As an observation - when and individual feels extreme stress (fear of death, poverty, financial pressures, marriage breakdown, major illness, death of loved ones etc) then they can perform crimes which lead them to jail or undertake actions of bad karma. A person I knew as a child and I know was a good person ended up in jail for actions he blames to extreme stress. Been conscripted to a war would be another example of a stressful event . To avoid extreme stress seems to be a major challenge.
This is absolutely the best UA-cam channel on this topic. I realised the link between quantum physics and Buddhism through meditation. but never thought anyone will have the same thought process. I only noticed Bernardo Kastrop touching part of it. ♥
Theravada Buddhism indeed offers a practical and insightful approach to understanding life’s realities. Thank you for recommending its profound wisdom!
Atheism is a non-theistic belief system and, as such, it could be a sub-category of "Religion" only if that term is defined to mean "Religion and (any) belief system".
This video beautifully explores Buddhism’s profound view on death, rebirth, and karma. It offers timeless wisdom for embracing impermanence and living with mindfulness and compassion. 🙏✨
May the light of the Dharma guide us into the New Year with hearts full of peace, minds clear and bright, and lives blessed with happiness and serenity. May every step we take be a reflection of mindfulness, and each new day an opportunity to grow in compassion and wisdom. Wishing everyone a year filled with peace, joy, and fulfillment! 🙏🌸
eautifully said! 🙏🌸 May the Dharma illuminate our paths and bring peace, joy, and wisdom to all in the New Year. Wishing you serenity and compassion every step of the way!
A good example of how intention applies in daily life is in giving/generosity. If one's donation is purely motivated to help someone/charity the merits from such giving is superior to that of giving with a selfish taint (eg self-grandiosity, expecting something in return ...). But as the HHDL said, it is still better to give with selfish motive than not to give at all. You still get merits albeit a diminshed one ie instead of getting 10 merit points, you get only 5 :)
What happens is what was envisioned by the Buddha according to the Maha-Parinibbana Sutta: "All compounded things are subject to decay.” As the body & mind are compounded things, they too adhere to this law - they decay, and move towards disintegration and cessation. Like with all other things, we postpone the inevitable by proper maintenance, but in the end cessation and disintegration are inescapable. This body and this mind cease to exist. "Strive diligently!". -- Btw, dukkha is translated as suffering. However, as one of the three marks of existence, dukkha is Entropy. Parinibanna Sutta doesn't speak about impermanence, anicca. It speaks about dukkha - entropy. All things tend towards disintegration. Impermanence - change - doesn't exclusively mean disintegration; integration, conglomeration, aggregation, growth - they're also change. But dukkha, understood as entropy, is a one way change: disintegration tending to cessation.
Thank you for your insightful comment! You’ve highlighted an important distinction. While anicca reflects the broader nature of change (both integration and disintegration), dukkha, as seen through the lens of entropy, focuses on the inherent unsatisfactoriness and the inevitable tendency toward disintegration. The Buddha’s teaching in the Maha-Parinibbana Sutta reminds us to see this reality clearly and strive diligently to transcend suffering through wisdom and liberation.
Thank you for your wonderful explanations and teachings of the Buddha. Buddha has emphasized NOT to believe in a doctrine or a religion or a teaching just because it is taught as such, but to investigate the teaching until you are satisfied that it reasonable and truthful. It should be quite ok to investigate teachings such as the doctrine of rebirth. Of a population of about 8 billion humans how many have a true knowledge of their previos lives? Doctrines like Nibbana or enlightenment appear to be beyond explanation. If the five aggregates are NOT present there cannot exist a being. Is that a state of mind achieved thru meditation?
I have a question….as you say that death of creature is a change in the existence, what has bhudda’s next life been after his death? I mean the transition after death of bhudda .I know you will say that you dont know but if it can be discussed and explained i hope it would be worthwhile….
Thanks for your question.The Buddha, having reached full enlightenment, didn't have a next life in the way we usually think about it. His passing was parinirvana, the end of the cycle. While we can't know the specifics of that, his teachings are all about how we can end suffering in this life 🙏
@ikramseedin9529 God Buddha has said he saw Nirvana when he reach highest enlightenment the ultimate truth of whole universe. Which means he forsee everything. He was come from God Heaven, born into earth become human to teach human beings lived pure and not evil. He saw the earth will die eventually, because of our Karma exist human nature killing each other, greed, hatred, political violence, illusion etc. 😮
@ bhudda neither believed in god nor disbelieved…he has not mentioned in any place that he was sent by god bla bla…if you dont know exactly what you speak of pls dont say anything.its better not to speak as this is a public platform where people come in to learn sometimes and publicity spreads…thank you…
since consciousness goes on to next life and does experience sorrow or happiness based on its past karmas, so then isn't consciousness another name for soul. Sure its changing but still very similar to soul because soul is changing too by accumulating/shedding karmas.
Thank you for sharing! The Lotus Sutra indeed emphasizes the purification of the mind as a path to a pure world. It beautifully complements the foundational teachings as steps toward deeper realization
While the Buddha emphasized focusing on the present moment and liberation rather than metaphysical debates, texts like the Pali Canon do reference the cycle of birth and death (samsara) and the role of karma within it.
Re birth is part of the Hindu teaching and when buddhism reached Tibet rebirth was taught there as an add on to buddhism from the pre existing religion.
Rebirth is central to Buddhist teachings in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions, as seen in the Pali Canon. Its expression may vary across cultures, but its roots are firmly grounded in the Buddha's teachings on samsara and karma.
In Buddhism, the 'self' is seen as an illusion-what we think of as 'me' is a collection of ever-changing processes. When the body dies, this illusion dissolves, but the cycle of cause and effect continues unless liberation is achieved 🙏
When your smartphone died completely, its self don't died with the body (hardware). After the condition is ripe (you have time to buy a new smartphone), you download your smartphone ID from the cloud, then your contact numbers and all previous data are downloaded to your new smartphone. The body (hardware) is new, but the ID (identity) is still the same. This story tell us about something like the rebirth process. Our body (hardware) can died, but our core identity remain the same.
There are no 'souls', hence, no rebirth. Life gaia modems are in all animals' guts. It is only a modem, to three billion old gaia's awareness. The me inside is partly the modem, and undying, but not individual; you don't own it.
In Buddhism, there is no eternal soul, only a stream of causes and conditions. Rebirth isn’t about a soul but the continuation of actions and their effects. Consciousness is not owned but arises from interdependence.
You don't know the logic of death, the workings of death and birth, or the real point about the selfish gene. You need to deal with death properly through highly-attained understanding and comprehension of faith (The result of being a true Buddhist such as { โสตาปัตติผล/Sotāpanna สกทาคามิผล/Sakadāgāmī อนาคามิผล/one who does not return, a Never-Returner อรหัตตผล/attainment of Arhatship, อริยสัจ๔/The Four Noble Truths, to make sure this life is the only one and the last, no next life whatsoever) } not depending or trusting yourself absolutely to face death alone in its darkness. That is the logic Buddhism try to tell you.
Thank you for sharing your belief. In Buddhism, heaven and hell are seen as temporary states shaped by one’s actions (karma), rather than eternal destinations. The teachings focus on understanding and transcending the cycles of suffering through wisdom and compassion.
“Death is a moment of transition”
Such an appropriate way to describe death!
As an observation - when and individual feels extreme stress (fear of death, poverty, financial pressures, marriage breakdown, major illness, death of loved ones etc) then they can perform crimes which lead them to jail or undertake actions of bad karma.
A person I knew as a child and I know was a good person ended up in jail for actions he blames to extreme stress.
Been conscripted to a war would be another example of a stressful event . To avoid extreme stress seems to be a major challenge.
Society is turn into greed, this is why Karma is exist, please awaken. Follow Buddha teaching, detach all materialistic world. 😊
This is absolutely the best UA-cam channel on this topic. I realised the link between quantum physics and Buddhism through meditation. but never thought anyone will have the same thought process. I only noticed Bernardo Kastrop touching part of it. ♥
[04:15 - 04:30] I love how you analyze and convey the teachings. Buddhism feels so approachable now. 💡
this is the one and only religion which says reality of our lives
i recommend theravadha doc in buddhism
Theravada Buddhism indeed offers a practical and insightful approach to understanding life’s realities. Thank you for recommending its profound wisdom!
TRUE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SADHU SADHU SADHU 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️
Atheism is a non-theistic belief system and, as such, it could be a sub-category of "Religion" only if that term is defined to mean "Religion and (any) belief system".
This video beautifully explores Buddhism’s profound view on death, rebirth, and karma. It offers timeless wisdom for embracing impermanence and living with mindfulness and compassion. 🙏✨
Thank you for your kind words!🙏🙏
Thank you for the beautiful illuminating discourse and teaching. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much! 🙏
Beautiful of word wisdom ❤❤
Thank you for your kind words! May the wisdom of the teachings bring peace and clarity to your journey.
May the light of the Dharma guide us into the New Year with hearts full of peace, minds clear and bright, and lives blessed with happiness and serenity. May every step we take be a reflection of mindfulness, and each new day an opportunity to grow in compassion and wisdom. Wishing everyone a year filled with peace, joy, and fulfillment! 🙏🌸
eautifully said! 🙏🌸 May the Dharma illuminate our paths and bring peace, joy, and wisdom to all in the New Year. Wishing you serenity and compassion every step of the way!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,,,,,,,SADHU SADHU SADHU 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️
I've been loving this channel. Hope everyone sees how the day helps them.
Thank you! 😊 So happy you're enjoying the channel. Wishing everyone finds inspiration each day 🙏
I am really enjoying your podcast.
Clear message the teaching of Buddha, simple language ❤❤❤
Thank you so much
Buddha blessed us all sadhu
Thank you so much for the insight from Buddhism.
I really appreciate it.
Once again, thank you 🙏🙏🙏.
You're very welcome! I'm glad the insights were helpful. Thank you for your kind words 🙏
Wow, the way you explained karma's connection to intention at 11:52 is so insightful! How do you think this applies daily?
A good example of how intention applies in daily life is in giving/generosity. If one's donation is purely motivated to help someone/charity the merits from such giving is superior to that of giving with a selfish taint (eg self-grandiosity, expecting something in return ...). But as the HHDL said, it is still better to give with selfish motive than not to give at all. You still get merits albeit a diminshed one ie instead of getting 10 merit points, you get only 5 :)
Thank you very much for this gide of the Dharma.
You're very welcome! May the Dharma continue to guide you on your path with wisdom and compassion
May peace always be in our hearts, deeds and thoughts. Happy new year one and all.
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thank you very much
What happens is what was envisioned by the Buddha according to the Maha-Parinibbana Sutta: "All compounded things are subject to decay.”
As the body & mind are compounded things, they too adhere to this law - they decay, and move towards disintegration and cessation.
Like with all other things, we postpone the inevitable by proper maintenance, but in the end cessation and disintegration are inescapable.
This body and this mind cease to exist.
"Strive diligently!".
--
Btw, dukkha is translated as suffering.
However, as one of the three marks of existence, dukkha is Entropy.
Parinibanna Sutta doesn't speak about impermanence, anicca. It speaks about dukkha - entropy. All things tend towards disintegration.
Impermanence - change - doesn't exclusively mean disintegration; integration, conglomeration, aggregation, growth - they're also change.
But dukkha, understood as entropy, is a one way change: disintegration tending to cessation.
Thank you for your insightful comment! You’ve highlighted an important distinction. While anicca reflects the broader nature of change (both integration and disintegration), dukkha, as seen through the lens of entropy, focuses on the inherent unsatisfactoriness and the inevitable tendency toward disintegration. The Buddha’s teaching in the Maha-Parinibbana Sutta reminds us to see this reality clearly and strive diligently to transcend suffering through wisdom and liberation.
Thank you for your wonderful explanations and teachings of the Buddha.
Buddha has emphasized NOT to believe in a doctrine or a religion or a teaching just because it is taught as such, but to investigate the teaching until you are satisfied that it reasonable and truthful. It should be quite ok to investigate teachings such as the doctrine of rebirth. Of a population of about 8 billion humans how many have a true knowledge of their previos lives?
Doctrines like Nibbana or enlightenment appear to be beyond explanation. If the five aggregates are NOT present there cannot exist a being. Is that a state of mind achieved thru meditation?
GOOD VIDEO
Thank you so much🙏🙏
I have a question….as you say that death of creature is a change in the existence, what has bhudda’s next life been after his death? I mean the transition after death of bhudda .I know you will say that you dont know but if it can be discussed and explained i hope it would be worthwhile….
Thanks for your question.The Buddha, having reached full enlightenment, didn't have a next life in the way we usually think about it. His passing was parinirvana, the end of the cycle. While we can't know the specifics of that, his teachings are all about how we can end suffering in this life 🙏
@@BuddhismPodcast what proof do you have that he attained parinirvana?
@ikramseedin9529 God Buddha has said he saw Nirvana when he reach highest enlightenment the ultimate truth of whole universe. Which means he forsee everything. He was come from God Heaven, born into earth become human to teach human beings lived pure and not evil. He saw the earth will die eventually, because of our Karma exist human nature killing each other, greed, hatred, political violence, illusion etc. 😮
@ bhudda neither believed in god nor disbelieved…he has not mentioned in any place that he was sent by god bla bla…if you dont know exactly what you speak of pls dont say anything.its better not to speak as this is a public platform where people come in to learn sometimes and publicity spreads…thank you…
Ok Buddha have given teachings so you can experiment them and know is it true or false@@ikramseedin9529
since consciousness goes on to next life and does experience sorrow or happiness based on its past karmas, so then isn't consciousness another name for soul. Sure its changing but still very similar to soul because soul is changing too by accumulating/shedding karmas.
After death reborn again
All are explained in The Lotus Sutra.These are preparations(provisional practices) towards the Lotus Sutra.When the mind is pure, the world is pure.
Thank you for sharing! The Lotus Sutra indeed emphasizes the purification of the mind as a path to a pure world. It beautifully complements the foundational teachings as steps toward deeper realization
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The Buddha did not teach rebirth. He only said that one shouldnt trouble oneself or be concerned with the question .
While the Buddha emphasized focusing on the present moment and liberation rather than metaphysical debates, texts like the Pali Canon do reference the cycle of birth and death (samsara) and the role of karma within it.
Re birth is part of the Hindu teaching and when buddhism reached Tibet rebirth was taught there as an add on to buddhism from the pre existing religion.
Rebirth is central to Buddhist teachings in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions, as seen in the Pali Canon. Its expression may vary across cultures, but its roots are firmly grounded in the Buddha's teachings on samsara and karma.
When you die, your "self" dies together with your body.
In Buddhism, the 'self' is seen as an illusion-what we think of as 'me' is a collection of ever-changing processes. When the body dies, this illusion dissolves, but the cycle of cause and effect continues unless liberation is achieved 🙏
When was your self born?
@rajk9965 When your experiences in life starts.
@@BuddhismPodcast
You crash and total your car, but the traffic goes on.
Without you.
When your smartphone died completely, its self don't died with the body (hardware).
After the condition is ripe (you have time to buy a new smartphone), you download your smartphone ID from the cloud, then your contact numbers and all previous data are downloaded to your new smartphone.
The body (hardware) is new, but the ID (identity) is still the same.
This story tell us about something like the rebirth process.
Our body (hardware) can died, but our core identity remain the same.
Reincarnation 🎉
🙏🙏🙏
There are no 'souls', hence, no rebirth. Life gaia modems are in all animals' guts. It is only a modem, to three billion old gaia's awareness. The me inside is partly the modem, and undying, but not individual; you don't own it.
In Buddhism, there is no eternal soul, only a stream of causes and conditions. Rebirth isn’t about a soul but the continuation of actions and their effects. Consciousness is not owned but arises from interdependence.
You don't know the logic of death, the workings of death and birth, or the real point about the selfish gene.
You need to deal with death properly through highly-attained understanding and comprehension of faith (The result of being a true Buddhist such as
{
โสตาปัตติผล/Sotāpanna
สกทาคามิผล/Sakadāgāmī
อนาคามิผล/one who does not return, a Never-Returner
อรหัตตผล/attainment of Arhatship,
อริยสัจ๔/The Four Noble Truths, to make sure this life is the only one and the last, no next life whatsoever)
}
not depending or trusting yourself absolutely to face death alone in its darkness.
That is the logic Buddhism try to tell you.
Not true heaven and hell everlasting no reincarnation lake of fire
Thank you for sharing your belief. In Buddhism, heaven and hell are seen as temporary states shaped by one’s actions (karma), rather than eternal destinations. The teachings focus on understanding and transcending the cycles of suffering through wisdom and compassion.