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The word Sankappa means concepts. Samma Sankappa means Right Concepts, not Right Intentions. Some wrong translations like that hide the similarity between English and Pali words. Some languages like English, Hindi, and Sinhala languages are very helpful to understand the meanings of Pali words. The literal meaning of a Pali word is very important because some systematic teachings like Abhidhamma contains precise meanings for the Pali words. The people who have translated Pali words into English have missed a lot of similarities between English and Pali. Also, some Pali words are complex and long words. Therefore, some scholars were afraid to translate some Abhidhamma teachings into English in very simple and unrelated words.
In terms of ego identification, i was a care worker supporting disabled people for 10 years. My identity was working with and for others. I then became disabled, and my world crumbled not just due to extreme pain, but loss of identity. Buddhism, mindful practice (and therapy!) and in particular your videos have opened many doors to recovery and progress. Many thanks.
Great video Doug. I think the idea of being more mindful regarding the level of ego-identification we allow in our lives is a super valuable piece of wisdom. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. I practiced my rightful thinking in career and home but I think I did develop ego centric behaviour when my career did very well thankfully I caught myself in time and practiced extreme humility with my colleagues and slowly overcame the feeling of powerful when I was doing well in my career. Now I watch myself carefully because sometimes there might be a slip, then I keep going back to humility to save myself. Tq and love
I'm glad you're going to be doing the eightfold path. I tend to see two kinds of right view a kind of local view and a more global view -- each act right view vs. overall right view. I also tend to think of it as "right way of looking at". drsti can mean both looking and seeing.
Thank you Doug 🙏 I like to use mnemonics to "enlighten" words. I have one for the word "right", but it still doesn't quite fit when describing the path. I use the word "dear", as it's mnemonic fits. D e a r; Developing equanimity acceptance respect. Through practice we experience a "right" (respectful insight generating holistic thought). It may be more skillful to use the word "dear" when teaching the dharma. i. e. dear mindfulness, dear samadhi, dear view, dear intention, ...etc. The word "right" can be controversial at times (as you mentioned). The word "dear" bears little if any controversy. We are more likely to practice something that is dear to us than what is "right". The common understanding of the word "dear" combined with the mnemonic skillfully presents the dharma.
There’s a benefit that one gets off the bat when they practice the right view. It’s the realization that you are not your ego. For us westerners, there’s a sense of despair when we think of death (Alan Watts noticed back in the 60s that few people really believe the idea of eternal life promised by different religions). The moment you realize you are not an ego, death doesn’t scare you anymore.
I must say i struggle with understanding ego and self identity. A episode on "Ego" would assist me and i will go thru your list and Allan Watts to get a better gasp of it. Thank you kind sir for your intructional guildines ....
I have a playlist on self and non-self in Buddhism where I discuss the notion of the self in Buddhism. You might want to check that out and see if you have additional questions.
07:27 Facts are pleasant or unpleasant only because we view them in a wrong way. Right view is that facts are just that - facts, neither pleasant nor unpleasant. If we experience facts as pleasant or unpleasant then we need to remind ourselves that these feelings (Vedana) are exactly where our problems (dukkha) start. The same goes for measuring our actions by the feelings they give us: "if our actions result in pleasant feelings then they are good" is a conclusion as wrong as it can get. Always remember the monkey who saved the fish from drowning by placing it in the safety of his tree - his intentions were good, the kamma that followed was therefore good too, it gave the monkey that nice fuzzy feeling we get from doing good, but the reality was elsewhere...
I have a couple of videos on that: ua-cam.com/video/8eQwk4OEeGU/v-deo.html and (during the Coronavirus epidemic): ua-cam.com/video/ChgE9lQhXKs/v-deo.html
Hi Doug, I am enjoying your channel a great deal. The idea of getting used to everything changing, death, illness etc reminds me very much of a Stoic motto *Momento Mori* - Remember, you too shall die. To be recounted at times of great success or happiness. I find it to be very grounding. What is your opinion on Stoic philosophy? (not modern McStoicism but the actual philosophy) and do you think they are essentially compatible in the way they approach life even if not compatible metaphysically?
I have a few videos on Buddhism and Stoicism, for example: ua-cam.com/video/wJ0iQiNf6ZE/v-deo.html . I do think their approaches to life are broadly similar, with some important differences. Mindful contemplation of death is an important practice in Buddhism as well.
Pain is physical, suffering is mental. Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting. It is a sign of our unwillingness to move, to flow with life. Although all life has pain, a wise life is free of suffering. A wise person is friendly with the inevitable and does not suffer. Pain they know but it does not break them. If they can, they do what is possible to restore balance. If not, they let things take their course. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897 - 1981)
Hi Doug 👋 Loving & 'liking' all your videos as usual - But how do you feel about adorning the background of your videos with some sort of natural greenery 💚 / plants🪴🌼 / paintings 🖼 or photos of natural mountains ⛰️ Etc. ? I know you explained you can't really go outside to make your videos (for a variety of reasons) but I think the present background of an 'A.I. neon rectilinear blue artificially lit space' would be better seen as a more Buddhist ☸️ sensitive background of nature ⚘️🍃and greenery 🌿🌳 ? This is my humble opinion. Hope you can enact it.
@DougsDharma Yes I understand it's 'your' view - but perhaps you could provide a semblance of that sort of 'view' in your background (with the addition of some house-plants for example) for people who watch your videos ? An naturalistic aesthetic change could increase viewership. Just my humble thoughts.
Good video Doug. Have a question. Which practice of Buddhism ☸️ do you subscribe to and follow? After watching many of your videos I feel you are more inclined towards Theravada philosophy.
"Sammā sańkappa" can be translated many different ways: Right Resolve, Right Thought, Right Aspiration, but usually it's translated Right Intention. If that doesn't work for you, choose one of the others.
@@DougsDharma, Right Resolve and Right Aspiration are like parts of Right Mindfulness. Theresfore, all of them are not good translations, and the Eight Eightfold Path depends on natural requirements whether we choose it or not. Right Concepts (Samma Sankappa) are natural requirements that require at the moment of enlightenment, and they are parts of thoughts. The concepts like disappointment, equanimity, and leaving time are Right Concepts. The word concept is not similar to the words like resolve, thought, and aspiration.
Mr doug ,comeon,,,please answer my question,,i have always trouble understanding the real philosophy of buddhism,,though born in buddhist family in the hills of nepal...i have always been atheist pretty much...but as i am maturing im having a sense of attraction towards buddhism,growung eagerness of learning more about buddhism...im a conservative ...but i just want you ti answer..looking at current lgbtq culture in western society,...what does buddhism say about lgbtq????
I don't think it says much about lgbtq specifically since it wasn't that spoken about back when buddhism started, but keeping with the principles of right action and right resolve, it is probably a good idea to not harm or insult people for having a different sexuality or gender than what is more common.
In regards to the "acting out of anger conditions further anger" part, I'm reminded of how Christianity teaches people to "turn the other cheek" and repress anger, and that God's mercy supposedly makes Christians superior to "primitive pagans" - which in actual practice turned into cultural and physical genocide, and racist enslavement of indigenous populations. I don't see anger as good or bad, and it can be a healthy response to injustice in some cases. MLK, Jr. got angry and did something productive with it, whereas terrorists get angry and do harmful things with it. So I tend to opt for slowing down the habitual reactivity of anger and later expressing it in a beneficial way (e.g. blowing off steam through martial arts) rather than repressing it and letting it build up subconsciously. Similar with craving; in yoga we work to replace unwholesome outer attachments with wholesome attachments to awareness or to the Divine as a stepping-stone to non-attachment
Doug , I disagree ..Right View may be “wisdom., liberation from delusion , ignorance “ but wouldn’t you agree that “ ultimate goal “ of 8FP is “ end if suffering , cooling off , the Task is Done , there is No More , what is to be done, is Done “ shaiputra , is “Wisdom TRULY the goal if th 8FP ? Asking for a friend LOL ❤
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The word Sankappa means concepts. Samma Sankappa means Right Concepts, not Right Intentions. Some wrong translations like that hide the similarity between English and Pali words. Some languages like English, Hindi, and Sinhala languages are very helpful to understand the meanings of Pali words. The literal meaning of a Pali word is very important because some systematic teachings like Abhidhamma contains precise meanings for the Pali words. The people who have translated Pali words into English have missed a lot of similarities between English and Pali. Also, some Pali words are complex and long words. Therefore, some scholars were afraid to translate some Abhidhamma teachings into English in very simple and unrelated words.
“But the pain is one thing, and the suffering is additional.” Very profound words that will stick in my mind for some time to come.
In terms of ego identification, i was a care worker supporting disabled people for 10 years. My identity was working with and for others. I then became disabled, and my world crumbled not just due to extreme pain, but loss of identity. Buddhism, mindful practice (and therapy!) and in particular your videos have opened many doors to recovery and progress. Many thanks.
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Saying that "ego" ("me, mine") causes afflictions is like saying that a flower causes the dirt it grows from.
I love the idea of "The tone of our mind". Thank you. I will try to tune it to non-greed, non-hate, non-delusion.
It's intriguing to see how "right view" becomes more and more refined with every day of practice/experience...
Thanks, Doug, great video as always! 🐱🙏
Yes indeed!
Great video Doug. I think the idea of being more mindful regarding the level of ego-identification we allow in our lives is a super valuable piece of wisdom. Thank you!
Stepping out of Self-Deception by Rodney Smith. Absolutely the most thorough book on Right View.
@@SullivanKelly85 Thank you for this recommendation! Only partially through but a great suggestion.
@@ericmiller7724And one that is 100% thorough?
Very great video. Dhamma is about understanding kamma (cause and effect of our actions) with the filter of right view.
Thank you for this video. I practiced my rightful thinking in career and home but I think I did develop ego centric behaviour when my career did very well thankfully I caught myself in time and practiced extreme humility with my colleagues and slowly overcame the feeling of powerful when I was doing well in my career. Now I watch myself carefully because sometimes there might be a slip, then I keep going back to humility to save myself. Tq and love
I'm glad you're going to be doing the eightfold path. I tend to see two kinds of right view a kind of local view and a more global view -- each act right view vs. overall right view. I also tend to think of it as "right way of looking at". drsti can mean both looking and seeing.
Yes, there are many layers to it!
Perfect supplement for bikkhu bodhi's book on the noble 8 fold path.
Yes it’s one I also recommend!
Thank you Namo buddhay 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you, Doug.
Thank you Doug 🙏 I like to use mnemonics to "enlighten" words. I have one for the word "right", but it still doesn't quite fit when describing the path. I use the word "dear", as it's mnemonic fits. D e a r; Developing equanimity acceptance respect. Through practice we experience a "right" (respectful insight generating holistic thought). It may be more skillful to use the word "dear" when teaching the dharma. i. e. dear mindfulness, dear samadhi, dear view, dear intention, ...etc. The word "right" can be controversial at times (as you mentioned). The word "dear" bears little if any controversy. We are more likely to practice something that is dear to us than what is "right". The common understanding of the word "dear" combined with the mnemonic skillfully presents the dharma.
There’s a benefit that one gets off the bat when they practice the right view. It’s the realization that you are not your ego. For us westerners, there’s a sense of despair when we think of death (Alan Watts noticed back in the 60s that few people really believe the idea of eternal life promised by different religions). The moment you realize you are not an ego, death doesn’t scare you anymore.
Yes, though to escape such fears we have to realize non-self very deeply. Simply knowing it as a fact isn't enough.
A great discussion of Right View. Thank you :)
I must say i struggle with understanding ego and self identity. A episode on "Ego" would assist me and i will go thru your list and Allan Watts to get a better gasp of it. Thank you kind sir for your intructional guildines ....
I have a playlist on self and non-self in Buddhism where I discuss the notion of the self in Buddhism. You might want to check that out and see if you have additional questions.
another great video Doug!
Much appreciated!
Thank you teacher
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Facts are pleasant or unpleasant only because we view them in a wrong way. Right view is that facts are just that - facts, neither pleasant nor unpleasant. If we experience facts as pleasant or unpleasant then we need to remind ourselves that these feelings (Vedana) are exactly where our problems (dukkha) start.
The same goes for measuring our actions by the feelings they give us: "if our actions result in pleasant feelings then they are good" is a conclusion as wrong as it can get.
Always remember the monkey who saved the fish from drowning by placing it in the safety of his tree - his intentions were good, the kamma that followed was therefore good too, it gave the monkey that nice fuzzy feeling we get from doing good, but the reality was elsewhere...
Beautify expressed!
Many thanks!
Can you make a video about buddhist advices to overcome anxiety?
I have a couple of videos on that: ua-cam.com/video/8eQwk4OEeGU/v-deo.html and (during the Coronavirus epidemic): ua-cam.com/video/ChgE9lQhXKs/v-deo.html
This happened to me fast with skateboarding. They have a night at the skatepark called fossil night for 21 and up lol
Hi Doug, I am enjoying your channel a great deal.
The idea of getting used to everything changing, death, illness etc reminds me very much of a Stoic motto *Momento Mori* - Remember, you too shall die. To be recounted at times of great success or happiness. I find it to be very grounding.
What is your opinion on Stoic philosophy? (not modern McStoicism but the actual philosophy) and do you think they are essentially compatible in the way they approach life even if not compatible metaphysically?
I have a few videos on Buddhism and Stoicism, for example: ua-cam.com/video/wJ0iQiNf6ZE/v-deo.html . I do think their approaches to life are broadly similar, with some important differences. Mindful contemplation of death is an important practice in Buddhism as well.
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
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Pain is physical, suffering is mental. Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting. It is a sign of our unwillingness to move, to flow with life.
Although all life has pain, a wise life is free of suffering. A wise person is friendly with the inevitable and does not suffer. Pain they know but it does not break them. If they can, they do what is possible to restore balance. If not, they let things take their course.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897 - 1981)
Hi Doug 👋 Loving & 'liking' all your videos as usual - But how do you feel about adorning the background of your videos with some sort of natural greenery 💚 / plants🪴🌼 / paintings 🖼 or photos of natural mountains ⛰️ Etc. ? I know you explained you can't really go outside to make your videos (for a variety of reasons) but I think the present background of an 'A.I. neon rectilinear blue artificially lit space' would be better seen as a more Buddhist ☸️ sensitive background of nature ⚘️🍃and greenery 🌿🌳 ? This is my humble opinion. Hope you can enact it.
Thanks Neo, the window is my view on to nature, not always green but pretty!
@DougsDharma Yes I understand it's 'your' view - but perhaps you could provide a semblance of that sort of 'view' in your background (with the addition of some house-plants for example) for people who watch your videos ? An naturalistic aesthetic change could increase viewership. Just my humble thoughts.
Good video Doug. Have a question. Which practice of Buddhism ☸️ do you subscribe to and follow? After watching many of your videos I feel you are more inclined towards Theravada philosophy.
My practice is secular: ua-cam.com/video/yTxKgz8MeWg/v-deo.html , however of contemporary traditional practices I tend towards contemporary Theravada.
San Vatai kalpa meaning
'Samma Sankappa' means Right Concepts. Intentions and concepts are two different subjects. Thank you.
"Sammā sańkappa" can be translated many different ways: Right Resolve, Right Thought, Right Aspiration, but usually it's translated Right Intention. If that doesn't work for you, choose one of the others.
@@DougsDharma, Right Resolve and Right Aspiration are like parts of Right Mindfulness. Theresfore, all of them are not good translations, and the Eight Eightfold Path depends on natural requirements whether we choose it or not. Right Concepts (Samma Sankappa) are natural requirements that require at the moment of enlightenment, and they are parts of thoughts. The concepts like disappointment, equanimity, and leaving time are Right Concepts. The word concept is not similar to the words like resolve, thought, and aspiration.
Mr doug ,comeon,,,please answer my question,,i have always trouble understanding the real philosophy of buddhism,,though born in buddhist family in the hills of nepal...i have always been atheist pretty much...but as i am maturing im having a sense of attraction towards buddhism,growung eagerness of learning more about buddhism...im a conservative ...but i just want you ti answer..looking at current lgbtq culture in western society,...what does buddhism say about lgbtq????
I don't think it says much about lgbtq specifically since it wasn't that spoken about back when buddhism started, but keeping with the principles of right action and right resolve, it is probably a good idea to not harm or insult people for having a different sexuality or gender than what is more common.
In regards to the "acting out of anger conditions further anger" part, I'm reminded of how Christianity teaches people to "turn the other cheek" and repress anger, and that God's mercy supposedly makes Christians superior to "primitive pagans" - which in actual practice turned into cultural and physical genocide, and racist enslavement of indigenous populations. I don't see anger as good or bad, and it can be a healthy response to injustice in some cases. MLK, Jr. got angry and did something productive with it, whereas terrorists get angry and do harmful things with it. So I tend to opt for slowing down the habitual reactivity of anger and later expressing it in a beneficial way (e.g. blowing off steam through martial arts) rather than repressing it and letting it build up subconsciously. Similar with craving; in yoga we work to replace unwholesome outer attachments with wholesome attachments to awareness or to the Divine as a stepping-stone to non-attachment
Certainly repressing anger is not a good practice. Anger needs to be seen and understood.
You know... The deep end began practise for me too. Rock bottom.
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Saying that actions of others condition our actions (and v.v.) is like complaining "you eat so much, I gained 10kgs!".
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Doug , I disagree ..Right View may be “wisdom., liberation from delusion , ignorance “ but wouldn’t you agree that “ ultimate goal “ of 8FP is “ end if suffering , cooling off , the Task is Done , there is No More , what is to be done, is Done “ shaiputra , is “Wisdom TRULY the goal if th 8FP ? Asking for a friend LOL ❤