earliest forms of Buddhism practiced by the followers of the Buddha.

The Buddha taught that to focus on a creator God was to bring distraction into ones life. You can show kindness and compassion to others in your present faith...but, to try and practice the fundamental teaching of "detachment" in Buddhism and still try to hold onto ones belief and attachment in a creator God is a huge conflict.

[brahma1945]

The skill represents "Impermanence" i guess,

meaning "everybody will die someday".

[SupportBurmasMonks]

Re written texts at Buddha's time there were cosmology writtings amongst others e.g. Laws of Manu, from which comes our word manuscript. And numerous other writtings, if one studies history one will find these things out.

[po3a8]

Ok, that doesn't mean the language he spoke only became written 100 years later, which is why it was passed down orally. I did study history and that's what I found out. Just b/c there are some texts doesn't make my whole thought false.

[po3a8]

^phrased all wrong, but you know what I mean. I just woke up.....

[TimCubUAkbar]

Actually, while I do support Burma's monks, the "manu" in manuscript comes from the Latin word for hand. Essentially, manuscript comes from the Latin for "that which is written by hand". If one studies Linguistics, one will find these things out.

[Devilockjesus]

life is great!

may happiness come to you all!

[TheMorningCoffee]

May you also find the cessation of suffering! :)

[koan46]

I listened to all 6 minutes and 48 seconds. I like to talk sometimes an all. Have a read of Buddhaghosa. There's a man who could talk. If you get bored, it makes an excellent doorstop. Not much favoured by Theravadins these days, Buddhaghosa. Maybe he was a Zen monk.

[ramidudu]

lool where in mahavansha suggest Buddha gave Sinhalese authority to slaughter my Tamil friends? show me where.

Btw, Mahavansha is not a Buddhism canon or text. Even though it is written by Buddhists monks it is about the history of Sri lanka.

please don't talk about things that you don't know man. Have you read all the 50 volumes of the thripitikaya? show me where in Thripitakaya showing signs of sexist and racist?

[dskfdjky]

Ok, for sexism check the Garudhammas. As for racism check MahaVamsa etc. Yes the Mahavamsa is part of TriPitaka as much as Vissudhimagha is anyway and at least in Burma the VM is classified as Cannon and has appropriate commanteries etc. If you read MV you will see it's a mixture of legend and racism against Tamils. Racism, well Sri Lanka Theravada Buddhism forbids monks from low income backgrounds to enter some monasteries as there is racism against agricultural worker caste. I have read

[ramidudu]

1) its mahavansa with a "n" argh!

2) mahavansa is a part of sri lankan history. if you really dont know goto wiki. part of whats written in wiki is right.

3)Tripitakaya was written ~2100 years ago.

4)There is a thing called Sri lankan society

5)There is a thing called Buddhism

6) Society and Religion are different

7) A monk is a monk is a monk. who does not have a race or class. and they can go and sit on the kings chair if they want to. and they have.READ THE TRIPITAKAYA!! LOOL

[elevatedm]

wow... i was a bit lost due to the spelling..

please, if you are going to state your opinion, atleast check for the proper spelling of the words that you will be using, that way you sound more convincing

[elevatedm]

this is for dskfdjky's comment btw

[dskfdjky]

Are you talking USA or UK spelling?

[dskfdjky]

And you too can please check for spacing between words if you want to be really pedantic!!

[lostnalone]

peace...blessings

[dskfdjky]

The words of Theravada texts were written down approximetly 500 years (I repeat 500!!) after Buddha died and very recent accademic research casts serious doubt about their authenticity e.g. Garu Dhammas etc Also Theravada accounts of Devadatta are historically inaccurate and biased. Theravada ignores historical facts they dont like.

[CircusofPython]

And that's according to 1 scholar. They were written about 100 years after he died, but there were councils held between Theravadins and the other early Buddhist schools (all of which included Buddha's disciples, a bunch of monks, and a bunch of nuns) where they shared the Buddha's teaching before they actually wrote them down. Few was added after this.

[CircusofPython]

The majority of scholars (by "scholars" I mean Western scholars) state that the only thing different between the Buddha's teachings and the Pali Canon is the structure - the content is considered to be the exact same. This position is presented by J.W. de Jong, A.K. Warder, A. Wynne, and Peter Harvey. Dr. Gregory Schopen presents the position that you have said (it isn't authentic) and this was criticized by A. Wynne and gained no support from other scholars.

[dskfdjky]

There are myths and legends in the Pitaka that show similarities between Buddhas birth story, Krishna's, Jesus and even St Nichols( Santa Claus)the Pitaka says birds could talk and animals raped monks as they slept. Fact or fiction? Prof Gombrich, DR J Peacock etc agrees with me, it's a common view nowadays.

[CircusofPython]

Are you talking about the same Tipitaka I'm talking about? The Pali Canon consisting of the Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, and Abhidhamma Pitaka?

[dskfdjky]

Yes the same Pali cannon . You must be aware of Buddhas alleged miracolous bith story etc or about the birds etc which became awakend after listening to Buddhas sermons. Do a search on Google etc you can quickly find these.

[dskfdjky]

Please check the works of Professor Richard Gombrich for Europes most senior Buddhist accademic research on accurecy of Buddhist history etc. And Schopen is not alone as you imply. I note you ignore the points about similarities between Buddha's alleged birth story and Jesus's, Krishana's and St Nicholas's. Please read or listen to Can We Know What The Buddha Taught by Proff RG. The current Pitaka has been tampered with over the centuries and many brave souls now admit this.

[po3a8]

There was no written version of the language he spoke until later. That is why it was passed down by oral tradition until there was a way to write it.

[SupportBurmasMonks]

Sorry but that is incorrect.India had written traditions at that period e.g. veda's, astrology texts etc and it seems when Buddha first introduced Patchidasampuda he was actually quoting from a written vedic astrology text. Sorry to contradict you.

[srkris]

The Vedas were passed down orally by the brahmins over a millenia before buddha's time with utmost fidelity owing to rigorous methods upheld to ensure it was intact. Writing is believed to have come into use in India well after the Buddha's time.

[mcconn]

This explanation would be more effective if he didn't come off as though he were about to fall asleep.

[canadianbuddha]

very good video thank you

[banditrideruk]

Thank you for posting your video...

[mettabee]

I appreciate the lack of ritual and dare I say superstition of some of the other sects.

[netelsg]

Other sects are not superstition as you think. It's just that you lack of knowledge in their practice and teachings.

[yadsik]

There is not superstition or lack if ritual in other sects, they are simply the same cake with different icing. It is not the sect that you should focus on, but the teacher, listen to your teachers words, if he speaks words of compassion, skillfulness and trains great mindfulness, then he is worthy of teaching. This teacher can reside in a golden Theravadin Stupa or a simple Zen hut, where he teaches matters not, it is the nonphysical which will change you.

[ncnikonguy]

I study Theravada Buddhism, I frequent the WAT Carolina. I enjoyed your video