Lamar University - Buddhism Basics

Bhante Kassapa Bhikkhu was invited by Dr. Raul Garcia, professor of Philosophy at Lamar University, to be guest lecturer on the religion and philosophy of Buddhism. This was recorded on September 20, 2007. This clip relates to the basic beliefs that Theravada Buddhists follow. It is part four of a multi-part series. You can read Dhamma Talks and learn more about Bhante Kassapa Bhikkhu at his website, http://www.kassapa.org.

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[jbearden]

May all beings be free from suffering.

[workmatters77]

Maybe fellow YouTubers can tell me but I think after the Buddha declared that to live is to suffer he said that through enlightenment we would be spared from suffering.

[HelliPilot]

Beautiful way of life, ty

[JONWAMBO]

Good overview of the basics, thank you.

[MoonLightFacade]

@MoonLightFacade I suppose, now that I think about it, that you're right. But most U.S. born Christians are like this because of elements which have influenced the way our culture operates.

Many other religions are just as (if not, more) mindless in my opinion, but Christianity has been the number one religion which has caused the most issues throughout the world, both in history and present day.

[MoonLightFacade]

@MoonLightFacade Many people are impressionable, but (and, like with everything, nothing is absolute) most Christians these days consist of materialist, media boughten and sold, T.V. glued conventionalists who have grown up, generation after generation, with families who were conditioned in our society to follow our culture without thought or any form of questioning. The funny thing is that they're not even aware of it. The media does a good job of pulling the wool over a human's eyes.

[MoonLightFacade]

@MoonLightFacade ...was because of the fact that we wouldn't be "saved" if we didn't. The concept of "good" or "evil" has to come from within and not be initiated by the wave or threat of a finger, else it contradicts the entire point.

Where was I? Oh, yes, Christians (along with other religions, including Atheists: every belief has its share of "I am right and you are wrong so you should join my belief system") tend to be the most primitive and illogical in how they deal with their belief.

[MoonLightFacade]

@TraceurLannon It's not Christianity most people despise, I think (well, sort of). It's the evangelical and simplistic bullshit which has come to be part of the religious package. Christianity doesn't look at things on a deeper level; it analyzes actions, as opposed to motives behind actions. This, in my opinion, is its largest flaw. If everyone had free will, and God knew that we all had free will, and could also read our minds, he'd know that the only reason why most of us followed his rule.

[TraceurLannon]

everyone has their own way of dealing with life and all of them are fine as long as they have nothing to do with christianity XD

[HeartBuddhism]

Yeah I was abused as a child which is not what I wanted so the implication is I was at fault for having attachement to not wanting to be abused. My god what he is saying is rather simplified to say the least. So when someone is starving to death the only reason they are suffering is due to attachments? Or when someone is betrayed their pain is all due to attachment ( upadana) I strongly disagree. In my view this teaching is False View, Michi Ditti.