In Theravada Buddhism, they tried to preserve the original of the Buddha's way of practicing and wanted to do the same thing like Buddha(Tathāgata or Gautama Buddha)
Boon, n edwin agustian: The best way to describe is... crossing the rapid river of suffering.. u can use kayaking alone to reach the other shore. Or you can get in a huge boat with many seekers, captain (buddha) of the boat n stewards (sangha members) to serve your seeking... n the compass (dhamma) that will help you to navigate thru the treacherous waters to reach the other shore. Which is your own preference.. just do it.
Not exactly. Gautam Buddha didn't eat meat, whereas almost all Theravada monks eat meat. Many Mahayana and Vijrayana monks also eat meat. Only portions of Mahayana don't eat meat. Overall most Buddhists do. Furthermore, even among the Theravada most are polytheistic and include deities.
I was raised as a Theravada Buddhist and this video was fairly accurate, however, the definition of a Bodhisattva isn't totally accurate according to the Theravada tradition. A Bodhisattva is the term used to describe a being who will become a Buddha in a following life, more specifically it is used to describe Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) in his previous lives. Also, it is true that an Arhat (Arahanth) is a being that attains nirvana (enlightenment and ends their cycle of suffering and rebirth upon their death) and a Buddha is an Arhat/Arahanth, because they also end their cycle as well upon death. The difference is that the Buddha teaches and helps others to get on the path to Nirvana. Basically the definition you used for a Bodhisattva is the definition we use for a Buddha and a Bodhisattva is this person in his previous live.
@@Jessica-bo3kd , @Inclusive Outsider Boddhisattva must go through 10 stages of Boddhisattvahood. The tenth level if completed successfully, reach the Supreme Enlightenment. Enlightenment has many levels. *SUPREME* Enlightenment is the only one. Logics. Boddhisattva that reaches the tenth stage level postphoning of becoming Buddha, and come back to teach the agnostic (lacking knowledge) people like you n you n you.... in our samsaric circle of life. There are beings that prefer to forsake their Buddhahood for a time, and remain as Bosdhisattva in order to persuade, to teach, to expound the Buddha's teaching through 84,000 skillful means. In Mahayana discipline or sect, majority of Buddhists take *Boddhisattva Oath* as part of their commitment. They prefer to cross through the river of samsara with more beings together to reach the other shore instead of being alone on the other side. Hinayana = the small vehicle to reach the other shore of the samsara river, can be refer as solo Kayaking. Mahayana = the Larger or Great or Huge vehicle can be referred as a Cruise Ship that can carry thousands of the same minded seekers to reach the other shore together. The Captain = the Abbot, the Crews = Sangha Community, the Compass = Dharma and the passengers = the seekers... As to which you prefer, it is up to your personality type. A loner seeker or a groupie type of seeker... does not matter. You get the idea.
ya i was just stating this myself before i saw the comment but i speak of it from a spiritual way of being there.. to put it shortly and bluntly simple beneath it all, Thai Theravada buddism seems less advanced and more for people that are beginners like people that will not reach nirvana and will reincarnate.. while the ones that understand Bodhisattva are for people that understood the spiritual.. to me its like theravada is the story of buddha, the journey.. and Bodhisattva is buddhas knowledge after he found enlightenment... so it makes sense Bodhisattva is the more adavance higher form. all the thai moneks ive met and encountered are not and dont feel of high spiritual growth.. i feel they are even far below me in knowledge.
In Theravada Buddhism "bodhisathwa" is a person who develop some skills (like generosity ) necessary to be a Buddha. It's a difficult practice that most people easily would give up. If someone wants to end the Samsaric journey (going life after life which has no end otherwise) they can still do it without becoming a Buddha. Anyone can attain The Nirvana or the enlightenment by following the way found by the Buddha. They are called an "Arahanth".
Wow I just typed a comment stating this exact thing that a Bodhisattva is the term to describe a being who will become a Buddha in a future life. The way you wrote Arhat is also the way we pronounce it as well as Arahanth according to the Theravada tradition.
In Pali: Arahant, Bodhisatta, and Nibbana; in Sanskrit: Arhat, Bodhisattva, Nirvana. What you've described about Bodhisatta in Theravada Buddhism is in general correct. It's a status becoming a future Buddha, and it has to be granted and recognized by a previous living Buddha. There are several other conditions as well. Also it generally takes eons before becoming a future Buddha and start to teach. So it's usually encouraged in Theravada Buddhism to attain Nibbana and become an Arahant, which is much, much easier.
Mahayanists trying to become a Bodhisatta is ridiculous. What will world do with so many Bodhisattas? A bodhisatta must have been prophesized and blessed by a buddha for being a future buddha. And a Buddha blesses and prophesies only one bodhisatta because it's extremely difficult and any normal person would give it up. So millions of Mahayanist trying to become bodhisatta is pointless :)... It's even better to live a meditative and disciplined life rather than worshiping any deities and imaginary Buddha. A true bodhisatta would never practice any type of ignorances like those practices. Practising Theravada doesn't mean you're gonna seek for Nirvana in shorter time or just arhantship, rather it's also a place for those who really deserve trying to achieve buddhahood with original Buddhas teachings while its still available, not defending on any imaginary misconceptions but realities those Buddha stated by himself, under shades of arhats(I'm saying it as only the side of theravadists has arhats). Just vowing for salvation of all beings doesn't make any sense for buddhahood to me.... It's not possible even for a Buddha to save all beings from suffering, but it's possible to save a lots, millions of beings with bodhisatta himself... So taking vow to save all beings is a type of great ignorance in fact it'll be a factor to struck into cycle or limitless rebirths for a impossible effort to save all the beings at once. Mahayanists, don't make this misleading vow and practices.
Thanks for the video, I kicked drugs after 7 years from a teacher who taught bhuddism he did a lot to wake me up to life and he never made me feel like I was to give blind trust cus everything he said seemed like forgotten common sense
@ what *original* ?? Do you think he taught in Pali ?? ........he taught in ardhamagadhi language not in Sanskrit or Pali Later it was his disciples who started teaching his dharma in their own language which included Pali , Sanskrit , Prakrit , and other indian languages prominent at that time
I’m a Westener Buddhist🥰 I’m more in Therevada(simplicity and into the Pali Canon, but open to other ideas of Mahayanan monks) but I like the figure of the Boddhisatvas(because of what they represent) and some techniques of meditation developed by other schools, like mantras in Tibetan and Zen meditation.
In theravada there are 3 ways to acheive nirvana. Become a Buddha, become a 'Pase Buddha' and become a Arahath. If someone become a Buddha he has the ability to (know how to) teach others to acheive nirvana(if they have will), but to become other 2 mean, they don't have ability to do so.
Guys do you know why the BUDDHA after attainment stay back to teach? Do you think the buddha staying back is to tell you to become a BUDDHA will be better? Guy in the dhamma, wake up be wise. If the BUDDHA staying back is about getting everyone to vow to become Bodhisattva, it would have been thought initially by the BUDDHA himself. But this never happen because the BUDDHA know it is not the correct ways to teach and wrong way to encourage Bodhisattva vow. So wake up Bodhisattva friends your vow are not recognised as real Bodhisattva vow has to be put in front of a living BUDDHA. And the living BUDDHA acknoledge it. Only then that is genuine. BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI Definately just a vow is empty.
@@vijjanandadhammaa Arahat thero, may or may not know the darma and may or may not have the ability to teach someone to become enlightened. for instance, in first buddhist council, from all the thero who attended only the Anadna thero who wasn't arahat at that time(of course he became arahat just before the occasion ) had the knowladge of all the Lord Buddha's teachings.
@@qwex4350 nope he is from the US however his parents are from Indian subcontinent (one from India other from Bangladesh) perhaps this is the reason as to why he pronounced those names correctly.
I like the idea that the Buddha can only show you the way. It is up to us to investigate and practice the Dhamma. We make the path as we walk the path.
Do not try to separate two great tradition of Buddha dharma.Both Theravada and Mahayana tradition contains great teachings and wisdom.We should embrace each other rather than trying to find out differences because both teachings came from the one and only mahayogi,mahapurus Tathagat (Siddhartha Gautama)..
Theravada buddhist and Mahayana teaching are different. The two teaching is different when come to the end. The original one is theravada. In the time of the BUDDHA, The BUDDHA reject DEVADATA for asking all monk to go vegetarian and the buddha teaching to accept vegetarianism.The BUDDHA reject such request. And today vegetarian exist. So guy it is ver clear it is not the original teaching of the BUDDHA. There are many differences only those in the theravada will know. For new buddhist beginner they will not know. If these beginner go straight into the sector of mahayanis they they will never know that their buddhist are not the ways instructed by the BUDDHA. No need to explain further. BUDDHAM GACCHAMI
@@vijjanandadhamma Buddha said not to eat meat In dhammapada he said not to slaughter or encourage slaughtering of animals In jivaka sutra he said the if the monk know that there is meat in his plate then he shouldn't eat it
Wrong understanding about eating meat. The Buddha already explain very clearly. Those who propagate vegetarianism are not following the BUDDHA teaching. They misinterpreted the meaning of non killing. They forget it was DEVADATA that tries to promote vegetarianism. The BUDDHA reject his view on this matter. BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
@@vijjanandadhamma devadatta wasn't in favour of vegetarianism He just made it too strict that even if the monk didn't know that he was eating meat then he is committing sin.......devadatta was simply a hypocrite just like meat eating monks In jivaka sutta , Buddha said , when a monk didn't know that the food he was eating was meat then it's not his fault In dhammapada , Buddha said that put yourself in the place of animal being slaughtered , you will realise that slaughtering animals or encouraging it is bad and generate bad merit Buddha's dharma was in favour of non violence , not animal slaughter Hypocrite Meat eaters always misinterpret his dharma for their own desires (including meat eating)
End goal of Mahayana is not Bodhisattva but Buddha hood. Mahayana remain as Bodhisattva to help others along the path to Buddhahood than going alone. Bodhisattva in Tibetan is translated as Jang Chup Sempa aka compassionate mind or soul. Arhat in Mahayana is one who has overcome / conquered all the causes of sins - desire, anger and ego. Arhat is stage below Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva is stage below Buddhahood or Buddha
i read a theory that mahasamgika sect from which mahayana evolved is the one that was majority sect and was closer to the buddha's teachings. it however became more diverse and became less original in comparison to theravada as time went on.
Well, Theravada way is like obtaining your fire yourself and sharing how you did it to others. Mahayana is like recruiting others to make fire together while you still haven't obtained it yourself. Let us see what Buddha himself did. He tried to obtain Nirvana himself and then he help others with how to obtain it.
In Theravada Buddhism, praying, chanting, ritual, worshipping and faith cannot escape the cycle of samsara and sentient beings only be freed from samsara if they rely on themselves and practice the Dhamma righteously.
Mahayana Buddhism that came to Japan includes sects such as Pure Land Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, and Avatamsaka Sutra. I noticed that these sects preach about the universe. Pure Land Buddhism preaches about the Pure Land, a world of the pinnacle of awakening, ruled by Amitabha Buddha far away in the universe. Buddha speaks passionately about that world. Esoteric Buddhism preaches about awakening through compassion and wisdom by the super Buddha, Vairocana buddha, who personifies the universe. Avatamsaka Sutra is the content of Buddha's enlightenment itself, and preaches that the true form of the universe is fractal. And the Lotus Sutra, which is said to be the highest teaching, preaches about the eternal Buddha, which I think preaches about the cycle of life in the infinite universe. In other words, God (of monotheism) creates man, man attains enlightenment and becomes Buddha, the wisdom of Buddha acquires knowledge of life, and when man appears by that knowledge, Buddhas becomes God.
Mahayana Buddhism from Vietnam 🇻🇳. Childhood watched Chinese TV series: Journey to the West (1986). Watched a long time ago Indian drama: Buddha (2013).
Eight conditions 1. The person must have fourth jana that can attain Nibbana easily( Near to Nibbana) 2. The person must pray in front of one of the Buddhas( must wait one of the Buddhas) 3. The person must be male 4. Must be human to pray as buddhahood 5. Must know causes and effects 6. Must be filled with gratitude of jana 7. Must do wholesome, giving own life if need 8. Must aspire wholesome wish to be Buddha
CORRECTION ! There are currently three main schools of Mahayana Buddhism, one of them is Pure Land Buddhism with approximately 22,000,000 members. The two other main schools of current Mahayana Buddhist thought are Chan (Zen) with approximately 5,300,000 members & Tiantai (Examples of this Lotus Sutra school are the Nichiren Shōshū /priesthood with approximately 800,000 member households & the Soka Gakkai a lay organization with about 13,000,000 members). Please update this video ...
About Fourth Jana To go Fourth Jana, have to start with First Jana First Jana Applied thought, Sustained thought, Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind Applied thought= trying to focus on breath Sustained thought = stable on breath ( no thinking) Rapture = pure state with joyfulness Bliss= Feeling peace and joyfulness One-pointedness of mind= calmness upon peace and joyfulness Second Jana Will start with stable breath Sustained thought, Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind Third jana Will start with rapture during sitting time Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind Fourth jana Bliss and One-pointedness of mind Pers Fourth Jana can become back third jana, second jana, first jana if there is no insight vippasana.
The ultimate aim of Mahayanist is Buddhahood which is far beyond Nirvana. Arhat has already achieved Nirvana - escape from cyclic existence - aka Samsara.
As for normal beings, can worship both Gods, Angles and Buddha because Gods and angels take care their respective relatives. As for Ariya, they have to worship only Buddha. If ariya worship normal Angle, humen and God, normal humen, angles and Gods can dissipate.
Malays were Buddhist before they adopted islam and before Buddhist they worshippped ancestors and nature .Tomorrow these same Malays will become Christians as many of them are already athieist and dont believe in anything .
@@mirmir9368 nalanda great indian university and mainly buddist university got burnt by these barbaric islamic invasion all indian relgions declined and only culture is intact, i am actually thankful to tibetian buddist and indian rishi who translated teachings from sanskrit to tibetian lang thanks to all suth east asian for saving indian culture/philosophies
Theravada is the original unchanged preserved teachings of Gautam Buddha. It can lead to enlightenment. Whereas Mahayana Buddhism was formed after 500 years after Gautam Buddha's Nirvana or passing away. Mahayana Buddhism was edited over the period of time by monks adding this Buddha and that Buddha and Bodhisattva etc for worshipping including change of attire, way of living, adding more requirements into scriptures thus making the original Gautam Buddha's teachings impure. Over the course of time, It became more suitable for ordinary people instead of practicing actual cultivation to reach enlightenment. Mahayana was widely spread across other countries like China, Japan and South east Asia. Theravada was an orthodox cultivation practice and not a religion. Whereas Mahayana turned into a religion called Buddhism over the course of centuries.
@@Ajamidha Advaita Vedanta is also a very beautiful philosophy. Im a theravadin and have started to dabble in this school. Im at that stage of grasping duality vs non duality. Its very esoterical compared to most "religious" ideologies.
Actually, Bodhisattva means someone who are becoming/Will become a buddha. If all focus to be Buddha - (Bodhisattva), there will be no one to help nor achieve Nirvana. So there is a direct straight way to Nirvana,There also is another loop for you to lock you there never get to nirvana. so choose wisely ^ ^
Some meditators make jana focusing on womb to make concentration. Just focus on one object first to go vippasana( insight meditation) This is for beings who would like to attain and go Nibbana( absolute peace)
Hahaha... it is not about like or dislike. This very idea is totally wrong. Very discriminating mind.. the teaching will lead you to transcend this discriminatory mind set. U should say.. preference or affinity.
From what I remember, the “th” in “Theravada” doesn’t inidcate the English “th” sound as in the word “thin,” it actually represents the initial, aspirated “t” sound in the English word “tear.” It differentiates from the non-aspirated “t” found in the English word “stop” or as used in Spanish or Italian. EDIT: At 0:10 and 5:40 you use the unaspirated “t” that I mentioned in English “stop,” and as used in Spanish and Italian.
In India Buddhist were absorbed into Hinduism plus the repeated Turkic invasion of India lead to the collapse of Buddhism in India and Bangladesh etc from 10AD onwards. In fact most of Central Asian countries including Pakistan and Pakistan were Buddhist they were first to succumb to Arab invasion since 7AD. The founder of Zen, Chan Buddhism practiced in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam is Buddhist monk brothers Äsanga and Vasu Bandu from Peshawar, Pakistan around 4AD. The founder of Tibetan Buddhism hails from Swat region of Pakistan who escaped Pakistan following the religious persecution and moved east wards towards India and Nepal and finally came to Tibet via Nepal at the invitation of Tibetan king in 8AD.
Peta Gonkyi if you still beleive this you are living in dark ...historical data proved that buddhism was destroyed by brahmins beacause buddhism rejected cast system and blind faith and devotion to many gods which was a threat to brahmin dominancy... Buddhism remained the dominant faith in india for atleast 1000 years before being destroyed by brahmins... Islam only had a little role in it. .
@@dhitikabarua1779 How did the Bengalis get Theravada Buddhism? Mahayana Buddhism was first practiced by the Bengalis. How did Theravada Buddhism come about?
actually chan and zen is corrupted sanskrit word for dhyan which is a sort of yoga and meditative practices practised by all ancient relgions of india .
Arimettaya Buddha have already attained Fourth Jana before his lives 8,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000( zero 140 in front of 8 + 100000 worlds) There are ten parami buddha filled. 1. Donation 2. Sila( keeping precepts) 3. Abandoning 4. Wisdom 5. Effort 6. Fortitude 7. Faithfulness 8. Loving -kindness 9. Patience 10. impassableness
Theravada (teachings of the elders) generally uses the Pali terms (because the most complete collection of the original teachings of the Buddha are in Pali), so arahant, nibbana, etc. The Mahayana generally use hybrid Sanskrit terms (despite the Buddha explicitly forbidding it) presumably to appeal to the growing popularity of brahminism in India (and later traditions such as tantra, which literally means weaving threads from many traditions including one's own home brew new ageism). "Great vehicle" is correct but "maha" also means wider, majority, popular, and that's important to understand when discussion the (de)evolution of Buddhist teachings and practice.
@@vegahimsa3057 tibetans adopted lot of hindu gods just ask them they better know it and tara is godess durga or kali , tibeitan gods are hindu gods in Tibetan version
There is only Dhamma. Dhamma include realities. 🌸Theravada kept all realities Gotama Buddha taught. Exact teachings and methods to go Nibbana, heavens, brahmins. Gotama Buddha taught all. Including history Brighten self In Theravada, they have already attained Nibbana with different levels. Some ariya will wait Next Buddha, knowing and attaining Nibbana.🌸 In Mahayana, most will wait next Buddha with humen conditions with Zen and donations. 🌸Some 🌸have already attained Nibbana. Both are the same. All Buddhas teach the same about Dhamma. Brighten yourself You will arrive where you walks There are ways for everywhere you walk
In Theravada tradition, the use of the term "bodhisattva" is very limited - primarily referring to the Buddha Shakyamuni in his previous lives before enlightenment; and actually there is just ONE bodhisattva - Maitreya or Metteyya, THE future Buddha, generally recognized; and that there can only be ONE Buddha at a time
thats actually true as indian and hindu , Hinduism has so many sects and lot of sects have its sub sects that it all got compromised into hinduism, hindu is actually geographical identity of ancient india and Hinduism means idea ,philosophies of india thus we got all the name as Hinduism but in reality there nothing such as Hinduism its bunch of various ancient indian philosophies . theravada is similar to orthodox hindusim and mahyaana to present day hindusim
The former Buddha's meditation time was six years to attain Buddha wisdom, attaining Nibbana Next Buddha mediation time will be 7 days. After seven days, Arimettaya Buddha will become Buddha, attaining Nibbana
Not in Southeast Asia. It's pronounced terra-wadda here. In Pali, the language of the Early Buddhist Texts, th = tt, which is t with a little extra punch.
1:20 not Buddhism, that’s monism and was one of the positions explicitly rejected by the very Buddha himself. Turns out some things do get lost and distorted when they enter pop culture.
Hinayana is defined by some as a bad term since Mahayana means "yana", vehicle & "Maha", collosal, thus collosal vehicle; which makes hinayana means "destruction vehicle" because "hin" means decay or abomination. However, hinayana can also defined as small/self vehicle. Hence, hinayana=theravada, both means personally believe to find oneself a middle way towards Nirvana (according to my understanding).
I wondered what happened to the Hinayana sect (we learnt in school that the sects were Mahayana and Hinayana). Hinayana is supposedly the older version of the Theravada (according to the internet).
Hinayana is a pejorative used by some Mahayana Buddhists in the past to describe Theravada. It means "lesser vehicle" and is largely no longer used because it's a pejorative.
Hinayana terminology was used earlier and was replaced by Theravada as word Hinayana has a tinge of derogatory (Hina meaning smaller) Theravada (elders) is more appropriate.
Good to here Andrew. Always rely on 'Tripitaka' (Theravada means if you follow Tripitaka) and try to study deep step by step. and after sometimes (could be in few years) try to step in to 'Long Discourses of the Buddha [Digha Nikaya] in Tripitaka, you will be amazed and see how this world lag behind in terms of science compared to Buddhism. We all should keep one thing in mind that is, even the most reverend monk tells you something which is not in the Tripitaka (or against) just dont belive and still rely on Tripitaka. Because Tripitaka has the answers for everything. That is a personal experience. Day by day i get very precious answers for all the doubts i have, i just have to listen to Tripitaka Sutta. thats it. Answer for your question.. no.. you dont have to be a monastic to attain Nirvana. There are thousands of examples for this which you could find from the Tripitaka's sutta...
It is a very tricky question and depend on the tradition you are following. There is NO original or authentic teachings but Theravada is the oldest to survive. At the time of Buddha's parinibbana there had been 12 known schools and most disappeared leaving what we now call Theravada, the teachings of the elders. Having said that according to Theravada one has to be a monastic to achieve Nibbana at the fourth stage, not a lay person. Study Dhamma objectively not as a blind faith, yes some are, mostly the traditionalist finding it uncomfortable in doing so. Nevertheless whether the dhamma is original, pure or whatever what we have in most traditions are very inspiring, as we have to trek a long journey to understand them. There is no point bickering as to what is the purest or original. Hope this will help in your search in understanding your own existence with the help of Buddha Dhamma. Cheers
im from Sri Lanka. did you know, your 'Burma Tripitaka and Sri lankan Tripitaka are exactly the same. 84000 lessons and still the same except 1 or 2 letters not even a single word and that also doesnt change the meaning. Amazing ahhhhhh
Ya!my mother was supplied to a monk to attemt in buddha collage of Sri lanka.i will come to SL if that monk degree!❣ i hope to see buddha tooth pagoda.❣
Page 715 Mahayana = n a a liberal Buddhist school of Tibet, China, and Japan, whose adherents seek enlightment for all sentient beings. b (as modifier): Mahayana Buddhism. [from Sansk., from mahä great + yäna vehicle]
actually Therevada (Tipitaka ) explains about 40 types of 'samatha' meditations and countless of 'vidarshana' meditations. But Theravada always recommend to meditate with the proper knowledge and guidance.
@@pinklasagna8328 I remembered it wrong it was specifically vipassana that fell out of use. They still practiced a form of meditation where they focus on something. Vipassana is a different kind of meditation.
@@Tsukuyomi28 theravada still practice vipassana. They call it vidarshana too. Where did you get the idea that vipassana was rejected in theravada? However in theravada vipassana is not recommended for the newbie in meditation because vipassana is extremely difficult.
Next Buddha, Arimettaya How many lives the next buddha cycled in Samsara as buddhahood? 8,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000( zero 140 in front of 4) A thin Chay lifes and 100000 worlds
what was the purpose of buddha 84k methods of teaching? to benefit all sentient beings. why not 1 method of teaching to all sentient beings? because every individual capacity of understanding were different. same {DESTINATION=ENLIGHTENMENT} differ {ROUTES=TEACHING}. theravada or mahayana? pure mind see all equal. happy learning people ))
actually chan and zen is corrupted sanskrit word for dhyan which is a sort of yoga and meditative practices practised by all ancient relgions of india .
You cant compare it in the sense of Relationship between Christianity and Judaism .The relationship between Dharmic religions are much closer than that .
Jason Morris Rig Veda (the oldest Hindu scripture) dates back to 1900 B.C. whereas Buddha was born in 624 B.C. but the earliest Upanisads might be contemporary to Buddha or maybe a little later because the idea of Upanisadic beliefs is completely absent in Tipitaka. Later on so many developments took place in Hinduism which are of course later in time as compared to Buddhism
Upanishads would be from about the same time as Buddhism (overlapping by a few hundred years). Buddhism starts in 6th century BCE. Upanishads date from approximately 800-400 BCE. Puranas may come later (though distinguish between oral and written, as oral traditions, these texts would be likely as much as several centuries or more earlier than the written versions).
How many lives the former buddha cycled in Samsara as buddhahood? 4,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000( zero 140 in front of 4) A thin Chay lifes and 100000 worlds
You have a distorted and possibly romanticized Western view of Buddhism. In actuality most Buddhists across all three major sects are polytheistic as they've incorporated worship of local deities and spirits. Many Mahayana, most Vijrayana and practically all Theravada monks eat meat as well. Overall most Buddhist people and monks eat meat.
Buddhism is by no means non-theistic, you can look up for Buddhist gods and goddesses in Japan and you'll find a great buch of them are actually hindu gods/goddesses (Benzaiten for eg)
@@realtalk6195 •Theism- Believe in onle God/many Gods and believe in God/Gods as creator, ruler and destroyer. •Monotheism- a form of theism. Believe in one God as a creator,ruler and destroyer. •Polytheism- a form of theism. Believe in many Gods and have separate Gods for create, rule and destroy. •Non theism- Believe in existence of gods but don't believe in God/Gods as creator, ruler and destroyer. Gods are just creatures. •Agnostism- Not sure God exists or not. •Atheism- Don't believe in existence of God. Buddhism is a non-theistic religion. Buddhism say there are Gods. But They are creatures in heavens. Buddhism say there are no creator, almighty and immortal God/Gods. Buddhists can eat meat. Buddhism don't force people to become vegetarians.
@@djmuscovy7525 yes all do but they believe in permanent unchanging soul and buddhists beleive in anatma ,no permanent coninuing soul but desires that take birth
@@NishantSingh-qe7vv u are wrong there is no such thing as permanent changing soul they are same soul in different body and cycle continues until u attained moksha
In Theravada Buddhism, they tried to preserve the original of the Buddha's way of practicing and wanted to do the same thing like Buddha(Tathāgata or Gautama Buddha)
Very true
Boon, n edwin agustian:
The best way to describe is... crossing the rapid river of suffering.. u can use kayaking alone to reach the other shore. Or you can get in a huge boat with many seekers, captain (buddha) of the boat n stewards (sangha members) to serve your seeking... n the compass (dhamma) that will help you to navigate thru the treacherous waters to reach the other shore.
Which is your own preference.. just do it.
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Not exactly. Gautam Buddha didn't eat meat, whereas almost all Theravada monks eat meat. Many Mahayana and Vijrayana monks also eat meat. Only portions of Mahayana don't eat meat. Overall most Buddhists do. Furthermore, even among the Theravada most are polytheistic and include deities.
@@realtalk6195 no Gautama eat meat ,
I was raised as a Theravada Buddhist and this video was fairly accurate, however, the definition of a Bodhisattva isn't totally accurate according to the Theravada tradition. A Bodhisattva is the term used to describe a being who will become a Buddha in a following life, more specifically it is used to describe Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) in his previous lives. Also, it is true that an Arhat (Arahanth) is a being that attains nirvana (enlightenment and ends their cycle of suffering and rebirth upon their death) and a Buddha is an Arhat/Arahanth, because they also end their cycle as well upon death. The difference is that the Buddha teaches and helps others to get on the path to Nirvana. Basically the definition you used for a Bodhisattva is the definition we use for a Buddha and a Bodhisattva is this person in his previous live.
Also a Bodhisatta isn't enlightened.
@@Jessica-bo3kd , @Inclusive Outsider
Boddhisattva must go through 10 stages of Boddhisattvahood. The tenth level if completed successfully, reach the Supreme Enlightenment. Enlightenment has many levels. *SUPREME* Enlightenment is the only one. Logics.
Boddhisattva that reaches the tenth stage level postphoning of becoming Buddha, and come back to teach the agnostic (lacking knowledge) people like you n you n you.... in our samsaric circle of life. There are beings that prefer to forsake their Buddhahood for a time, and remain as Bosdhisattva in order to persuade, to teach, to expound the Buddha's teaching through 84,000 skillful means.
In Mahayana discipline or sect, majority of Buddhists take *Boddhisattva Oath* as part of their commitment. They prefer to cross through the river of samsara with more beings together to reach the other shore instead of being alone on the other side.
Hinayana = the small vehicle to reach the other shore of the samsara river, can be refer as solo Kayaking.
Mahayana = the Larger or Great or Huge vehicle can be referred as a Cruise Ship that can carry thousands of the same minded seekers to reach the other shore together.
The Captain = the Abbot, the Crews = Sangha Community, the Compass = Dharma and the passengers = the seekers...
As to which you prefer, it is up to your personality type. A loner seeker or a groupie type of seeker... does not matter. You get the idea.
@@peacebe2u480 I am Nepali so I learned Pali easily(also because I used to lived in Myanmar). And man your explain is pretty complex.
ya i was just stating this myself before i saw the comment but i speak of it from a spiritual way of being there.. to put it shortly and bluntly simple beneath it all, Thai Theravada buddism seems less advanced and more for people that are beginners like people that will not reach nirvana and will reincarnate..
while the ones that understand Bodhisattva are for people that understood the spiritual..
to me its like theravada is the story of buddha, the journey.. and Bodhisattva is buddhas knowledge after he found enlightenment... so it makes sense Bodhisattva is the more adavance higher form. all the thai moneks ive met and encountered are not and dont feel of high spiritual growth.. i feel they are even far below me in knowledge.
@@Tank1oh wow. U must be someone of high spiritual attainment to be able to judge Thai Bhuddists.
In Theravada Buddhism "bodhisathwa" is a person who develop some skills (like generosity ) necessary to be a Buddha. It's a difficult practice that most people easily would give up. If someone wants to end the Samsaric journey (going life after life which has no end otherwise) they can still do it without becoming a Buddha. Anyone can attain The Nirvana or the enlightenment by following the way found by the Buddha. They are called an "Arahanth".
Wow I just typed a comment stating this exact thing that a Bodhisattva is the term to describe a being who will become a Buddha in a future life. The way you wrote Arhat is also the way we pronounce it as well as Arahanth according to the Theravada tradition.
In Pali: Arahant, Bodhisatta, and Nibbana; in Sanskrit: Arhat, Bodhisattva, Nirvana. What you've described about Bodhisatta in Theravada Buddhism is in general correct. It's a status becoming a future Buddha, and it has to be granted and recognized by a previous living Buddha. There are several other conditions as well. Also it generally takes eons before becoming a future Buddha and start to teach. So it's usually encouraged in Theravada Buddhism to attain Nibbana and become an Arahant, which is much, much easier.
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Mahayanists trying to become a Bodhisatta is ridiculous. What will world do with so many Bodhisattas? A bodhisatta must have been prophesized and blessed by a buddha for being a future buddha. And a Buddha blesses and prophesies only one bodhisatta because it's extremely difficult and any normal person would give it up. So millions of Mahayanist trying to become bodhisatta is pointless :)... It's even better to live a meditative and disciplined life rather than worshiping any deities and imaginary Buddha. A true bodhisatta would never practice any type of ignorances like those practices. Practising Theravada doesn't mean you're gonna seek for Nirvana in shorter time or just arhantship, rather it's also a place for those who really deserve trying to achieve buddhahood with original Buddhas teachings while its still available, not defending on any imaginary misconceptions but realities those Buddha stated by himself, under shades of arhats(I'm saying it as only the side of theravadists has arhats). Just vowing for salvation of all beings doesn't make any sense for buddhahood to me.... It's not possible even for a Buddha to save all beings from suffering, but it's possible to save a lots, millions of beings with bodhisatta himself... So taking vow to save all beings is a type of great ignorance in fact it'll be a factor to struck into cycle or limitless rebirths for a impossible effort to save all the beings at once. Mahayanists, don't make this misleading vow and practices.
@@keshnipunchihewa312 yeah right
Thanks for the video, I kicked drugs after 7 years from a teacher who taught bhuddism he did a lot to wake me up to life and he never made me feel like I was to give blind trust cus everything he said seemed like forgotten common sense
I love your phrasing--"forgotten common sense"
this is literally what I am studying right now. great timing
Ey bro same, it's already been 4 years
The Buddha did not teach ‘Theravada’ or ‘Mahayana’, he taught the Dharma.
that is totally truth !!! namo buddhaya!!!
YES!
@ Dhamma in Pali, Dharma in Sanskrit. I was taught in the Mahayana school which is mainly Sanskrit based.
@ All is one my friend, (as was my original point) best wishes on your journey.
@ what *original* ??
Do you think he taught in Pali ?? ........he taught in ardhamagadhi language not in Sanskrit or Pali
Later it was his disciples who started teaching his dharma in their own language which included Pali , Sanskrit , Prakrit , and other indian languages prominent at that time
I’m a Westener Buddhist🥰
I’m more in Therevada(simplicity and into the Pali Canon, but open to other ideas of Mahayanan monks) but I like the figure of the Boddhisatvas(because of what they represent) and some techniques of meditation developed by other schools, like mantras in Tibetan and Zen meditation.
basic buddhist
@@tenzinnams-w7x you calling Buddha basic?
@@floptaxie68 nope,
Which country ?
@Pratik-tk6ts India hinayan is basic buddhist
In theravada there are 3 ways to acheive nirvana. Become a Buddha, become a 'Pase Buddha' and become a Arahath. If someone become a Buddha he has the ability to (know how to) teach others to acheive nirvana(if they have will), but to become other 2 mean, they don't have ability to do so.
Arahat can also teach the way to enlightment. Only pacheka Buddha are not able to teach the way to ENLIGHTMENT.
BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
Guys do you know why the BUDDHA after attainment stay back to teach?
Do you think the buddha staying back is to tell you to become a BUDDHA will be better?
Guy in the dhamma, wake up be wise.
If the BUDDHA staying back is about getting everyone to vow to become Bodhisattva, it would have been thought initially by the BUDDHA himself. But this never happen because the BUDDHA know it is not the correct ways to teach and wrong way to encourage Bodhisattva vow.
So wake up Bodhisattva friends your vow are not recognised as real Bodhisattva vow has to be put in front of a living BUDDHA.
And the living BUDDHA acknoledge it. Only then that is genuine.
BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
Definately just a vow is empty.
@@vijjanandadhammaa Arahat thero, may or may not know the darma and may or may not have the ability to teach someone to become enlightened. for instance, in first buddhist council, from all the thero who attended only the Anadna thero who wasn't arahat at that time(of course he became arahat just before the occasion ) had the knowladge of all the Lord Buddha's teachings.
@@mnsamarasinghe so in fact majority of ARIYA can teach only if they intend to teach.
BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
I like how he pronounces it correctly :)
i think he’s also from the middle east
@@qwex4350 nope he is from the US however his parents are from Indian subcontinent (one from India other from Bangladesh) perhaps this is the reason as to why he pronounced those names correctly.
I think it’s so annoying pronounced correctly
@@Cats18888 Is this ignorant or sarcastic?
@@ragininorris5084 no it’s cause I actually think it’s annoying.
I like the idea that the Buddha can only show you the way. It is up to us to investigate and practice the Dhamma. We make the path as we walk the path.
Do not try to separate two great tradition of Buddha dharma.Both Theravada and Mahayana tradition contains great teachings and wisdom.We should embrace each other rather than trying to find out differences because both teachings came from the one and only mahayogi,mahapurus Tathagat (Siddhartha Gautama)..
A lot of people don't know the difference as simple as meals most people think monks can't eat meat this is wrong view only Mahayana can not eat meat.
Theravada buddhist and Mahayana teaching are different.
The two teaching is different when come to the end. The original one is theravada.
In the time of the BUDDHA,
The BUDDHA reject DEVADATA for asking all monk to go vegetarian and the buddha teaching to accept vegetarianism.The BUDDHA reject such request.
And today vegetarian exist.
So guy it is ver clear it is not the original teaching of the BUDDHA. There are many differences only those in the theravada will know.
For new buddhist beginner they will not know.
If these beginner go straight into the sector of mahayanis they they will never know that their buddhist are not the ways instructed by the BUDDHA.
No need to explain further.
BUDDHAM GACCHAMI
@@vijjanandadhamma Buddha said not to eat meat
In dhammapada he said not to slaughter or encourage slaughtering of animals
In jivaka sutra he said the if the monk know that there is meat in his plate then he shouldn't eat it
Wrong understanding about eating meat. The Buddha already explain very clearly. Those who propagate vegetarianism are not following the BUDDHA teaching. They misinterpreted the meaning of non killing.
They forget it was DEVADATA that tries to promote vegetarianism.
The BUDDHA reject his view on this matter.
BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
@@vijjanandadhamma devadatta wasn't in favour of vegetarianism
He just made it too strict that even if the monk didn't know that he was eating meat then he is committing sin.......devadatta was simply a hypocrite just like meat eating monks
In jivaka sutta , Buddha said , when a monk didn't know that the food he was eating was meat then it's not his fault
In dhammapada , Buddha said that put yourself in the place of animal being slaughtered , you will realise that slaughtering animals or encouraging it is bad and generate bad merit
Buddha's dharma was in favour of non violence , not animal slaughter
Hypocrite Meat eaters always misinterpret his dharma for their own desires (including meat eating)
End goal of Mahayana is not Bodhisattva but Buddha hood. Mahayana remain as Bodhisattva to help others along the path to Buddhahood than going alone.
Bodhisattva in Tibetan is translated as Jang Chup Sempa aka compassionate mind or soul.
Arhat in Mahayana is one who has overcome / conquered all the causes of sins - desire, anger and ego.
Arhat is stage below Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva is stage below Buddhahood or Buddha
Thank you, Khan Academy for taking your time, energy and effort to upload and share this video. I appreciate it.
10 characters🙏
There are ten Fullfillments to do.
1. Donations
2. Keeping precepts
3. Loving -kindness
4. Diligence
5. Fortitude
6. Faithfulness
7. Determination
8. Patience
9. Dedication
10. Equanimity
Nirvana here is kind of biased. In theravada buddhism especially nirvana is not becoming born again and there is no concept of emptiness.
i read a theory that mahasamgika sect from which mahayana evolved is the one that was majority sect and was closer to the buddha's teachings. it however became more diverse and became less original in comparison to theravada as time went on.
Well, Theravada way is like obtaining your fire yourself and sharing how you did it to others. Mahayana is like recruiting others to make fire together while you still haven't obtained it yourself.
Let us see what Buddha himself did. He tried to obtain Nirvana himself and then he help others with how to obtain it.
Isn't spreading the dhamma, instructing, and teaching it to save sentient beings from the cycle of suffering?
In Theravada Buddhism, praying, chanting, ritual, worshipping and faith cannot escape the cycle of samsara and sentient beings only be freed from samsara if they rely on themselves and practice the Dhamma righteously.
Mahayana Buddhism that came to Japan includes sects such as Pure Land Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, and Avatamsaka Sutra. I noticed that these sects preach about the universe. Pure Land Buddhism preaches about the Pure Land, a world of the pinnacle of awakening, ruled by Amitabha Buddha far away in the universe. Buddha speaks passionately about that world. Esoteric Buddhism preaches about awakening through compassion and wisdom by the super Buddha, Vairocana buddha, who personifies the universe. Avatamsaka Sutra is the content of Buddha's enlightenment itself, and preaches that the true form of the universe is fractal. And the Lotus Sutra, which is said to be the highest teaching, preaches about the eternal Buddha, which I think preaches about the cycle of life in the infinite universe. In other words, God (of monotheism) creates man, man attains enlightenment and becomes Buddha, the wisdom of Buddha acquires knowledge of life, and when man appears by that knowledge, Buddhas becomes God.
Mahayana Buddhism from Vietnam 🇻🇳. Childhood watched Chinese TV series: Journey to the West (1986).
Watched a long time ago Indian drama: Buddha (2013).
Buddhism is suppressed in India. India still has Buddhists but they don't get significant recognition.
Eight conditions
1. The person must have fourth jana that can attain Nibbana easily( Near to Nibbana)
2. The person must pray in front of one of the Buddhas( must wait one of the Buddhas)
3. The person must be male
4. Must be human to pray as buddhahood
5. Must know causes and effects
6. Must be filled with gratitude of jana
7. Must do wholesome, giving own life if need
8. Must aspire wholesome wish to be Buddha
CORRECTION !
There are currently three main schools of Mahayana Buddhism, one of them is Pure Land Buddhism with approximately 22,000,000 members. The two other main schools of current Mahayana Buddhist thought are Chan (Zen) with approximately 5,300,000 members & Tiantai (Examples of this Lotus Sutra school are the Nichiren Shōshū /priesthood with approximately 800,000 member households & the Soka Gakkai a lay organization with about 13,000,000 members).
Please update this video ...
It's a big good karma and bless so I can born as a Buddhism and to learn both of that tradition.😊 Sabbe Satta Bhavantu Sukhitatta , Amitabha
Thanks for the explanation I always wondered about the different kinds
🙏Proud Buddhist 🙏
love
BuzzFeedPink No, it just isn't. There is nothing wring with being proud about something. However, ego is.
LoveyDovey9000 hmm interesting oxymoron
Maybe happy Buddhist?
Homage to the Triple Gem (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha)
“I take refuge in the Buddha, I take refuge in the dharma, I take refuge in the sangha.
Thanks for pronouncing the words correctly.
About Fourth Jana
To go Fourth Jana, have to start with First Jana
First Jana
Applied thought, Sustained thought, Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind
Applied thought= trying to focus on breath
Sustained thought = stable on breath ( no thinking)
Rapture = pure state with joyfulness
Bliss= Feeling peace and joyfulness
One-pointedness of mind= calmness upon peace and joyfulness
Second Jana
Will start with stable breath
Sustained thought, Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind
Third jana
Will start with rapture during sitting time
Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind
Fourth jana
Bliss and One-pointedness of
mind
Pers Fourth Jana can become back third jana, second jana, first jana if there is no insight vippasana.
The ultimate aim of Mahayanist is Buddhahood which is far beyond Nirvana. Arhat has already achieved Nirvana - escape from cyclic existence - aka Samsara.
As for normal beings, can worship both Gods, Angles and Buddha because Gods and angels take care their respective relatives.
As for Ariya, they have to worship only Buddha.
If ariya worship normal Angle, humen and God, normal humen, angles and Gods can dissipate.
Among Ariya, they can worship each teacher depending on the purity stage.
Yes, ordinary people worship beings who have great powers, but divine beings, powerful beings, worship saints who are virtuous, integrity and wise.
Pronunciation is pretty good. Some of the words and names are generally mangled but not here.
@Andrew Friend really??! Is he an Indian?
Thanks for sharing this beautiful information on budhhism..... From Nepal
In the Malay/Indo language, there are a lot of borrowed words from Sanskrit, such as:
Sengsara: Miserable
Duka: Grief
Sukahati: Joy
Budi: Courtesy
Malays were Buddhist before they adopted islam and before Buddhist they worshippped ancestors and nature .Tomorrow these same Malays will become Christians as many of them are already athieist and dont believe in anything .
@@princehigh3415 I do not get your point because I was saying that in MALAY/INDO LANGUAGE, there are a lot of words BORROWED from SANSKRIT.
@@mirmir9368 nalanda great indian university and mainly buddist university got burnt by these barbaric islamic invasion all indian relgions declined and only culture is intact, i am actually thankful to tibetian buddist and indian rishi who translated teachings from sanskrit to tibetian lang thanks to all suth east asian for saving indian culture/philosophies
@@lll2282 You are welcome. We still have preserved a lot of ancient Hindu traditions as well.
Ini sebab bahasa melayu kuno dapat pengaruh daripada Sanskrit.
the way he says buddhism in these videos has me feeling some type of way lol
Theravada is the original unchanged preserved teachings of Gautam Buddha. It can lead to enlightenment. Whereas Mahayana Buddhism was formed after 500 years after Gautam Buddha's Nirvana or passing away. Mahayana Buddhism was edited over the period of time by monks adding this Buddha and that Buddha and Bodhisattva etc for worshipping including change of attire, way of living, adding more requirements into scriptures thus making the original Gautam Buddha's teachings impure. Over the course of time, It became more suitable for ordinary people instead of practicing actual cultivation to reach enlightenment. Mahayana was widely spread across other countries like China, Japan and South east Asia. Theravada was an orthodox cultivation practice and not a religion. Whereas Mahayana turned into a religion called Buddhism over the course of centuries.
Yup , Adi Shankaracharya defeated Mahayana in debate but i suppose it would have been a tie if he debated Theravada
@@Ajamidha Advaita Vedanta is also a very beautiful philosophy. Im a theravadin and have started to dabble in this school. Im at that stage of grasping duality vs non duality. Its very esoterical compared to most "religious" ideologies.
What do you mean that Theravada is not religion, my country is Thailand, and majority of Thai people are Theravada Buddhists
I'm Mahayana Buddhism practicioner.
Actually, Bodhisattva means someone who are becoming/Will become a buddha. If all focus to be Buddha - (Bodhisattva), there will be no one to help nor achieve Nirvana. So there is a direct straight way to Nirvana,There also is another loop for you to lock you there never get to nirvana. so choose wisely ^ ^
Explained correctly, Thanks ❤
Some meditators make jana focusing on womb to make concentration.
Just focus on one object first to go vippasana( insight meditation)
This is for beings who would like to attain and go Nibbana( absolute peace)
I like Theravada
Hahaha... it is not about like or dislike. This very idea is totally wrong. Very discriminating mind.. the teaching will lead you to transcend this discriminatory mind set.
U should say.. preference or affinity.
The best explanation
Beautifully explained
From what I remember, the “th” in “Theravada” doesn’t inidcate the English “th” sound as in the word “thin,” it actually represents the initial, aspirated “t” sound in the English word “tear.” It differentiates from the non-aspirated “t” found in the English word “stop” or as used in Spanish or Italian.
EDIT: At 0:10 and 5:40 you use the unaspirated “t” that I mentioned in English “stop,” and as used in Spanish and Italian.
which books have you referred to?
nice video Thankyou sir
In India Buddhist were absorbed into Hinduism plus the repeated Turkic invasion of India lead to the collapse of Buddhism in India and Bangladesh etc from 10AD onwards.
In fact most of Central Asian countries including Pakistan and Pakistan were Buddhist they were first to succumb to Arab invasion since 7AD. The founder of Zen, Chan Buddhism practiced in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam is Buddhist monk brothers Äsanga and Vasu Bandu from Peshawar, Pakistan around 4AD.
The founder of Tibetan Buddhism hails from Swat region of Pakistan who escaped Pakistan following the religious persecution and moved east wards towards India and Nepal and finally came to Tibet via Nepal at the invitation of Tibetan king in 8AD.
Even east Afghanistan... Look at gabdhara Buddhist sites! All are destroyed!
Peta Gonkyi if you still beleive this you are living in dark ...historical data proved that buddhism was destroyed by brahmins beacause buddhism rejected cast system and blind faith and devotion to many gods which was a threat to brahmin dominancy...
Buddhism remained the dominant faith in india for atleast 1000 years before being destroyed by brahmins...
Islam only had a little role in it. .
@@dhitikabarua1779 How did the Bengalis get Theravada Buddhism? Mahayana Buddhism was first practiced by the Bengalis. How did Theravada Buddhism come about?
actually chan and zen is corrupted sanskrit word for dhyan which is a sort of yoga and meditative practices practised by all ancient relgions of india .
@@believer1465 there was no csuch thing as caste system and would u mind giving evideance of caste system ? all u said was mehhh
Searching this subject and nice surprise ur voice in the video.
Proud to be a Buddhist 💙
Good vid. . Love your stuff kick on love it 👍
Arimettaya Buddha have already attained Fourth Jana before his lives
8,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000( zero 140 in front of 8 + 100000 worlds)
There are ten parami buddha filled.
1. Donation
2. Sila( keeping precepts)
3. Abandoning
4. Wisdom
5. Effort
6. Fortitude
7. Faithfulness
8. Loving -kindness
9. Patience
10. impassableness
Theravada (teachings of the elders) generally uses the Pali terms (because the most complete collection of the original teachings of the Buddha are in Pali), so arahant, nibbana, etc.
The Mahayana generally use hybrid Sanskrit terms (despite the Buddha explicitly forbidding it) presumably to appeal to the growing popularity of brahminism in India (and later traditions such as tantra, which literally means weaving threads from many traditions including one's own home brew new ageism). "Great vehicle" is correct but "maha" also means wider, majority, popular, and that's important to understand when discussion the (de)evolution of Buddhist teachings and practice.
Mahayana buddhism is more influenced by Hinduism, Ganesh,Tara(Durga), Mahakal(Shiva) etc are important Gods and Godesses in Mahayana buddhism.
@@homelesslavie_vlogs9600 I believe more common in tantra, primarily Tibetan Vajrayana.
@@homelesslavie_vlogs9600 also mahayana is strong influenced by chinese culture.
@@vegahimsa3057 tibetans adopted lot of hindu gods just ask them they better know it and tara is godess durga or kali , tibeitan gods are hindu gods in Tibetan version
There is only Dhamma.
Dhamma include realities.
🌸Theravada kept all realities Gotama Buddha taught.
Exact teachings and methods to go Nibbana, heavens, brahmins.
Gotama Buddha taught all.
Including history
Brighten self
In Theravada, they have already attained Nibbana with different levels.
Some ariya will wait Next Buddha, knowing and attaining Nibbana.🌸
In Mahayana, most will wait next Buddha with humen conditions with Zen and donations.
🌸Some 🌸have already attained Nibbana.
Both are the same.
All Buddhas teach the same about Dhamma.
Brighten yourself
You will arrive where you walks
There are ways for everywhere you walk
You can brighten and share all Buddhas teach
i not believe budhis mahaya, i only believe budhis therawada !!
brainless became theravad
In Theravada tradition, the use of the term "bodhisattva" is very limited - primarily referring to the Buddha Shakyamuni in his previous lives before enlightenment; and actually there is just ONE bodhisattva - Maitreya or Metteyya, THE future Buddha, generally recognized; and
that there can only be ONE Buddha at a time
Thanks for sharing so much information on Buddhism....
I have got a question.. Do the Mahayana buddhists worship the Gautam Buddha like we do? Or it is only the Bodhisattvas?
In Mahayana, too, you take Refuge to the three jewels. 🙏
Siddhartha Gautam Buddha was born in the place called Lumbini, in Nepal.
But he got enlightenment in India, spent most of his life in India and got nirvana in India. Cremated in India too.
@@portraying_my_life Indian subcontinent
@@homelesslavie_vlogs9600🔥🔥🔥👍🏻
There was no modern India or Nepal back then. But he was born in Shakya Republic of Indian subcontinent.
1:23 "Recognizing the 'non-self', that we are all one"??
thats actually true as indian and hindu , Hinduism has so many sects and lot of sects have its sub sects that it all got compromised into hinduism, hindu is actually geographical identity of ancient india and Hinduism means idea ,philosophies of india thus we got all the name as Hinduism but in reality there nothing such as Hinduism its bunch of various ancient indian philosophies . theravada is similar to orthodox hindusim and mahyaana to present day hindusim
Namo buddhay
Very well explained 👏👏
All is Great 🙏🙏🙏
The former Buddha's meditation time was six years to attain Buddha wisdom, attaining Nibbana
Next Buddha mediation time will be 7 days. After seven days, Arimettaya Buddha will become Buddha, attaining Nibbana
2:55 "Bodhisatta" I think you refer to "Buddisat" such as "Giun Ing", the holy goddess known to all Mahayana Buddhists. 😊 Nice research
What language is that?
@@invokingvajras sanskrit
Female bodhisattva? Are you kidding? Get over your fairy tales please
@@dataxglobalYou're sexist.
Theravada in the house
Is 0:10 really how you pronounce Theravada? It sounds like a weird spanish pronunciation.
Doctor Cereal Actually it is pronounced as Tha-era-wad..
Not in Southeast Asia. It's pronounced terra-wadda here. In Pali, the language of the Early Buddhist Texts, th = tt, which is t with a little extra punch.
We pronounce it tey ra wah dah
1:20
not Buddhism, that’s monism and was one of the positions explicitly rejected by the very Buddha himself. Turns out some things do get lost and distorted when they enter pop culture.
Buddhan Saranan gacchami ☸️🙏
GAYATHRI UGGALLA Dhammam saranam gacchami
That's my fav mantra
Are you going to cover Journey to the West?
Alright Khan, what do you think? Was Li Mu Bai a Bodhisattva?
nirvana is very hard to obtain .
Hinayana is defined by some as a bad term since Mahayana means "yana", vehicle & "Maha", collosal, thus collosal vehicle; which makes hinayana means "destruction vehicle" because "hin" means decay or abomination. However, hinayana can also defined as small/self vehicle. Hence, hinayana=theravada, both means personally believe to find oneself a middle way towards Nirvana (according to my understanding).
Buddhism is really cool
I wondered what happened to the Hinayana sect (we learnt in school that the sects were Mahayana and Hinayana). Hinayana is supposedly the older version of the Theravada (according to the internet).
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Hinayana is a category in which Theravada is a part of, like how Mahayana is a category which Pureland is a part of.
Mahayana called Theravada as Hinayana. Hinayana is kind of a bad name.
Hinayana is a pejorative used by some Mahayana Buddhists in the past to describe Theravada. It means "lesser vehicle" and is largely no longer used because it's a pejorative.
Theravada was the correct and original one. "Hinayana" word came later and used by some Mahayana Buddhists
Hinayana terminology was used earlier and was replaced by Theravada as word Hinayana has a tinge of derogatory (Hina meaning smaller) Theravada (elders) is more appropriate.
I have a question do I have to be a monastic to attain Nivarna?
I follow Therevada closely as I believe It the most!
Good to here Andrew. Always rely on 'Tripitaka' (Theravada means if you follow Tripitaka) and try to study deep step by step. and after sometimes (could be in few years) try to step in to 'Long Discourses of the Buddha [Digha Nikaya] in Tripitaka, you will be amazed and see how this world lag behind in terms of science compared to Buddhism.
We all should keep one thing in mind that is, even the most reverend monk tells you something which is not in the Tripitaka (or against) just dont belive and still rely on Tripitaka. Because Tripitaka has the answers for everything. That is a personal experience. Day by day i get very precious answers for all the doubts i have, i just have to listen to Tripitaka Sutta. thats it.
Answer for your question.. no.. you dont have to be a monastic to attain Nirvana. There are thousands of examples for this which you could find from the Tripitaka's sutta...
It is a very tricky question and depend on the tradition you are following. There is NO original or authentic teachings but Theravada is the oldest to survive. At the time of Buddha's parinibbana there had been 12 known schools and most disappeared leaving what we now call Theravada, the teachings of the elders. Having said that according to Theravada one has to be a monastic to achieve Nibbana at the fourth stage, not a lay person. Study Dhamma objectively not as a blind faith, yes some are, mostly the traditionalist finding it uncomfortable in doing so. Nevertheless whether the dhamma is original, pure or whatever what we have in most traditions are very inspiring, as we have to trek a long journey to understand them. There is no point bickering as to what is the purest or original. Hope this will help in your search in understanding your own existence with the help of Buddha Dhamma. Cheers
Its better if you live a monastic life according to vinaya. But attaining nirvana is a process that takes multiple lives.
I am from myanmar 😃and Theravada buddhism 😁
I'm a Muslim from Bangladesh.We are neighbours my friend :3
im from Sri Lanka. did you know, your 'Burma Tripitaka and Sri lankan Tripitaka are exactly the same. 84000 lessons and still the same except 1 or 2 letters not even a single word and that also doesnt change the meaning. Amazing ahhhhhh
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.again and again thanks
I am Mahayana born buddhist specifically of the ning mapa school the oldest Mahayana group.
Om mani padme hun 🙏🙏namo aryaputra buddha joy mahayana
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Mahayana = n a a liberal Buddhist school of Tibet, China, and Japan, whose adherents seek enlightment for all sentient beings. b (as modifier): Mahayana Buddhism. [from Sansk., from mahä great + yäna vehicle]
We are liveing in Sri Lanka natrule Buddhist house
You didn't mention how theravada kinda stopped meditating because they thought it was pointless until maitreya came
Tsukuyomi no Mikoto What a misunderstood statement. Theravada has had pockets of serious meditators for its entire existence sir.
actually Therevada (Tipitaka ) explains about 40 types of 'samatha' meditations and countless of 'vidarshana' meditations. But Theravada always recommend to meditate with the proper knowledge and guidance.
Where did you get that information? That is false
@@pinklasagna8328 I remembered it wrong it was specifically vipassana that fell out of use. They still practiced a form of meditation where they focus on something. Vipassana is a different kind of meditation.
@@Tsukuyomi28 theravada still practice vipassana. They call it vidarshana too. Where did you get the idea that vipassana was rejected in theravada? However in theravada vipassana is not recommended for the newbie in meditation because vipassana is extremely difficult.
Also, Vajrayana Buddhist believe it is possible to become a full fledged Buddha in one lifetime.
Its obvious you have more knowledge personally of Mahayana. You barely said anything about theravada that makes it unique.
Namo Buddhaya 🙏
Next Buddha, Arimettaya
How many lives the next buddha cycled in Samsara as buddhahood?
8,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000( zero 140 in front of 4) A thin Chay lifes and 100000 worlds
what was the purpose of buddha 84k methods of teaching? to benefit all sentient beings.
why not 1 method of teaching to all sentient beings?
because every individual capacity of understanding were different.
same {DESTINATION=ENLIGHTENMENT} differ {ROUTES=TEACHING}.
theravada or mahayana? pure mind see all equal.
happy learning people ))
For me Allatra is the way
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Sal, how do you decide on the topics for your videos? They are all so great!
ཐེགས་དམན་-theravada
ཐེགས་ཆེན་- mahayana
i wAS WATCHING THIS foR WORLD HJSTORY AND I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN HE DIDNT PRONOUNCE IT LIKE “BOODISM”
Which one goes like zen
Lee curly taoism
Mahayana
actually chan and zen is corrupted sanskrit word for dhyan which is a sort of yoga and meditative practices practised by all ancient relgions of india .
Thank you it helped me a lot
what is older Hindusim or Budhsim
Jason Morris Hinduism is MUCH older than Buddhism. Hinduism and Buddhism shares the same relationship as Christianity and Judaism.
You cant compare it in the sense of Relationship between Christianity and Judaism .The relationship between Dharmic religions are much closer than that .
Jason Morris Rig Veda (the oldest Hindu scripture) dates back to 1900 B.C. whereas Buddha was born in 624 B.C. but the earliest Upanisads might be contemporary to Buddha or maybe a little later because the idea of Upanisadic beliefs is completely absent in Tipitaka. Later on so many developments took place in Hinduism which are of course later in time as compared to Buddhism
Upanishads would be from about the same time as Buddhism (overlapping by a few hundred years). Buddhism starts in 6th century BCE. Upanishads date from approximately 800-400 BCE. Puranas may come later (though distinguish between oral and written, as oral traditions, these texts would be likely as much as several centuries or more earlier than the written versions).
Buddha was a Hindu,explained?
How many lives the former buddha cycled in Samsara as buddhahood?
4,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000( zero 140 in front of 4) A thin Chay lifes and 100000 worlds
How can Polytheistic Hinduism compare itself to Non-Theistic Buddhism; especially Mahayana Buddhism? The two are like chalk and cheese (vegan cheese).
You have a distorted and possibly romanticized Western view of Buddhism. In actuality most Buddhists across all three major sects are polytheistic as they've incorporated worship of local deities and spirits. Many Mahayana, most Vijrayana and practically all Theravada monks eat meat as well. Overall most Buddhist people and monks eat meat.
Read more about either philosophy.
Buddhism is by no means non-theistic, you can look up for Buddhist gods and goddesses in Japan and you'll find a great buch of them are actually hindu gods/goddesses (Benzaiten for eg)
Define "Hinduism". Than anyone can explain.
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•Theism- Believe in onle God/many Gods and believe in God/Gods as creator, ruler and destroyer.
•Monotheism- a form of theism. Believe in one God as a creator,ruler and destroyer.
•Polytheism- a form of theism. Believe in many Gods and have separate Gods for create, rule and destroy.
•Non theism- Believe in existence of gods but don't believe in God/Gods as creator, ruler and destroyer. Gods are just creatures.
•Agnostism- Not sure God exists or not.
•Atheism- Don't believe in existence of God.
Buddhism is a non-theistic religion. Buddhism say there are Gods. But They are creatures in heavens. Buddhism say there are no creator, almighty and immortal God/Gods.
Buddhists can eat meat. Buddhism don't force people to become vegetarians.
non-Buddhists keep on blabbering about Buddhism, with superficiality.
escaping from suffering...an example.
How to escape from suffering according to you ??
"incarnation" in hinduism is much different then what the Buddha taught as "rebirth".
Marvel Prime Poop. Could you point to a good webpage for comparison? Do all Hinduism schools agree on reincarnation?
@@djmuscovy7525 yes all do but they believe in permanent unchanging soul and buddhists beleive in anatma ,no permanent coninuing soul but desires that take birth
@@NishantSingh-qe7vv u are wrong there is no such thing as permanent changing soul they are same soul in different body and cycle continues until u attained moksha
@@NishantSingh-qe7vv also athma is the cocept of hindusim
theravada is the real teaching of buddha...👈
I am so confused. I thought when you achieved enlightenment that was being a Buddha.
But being an arhat is having achieved enlightenment? What?