What is Buddhism with Bhante Vimalaramsi Pt 1 of 2

Here is part 1 of a 13 minute preview of a 1 hour discussion about "What is Buddhism" and specifically helps with your meditation practice. This is the first part of two, so please look for part 2 when done with this. It has incredible new insights into HOW TO PRACTICE. Long time meditation problems are solved here by Bhante Vimalaramsi with a solution that is not being taught by current teachers. YOU REALLY NEED TO WATCH THIS IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS MEDITATOR. (You can search "Vimalaramsi" for more films).
Bhante Vimalaramsi is an American Buddhist Monk of 20 years now back in the US teaching in Missouri. After years of intensive sitting practice, of sometimes 22hrs per day, in Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka, he has gained new insights, which seem to have been missed by modern day Buddhist teachers.

Here he talks about "What really is Buddhism?" For more information please visit his site at www.Dhammasukha.org. And please WATCH PART 2!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-eJrP3c5Og

See more info at http://sites.google.com/site/begintosee/

Bhante's Site is www.dhammasukha.org

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[fuuunnnn]

Buddhism teaches that life, reality and time is an illusion! Too much meditation and unable to comprehend and accept the terrible injustice and suffering in the world has Buddha wishing it was an illusion, and of course incense inhaling can really mess a person up not to mention demons that come when they pray to and worship the dead. Satan the lord of illusion and fools!

[begintosee]

Dear Funnnn

Buddhism does not teach that life is an illusion, it teaches that it is an impersonal flow of events with no personal self.

Yes there is suffering but the Buddha taught that through his teaching you could learn the CESSATION of suffering through the giving up of the craving mind. Once one no longer needs things to occur in a specific way there is no more suffering.

Also Buddhists don't pray -they pay respect. And Satan is Christian and not Buddhist.

Be Happy and have Fuuuun!

[begintosee]

You let go of unwholesome thoughts and take lovingkindness or the breath as your object of meditation. You replace unwholesome thoughts and tensions with positive "emotions". Thus you purify the mind and eliminate the negative and gradually, as the mind calms, see how this whole thing works. May you be happy and do keep asking questions- The Buddha said to not believe anything but to judge something for yourself. David

[nordyj2001]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't the Buddhists that burned "witches" in Salem, or led the Crusades.  Look inward before you cast "Satan" on someone else.

[attilaclark]

When Jesus was alledged to have been born, Buddhism was at its institutional zenith...and had spread to Kashmir. Buddhism was the first spiritual practice to go beyond its borders and is a TRUE lineage unlike these others who invent a lineage ( masonry, christianity..).

[attilaclark]

Buddhism is Mindfulness, Compassion, and Bliss combining to cause transcendence.

[telecalcu]

The cheesy bollywood song was kina funny lol...... It was a girl singing about how passionately in love she really is.....lol

[ududuwa]

My dear brother, sorry about my comment..

......The things is, you have added a part of Hindi love songs into this invaluable Dhamma talk.

[mb0185646]

I'm agnostic, and I actually found this interesting. May we learn from Budha/reasoning.

[muchlijd]

I read that Buddhism doesn't believe in a bodiless self, or soul, so coming back as an animal is more symbolic of the effects of your karma; you don't "hop" from one body to the other; I hope this helps