Practical Application of the Eightfold Noble Path (The Buddhist TV)

[atfatw]

in a world of darkness and misery your channel provides much needed help

[rottentommy]

next time your in Canada come by my place i will brew us up some green tea

[puppylovebichon]

Anoumothana,sathou

[asanayogadelmar]

Excellent teaching - I really enjoyed this - thank you so much for posting! :)

[purdeythedog]

You transfer the teaching of not killing animals, and I can see an implied goodness in this but many animals were designed to kill and eat other animals and it seems Inherently part of our nature; we have always done it as a majority - so why does such a practice lead away from truth or contentment - do those animals themselves not have the ability to become enlightned - what about chimpanzees (they are supposed to have the intelligence of young children, and surely they can become enlightened?

[MonkOfTheArts]

These video's are very insightful and good places to come to further my practice. Thank you very much.

[Markus451]

at 15:52 this video freezes and will not continue.

[oceanstarr]

I very much appreciate your eloquence and the work you've put together here, but, respectfully, I have a comment on your discussion of intellectualizing views.  Could we not explore experiential reality through science and discover more about the function of the body and mind - thus learning more and still acknowledging the impermanence of existence? Just as I study nutrition to make myself better meals, I study neuroscience to better understand meditation and improve that.

[Mjakucin1018]

Very Helpful and Useful as applicable groundwork to practice. Thanks Noah, Always appreciated...

[Hindoeisme]

Great and interesting video

[iamgoddard]

Your description of right mindfulness and concentration is very insightful, appropriately enough! :) (39:16)

Meditation should be on reality as it unfolds before one, not on holding concepts or images in the mind. What more obvious basis for seeing reality could there be than pure observation free from imposed mental constructs?!

[carlwegenschimmel]

Great talk, Thanks

[ObsidianImages]

In saying it is an "eightfold noble path"....it kind of does imply that other paths arent so noble. it is a pity to see that teachings that once elated the mind and transcended one above mind, has become just like everything else, a Capitalist club (in the west anyway) full of people who Worship Guatama-when he went out of his way to discourage this. Dosent say much about humans.......They miss the point moments after the words are uttered.

[DharmaDaniel]

@ObsidianImages

You do know that the Buddha declared himself as one who is worthy of praise, worthy of offerings, etc. He also was called greatest teacher of gods and men. It is obvious from the pali cannon that the Buddha was always praised and followed. Also, the Noble eightfold path was called, by the Buddha, the greatest. So, whether you agree or disagree the Buddha was not some kind of "universalism" rather, he was quite convinced of his own method's superiority.

[ObsidianImages]

@DharmaDaniel

No. One of the central tenets of Buddhism is-as Yuttadhamo says, is an abstinence from expressing views. What youve said completely contradicts that. All i know is, people are presented with a teaching, or idea, and they are extremely adept in getting it all screwed up, misconstrued and confused. That is the curse of Humanity. Jesus taught love and compassion, and morons took his words to mean "Murder,kill, Holy war".Same thing. People get it ALL wrong. to me its simple.Meditate.

[brainmarinade01]

@ObsidianImages What 'DharmaDaniel has said is correct, the Buddha did indeed declare his path to the be only way to the end of suffering. The Buddha is very clear on this. Buddhism is not simply meditation. Meditation is but one component of the Noble Eightfold Path, and the Noble Eightfold Path leads to liberation. That is what the Buddha actually taught. The Buddha called it the 'noble path' because he is stating that the path leading from suffering is noble.

[ObsidianImages]

Respond to this video...PS, what he was called by others is completely irrelevant-thats people Deifying someone and sucking up to them. It has nothing to do with the central philosophy and practice, Do your meditation, dont be judgemental, watch dispassionately and stick with it. it has nothing to do with the cultural window-dressing that modern Buddhism has become.....a distant, shadow of what was actually spoken of and recommended by Siddhartha.

[nicepandas]

@DharmaDaniel At the end of the day is there any evidence we can look at today that confirms beyond reasonable doubt that the Buddha did in fact exist? All religions have a high and mighty figure who is worthy of giving the 'correct' info to us to be right and succeed. Buddhism just confirms the authority of this figure in a totally different way....so...did he exist?....is there true enlightenment?...who knows but for sure something ive descovered Buddhism does have a good framework for cult...

[nicepandas]

...ivating goodness and a stable mind. But even so...ive noticed that sometimes it can still go wrong. Just for someone to be interested in buddhism doesnt mean they follow it properly. I think either a real genuine interest and investigation or a genuinely good teacher is important. Enlightenment doesnt come from a book or teacher but from ones own effort. So absolutely dont accept your guide because someone just says to take it. If you need to be forced to comply doesnt that imply you would...

[nicepandas]

...nt choose it. So do you think this religion is good bad both or what? Are you Budhist?

[brainmarinade01]

@ObsidianImages I do agree with you that the teachings of Buddha can be misconstrued, however if you look at the Pail texts, such as the Satipatthana sutta etc, all the info you need is there. Why worry about what others make of it? The Buddha taught to help yourself. We are all subject to 'dukkha', or suffering, so to denigrate your fellow man is to denigrate yourself. What is noble about us is that we all have the opportunity to release ourselves from the cycle of samsara.

[TommyTurntables1]

Great talk Yuttadhammo :-)

[etomelk]

sadu sadu sadu

Add sri lanka in ur tag. i'll help a lot for srilankans who are searching Dhamma

[yuttadhammo]

@etomelk thanks, forgot :) done now.

[BuddhaZenMind]

Wow a full talk like the BuddhistSocietyWA.......please upload more:)