All contemporary buddhist no matter what tradition or lineage need to study Kalama Sutta. This is what gave me confidence in dhamma and to make it the most secure refuge in this life.
Susmita : some Buddhist scholars said if you don't read Abiddhama , you haven't understand thoroughly Buddhadharma yet - some westerners scholars judged that Avatamsaka is the highest point of Buddhism . Avatamsaka was translated in english verses .
I am a traditional Burmese Buddhist. But I've never felt like I understand 10% of my religion. Once I read Warpola Rahula in burmese translation book, I started to feel like a buddhist. Traditional religion is covered with many unnecessary chanting, practices and fake stories. Now, I 'd love watching your secular buddhist channel, get more confident that Dhama is real and need more practice. Thanks for your great service and work.
Hi thanks for this. You're really doing amazing things man. I need to cultivate loving kindness because it is a powerful, positive motivator for doing good things and helping people. I need it to replace my feelings of wanting to be better because I feel inadequate, or bc of people who have thought negatively about me.
I love each of these in their own way. 5 was particularly enjoyable because of how penetrating and shocking it is against common conception, and yet that is the truth. Love the concise wisdom of 8. These are some real Buddha quotes, not those instagram poster quotes!
Thank you very much sir for your great service. Now I know which quotes are authentic and I can have confident in using them in the future. Please keep doing what you are doing.
Yes they aren't quite as simple! As for becoming a secular Buddhist, the main idea is to embrace Buddhist practice without any particular interest in the speculative stuff about rebirth and so on. 🙂
_[Buddha quotes] are similar to a raft, being for the purpose of crossing over, not for the purpose of grasping._ I like to read and think about them anyway. 😂 Thanks for sharing! 😊
i knew nothing of Buddha and watched movie on netflix i was astonished how i have lived my life having same sorrows words fail me but watching the movie moved me to my new thoughts about everything
Joy to create that beautiful mountain of gold . Puts a smile on my face . Sun above my head rainbows and butterflies . You I think are seeing it from a different perspective. Seeing it from your perspective puts a bad vibe on creating anything happy happy happy in my environment. God bless .
Thanks for this Doug. I get extremely annoyed when people throw around those fake quotes on social media and such. All it does is mislead people who are new to Buddhism and well most I’ve seen are not inaccurate tellings of the teachings there misleading to quote them from the Buddha. Cheers!
Doug, I have a concern about the 6th quote about loving kindness towards all. Nowadays we often hear on the news about things like random acid attacks (one of my little fears when being in public), and the other day I watched a video of a homeless man who shoved a stranger onto the street and he ended up getting crushed by a truck. Someone in the comment section mentioned how situations like these are what harden him and to put up put a guard whenever he’s in public , as you never know who can turn into an enemy. I often think about how the Buddha would go about situations such as these. What do you think ?
Thanks for the question Chris, it's hard to say exactly but I think the Buddha would reflect upon the fact that most of humanity is mired in the three fires of greed, hatred, and ignorance, and therefore that very many people are (and will be for a very long time) deep in suffering. 🙏
My understanding is that loving kindness means wanting them to be freed from suffering, greed, hatred, and ignorance. It does not mean liking the way that they are but wanting them to be physically and spiritually well off. As someone who has been assaulted on several occasions I find it useful to reflect on the level of suffering and confusion it takes to attack someone unprovoked and to focus on protecting myself rather than harming the other (applying the minimum level of force needed).
I know this is old but my take on that is that buddha could say that one day you will die, and one day will rot away. Nothing is permanent, and so does your form which you cling to with your ego... a bit of a stretch, I know, but if we're sticking to the teaching, this is one potential answer.
Thanks. This is helpful. It’s difficult to know what is a genuine quote or not. I guess I need to read more sutras! I realize this channel focuses more on Theravada, but I’d be curious to hear about the Mahayana attitude that says, as far as I understand it, if it sounds like it’s something the Buddha said, it’s fine to attribute it to him.
Hi Travis, yes I tend to focus on early Buddhism here (early Buddhism is related to the Theravāda, but different), and the Mahāyāna does have a broader range of what they consider authentic teachings. I have an earlier video on authenticity in Buddhism if you are interested: ruclips.net/video/kS-Xtsq4_xE/видео.html
Thank you so much sir for this video.i'm big believer of budhisam.the truth in the world=budhisam.the only religion that passes science.namo budhaya.💖💖💖💖💖
Beautiful set of quotes. Note that the Metta Sutta (SNP 149) doesn't quite say we should extend loving kindness to all beings as a mother protects her only son, as is most often implied in translation (or assumed by the reader). It is that we should protect our loving heart as a mother protects her only child.
I believe it says that just as a mother protects her only son, so we should cultivate a boundless mind towards all beings. This is essentially how KR Norman and Bhikkhu Bodhi translate the passage.
@@DougsDharma yes, that's how Mills, Norman, Piyadassi, Ñanamoli, etc basically copied and repeated Vigo Fausböll (1880-ish) translation. Thanissaro at least somewhere has a footnote. It's probably not going to change anyone's practice, but this reading doesn't make sense, unless it's sarcastic (it's not). We don't cultivate a boundless heart to all beings without exception just as a mother cultivates a heart toward exactly one and only one child.
As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate the heart limitlessly with regard to all beings. Thanissaro's footnote: The image here is sometimes misconstrued as saying that one should protect all beings as a mother would protect her only child. Actually, the parallel is not between the child and all living beings; it is between the child and one’s cultivation of the heart: One should protect one’s goodwill toward all beings in the same way that a mother would protect her only child. On this point, see MN 21 Presumably, Thanissaro is referring to: “Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding. Even then you should train yourselves: ‘Our minds will be unaffected and we will say no evil words. We will remain sympathetic, with a mind of goodwill, and with no inner hate. We will keep pervading these people with an awareness imbued with goodwill and, beginning with them, we will keep pervading the all-encompassing world with an awareness imbued with goodwill-abundant, enlarged, immeasurable, free from hostility, free from ill will.’ That’s how you should train yourselves. We can be sure that the Buddha is not suggesting that we love or protect bandits like our only child. Yet we should protect our mind of goodwill without hate like we protect our only child.
Just as a mother, her own child, at the risk of life, her only child, she protects, in the same way, toward all beings, her heart [mind with intention], cultivated, limitlessly. mata = mother yatha = just as niyam = (her) own putta = child, son maayusa = at the risk of life eka-puttam = only son, born of oneself anurakkhe = would protect, preserve, guard, shield evam = so, thus, in this way pi = also, even so, just so sabbabhuutesu = toward all beings -- sabba = all, every, whole, entire (sabba- without exception) -- bhutesu = become, existed -- bhuuta = grown, become, born, being maanasa(m) = belonging to mind, intention, purpose, mental action, felt mind, with heart, urge (manasa = having mind, with such a mind) bhaavaye = should cultivate -- bhaava = condition, nature, becoming -- ye = which, what, whatever aparimanam = limitless, immeasurable, boundless
This was a great and inspiring video, but one thing irks me. In his advice to the Kalamas, the Buddha seems - to me - to be contradicting himself. He on the one hand says you shouldn't believe something just because your guru or the like says something, but at the same time he says that you should believe something, in part, because it would please 'the wise'. Am I misunderstanding this?
Well, I think there is a distinction between accepting something because your teacher/guru told you to accept it, and accepting something because the wise people accept it. The difficulty might come in when we are unwise enough not to be able to distinguish between the two. This is always a problem. (It might also actually be that your teacher is wise. If so you are lucky!) 🙂
@@DougsDharma Are you saing that the wise, IF we can somehow trust that they are wise, are to be followed since they seem to know the proper way? Whereas someone's less trusted advice, is to be taken with a grain of salt. Or in modern and current terms - trust the CDC, not the random RUclips commenter. Something like that?
@@andersbenke3596 Well yes, something like that. The problem that we both see here is figuring out who "the wise" really are, especially since we ourselves lack the wisdom to figure it out!
Well yes, to be fair "religion" is not a term the Buddha would have known, there is no equivalent concept in his language. But he did work very hard to establish and expand a monastic institution.
Doug, I think it's reasonable to state that Buddha's Monastic Institutions are very similar to the Schools established by Ancient Greek Philosophers like the Lyceum. After all, it's just Philosophy (and some Religion) that Buddha would teach his students. Right ?
I would love to see you do a video on traditional views of Buddha Vacana. The project of exposing fake Buddhist quotes is admirable but if there isn't an orthodox understanding of what is meant by Buddha's speech it can be extremely unhelpful for western Buddhists. It can easily lead to a dismissal of what is generally held by mainstream Buddhist's as Buddha Vacana. There is a good video on the topic by Rev Jikai Dhen which points out that even respected Western scholars like Bhikku Bodhi hold views on this topic that aren't traditionally held by Theravada scholars. I think it is safe to say many western Buddhists are actually following heterodox New Religious Movements as I belive is the case with the Fake Buddha Quotes site. The quotes may be fake, but the comentary on why may be equally wrongheaded.
Thanks Doug for explaining these quotes! This will be a wonderful world if everyone could abide to these quotes, whether if one is puzzled whether they are actually Buddha's words or not. When in doubt, it may be helpful to revisit one of these quotes. • Come, Kalamas, do not go by oral tradition, by lineage of teaching, by hearsay, by a collection of scriptures, by logical reasoning, by inferential reasoning, by reasoned cogitation, by the acceptance of a view after pondering it,, by the seeming competence of a speaker, or because you think: “The ascetic is our guru.” but when you know for yourselves: “These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things, if accepted and undertaken, lead to welfare and happiness,” then you should live in accordance with them.
The Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. If you want you can Google it and find out more of the basics, but I also have a video where I talk about how the Buddha saw himself as different and not-so-different from other enlightened beings: ruclips.net/video/GrTFkqYShPU/видео.html
@@SalmanKhan-wu2fc Actually, most of Buddha's teachings are not religious, but Rational or Philosophical in nature. They make Perfect Logical Sense. There certainly are some religious elements in Buddhism, but you can ignore them ...
I love Buddha from the core of my heart ... "Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don't expect it from cheap people." "A positive mind finds opportunities in everything. A negative mind finds faults in everything." "Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." I find more quotes on #Tibetan_Monk
The Buddha often referred to dipa as refuge. Dipa means both Island and lamp and nearly always the Buddha is playing with this double meaning. Be your own Island, be your own lamp. I suppose the closest analogy in English is a lighthouse as refuge.
Hello sir, I want to know all the true life events of the 'historical buddha', and as I am not a buddhist please guide me, in what books are they all written down and where to buy them. Thank you🙏
It doesn't matter if the quotes are from the Thus Come one Shakyamuni's himself directly but the buddhist law or buddhist teachings is come from Shakyamini's intent. To explain it deeper, it is like a raw milk that move to a process of cream, curds, butter and ghee. Though the form of milk changes, its essence remains the same. Shakyamuni Buddha taught the teachings of awakening your true self and how to deepen your understanding of the principles of Buddhism and the processes of inner transformation. His written words of the teachings are two different things, but their heart is one. We are in the Latter Day of the Law which is the age of 'quarrels and disputes' time, the buddhist teachings are 'obscured and lost'. The teachings or that one rhythm vehicle that can sail across the sea of sufferings of birth and death has to work for every humanity. The buddhist teachings like the Lotus Sutra and the Nirvana Sutra who believe in the buddha nature of each individual can attain buddhahood in this lifetime even Devadatta who out to harm the buddha or the story about dragon king's daughter Sagara only 8 yrs old who believes a woman can attain Buddhahood in this lifetime, are respectworthy. Thank you for another amazing post. Happy Holidays to you! Keep up the great work.
There's a fake funny quote on reddit. I was trying to look up whether Buddha said anything about physical exercise, similar to yoga perhaps, and one comment said "o bhikkhu never forget the leg day" 😂 and other comments said he used a gym membership. It's so absurd it's funny 😅
😄😄 Not sure the Buddha ever said anything about physical exercise, it's something I'll try to keep an eye out for. But they got in plenty of walking every day for alms round.
The Triple Gem or Three Jewels are handy for investigating the teachings ...they are : The Buddha (the fully enlightened one) The Dharma (the teachings of Buddha) The Sangha ( community of monks and devotees)
A Budda quote. "One is infinity, infinity is one" I think that is all you need. If you know what it means you will be enlightened. I can't tell you what it means, because you would say. you're out of your mind, and I would say . No, I'm out of your mind.
Ok... here's another thing; describing "desire" or "pleasure" as something that creates negativity. If it tastes good, spit it out. If it feels good, stop doing it. If it looks good, stop looking at it. If you enjoy the company of someone, avoid them. But then turn around and describe awakening as a goal, something intrinsically akin to desire or craving. I presume you get there by not caring if you do or not? Look... yeah I'm a critical thinker who is not trying to be insulting, I promise. But I have questions. And any practice or philosophy should be up to answering them, I would think. Without a smug chuckle implying "he just doesn't get it." That would be ego, wouldn't it? Even the notion of considering the dharma a raft to get to a further shore, it's asking the question "why did the chicken cross the road," because he wanted/desired/craved perhaps, getting to the other side.
Thanks for the question Just Aguy. The Buddha wasn't against desire. He was against unskillful desire. Take a look at my video on whether desire is the root of suffering: ruclips.net/video/VeShNoUXnxw/видео.html
@@DougsDharma I will and I appreciate your response. My questioning is honest, not insulting or incredulous. I have more of course, and maybe there's a better forum for stating them than a YT video comment.
Also, whether or not the Buddha said these things or even if he existed is, in my mind, not really important. In fact, going back to my question about the Buddha's advice to the Kalamas, it really shouldn't matter by the logic of Buddhism itself. If the sayings have value in your life, they are in a very real sense true, even if they were not spoken millennia ago by some dude in orange robes.
Sure Anders, exactly right. If they have value in your life, if they lead to happiness and well-being for ourselves and others, the rest doesn't really matter so much.
Ambition is not good. What if our ambition is to eat well and live well, this makes no sense to me. Without desire and ambition we would not survive, this is all nice but can't be taken literally or we would basically have to just do nothing.
I guess the big problem that people often make is that assume that every quote that was said by Buddha was said by him in a 100 % generalized sense. Quite often, we find that that is not the case. In the video above, you see the guy mention that Buddha would often say those quotes to people in response to questions raised by the monastics. So the context definitely matters. Unfortunately, we can not really know the exact details of every major conversation that Buddha had, can we ? We can only try to understand why Buddha said the things he said, in response to whom, in what context and so on ... Now, it should be obvious to us that Buddha was a very practical person. He actually went through hell and came to conclusions about reality from his own experiences. That is why he often taught the Middle Way. His MIDDLE WAY should be a clear indication to all followers of Buddhism that Buddha obviously knew that we ALL have desires as they are intrinsically a part of us and that we can NOT stop having them. But, obsession with desires is what often causes suffering. So, it should be controlled. Not too much, not too little. Take food: If you eat nothing, you will die. If you eat too much, you will develop health disorders. It is a problem in both ways. Hence, the Middle Way. It is not a complicated philosophy. People just don't follow it well in their lives and that is why they have too many problems ...
That is a huge misinterpretation of Buddha's teachings. Buddha wanted to eliminate suffering. His teachings don't have to get in the way of Ambition. Buddha comes to the rescue when your ambitions start draining you, physically and/or mentally. You then need to follow his teachings to find a solution to your problem of suffering. Once you have solved it, MOVE ON !
@@DipayanPyne94 Buddha comes to the rescue? Sure ok thanks, my parents thought me this basic part of lo ife with never consulting or even knowing who the Buddha was, look to yourself for rescue and move on. As long as there is life there is suffering for someone.
You don't seem to get what I am saying, my friend. Your parents are not Buddhists, right ? Of course we all learn from them. Isn't that great ? That doesn't mean they know everything about Buddha's teachings, do they ? There is SO MUCH within Buddhist Philosophy that people can and should learn from. Anyway, the reason I wrote my previous comment is simply because you made mistakes. If you had known Buddha's teachings properly, you would not have written your original comment. You think Buddha didn't know that people have desires and ambitions ? Of course he did. That's why he divided them into Skillful Desires and Unskillful Desires. Also, you wrote 'we would basically have to just do nothing'. Again, a huge misrepresentation of his teachings. Buddhist practice is definitely not something that teaches us to do nothing. You sort of made it sound as if we are expected to live in a cave or isolate ourselves from the rest of the world. That is not the case. Then, you also said 'As long as there is life, there is suffering for someone'. Well, Buddhism tells us that it doesn't have to be that way. If you just accept that we all suffer and do nothing about it, then you will suffer for sure, isn't it ? You obviously don't want to suffer. No one does. Anyway, I can see why you have made many mistakes. You just don't seem to know enough about Buddha's teachings. That's why, it's necessary to read more or learn from someone who knows much more than you. I would like you to check out many other videos by the same person aka the person in the video above. For starters, watch his video called 'Buddhism for Beginners'. Type 'Buddhism for Beginners Doug's Dharma' on RUclips. You'll get the video. And yeah, please don't think that I wrote the above sentences with a sense of superiority. I just wanted to correct you and I am quite sure that there is nothing wrong with that. Anyway, please do watch the videos, starting with the one I suggested ...
@@DipayanPyne94 lol don't think you wrote the sentence thinking that you are Superior LMFAO 🤣🤣 but yet you want to correct me on something that is open to interpretation. OK mister buddist you sound like every other religious fanatic but you think yourself different.
I think he said those words . He talks of Christ and the logos. leaving the "boat" Aka (immoral law) not reclaiming his fathers surname after 21yrs of being Incorporated ,with his Christs ( christian name) name and The family SURNAME ( sign) . Any two things inCORPerated is Dead, Become a Human ,the colour of man ie. Not man. .
Doug if I created the earth from by what ways or means . I would have to create a mountain of gold the same way .for who knows what reason . Hatreds are created by something going against what you wish or will to be . Using the Bible as a great source .
Hi daniel, I have a number of videos on the channel about what "secular" means in this context. If you're interested you can take a look at the playlist here: ruclips.net/p/PL0akoU_OszRjx0lEV_Bre693AvHWrk-Kp 🙏
Hello Daniel. I was a secular Buddhist in outlook before hearing of the word in this context. The Buddha's teaching are not limited by Eastern and Western. As a modern, 2500 years removed from the Buddha, filled with a completely different cultural, political, and socio-economic background, the fundamental teachings of the dhamma still apply. Rebirth in the next life is not important to me in this context. It's the moment to moment rebirth in this life, and I am quite comfortable with the term secular, as some might be with Mahayana, Theravada, etc.
You mean the "pada" in "Dhammapada"? That means "foot", but has the connotation of "verse" in this context. It can also connote a path. So it has multiple meanings.
Greetings from Sri lanka 🇱🇰 ❤️ May every living being attain nirvana.🙏
Thanks Alpha! 🙏
Thank You From New Jersey
What a great time to be alive! All this valuable wisdom available to everyone everywhere. Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏
Absolutely! 🙏😊
All contemporary buddhist no matter what tradition or lineage need to study Kalama Sutta. This is what gave me confidence in dhamma and to make it the most secure refuge in this life.
I agree Susmita. It's a wonderful sutta. 🙏
Susmita : some Buddhist scholars said if you don't read Abiddhama , you haven't understand thoroughly Buddhadharma yet - some westerners scholars judged that Avatamsaka is the highest point of Buddhism . Avatamsaka was translated in english verses .
I am a traditional Burmese Buddhist. But I've never felt like I understand 10% of my religion.
Once I read Warpola Rahula in burmese translation book, I started to feel like a buddhist. Traditional religion is covered with many unnecessary chanting, practices and fake stories. Now, I 'd love watching your secular buddhist channel, get more confident that Dhama is real and need more practice.
Thanks for your great service and work.
It's my pleasure! Thanks for the comment. 🙏😊
I do not know why I was too old to find this channel, Thank you so much for sharing these thoughts with us
You're very welcome Ashan_K!
Never too young or old for the TRUTH!
What are the best buddhist channels?
love from nepal🇳🇵✌️🙏❤️
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Honesty is very expensive gift..... 👍👍👍👍👍.
Thank you very much for sharing. Greetings from India. 💐💐💐👍🇮🇳🔔
You're very welcome Anjan! Thanks for the kind comment. 🙏🙂
Love from Myanmar ❤️❤️
I am a Theravada Buddhist.
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Hi thanks for this. You're really doing amazing things man. I need to cultivate loving kindness because it is a powerful, positive motivator for doing good things and helping people. I need it to replace my feelings of wanting to be better because I feel inadequate, or bc of people who have thought negatively about me.
Absolutely, you can do it! 🙏
Timeless quotes. Love your works, Doug! Happy to patreon today. May you be well and make more videos :-)
Thank you kindly Sam! 🙏
Kapai from New Zealand, thanks for posting these thoughts. Aroha.
My pleasure Nicholas!
I love each of these in their own way. 5 was particularly enjoyable because of how penetrating and shocking it is against common conception, and yet that is the truth. Love the concise wisdom of 8. These are some real Buddha quotes, not those instagram poster quotes!
Yes! The Buddha really does make you think. 🙏
This guy is super chill, I love it😂🤙
😄 Cool! Glad you enjoyed it Cameron. Be well!
This is some good stuff....love how you explain it in details n giving examples...
Thanks for the comment loeur prim! Glad you found them interesting.
Thank you Mr. Doug 🙏🏻🌻
You are very welcome!
Sending gratitude from a Daoist monastery near Seattle! ☯️💙🌲
Wonderful, same to you! 🙏😊
Thank you very much sir for your great service. Now I know which quotes are authentic and I can have confident in using them in the future. Please keep doing what you are doing.
You're very welcome Handsome Loner, glad to be of service. 🙏
Enjoyed this one a lot. Thanks!
Glad to hear it! 😊
Thank you for the guidance. Well put I am full of gratitude 🙏🏻
You're very welcome Joann!
Very good selection!
Thanks Tiago, I'm glad you found them useful. 🙏
Thank you. Gratitude. Metta.🙏😊🙏🌹
You're very welcome Sandeep. 🙏
These are great, could you possibly do another video of his quotes?
Thanks Deep, I might do so eventually!
Thanks for giving me real Buddhist quotes. I wish they were as simple as the fake quotes!!!! I’d love to be a secular Buddhist How???
Yes they aren't quite as simple! As for becoming a secular Buddhist, the main idea is to embrace Buddhist practice without any particular interest in the speculative stuff about rebirth and so on. 🙂
_[Buddha quotes] are similar to a raft, being for the purpose of crossing over, not for the purpose of grasping._
I like to read and think about them anyway. 😂 Thanks for sharing! 😊
Yes, they are very much worth reading and thinking about! 😄
"I can't believe it's not Buddha!" 🎋
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@Ching Vang it's actually a book!
My preferred genuine Buddha quote is: "The best way to become enlightened is to argue with people on Facebook." :)
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Morning, is there a way to see the subjects of your videos on your Patreon page?
How do you mean?
i knew nothing of Buddha and watched movie on netflix i was astonished how i have lived my life having same sorrows words fail me but watching the movie moved me to my new thoughts about everything
That's great to hear Misa, I hope they lead you in the right direction. Thanks for the comment!
Can you share the name of the documentary you watched?
Joy to create that beautiful mountain of gold . Puts a smile on my face . Sun above my head rainbows and butterflies . You I think are seeing it from a different perspective. Seeing it from your perspective puts a bad vibe on creating anything happy happy happy in my environment. God bless .
This is a Desert Island collection of Quotes.
This is a small book you pass to a friend in a handshake.
These thoughts return the mind to sobriety.
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Nice explanation
Thanks so much!
Thanks for this Doug. I get extremely annoyed when people throw around those fake quotes on social media and such. All it does is mislead people who are new to Buddhism and well most I’ve seen are not inaccurate tellings of the teachings there misleading to quote them from the Buddha. Cheers!
Thanks Benawesome, I agree it can be pretty annoying to read some of the "quotes" out there. 😄
How do we know you are saying these words?
😄 How do I even know I said them? Maybe I didn't. 😉
good one Doug
Thanks Alfred, I'm glad you enjoyed.
thanks for this video
Most welcome!
Doug, I have a concern about the 6th quote about loving kindness towards all. Nowadays we often hear on the news about things like random acid attacks (one of my little fears when being in public), and the other day I watched a video of a homeless man who shoved a stranger onto the street and he ended up getting crushed by a truck. Someone in the comment section mentioned how situations like these are what harden him and to put up put a guard whenever he’s in public , as you never know who can turn into an enemy. I often think about how the Buddha would go about situations such as these. What do you think ?
Thanks for the question Chris, it's hard to say exactly but I think the Buddha would reflect upon the fact that most of humanity is mired in the three fires of greed, hatred, and ignorance, and therefore that very many people are (and will be for a very long time) deep in suffering. 🙏
My understanding is that loving kindness means wanting them to be freed from suffering, greed, hatred, and ignorance. It does not mean liking the way that they are but wanting them to be physically and spiritually well off. As someone who has been assaulted on several occasions I find it useful to reflect on the level of suffering and confusion it takes to attack someone unprovoked and to focus on protecting myself rather than harming the other (applying the minimum level of force needed).
Rufus Hume thanks for the input !
I know this is old but my take on that is that buddha could say that one day you will die, and one day will rot away. Nothing is permanent, and so does your form which you cling to with your ego... a bit of a stretch, I know, but if we're sticking to the teaching, this is one potential answer.
Thanks. This is helpful. It’s difficult to know what is a genuine quote or not. I guess I need to read more sutras! I realize this channel focuses more on Theravada, but I’d be curious to hear about the Mahayana attitude that says, as far as I understand it, if it sounds like it’s something the Buddha said, it’s fine to attribute it to him.
Hi Travis, yes I tend to focus on early Buddhism here (early Buddhism is related to the Theravāda, but different), and the Mahāyāna does have a broader range of what they consider authentic teachings. I have an earlier video on authenticity in Buddhism if you are interested: ruclips.net/video/kS-Xtsq4_xE/видео.html
Thanks you so much sir .for this vedio
You're very welcome Neha, thanks for the comment!
Thank you.
You're welcome Joe!
Tq for your explanation
You're very welcome Ninja!
I wouldn't say real quotes, but quotes from Canon Pali. We'll never know what he said literally, as a quote pretends to capture.
Yes indeed Gustavo, I tried to get into a little of that in my description box below the video as well as in the video itself. 🙂
Thank you so much sir for this video.i'm big believer of budhisam.the truth in the world=budhisam.the only religion that passes science.namo budhaya.💖💖💖💖💖
You're very welcome Seneli. 🙏
It was a bit like telling someone to study this book,when actually,they can’t read. 🤔
I have playlists on my channel that are an introduction to Buddhism as well as an introduction to secular Buddhism. I’d suggest checking them out!
Beautiful set of quotes. Note that the Metta Sutta (SNP 149) doesn't quite say we should extend loving kindness to all beings as a mother protects her only son, as is most often implied in translation (or assumed by the reader). It is that we should protect our loving heart as a mother protects her only child.
I believe it says that just as a mother protects her only son, so we should cultivate a boundless mind towards all beings. This is essentially how KR Norman and Bhikkhu Bodhi translate the passage.
@@DougsDharma yes, that's how Mills, Norman, Piyadassi, Ñanamoli, etc basically copied and repeated Vigo Fausböll (1880-ish) translation. Thanissaro at least somewhere has a footnote. It's probably not going to change anyone's practice, but this reading doesn't make sense, unless it's sarcastic (it's not). We don't cultivate a boundless heart to all beings without exception just as a mother cultivates a heart toward exactly one and only one child.
As a mother would risk her life
to protect her child, her only child,
even so should one cultivate the heart limitlessly
with regard to all beings.
Thanissaro's footnote: The image here is sometimes misconstrued as saying that one should protect all beings as a mother would protect her only child. Actually, the parallel is not between the child and all living beings; it is between the child and one’s cultivation of the heart: One should protect one’s goodwill toward all beings in the same way that a mother would protect her only child. On this point, see MN 21
Presumably, Thanissaro is referring to:
“Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding. Even then you should train yourselves: ‘Our minds will be unaffected and we will say no evil words. We will remain sympathetic, with a mind of goodwill, and with no inner hate. We will keep pervading these people with an awareness imbued with goodwill and, beginning with them, we will keep pervading the all-encompassing world with an awareness imbued with goodwill-abundant, enlarged, immeasurable, free from hostility, free from ill will.’ That’s how you should train yourselves.
We can be sure that the Buddha is not suggesting that we love or protect bandits like our only child. Yet we should protect our mind of goodwill without hate like we protect our only child.
Just as a mother,
her own child,
at the risk of life,
her only child,
she protects,
in the same way,
toward all beings,
her heart [mind with intention],
cultivated,
limitlessly.
mata = mother
yatha = just as
niyam = (her) own
putta = child, son
maayusa = at the risk of life
eka-puttam = only son, born of oneself
anurakkhe = would protect, preserve, guard, shield
evam = so, thus, in this way
pi = also, even so, just so
sabbabhuutesu = toward all beings
-- sabba = all, every, whole, entire (sabba- without exception)
-- bhutesu = become, existed
-- bhuuta = grown, become, born, being
maanasa(m) = belonging to mind, intention, purpose, mental action, felt mind, with heart, urge (manasa = having mind, with such a mind)
bhaavaye = should cultivate
-- bhaava = condition, nature, becoming
-- ye = which, what, whatever
aparimanam = limitless, immeasurable, boundless
Catumahāpadesakathā This is how we can determine what is and what is not Buddha’s quote as the Buddha himself gave us this method.
That's right, though it requires us to have a very deep understanding of the early texts to do so properly.
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This was a great and inspiring video, but one thing irks me. In his advice to the Kalamas, the Buddha seems - to me - to be contradicting himself. He on the one hand says you shouldn't believe something just because your guru or the like says something, but at the same time he says that you should believe something, in part, because it would please 'the wise'. Am I misunderstanding this?
Well, I think there is a distinction between accepting something because your teacher/guru told you to accept it, and accepting something because the wise people accept it. The difficulty might come in when we are unwise enough not to be able to distinguish between the two. This is always a problem. (It might also actually be that your teacher is wise. If so you are lucky!) 🙂
@@DougsDharma Are you saing that the wise, IF we can somehow trust that they are wise, are to be followed since they seem to know the proper way? Whereas someone's less trusted advice, is to be taken with a grain of salt. Or in modern and current terms - trust the CDC, not the random RUclips commenter. Something like that?
@@andersbenke3596 Well yes, something like that. The problem that we both see here is figuring out who "the wise" really are, especially since we ourselves lack the wisdom to figure it out!
Good job. The Pali Canon is much more vigorous than feel-good new-agey internet memes.
Thanks Crow, glad you enjoyed. 🙂
Thanks much for this education.
You're very welcome Hollylivengood!
Thanks
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It is sad it was made into religion when Buddha was self not a religion and wanted others to follow the path of Unconditional love for peace, equality
Well yes, to be fair "religion" is not a term the Buddha would have known, there is no equivalent concept in his language. But he did work very hard to establish and expand a monastic institution.
Doug, I think it's reasonable to state that Buddha's Monastic Institutions are very similar to the Schools established by Ancient Greek Philosophers like the Lyceum. After all, it's just Philosophy (and some Religion) that Buddha would teach his students. Right ?
I would love to see you do a video on traditional views of Buddha Vacana. The project of exposing fake Buddhist quotes is admirable but if there isn't an orthodox understanding of what is meant by Buddha's speech it can be extremely unhelpful for western Buddhists. It can easily lead to a dismissal of what is generally held by mainstream Buddhist's as Buddha Vacana. There is a good video on the topic by Rev Jikai Dhen which points out that even respected Western scholars like Bhikku Bodhi hold views on this topic that aren't traditionally held by Theravada scholars.
I think it is safe to say many western Buddhists are actually following heterodox New Religious Movements as I belive is the case with the Fake Buddha Quotes site. The quotes may be fake, but the comentary on why may be equally wrongheaded.
Maybe leave the text up while your beautiful explanation happens to complement the succinct pithy quote?
Thanks for the suggestion Uilium, I'll consider it in future. 🙂
When pali language is translated to english the meaning is not the same.
eg. there is no proper word for 'meththa' in english.
Thank you!
You're very welcome lab997. Thanks for watching! 🙏
Thanks Doug for explaining these quotes! This will be a wonderful world if everyone could abide to these quotes, whether if one is puzzled whether they are actually Buddha's words or not. When in doubt, it may be helpful to revisit one of these quotes.
• Come, Kalamas, do not go by oral tradition, by lineage of teaching, by hearsay, by a collection of scriptures, by logical reasoning, by inferential reasoning, by reasoned cogitation, by the acceptance of a view after pondering it,, by the seeming competence of a speaker, or because you think: “The ascetic is our guru.” but when you know for yourselves: “These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things, if accepted and undertaken, lead to welfare and happiness,” then you should live in accordance with them.
Great way to look at it Andrew, thanks!
Sir in your video I'm see and hear the one word again and again buddha.sir can you tell me what is buddha?sir plz tell me because I'm very confuse
The Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. If you want you can Google it and find out more of the basics, but I also have a video where I talk about how the Buddha saw himself as different and not-so-different from other enlightened beings: ruclips.net/video/GrTFkqYShPU/видео.html
Sir Buddhism is a religion?
@@SalmanKhan-wu2fc Actually, most of Buddha's teachings are not religious, but Rational or Philosophical in nature. They make Perfect Logical Sense. There certainly are some religious elements in Buddhism, but you can ignore them ...
I love Buddha from the core of my heart ...
"Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don't expect it from cheap people."
"A positive mind finds opportunities in everything. A negative mind finds faults in everything."
"Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people."
I find more quotes on #Tibetan_Monk
These are nice quotes but I'm not sure they're from the Buddha. 🙂
Can you tell me anything about reference of buddhas who existed before Gautama buddha
I have a video on past and future Buddhas here: ruclips.net/video/8CP-ScOCHJ0/видео.html
The Buddha often referred to dipa as refuge. Dipa means both Island and lamp and nearly always the Buddha is playing with this double meaning. Be your own Island, be your own lamp. I suppose the closest analogy in English is a lighthouse as refuge.
Yes, I think it is translated interchangeably as either "island" or "lamp".
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏namo buddha
Love from India(The Land of Buddha)
Thanks Ratna! To you as well!
🙏Singapore 🇸🇬
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Hello sir, I want to know all the true life events of the 'historical buddha', and as I am not a buddhist please guide me, in what books are they all written down and where to buy them. Thank you🙏
Check out my playlist on books, I have some videos where I discuss the main texts of Buddhism: ruclips.net/p/PL0akoU_OszRjBKHxKj98qtSmcLpBmDWkL
@@DougsDharma Tysm🙏
Buddhist the peace
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Oh thank goodness. As einstein said
"Never try to find authentic buddha quotes on google"
You've got the picture! 😄
My greed, my lust, my desire for things, my desire for admiration, and even love. I weep at the futility of my life.
Hey it's absolutely normal Joe, we all share it. Take that energy and put it into practice! 🙂
Would like to take part with someone who already started seeking as a beginner!
Sure! Look for a local Buddhist meditation group, or during the Coronavirus, one online.
It doesn't matter if the quotes are from the Thus Come one Shakyamuni's himself directly but the buddhist law or buddhist teachings is come from Shakyamini's intent. To explain it deeper, it is like a raw milk that move to a process of cream, curds, butter and ghee. Though the form of milk changes, its essence remains the same. Shakyamuni Buddha taught the teachings of awakening your true self and how to deepen your understanding of the principles of Buddhism and the processes of inner transformation. His written words of the teachings are two different things, but their heart is one. We are in the Latter Day of the Law which is the age of 'quarrels and disputes' time, the buddhist teachings are 'obscured and lost'. The teachings or that one rhythm vehicle that can sail across the sea of sufferings of birth and death has to work for every humanity. The buddhist teachings like the Lotus Sutra and the Nirvana Sutra who believe in the buddha nature of each individual can attain buddhahood in this lifetime even Devadatta who out to harm the buddha or the story about dragon king's daughter Sagara only 8 yrs old who believes a woman can attain Buddhahood in this lifetime, are respectworthy.
Thank you for another amazing post. Happy Holidays to you! Keep up the great work.
Happy holidays to you as well Michael, thanks for the comment!
Ene comes from the original "Reflection"
My comes from You.
*Rorri Maesu says useaMirroR*
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I listen to remind myself to be kind. Lol
😄That's a good practice!
a great channel
Thanks toddviv! 🙏
The 7th quote.
Yes, that's an important one for sure!
What about Siddhartha by Herman Hesse?
Well those quotes aren't from the historical Buddha of course. 🙂
There's a fake funny quote on reddit. I was trying to look up whether Buddha said anything about physical exercise, similar to yoga perhaps, and one comment said "o bhikkhu never forget the leg day" 😂 and other comments said he used a gym membership. It's so absurd it's funny 😅
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Not sure the Buddha ever said anything about physical exercise, it's something I'll try to keep an eye out for. But they got in plenty of walking every day for alms round.
The Triple Gem or Three Jewels are handy for investigating the teachings ...they are :
The Buddha (the fully enlightened one)
The Dharma (the teachings of Buddha)
The Sangha ( community of monks and devotees)
Yes thanks Mael-Strom. I have an earlier video on the Three Refuges that refers to the same concepts: ruclips.net/video/bvkmbJFR8Mw/видео.html
Here's a question if you survive 15 close calls knowing that you met the reaper and made it are you cursed or just lucky
Is compassion act of healing.
It certainly can be.
A Budda quote. "One is infinity, infinity is one" I think that is all you need. If you know what it means you will be enlightened. I can't tell you what it means, because you would say. you're out of your mind, and I would say . No, I'm out of your mind.
😄 Good one! Though a fake Buddha quote to be sure!
@@DougsDharma My mistake. It's not a quote. It's in the teaching as is Perfect is imperfect, imperfect is perfect.
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Ok... here's another thing; describing "desire" or "pleasure" as something that creates negativity. If it tastes good, spit it out. If it feels good, stop doing it. If it looks good, stop looking at it. If you enjoy the company of someone, avoid them. But then turn around and describe awakening as a goal, something intrinsically akin to desire or craving. I presume you get there by not caring if you do or not? Look... yeah I'm a critical thinker who is not trying to be insulting, I promise. But I have questions. And any practice or philosophy should be up to answering them, I would think. Without a smug chuckle implying "he just doesn't get it." That would be ego, wouldn't it? Even the notion of considering the dharma a raft to get to a further shore, it's asking the question "why did the chicken cross the road," because he wanted/desired/craved perhaps, getting to the other side.
Thanks for the question Just Aguy. The Buddha wasn't against desire. He was against unskillful desire. Take a look at my video on whether desire is the root of suffering: ruclips.net/video/VeShNoUXnxw/видео.html
@@DougsDharma I will and I appreciate your response. My questioning is honest, not insulting or incredulous. I have more of course, and maybe there's a better forum for stating them than a YT video comment.
The belief I have is that all people should imbibe and put forth in action these quotes of the buddha.
Also, legalize it!
Yes, well I think it is legal! 🙂
Hello to you from Sri Lanka ! Would like to become a friend of yours !!!
Of course! 😊🙏
He never am sure meant to be extreme on anything
its balance of all things
Yes, a "middle path".
Hello.yes i agree.👍🤣🇯🇵
สาธุ! สาธุ! สาธุ!
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Hello sir.
From where are you?
I’m from the US.
Also, whether or not the Buddha said these things or even if he existed is, in my mind, not really important. In fact, going back to my question about the Buddha's advice to the Kalamas, it really shouldn't matter by the logic of Buddhism itself. If the sayings have value in your life, they are in a very real sense true, even if they were not spoken millennia ago by some dude in orange robes.
Sure Anders, exactly right. If they have value in your life, if they lead to happiness and well-being for ourselves and others, the rest doesn't really matter so much.
Too difficult to understand for me.
Can you expand on what you found too difficult? It may be that other videos on my channel will explain some of the material in more detail.
@@DougsDharma My english is not too good. Its ohk with your vedio. Thanks
Simplfy the quote in writing. Simplify your explanation.
Thanks for your feedback Kyle.
Ambition is not good. What if our ambition is to eat well and live well, this makes no sense to me. Without desire and ambition we would not survive, this is all nice but can't be taken literally or we would basically have to just do nothing.
I guess the big problem that people often make is that assume that every quote that was said by Buddha was said by him in a 100 % generalized sense. Quite often, we find that that is not the case. In the video above, you see the guy mention that Buddha would often say those quotes to people in response to questions raised by the monastics. So the context definitely matters. Unfortunately, we can not really know the exact details of every major conversation that Buddha had, can we ? We can only try to understand why Buddha said the things he said, in response to whom, in what context and so on ...
Now, it should be obvious to us that Buddha was a very practical person. He actually went through hell and came to conclusions about reality from his own experiences. That is why he often taught the Middle Way. His MIDDLE WAY should be a clear indication to all followers of Buddhism that Buddha obviously knew that we ALL have desires as they are intrinsically a part of us and that we can NOT stop having them. But, obsession with desires is what often causes suffering. So, it should be controlled. Not too much, not too little. Take food: If you eat nothing, you will die. If you eat too much, you will develop health disorders. It is a problem in both ways. Hence, the Middle Way. It is not a complicated philosophy. People just don't follow it well in their lives and that is why they have too many problems ...
That is a huge misinterpretation of Buddha's teachings. Buddha wanted to eliminate suffering. His teachings don't have to get in the way of Ambition. Buddha comes to the rescue when your ambitions start draining you, physically and/or mentally. You then need to follow his teachings to find a solution to your problem of suffering. Once you have solved it, MOVE ON !
@@DipayanPyne94 Buddha comes to the rescue? Sure ok thanks, my parents thought me this basic part of lo ife with never consulting or even knowing who the Buddha was, look to yourself for rescue and move on. As long as there is life there is suffering for someone.
You don't seem to get what I am saying, my friend. Your parents are not Buddhists, right ? Of course we all learn from them. Isn't that great ? That doesn't mean they know everything about Buddha's teachings, do they ? There is SO MUCH within Buddhist Philosophy that people can and should learn from.
Anyway, the reason I wrote my previous comment is simply because you made mistakes. If you had known Buddha's teachings properly, you would not have written your original comment. You think Buddha didn't know that people have desires and ambitions ? Of course he did. That's why he divided them into Skillful Desires and Unskillful Desires. Also, you wrote 'we would basically have to just do nothing'. Again, a huge misrepresentation of his teachings. Buddhist practice is definitely not something that teaches us to do nothing. You sort of made it sound as if we are expected to live in a cave or isolate ourselves from the rest of the world. That is not the case. Then, you also said 'As long as there is life, there is suffering for someone'. Well, Buddhism tells us that it doesn't have to be that way. If you just accept that we all suffer and do nothing about it, then you will suffer for sure, isn't it ? You obviously don't want to suffer. No one does.
Anyway, I can see why you have made many mistakes. You just don't seem to know enough about Buddha's teachings. That's why, it's necessary to read more or learn from someone who knows much more than you. I would like you to check out many other videos by the same person aka the person in the video above. For starters, watch his video called 'Buddhism for Beginners'. Type 'Buddhism for Beginners Doug's Dharma' on RUclips. You'll get the video.
And yeah, please don't think that I wrote the above sentences with a sense of superiority. I just wanted to correct you and I am quite sure that there is nothing wrong with that. Anyway, please do watch the videos, starting with the one I suggested ...
@@DipayanPyne94 lol don't think you wrote the sentence thinking that you are Superior LMFAO 🤣🤣 but yet you want to correct me on something that is open to interpretation. OK mister buddist you sound like every other religious fanatic but you think yourself different.
I think he said those words . He talks of Christ and the logos. leaving the "boat" Aka (immoral law) not reclaiming his fathers surname after 21yrs of being Incorporated ,with his Christs ( christian name) name and The family SURNAME ( sign) . Any two things inCORPerated is Dead,
Become a Human ,the colour of man ie. Not man. .
Hey Doug. That was not the most helpful answer to my questions. Honestly!!!
too hard to understand, wish you explained it better
Sorry if it confused you! If you have questions let me know. I also have lots of other videos that might answer those questions for you.
Hell ya! Lotta false Buddha quotes out there.
Yes indeed Brandon. Doing what I can. 😉
When you suddenly see the light... make sure you're not "sitting" in a railway tunnel. ^^
Doug if I created the earth from by what ways or means . I would have to create a mountain of gold the same way .for who knows what reason . Hatreds are created by something going against what you wish or will to be . Using the Bible as a great source .
Why do you use the term "secular"?
Isn't that a lame word for a westener who is still attached to his cultural axioms?
Hi daniel, I have a number of videos on the channel about what "secular" means in this context. If you're interested you can take a look at the playlist here: ruclips.net/p/PL0akoU_OszRjx0lEV_Bre693AvHWrk-Kp 🙏
Hello Daniel. I was a secular Buddhist in outlook before hearing of the word in this context. The Buddha's teaching are not limited by Eastern and Western. As a modern, 2500 years removed from the Buddha, filled with a completely different cultural, political, and socio-economic background, the fundamental teachings of the dhamma still apply. Rebirth in the next life is not important to me in this context. It's the moment to moment rebirth in this life, and I am quite comfortable with the term secular, as some might be with Mahayana, Theravada, etc.
So the only thing you reject is rebirth?
I used to think the same... but think of it as a more inclusive flavor of dharma. The fundamentals can be used by all peoples of all beliefs.
daniel daniel basically
Dharma pada means Dharma path?
You mean the "pada" in "Dhammapada"? That means "foot", but has the connotation of "verse" in this context. It can also connote a path. So it has multiple meanings.