Siddhartha and Ancient Buddhism -The Buddhist Expansion - World History - Part 1 - Extra History

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  Год назад +145

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    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 Год назад +1

      Lol

    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +3

      Love your work and dedication guys!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

    • @shashwatsreenivasan4505
      @shashwatsreenivasan4505 Год назад +1

      In a nutshell lets see… only flag with triangles 🇳🇵, brother to us 🇮🇳 india, has the tallest mountain of the world, has AWESOME KUKRI knives and gurkhas, and also birthplace of a famous religion to some chill monk called Siddarth Gauthama Buddha

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Год назад

      So Zelda?

    • @dinhaswijesuriya4491
      @dinhaswijesuriya4491 11 месяцев назад

      There are two concepts about Mara.Some say that he is the super powerful god who controls the pleasure and list of whole universal beings including Humans,Devas,Brahmas ,Pretas,Asuras and even Beast animals(eg:-dog,cat,snake,crocodile ,etc😅😊) .But as Buddhism rejects the concept of God and preach there are only Devas , a sort of technologically and spiritually developed alien beings who are misunderstood as gods Some Buddhists say that the Mara who resisted the enlightenment was none other than the dirty thoughts(lust,angriness,dumbness) that comes to our mind.According to their perspectives the Deva in the heaven which resisted Buddha is not Mara,but Mara Divya Putra.He is just a radical Deva.

  • @jphiled6554
    @jphiled6554 Год назад +1346

    Side note: will we ever see an Extra History series on a Buddhist monk named Xuan-zang? He had some ibn Battuta level side quests, and epic journeys.

    • @w3aponex870
      @w3aponex870 Год назад +3

      Wow

    • @stevenchoza6391
      @stevenchoza6391 Год назад +62

      Not really history. That’s more the realm of either Extra Literature or Extra Mythology.

    • @vinayakohri1293
      @vinayakohri1293 Год назад +92

      @@stevenchoza6391 huyen tsang was most certainly a real person and his records are very important to our understanding of classical India. He traveled extensively throughout the continent

    • @kreeperplays4246
      @kreeperplays4246 Год назад +17

      MORE side trips!? Sign. Me. Up!

    • @walidhammadou4605
      @walidhammadou4605 Год назад +8

      Blud ya mean the journey to the west

  • @km1dash6
    @km1dash6 Год назад +827

    I am a Buddhist and long time viewer of Extra Credits/Extra History. An important note, hopefully covered in the lies episode, is that Buddhism doesn't have a unified cannon like the Bible. There are many different stories about the Buddha's life, each of which have deep religious and symbolic meaning to each denomination. Take, for example, the Buddha's son's birth. Most accounts say he didn't raise his son, and that the day he set out on his holy mission was the day of his son's birth. This has implications later because his wife breaks down in tears when they finally reunite, asking why he left her on the day their son was born. His son was also supposedly named Rahula, one who ensnares the heart, because the Buddha saw this as a means to prevent his mission to seek the holy life.
    The Buddha's mom also died from childbirth, and he was raised by his aunt Mahapajapati, which almost grounds the story in realism because while there is a ton of mythology around his birth (and not everyone believes in the same birth story), many women did not survive childbirth at that time.

    • @bohemianwriter1
      @bohemianwriter1 Год назад +12

      These mytholical births always seem to have a sense of children's fairy tales behind them.
      Both Jesus and Gautama...

    • @BlueWoWTaylan
      @BlueWoWTaylan Год назад +21

      All these father figures in religions, either leaving their children or when they suffer, they do nothing. No wonder they all feel like one big daddy-complex.

    • @TisiphoneSeraph
      @TisiphoneSeraph Год назад +38

      @@BlueWoWTaylan His child and wife were both well taken care of by his relatives while he was away and he returned to them after his enlightenment. Both became enlightened themselves meaning they were freed from suffering permanently in the Buddhist view. Some of my favorite sutras come from him patiently teaching Rahula how to treat himself and others well - free of any anger whatsoever. So read what you want into it but a dad who knows his mind isn't right, goes and really works on it, and comes back with zero anger and full to brimming with compassion doesn't sound like that bad of a dad to me.

    • @JohnVance
      @JohnVance Год назад +19

      I'm a lay Theravada Buddhist for over a decade now, and @km1dash6 makes good points. Another thing to be noted is that it was not the Buddha's first inclination to become a teacher following his awakening. Rather, he thought what he had to teach was too subtle and difficult, and that humanity would be unable and unwilling to grasp it. Tradition holds that one of the highest of the devas, Brahma Sahampati, manifests to the Buddha and convinces him that there are at least some who would be receptive to his teachings.

    • @unclejoeoakland
      @unclejoeoakland Год назад +23

      ​@@TisiphoneSeraphWith all due respect, abandoning ones family and especially the children, to pursue personal enlightenment sounds like a very destructive, selfish conception of enlightenment.

  • @balargus319
    @balargus319 Год назад +463

    I wish you covered the full "battle scene" between Mara and Buddha. Because it isn't just him repelling an army. In the standard mythology, it actually ends when Mara bellows that it is he who really provides meaning to existence, and has all his demons scream in agreement. Mara then taunts Siddartha as to who will vouch for his so-called enlightenment, and that's when he touches the ground.

    • @tayjaytesla1142
      @tayjaytesla1142 Год назад +39

      That's metal AF

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne Год назад +17

      ​@@tayjaytesla1142Buddhist mythology is really fuckin metal

    • @ReaperBlack-no3ig
      @ReaperBlack-no3ig Год назад +28

      The best part was what he says or rather what he means when he touches the ground, supposedly he says calmly, "The earth is my witness," and the demons shooketh and ran in fear.

  • @Pravaification
    @Pravaification Год назад +110

    I was raised Buddhist (My parents are Sri Lankan), and even though I don't practice religion anymore, I am glad that you guys are covering Buddhism. There is a lot of misconception about Buddhism and hopefully this series can shed some light on Siddhartha's journey.

  • @Game_Hero
    @Game_Hero Год назад +232

    Mom : "HONEY, come! He's about to say his first words!"
    Baby : "This is my last rebirth"

    • @edwardsbarbara25
      @edwardsbarbara25 10 месяцев назад +6

      Love it!!

    • @shryggur
      @shryggur 9 месяцев назад +8

      "Finally, last level"

    • @arupkalita4557
      @arupkalita4557 7 месяцев назад +1

      Original story is different

    • @jakeleo4518
      @jakeleo4518 25 дней назад

      @@arupkalita4557 Indeed

    • @jakeleo4518
      @jakeleo4518 25 дней назад +1

      😅😅
      I should add tho as a side note Extra history has cut out some of the other things Siddhartha said after birth along with that line which I assume is for simplicity. But regardless the reason for this line being, in Buddhism "lore" for a lack of better word there is a believe of reincarnation/rebirth and it has been said the Buddha had been reborn many times in the past as different animals, insects, omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, fish and all types of things and crawlers you can imagine and always returning in a human avatar-like form in the end. And that's where we get a lot of the religious text lores, infused with teachings of Buddhism from his many lives as such animals. Like for example the myths/lore of Sun Wokung when Buddha was born as a monkey etc etc.

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu Год назад +327

    Modern day Afghanistan used to be a bastion of Buddhism it's quite interesting how the socioreligious dynamics of geographies can change with time

    • @henrikmygren
      @henrikmygren Год назад +83

      Yeah I remember that the country Sri Lanka among others offered to buy the ancient buddhist statues there in Afghanistan but Taliban terrorist rather destroy ancient history than even let some of it exist elsewhere.😢

    • @errornull390
      @errornull390 Год назад +12

      They are blowing themselves up right now, when has it not been a devout follower of buddah and Mohammad?

    • @Argacyan
      @Argacyan Год назад +16

      Afghanistan through its history was a place of many religions, not just our buddhist or muslim brothers.

    • @StarInTheOcean
      @StarInTheOcean Год назад +20

      Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar are Buddhist countries. But, the atrocities they have laid upon their own citizens are at par. We cannot put a particular religious belief as a cause for human's innate nature. Because, religion cannot change the nature of the mass population. Although, it is powerful enough to change our personal beliefs. But, We cannot do anything about religion mixing with politics and becoming a lethal and potent weapon instead of a personal belief and thus we cannot seperate religion and politics. Personal preferences like choosing your leader can be affected by the background of the chosen leader like his religion and that is where failure of human civilization lies.

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield Год назад +12

      ​@@StarInTheOceanThis is why secular buddisim is best Buddisim

  • @adamblakeslee5301
    @adamblakeslee5301 Год назад +276

    I'm a christian but I've always admired Buddhism for its clarity and kindness. It will be good to learn more about Buddhism.

    • @errornull390
      @errornull390 Год назад +4

      Oow wee, you must kill children oooweee @adamblakeslee5301 - “wow such kindness 😊”

    • @isaacharvie3102
      @isaacharvie3102 Год назад +29

      @@errornull390huh?

    • @oceanberserker
      @oceanberserker Год назад +29

      ​@@isaacharvie3102Take a lesson from the Buddha, my friend. And ignore the troll above you.

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae Год назад +20

      @@errornull390 "And how is one made impure in four ways by verbal action? (...) He engages in abusive speech. He speaks words that are harsh, cutting, bitter to others, abusive of others, provoking anger and destroying concentration."
      - Cunda Kammaraputta Sutta (AN 10.176)

    • @randomrhino7500
      @randomrhino7500 Год назад +1

      Javanese biddhism be like time to punch some samurais and collecting Money-from alcohol and gambling

  • @djblades
    @djblades Год назад +128

    As a Theravada Buddhist, I really appreciate Extra History doing this series to spread the story and influence Buddhism even if they are are not followers.

    • @balargus319
      @balargus319 Год назад +8

      Theravada is said by nonbuddhist scholars to be the most similar extant version to what the Buddha himself initially taught. Is that correct?

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne Год назад +8

      ​@@balargus319yes, it comes from the Pali canon, a language older even than Sanskrit, so it's the oldest written version, being followed for over 2000 years.

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne Год назад +2

      Small Vehicle heads represent lol 😉😉

    • @spy1545
      @spy1545 Год назад +3

      @@EmeraldLavigne Pali isn't older than Sanskrit wtf?, Pali is one of the prakrit languages and Prakrit languages literally came from Sanskrit

    • @thastayapongsak4422
      @thastayapongsak4422 Год назад +2

      ​@@EmeraldLavignePali is not older than Sanskrit. Rather it's one of Sanskrit's descendants.

  • @felixbabuf5726
    @felixbabuf5726 Год назад +69

    As a practitioner of the Mahayana tradition, I applaud you for taking the time to make this series. Good to see more knowledge being contributed to general awareness in the West ☸

  • @MiyuruWeerarathna
    @MiyuruWeerarathna Год назад +63

    I’m a Buddhist from Sri Lanka. Your interpretation on yhe core values of Buddhism is spot on.

  • @zawwin1846
    @zawwin1846 Год назад +34

    Just a clarification.
    Life is suffering is one of the most misquoted phrases. It translates more to There is discontentment in life. The illusion of trying to control something you cannot control brings suffering like your youth, wealth, etc. When you get rid of your harmful desires, it opens you to reality kinda like nihilism.

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne Год назад +4

      "Dukha" translates to "unsatisfactoriness" or maybe "discontentedness." It's far more nuanced than "suffering."

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 7 месяцев назад

      " it opens you to reality kinda like nihilism " ah yes, hating everything and everyone all time because you think you're above everyone is totally open and realistic, that's why Nietzsche had so many friends amirite? Also the sheer idea of finding _discontentment_ i.e. tiny inconveniences so unbreable you want humanity to end (i.e. the goal of Buddhism, Nirvana) is THE most ultra-privileged philosophy I ever heard. Nihilism is like if the princess on a pea decided for the world to end because her bed is not perfectly smooth. Nihilists should grasp ACTUAL reality of people who don't have endless free time and finances to just mop around philosophically from their mother's basement.

  • @JohnFallot
    @JohnFallot Год назад +23

    Theravada Buddhist here, and I’m thrilled to see this series underway. But first, a caveat:
    The first noble truth is a bit more nuanced: it’s less “it’s all suffering” but “suffering exists”. Similarly, the second noble truth is less “desire” but “sensual craving”.
    To explain the nuance: a major reason why right concentration is in the Eightfold Path is that meditation, done in the right way, can produce immense refreshment and pleasure. Even the word “rapture” is used to describe how some of the initial meditative states feel.
    And all together, the theme is that we satiate our desire for sense pleasures with meditation (ie pleasures not of the flesh). Now, this is better than the alternative, but for an experienced meditator, states of meditative concentration eventually reveal their drawbacks. Therefore, said meditator cultivates what is needed to go beyond that pleasure-not-of-the-flesh; and in so doing, finds something so utterly satisfying that the desire to come back to the material world itself gets exhausted.

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne Год назад

      "Unsatisfactoriness" trends to be a better or more accurate weird than "suffering," I find. Because it's the unsatisfactoriness of experiences that motivate us to reach for something to give us sense pleasure; e.g, waiting in a long line at the grocery store is boring, so I reach for my phone to scroll a social media. Waiting in a line isn't *strictly* "suffering," but not having my mind not occupied IS unsatisfactory. Instead of just being present and fully experiencing reality for what it is, as it is, on its own terms.
      Brad Warner is kind of a douche bag, but he is right that enlightenment is eating a tangerine. It's that "when you're walking, know that you're walking, when your eating, know that you're eating, when you're standing, know that you're standing."
      A buddha would experience mindfulness of standing in line at the grocery store, for instance.

    • @JohnFallot
      @JohnFallot Год назад

      @@EmeraldLavigne The word “stress” also works for describing unsatisfactoriness, &c.
      As for mindfulness, that’s not enlightenment. Mindfulness in a practical sense is just keeping something in mind. You can be mindful about robbing a bank for instance.
      But right mindfulness is applying that capacity in a very specific way, ie Right Mindfulness. The Buddha in numerous discourses describes it as the “Four Frames of Reference”, which are the body, feelings, mind, and mental qualities.
      You could even think of Right Mindfulness (RM) as like the recipes for food, and Right Concentration (RC) as the reviews of that food. For example, RM says you pay attention to the breath, you note how the whole body responds to the breath, you apply perceptions to calm that response down.
      RC, meanwhile, explains & posits that by gathering your mind to that topic, evaluating that topic, you aught to experience the arising of refreshment and pleasure (the first jhana, or meditative absorption). If you deepen that focus correctly, first your need to apply thoughts to the topic will subside (2nd jhana), then the refreshment will subside (3rd jhana), and then the pleasure will subside and then you’ll be left with a state of equanimity, poise, calm (4th jhana).
      Importantly, you don’t “do”jhana, you do breath meditation. And it’s not that jhanas are “a byproduct”, they just describe what the mind aught to do if you’re doing it correctly. It’s a skill, and the Buddha in his 40 years of talks often compared it to other skills.
      I hope that’s all helpful 😃

  • @AlexAre0
    @AlexAre0 Год назад +57

    I am Thai American buddhist and have watched your second episode on nebula (long time fan). This series is FANTASTIC. You are right about how diverse buddhism is and I don't claim to be a good source of it but this has been a pleasant experience when compared to learning it in AP World history where I was more confused than anything. A lot of the story and even discussions about the practices and principles like Nuns (conservativism toward women / gender hierarchy-esque) and the important (dependent) relationship between the common people and the monks are just chefs kiss. It's those details I tell my friends that I wouldn't expect to hear. Again, I am not any authority of the subject, but this was very interesting as it resonated with me more than the education I got from school about my own religion. Interested to see how far this goes. Had made me think of the tales I was told by my folks about the Buddha.
    People have asked me "wait there is hell in buddhism?", "isn't it a philosophy?", "is nirvana a place or mental state?"
    Valid questions, but it just shows how buddhism and how people know it is so complicated and mysterious, especially outside the East.

  • @geoffreyherrick298
    @geoffreyherrick298 Год назад +28

    I loved reading Osamu Tezuka's biography of Buddha. It was his last project before he died.

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz Год назад +1

      I liked that series

  • @jeffersonchau7171
    @jeffersonchau7171 Год назад +19

    The whole thing so far is accurate to the way I was taught his story, but at the 4 minute mark, where Buddha sees the 4 different people, I was told he saw them on separate occasions. Where when he saw the sick man, his father tried to prevent him from leaving again, but he insisted and saw the other 3 people. But I rly like this series already I’ll be watching the episodes when they come out

  • @farazfirouzkouhi4329
    @farazfirouzkouhi4329 Год назад +21

    I remember when I first read the story of the buddha I related to it, I felt I could relate to the Sidartha's mindset.
    I loved that story and beacuse of that I always felt a conection to buddhism.
    I grew up as a muslim then lost my faith for a while but then I discivered budhism and it changed my life!
    For the better!
    Thanks for telling this story again it's still one of my favorite stories I have ever heared.❤

  • @samirpaudel269
    @samirpaudel269 Год назад +16

    I am glad that Extra history got the place of birth of Buddha right as it is so much important for us Nepalese people.

    • @yj9032
      @yj9032 Год назад +4

      Nepal didn't exist back then. It was all India

    • @nomms
      @nomms Год назад +7

      @@yj9032 India didn't exist back then either. It was a fundamentally different place with many many different states and kingdoms in varying borders. The subcontinent was not united the way it is now.

    • @rhythmkhandelwal2940
      @rhythmkhandelwal2940 Год назад +1

      ​​@@nommsThe concept of Bharat(India) has been mentioned in Rig Veda which is older than Buddha itself and that mentions the whole Indian Subcontinent as Bharat, and guess what is the native name of present day India. Bharat xD

    • @nomms
      @nomms Год назад +2

      @@rhythmkhandelwal2940 That term didn't even refer to the whole subcontinent back then my dude

    • @siddhesh2703
      @siddhesh2703 Год назад

      You wish bro

  • @ThePiyurao
    @ThePiyurao Год назад +4

    Thanks

    • @extrahistory
      @extrahistory  Год назад +1

      Thank you so much for helping support the show!

  • @WibblyWobbly1905
    @WibblyWobbly1905 Год назад +7

    I love that subtle ALTA support

  • @WaterShowsProd
    @WaterShowsProd Год назад +19

    At least according to Theravada Buddhism, when Mara's army attacked, The Mother Earth Goddess Thorani appeared and washed away the army in a deluge wrung from her hair which was comprised of the water Siddhartha Gautama had poured in devotion. This is a very popular image and throughout Thailand you can find altars to Mae Thorani in the act of wringing her hair, often with a fountain of water emerging at the tip of it. There is one such altar located near Bangkok's City Pillar Shrine, adjacent to The Grand Palace and Temple of The Emerald Buddha.

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae Год назад +2

      It's the same in all the Mahayana versions of this story that I've heard. She's typically included in lists of protective deities in the Mahayana for this very reason.

    • @truth_finder2001
      @truth_finder2001 Год назад +3

      Eventhogh we were raised as theravada buddhists, I'm not aware about this story. Can you mention a particular text or something related to this, if it is theravada buddhism?
      Thai buddhism has a significant influence from mahayana buddhism as well. May be that is a story came from mahayana buddhism. I'm not sure though.

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd Год назад

      @@truth_finder2001 Interesting. You can see this portrayed in the animated series "Thus I Have Heard" which is available on You Tube. Other than the shrines I've mentioned I'm not sure where else exactly you might find depictions, though I have seen it referenced. I know there are variations even with Theravada, especially if you compare Myanmar with Thailand/Laos; a friend of mine from Myanmar was surprised to see Hindu and Chinese gods and godesses in Buddhist temples, saying in Myanmar Buddhist temples only contain The Buddha, but then I saw Nats present in Burmese temples, so the local beliefs do get incorporated. The Theravada Buddhism in Thailand is based on doctrine and practices from Sri Lanka, though certainly there are local variations.

    • @thebestevertherewas
      @thebestevertherewas Год назад +2

      WOW, even Thai's call mothers : MAE
      We in the subcointinent call it maa

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd Год назад

      @@thebestevertherewas The words for mother and father are similar across the world. It's thought that it's because they are the easiest sounds and often the first sounds that babies make because the similarities are even seen in unrelated family groups. In Thai we also use Sanskrit derived words for formal terms of "mother" and "father", and for Royal Speech. Being part of The Indo-European Langauge Group, the Sanskrit word for "father" is very similar to the Latin word, as they evolved from the same root.

  • @iRedditTales
    @iRedditTales Год назад +1

    This is the best lesson if my entire life. I wish I heard this long time back. Monks like these makes your life easy and better. I'm so grateful for this sermon. 🙏

  • @shadiafifi54
    @shadiafifi54 Год назад +77

    *Shows a simplified pic of Aang with the title "Best Kids Show Ever"*
    Amen to that brothers. ✊✊✊
    That aside, it's great you're doing a series on the origins of Buddhism. It's not a topic I've been well-informed on, but I know you guys will deliver as always.

  • @achillesplayz8197
    @achillesplayz8197 Год назад +6

    Nice video, Buddhism is a religion which is not much discovered but a religion which has swayed multiple rulers , even those who once were conquerors

  • @LostMekka
    @LostMekka Год назад +3

    "he would pursue a middle path, he decided. moderation in all things. then he meditated for 49 days."
    thats like... the most moderate meditation time i have ever heard of ^^

  • @ng855
    @ng855 Год назад +16

    “You could make a religion out of this”

  • @PranavGogwekar
    @PranavGogwekar Год назад +8

    Mara and his daughters are personification for Death, Thirst, Desire, and Delight respectively. This is how concepts turn into mythology if interpreted literally.

  • @floydblandston108
    @floydblandston108 Год назад +12

    As a young Divinity student, I routinely used Buddhist examples and imagery to explain Christianity to my elderly mainstream Protestant Bible study group participants! 😂😍

    • @yj9032
      @yj9032 Год назад +2

      Can you elaborate please

  • @Alverant
    @Alverant Год назад +13

    Thanks for doing this series. I remember going to bookstores in the 80s and seeing Buddhism put under "philosophy" or "occult" and not "religion" (assuming they had any books about Buddhism at all). Some people even argued it wasn't a "real" religion for whatever reason. It wasn't until the 2000s did I start seeing it included in the "religion" section. Let's hope this educates some.

    • @lerensajadah6469
      @lerensajadah6469 Год назад +3

      whoa, in which country? if I remember correctly almost all of South and southeast Asia sees Buddhism as a religion, even if it is a minority on that country.

    • @Alverant
      @Alverant Год назад +3

      @@lerensajadah6469 USA, midwest to be specific. Protesters claimed it wasn't a real religion when a Buddhist priest gave the opening prayer to the US Congress.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 7 месяцев назад

      I STILL keep hearing how Buddhism (or Confucianism or Taoism) are "not religions" usually by IAm14AndThisIsDeep types, you know, those want to pretend they're smarter than others and oh so different to everyone. Or by cringey Reddit atheism types who are trying to include Buddhist population in their count of atheists lmao.

    • @iknowiamwrong.butstill...2073
      @iknowiamwrong.butstill...2073 3 дня назад

      ​​@@Alverant Bhante Punnaji Of Sri Lanka had a different view which quite resonated with me. He thought Tathagata Buddha developed his technique of Vipassana as a cognitive behavioral therapy. And in that sense, Buddhism (which ultimately is a teaching of Vipassana meditation) becomes a psychotherapy. Making morality kind of a lifestyle modification.

  • @Galistarwater
    @Galistarwater 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wow! I'm Buddhist and a long time fan of Extra History. I'm so happy and surprised to see you covering this topic. I was raised Buddhist since childhood. In Vietnamese, we called Siddhartha "Tất-đạt-đa" or "Thích-ca Mâu-ni". Anyway, I remembered learning and hearing about the young Siddartha. One of the stories that wasn't detailed in this video is that when Siddartha was starving, he learned about the middle path when he came across a musician tuning his instrument. The musician told his student(s) that to create a perfect and harmonious note, they mustn't loosen the strings on their instruments too loosely or tighten them too much. Just enough in between to achieve your goal.

  • @connor4955
    @connor4955 Год назад +7

    From the book of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, it always interested me in a full history of Buddhism!

  • @Newmcast
    @Newmcast Год назад +1

    Like 3 years ago I had an ego death that really made me reevaluate life and it sounds very close to Buddha's nirvana.

  • @jokehu7115
    @jokehu7115 Год назад +9

    I hope they have an buddhist help writing these episodes, great stuff

  • @videosammy
    @videosammy Год назад +3

    I may not be Buddhist but i can apreaciate what he learned under that tree.
    Life is suffering, nothing lasts forever, desire leads to pain.
    All of them pretty valid for reals.
    Looking forward to next couple of installments 😊👍

  • @rennor3498
    @rennor3498 Год назад +6

    'If comes and states to you "I want happiness", all you have to do is tell them to remove "want", that is desire and "I" which is ego, and then you are left with just "happiness" ''.
    -The Awakened One

    • @tat3179
      @tat3179 Год назад +1

      Not really. Happiness, sadness, anger, joy, desire....all human emotions are suppose to be like the weather, it comes and it goes. You are not suppose to pursue them or want them, like what the Americans like say "in pursuit of happiness", just like you are not suppose to pursue a perfect, beautiful day. It comes and it goes. Some days are cloudy, some days stormy some days gloomy, some days breathtakingly beautiful. And it always ends and changes constantly. What you are supposed to aim for is a state of mind where there is a extremely placid calm lake that is totally unaffected by the weather that constantly changes above it.

  • @wiseone1013
    @wiseone1013 Год назад +14

    I've been practicing meditation for 5 years and it's been thoroughly rewarding. Buddhism and meditation are powerful tools to achieve deeper insight and understanding. The Buddha said: "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." The Buddha was a great man.

    • @JBaughb
      @JBaughb Год назад +7

      I'm having a difficult time parsing this as good advice, considering many, many people have faulty reasoning skills and lack common sense. To me, it reads as "lock yourself in the comfort of your own echo chamber". Maybe a bit reductive, but maybe I'm missing the wisdom in the phrase?

    • @BlueWoWTaylan
      @BlueWoWTaylan Год назад +2

      THat is quite dangerous and sounds quite like 'Just live in denial if you don't like it''. Because average person's 'own reason and common sense' lacking so much that objective, factual truths can be ignored easily and that mindset would lead to more of it. And that is why many terrible events happen in the world in the first place. And you cannot have your own reason and common sense if you just isolate yourself into your own thoughts all the time. You cannot grow that way.

    • @joearchuleta7538
      @joearchuleta7538 Год назад

      @@JBaughb Might I suggest a book called "One Dharma" by Joseph Goldstein. For their is no Karma without Dharma" Maitreya the next buddha.

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero Год назад

      so basically cognitive dissent = good???

    • @wintermanthenforcer
      @wintermanthenforcer Год назад +1

      Where did you get this from? I'm sure as hell the Buddha would never support biased way of thinking

  • @Kaiju-Driver
    @Kaiju-Driver Год назад +1

    As a practicing Buddhism person myself i appreciate the tone at which you tell the history. :)

  • @vidarakasundi1
    @vidarakasundi1 Год назад +4

    I'm Sri Lankan Buddhist. And most of your info was true and soot on except for a few things like his mom dying shortly after his Buddha's birth. But these details change from place to place so that's understandable. But what I would suggest is that you do a series of the Buddhist Councils which happened after the Buddha's parinirvana. Since those are all historically accurate and give a great insight as to how the Buddhist sasana survived after the Buddha's parinirvana.

  • @Gorm169
    @Gorm169 10 месяцев назад +2

    "Moderation in all things" - Siddartha
    "I'm gonna meditate for seven weeks straight." - also Siddartha

  • @animekhpandey1342
    @animekhpandey1342 Год назад +8

    Hi. While I understand that Buddhism series would be more focused around its eventual reach into the greater world, it would be very interesting to show how Buddhism had a effect on the political history of the Indian subcontinent. If this can be discussed I believe it will show us a very interesting detail that is generally skipped.

  • @cdcdrr
    @cdcdrr Год назад +12

    Demons: We have come to bring you pain, and stress, suffering, regret, guilt and misery. We are relentless and invincible, and will not go away ever. What are you going to do?
    Buddha: I will touch grass.

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl2124 Год назад +11

    It always amuses me how Buddhism is often simply thought of as something with serene meditation and peacefulness, _maybe_ martial arts monks if you want more action, in a lot of Western media, when delving a bit deeper into it and you find out a lot of Buddhist mythology visualized wouldn't be out of place in metal album covers.

  • @g_rasole
    @g_rasole Год назад +3

    If you're Italian you'll certantly know Giacomo Leopardi, a poet and philospher that lived between the 18th and 19th century and boy oh boy are his ideas to human suffering close to the ones of Buddhism. I was truly shocked to learn how similar his ideas were and yet there isn't any proof that he ever came in contact with Buddhism in any way. So, while the solutions to human sufferings were different, I cannot help but wonder if, given enough thought, we human all come to the same conclusions: life is pain, desire is infinite and we cannot fully satisfy it ecc...
    Fascinating

  • @KTP12275
    @KTP12275 Год назад +1

    as a buddhist I fully support this series and hope it'll tell the story of our beginning as precisely as possible, regards :D

  • @samhall4117
    @samhall4117 Год назад +6

    You know, some of us 40k players heard “8 fold path” and started loading our bolters.

    • @PetroBeherha
      @PetroBeherha Год назад +1

      I actually thought that Buddhism would make for an effective counter to Chaos, most of all Slaanesh.

  • @LordMort-jk8gq
    @LordMort-jk8gq Год назад +14

    We gotta get a series on each religion

    • @luminescentpearl4126
      @luminescentpearl4126 Год назад +5

      Agreed

    • @Alverant
      @Alverant Год назад +1

      As long as it includes The Satanic Temple.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 7 месяцев назад

      @@Alverant which one? There's like dozens competing for the title, and didn't they already have a piece on LaVey? Or was it Crowley? XD I can't tell apart these LARPers.

  • @m.aryaanamiri2755
    @m.aryaanamiri2755 Год назад +9

    Have you guys considered another series on the Byzantines like the Michael VIII or another ottoman series on Mehmet II or Selim I or something? The Suleiman and Justinian series have a really special place in my heart as they along with the 100 years war were the first series I watched on this channel.

  • @nowhereman6019
    @nowhereman6019 Год назад +29

    Siddhartha Gautama got it right.

  • @sophist7070
    @sophist7070 Год назад

    Any religion, any collection of words, that bring a mind calm, order, respect, control, compassion and all those qualities. That is a good collection of words.

  • @jdzencelowcz
    @jdzencelowcz Год назад +2

    My first thought, when I heard about him, was 'wow, I bet Sid & JC woulda been friends & worked together, had they lived in the same time/place, 'cause they had such similar ideas'.

  • @ironheart5830
    @ironheart5830 Год назад +2

    Wow As a Buddhist I really appreciated this video :)

  • @dominicadrean2160
    @dominicadrean2160 Год назад +65

    I think I learned a lot of Buddhism mainly from watching avatar The Last Airbender when I was a kid😂 that was one of my favorite cartoons besides Star Wars the Clone Wars that show was awesome😊

    • @spacecow2942
      @spacecow2942 Год назад +5

      There's significant Buddhist influence in both of those!

    • @curemilkythecurebeanouwu9527
      @curemilkythecurebeanouwu9527 Год назад +3

      Same but i've also learned more about Buddhism in religion class ( yep we did learn about it)

    • @ajdynon
      @ajdynon Год назад

      Cool History Bros did a video examining A:tLA from Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist perspective.

  • @scottanos9981
    @scottanos9981 Год назад +5

    Fascinating how he finds enlightenment under a tree, similar to the biblical story of the tree of knowledge in Eden.

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne Год назад +6

      I'd suggest it's almost inverted; the Lord Buddha sees through and frees himself from suffering under the bodhi tree, but Eve & Adam's tree only brings them suffering.

    • @scottanos9981
      @scottanos9981 Год назад

      @@EmeraldLavigne Quite insightful. I wonder what led ancient cultures to various interpretations of the tree myth?

    • @ngenge1309
      @ngenge1309 Год назад

      @@scottanos9981In my country it is said that each buddha found enlightenment under different trees.

  • @alexanderf8451
    @alexanderf8451 Год назад +10

    Okay now I want an Extra History about Pythagoras that also includes all the mythology around him.

    • @JohnVance
      @JohnVance Год назад +5

      Oooh Greek math cults would be awesome

  • @masteroftheart5548
    @masteroftheart5548 Год назад +17

    Schopenhauer: You are right Buddha that our desires make us suffer. But that is not WHY we suffer.
    Buddha: Then tell me Schopenhauer why do we suffer?
    Schopenhauer: We suffer because we were born.
    Buddha: Who hurt you?

  • @mangoinnmclovin
    @mangoinnmclovin Год назад +24

    As Buddhist, I aprove this video. Good job Extra Credits :D

  • @BrooklyKnight
    @BrooklyKnight Год назад +1

    I was taught that the "life is suffering" portion of the 4 noble truths isn't necessarily accurate. Rather, I was taught that it's more accurate to say "life is filled with suffering" - since many often take "life is suffering" to mean they are equal. I only visited that zendo where I was told this once (I left but plan to return when I can move out, bit hard being Buddhist in a home where no one's a fan of it), but I should do so again. Life is filled with suffering, filled with things that cause people to suffer. But life itself inherently isn't suffering. A part of it, not the heart of it.

  • @aks6195
    @aks6195 Год назад +1

    my humanities class learned this for concept checks and sleepless nights, and we learned how the religion spread, how it merged with cultures, and the differences were between the 2 main branches and Hinduism, this is gonna be fun!

  • @purpledevilr7463
    @purpledevilr7463 Год назад +2

    This makes me think. Nietzsche is basically the dark response to these realisations.
    Embrace fleeting desire while you can. Pay for the highs with the lows. Just go for it.

  • @henrikmygren
    @henrikmygren Год назад +6

    I hope to see Extra History one day about the Indian buddhist monk bodhidharma.
    Attributed to have taken martial arts to China.
    However that part of history has also been rejected because china already had martial arts but his teaching of Zen changed the martial arts ways of China to what it is today.
    Whatever is true or not hope we can see an episode of him one day.

    • @Petruhafication
      @Petruhafication Год назад +2

      Bodhidharma is believed to be the founder of Shaolin kung fu not all Chinese martial arts

    • @yj9032
      @yj9032 Год назад

      Bodi Dharma was Narendra Modi's previous reincarnation. Modi is the father of all.

    • @anirudh177
      @anirudh177 Год назад

      It's quite unlikely he ever founded Kung fu or shaolin as is claimed by many.

  • @fritzkop2874
    @fritzkop2874 Год назад +2

    finally a animated summary
    i literally have to read books in my country and all the animated videos are low budget

  • @katyaiyani
    @katyaiyani Год назад +1

    thank you so much for starting this series

  • @emmie-c8t
    @emmie-c8t Год назад +50

    Oooh, I love religious history so this series will be a treat for me! Can’t wait to dive further into Buddhism’s history

    • @SuperWindsage
      @SuperWindsage Год назад

      gonna be honest it sounds pretty malicious from what I know about it.

    • @emmie-c8t
      @emmie-c8t Год назад +1

      @@SuperWindsage It’s fine, I’ve researched Polynesian and Aztec myths before, I think those should’ve prepared me enough for whatever this may bring.

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne Год назад +1

      ​@@SuperWindsagethat's probably the first time I've heard it called "malicious" lol

  • @hirenahir76200
    @hirenahir76200 11 месяцев назад

    As an indian even tho budhha choose a different path for him and his followers we will forever respect him he is always a legend the one who actually care about others pain try his best to reduce pain from society and some how succeeded

  • @icemojo
    @icemojo Год назад +1

    Thank you for putting this out there.

  • @angeliquenichelle
    @angeliquenichelle Год назад +6

    Video #1 on the history of Buddhism being 11 minutes and 11 seconds, and it being posted 1 hour ago when I first see it is absolutely insane

  • @WaterShowsProd
    @WaterShowsProd Год назад +2

    Is it by coincidence that this is being released on the weekend before Asalha Puja Day on Monday? This is the Lunar Calendar Anniversary of The Buddha's first sermon, and marks the beginning of Buddhist Lent, also called The Rain Retreats. On Monday evening people will circle the main hall of Buddhist temples three times clockwise with lit candles, incense, and a lotus flower, in a walking meditation.

  • @LandoCalani404
    @LandoCalani404 Год назад +3

    I love the art style. Also, very interesting story and engaging narration.

  • @Jaynevermore319
    @Jaynevermore319 Год назад

    Oh man. You guys were not showing up in my suggested videos. I only noticed now, but it dawned on me that I hadn’t seen a video from Extra Credit in a long while. I’m pleased to find you guys still exist… phew!!!! I panicked. Lesson learned. Gonna click the bell thingy.

  • @dhanushkachathuri6525
    @dhanushkachathuri6525 Год назад +1

    i just want to say that i am happy to find out that this chanel buddhist videos about
    gauthama buddha and the last buddha to walk the earth. 28 for sure . as a buddhist you said everything correctly
    just like how sri lankans learn there buddhist religen

  • @louthegiantcookie
    @louthegiantcookie Год назад +14

    I could never understand how he could abandon his own family like that. When I first learned of Buddhism, that one fact is what bothered me the most, and it still bugs me.

    • @Alverant
      @Alverant Год назад +2

      Agreed. But find me a major religion that doesn't have a key figure acting like a jerk (or worse) and I'll convert.

    • @sumitshresth
      @sumitshresth Год назад +13

      He didnt abandoned his family because he wanted. he was in full on crisis mode and wanted to know why he just had new baby who was going to die. He had to know why do we live and purpose of life before he felt any reason to continue being in family. Also, he did visited his family later and they became monks including his son.

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae Год назад +9

      That's what happens when someone who has been coddled their entire life has an existential crisis. He wasn't thinking clearly at that time.

    • @yj9032
      @yj9032 Год назад

      Back then, wife and kids were property of the man. He could do as he pleases.

    • @truth_finder2001
      @truth_finder2001 Год назад +1

      There may be lots of interpretations for this story.
      Buddhism talks about getting rid of craving and detachment of sensual pleasures to achieve the noble pleasure of Nirvana. If prince siddartha didn't marry before leaving the palace, when he preaches dhamma, people may allege him saying that "He is saying these things just because he doesn't know the taste of sensual pleasure". Therefore, it is a tradition of every bodhisatvas to marry and have a child before they leave their ordinary lay life.
      Plus, both Princess Yashodhara and Prince Rahula who were the wife and son of Prince Siddhartha respectively, were ordained in Buddha Sasana and later they achived the noble pleasure of Nirvana. Therefore, someone cannot allege him pointing that he abondened his wife and son. It's like a father going to a distant place for work leaving his children with their mother for some time.
      This is what I have read.

  • @LoanNguyen-tn9on
    @LoanNguyen-tn9on Год назад +3

    Thanks for adding Ip Man and Bruce Lee in this video!

  • @mdrazzad
    @mdrazzad Год назад +1

    This is a great start to the history of Buddhism series.
    Please do a series about the beginning of Islam too.

  • @iron4517
    @iron4517 Год назад +7

    As a buddhist Im happy to finally see a series of my religion 0:19

  • @ventsislavhadzhiev2883
    @ventsislavhadzhiev2883 Год назад +1

    Intresting take of an Idea. Great Job to the amazing Patreons

  • @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17
    @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 Год назад +12

    1:33 Weirdly enough, the other two best kids shows, Amphibia and Adventure Time, also have themes of Buddhism in them, though Amphibia has a greater emphasis on it with all the lotus imagery and the MC being Thai-American

    • @JohnVance
      @JohnVance Год назад

      AT was soooo Buddhist and I loved it

  • @TisiphoneSeraph
    @TisiphoneSeraph Год назад +4

    Already excited for the Lies episode on this. I'd really love to know which tradition Rob's pulling the mythical details from because I've been a Buddhist for a decade now and this varies a lot from the version I was taught. I've never hear of him being born from his mom's side or the white elephant. Would love to know which early texts (or later texts) to go check out to hear about this version. I hadn't heard that he was supposed to be a king specifically but a great leader/ruler. The variance doesn't bother me personally and I enjoy learning other versions. His teachings are ultimately what's important.

  • @warotm.590
    @warotm.590 Год назад +1

    Grew​ up​ a​ buddhist, surprise​ how​ close​ you​ actually​ get​ to​ what​ i​ learn​ in​ school​

  • @oriundodelbosque7912
    @oriundodelbosque7912 Год назад

    Yeess I love that youre doing this series!!

  • @bmckelvy5717
    @bmckelvy5717 Год назад +1

    The artist for this series is doing some new things which are very cool!

  • @yezdanus
    @yezdanus Год назад

    1:33 "the best kids show"... wiser words were never spoken...

  • @jamcdonald120
    @jamcdonald120 Год назад +1

    1:00 yaaaah, that still makes it "ONE of the most" top 10 isnt bad

  • @romf_army9097
    @romf_army9097 Год назад +3

    Well this is going to be interesting...

  • @kishanvora3195
    @kishanvora3195 Год назад +1

    the person was fed siddharath was no ordinary peasent she was nagarvadhu(citywife) of vaishali city called amrapali . A beautiful scene recreated many times by artists

  • @EmeraldLavigne
    @EmeraldLavigne Год назад +1

    Actually, the Lord Buddha initially did want to keep Nirvana for himself because he did not think there were any other humans who would be interested in his path. The god Brahama came down and convinced him that the were some who would be receptive to his message, ones who only were only but a little buried in the mud.

  • @shwiftymemelord261
    @shwiftymemelord261 Год назад +2

    >have problem
    >don't care
    >no longer have problem
    life is so easy

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Год назад +4

    This is going to be a great ride! You guys always make My day!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lerensajadah6469
    @lerensajadah6469 Год назад +2

    wow, it's good if extra history is starting to touch on religion's number one person. I hope you will also cover other religions' stories, which cover each of them respectfully.

  • @brandonbohr.7301
    @brandonbohr.7301 Год назад +1

    A series of the history of buddhism would be interesting.

  • @goon8486
    @goon8486 Год назад

    I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS STORY AND NOW ITS HERE

  • @Imulti
    @Imulti Год назад +1

    Thank you for teaching about Buddhism all i knew before was a dude sat under the tree for a long time

  • @Thecrimsonking01
    @Thecrimsonking01 Год назад +1

    Really enjoyed this education on a religion. Awesome intro

  • @adampatterson2195
    @adampatterson2195 Год назад

    Even more important lessons followed the Buddha after he left to spread his teachings. Like the first turning of the Dharma.

  • @lawrieward4471
    @lawrieward4471 Год назад +1

    After he became the Buddha, legend has it that he gains 1 Strength every time you play a Power.

  • @iammegan6626
    @iammegan6626 Год назад

    IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

  • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
    @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Год назад +8

    And that's how Mara became a green dong on a chariot in the Shin Megami Tensei series...

  • @anthonychan3336
    @anthonychan3336 Год назад +10

    The Buddha was prompted to teach by Brahma Sahampati.
    Mara is not a demon. There are SIX sensuous heavens in Buddhism.
    In ascending order:
    Chatumaharajaka (Realm of the Four Great Kings) (9 million years)
    Tavatimsa (Realm of 33 Great Kings) (36 millions years)
    Maya (lifespan: 144 million years)
    Tusita (Realm of Contentment) (lifespan: 576 million years)
    Nirmāṇarati (Realm of Creation) (lifespan 2.3 billion years)
    Paranimmitavasavatti Realms (Those who Delights in the Creation of Others) (lifespan: 9.2 billion years)
    Mara is at Paranimmitavasavatti. Rule half of that realm as a rebel prince. Thus Mara is actually a being of GREAT merits - to be able to born as one of the HIGHEST Deva. However, he lacked wisdom and is trying to keep people in the sensuous world.
    Something like your marketing man. His job is to keep you hooked to his product.
    Regardless, in all the heavens above - beings still have sex and engage is sense pleasure - thou the level of engagement is more refined the higher it goes.
    Maha Brahma is ABOVE Paranimmitavasavatti Realms. Beings in Brahma realm lives for 311,040 billion human years. They are off one gender. No sex.
    There are 4 more category of Brahma above the Maha Brahma (level 1 Brahma).
    But ALAS! However high you are here - you are still subject to samsara. After you have exhausted the good karma which leads you to a comfortable rebirth, you will have to perish from that realm and be reborn elsewhere. The only way to stop this wheel of suffering is Nibanna - which is not given to you, but you must work towards.
    Source: 31 Realms of Existence, Ajahn Punnadhammo.

    • @lucidnonsense942
      @lucidnonsense942 Год назад +4

      That's an interpretation of one specific sect.

    • @mrkno5648
      @mrkno5648 Год назад

      As I far as I know this cosmology is featured in both theravada and mahayana traditions, also really love mara's title, the demon king of the sixth heaven.

  • @fireyjon
    @fireyjon Год назад +7

    Love that you are getting into the history of Buddhism, and know a large part of it will be mythical I think is important as many of the stories are tied to the lessons the buddha teaches.

  • @sarad2487
    @sarad2487 11 месяцев назад

    Love how ATLA is called "the best kids show ever". I agree.

  • @florians9949
    @florians9949 Год назад +2

    Centuries later, Buddha would participate in a tournament and fight the demon king of the sixth realm.

    • @petarpoljak6918
      @petarpoljak6918 Год назад

      A man of culture i see 😁(the anime sucks tbh)