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Hats off. Very beautiful informative video dharma core. Honestly what buddha thaugh is a one hand of leafs, it's easy to understand but sometimes I makes mistakes. And I have to go back to my breath.
This video reminds me of that the enlightenment/awakening is simply the process of deconstruction of the notion of self in the Vajrayana Teachings. Or at least that's my interpretation of it
Big questions. Perfection is often understood to be a pinnacle from which if one deviates in any direction, one becomes imperfect. So perfection itself must be unchanging. And the relation between change and continuity is always a complex one. The Buddha recognized continuity as well as change. For one video that relates to this question see: ruclips.net/video/IaH3fLhO3Xc/видео.html
@DougsDharma, can you explain yogacara philosophy in your future video? How they came to conclusion that only the mind exist and the physical world outside is not real?
Hi professor, how are you? I would like to ask you something about Karma. Many traditions have different interpretations on the Karma, and most of these traditions, tell us that karma is something complex and can't be explained as a whole. People use karma as a justice system of the cosmos, but (as you have explained in some video on karma) things are not like that when we came to reality (angles are in the hell and devil in the heaven). So, if karma can't be explained, why to talk about it? Am I lacking something in my point of view that is making me misunderstand this concept? Thank you so much, professor.
If it's not useful to you, then leave it aside. I think for many people the idea of karma helps to crystallize ideas around ethics: right action, right speech, and so on.
Question: What watches the thoughts? Mind watching mind? That seems like there would have to be two minds. Ajahn Sumedho has encouraged us to investigate. He says we should 'rest in awareness' because awareness is what we are. I've been told many times to be mindful. Is conscious/awareness as Ajahn says the unborn, uncreated, unconditioned?
Hindu yoga is very introversive in its view of each individual self as a microcosm of Reality as a whole, and often emphasizes looking inwards as a direct means of realizing the nature of the whole. Seems comparable to Buddha-nature, though in my experience the Buddhist emphasis on interdependence and spaciousness often lends itself to a different, all-pervasive mode of experiencing Reality.
What was confusing at the beginning of studying Chan was that they used the word mind with an upper case M (Mind) as a pointer towards the absolute /Consciousness. Such sentences by Huang Po et al as "Do not use mind to seek Mind". To the beginners of Zen study this might seem confusing. Much the same way that authors say "All there is, is self" mid sentence, with a lower case s. When in truth they mean Self with an upper case letter S. To the untrained eye this sentence points to the sense of self, ie me or you. Could get very confusing.
@@MassiveLibthe mind is not an illusion, the mind is not real, the mind is not both an illusion and real, the mind is not neither an illusion nor real.
@saralamuni word salad. Reality is a symbol for the concept of existemce itself. Mind exists, it is not the container for existence. If you want to redefine words that's fine but your just playing with semantics.
There is a self, but it is an aggregation of things and "thinks" none of which are me or mine. None of them are self, hence - not self. For example, none of my possessions are me or truly mine: I was born with none of it, I could survive if all of it is taken away, and when this body/mind (namarupa) finally stops functioning and disintegrates, all of it will be left behind, in the world, each following their own lifecycles, whatever their causes dictate. Or, my beliefs, accumulated knowledge, opinions, taste in things etc: I was born with none of it, I could survive even if I forget/loose it all to a brain injury, and when this body/mind finally stops functioning, all of it will remain in the world in the places and sources I have picked them up from - books, films, teachings, arts, RUclips videos etc etc. None of it was ever me or truly mine, I made it mine by picking it up and clinging to it. Or even my body: it is nothing but stuff I eat, drink and breathe in - "my" body is my environment, concentrated. Yesterday I had a pizza; today that pizza is my body, tomorrow it will not be, as "my" metabolism will burn it for energy, use it to repair some cells, and throw out the waste. So although the pizza became my body for a short while, I do not for a second believe that the pizza is me, mine. Every single thing I consider me, mine - is not; it is all of the exact same nature as the few examples above. --- BTW, to renounce means to sever the clinging to these things, as they appear in the mind; to truly realize that none of them is me, nobe of them are mine. Once the last thing is let go of, that is when we can really, freely use them all again. But use them for their usefulness, not treadure them as me, mine, my precccioussss...
Saying there is self, or there isn't (as in the video) are both constructs rooted in avijja (ignorance of nature). Without avijja neither construct arise.
@@DougsDharma need in the sense that it gives our life purpose: “non-self” help us detach when we view an aspect our self as a hinderance (e.g I am ugly) whilst “higher self” helps us achieve a goal (e.g I know that I can do it). In my opion it goes back to “form is emptyness and emptyness is form”. Both contradictory on face value but both are mental realities that can be useful. And coexist. Example: left helps identify and right helps identify left - but just a subjective perspective.
I thought the use of AI art was very clever for this particular topic. Ultimately, isn't all intelligence artificial, just a product of causes and conditions? All art humans produce is just the product of the 5 khandas coming together, and all art a computer produces is similarly just a product of its components coming together (one of those components being in fact human input).
It's not only good for understanding cause and effect and interactions but also as Lao tzu states once your clear the more you put into it the more comes out of it. That is to say that it's why people have a hard time learning and why perception holds people back from being the geniuses that they are. This issue he has here for studying is an issue that crops up more then in just studying. It crops up in relationships in actions in views. It's a common occurance and it's causing many mental health issues. Great medicine. ruclips.net/video/-cVBohQ2x1c/видео.htmlsi=H1tPWDmNzSHFIaDi
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With my mate in the pub, we used to get shown your videos in class learning about Buddhism. You made the class interesting. Love you mate xx
Hey that's cool! Thanks so much for watching.
Thanks! Happy New Year Doug to you and your family.
Thank you too! 🙏
This video made it click more in my head, even though I've watched plenty of other video;'s around this topic.
Short and good. Thank you 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
"There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path." - Buddha
Such an eloquent way of summarising and simplifying the Satipatthana Sutta. Thanks! Happy new year
Most welcome!
Helpful
Love and peace from Germany... ❤️🐱🙏
Thanks Xiao Mao!
Happy New Year Doug!
Thanks, same to you! 🙏
Hats off. Very beautiful informative video dharma core. Honestly what buddha thaugh is a one hand of leafs, it's easy to understand but sometimes I makes mistakes. And I have to go back to my breath.
That's right, it's returning to practice that matters.
Great video
Great video! 🙏🙏🙏
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This video reminds me of that the enlightenment/awakening is simply the process of deconstruction of the notion of self in the Vajrayana Teachings. Or at least that's my interpretation of it
How did the idea of perfection come to mean unchanging, or that change precludes any kind of continuity?
My guess is it's a remnant of brahmanic concepts.
Big questions. Perfection is often understood to be a pinnacle from which if one deviates in any direction, one becomes imperfect. So perfection itself must be unchanging. And the relation between change and continuity is always a complex one. The Buddha recognized continuity as well as change. For one video that relates to this question see: ruclips.net/video/IaH3fLhO3Xc/видео.html
9.47-9.50, what is outside window?
@DougsDharma, can you explain yogacara philosophy in your future video?
How they came to conclusion that only the mind exist and the physical world outside is not real?
Hi professor, how are you?
I would like to ask you something about Karma.
Many traditions have different interpretations on the Karma, and most of these traditions, tell us that karma is something complex and can't be explained as a whole.
People use karma as a justice system of the cosmos, but (as you have explained in some video on karma) things are not like that when we came to reality (angles are in the hell and devil in the heaven).
So, if karma can't be explained, why to talk about it?
Am I lacking something in my point of view that is making me misunderstand this concept?
Thank you so much, professor.
If it's not useful to you, then leave it aside. I think for many people the idea of karma helps to crystallize ideas around ethics: right action, right speech, and so on.
Question: What watches the thoughts? Mind watching mind? That seems like there would have to be two minds. Ajahn Sumedho has encouraged us to investigate. He says we should 'rest in awareness' because awareness is what we are. I've been told many times to be mindful. Is conscious/awareness as Ajahn says the unborn, uncreated, unconditioned?
ruclips.net/video/GejQtJPB40Q/видео.html
What is "the Unconditioned"? ruclips.net/video/-Wz3N5IAGDM/видео.html
@@DougsDharma Thanks!
Hindu yoga is very introversive in its view of each individual self as a microcosm of Reality as a whole, and often emphasizes looking inwards as a direct means of realizing the nature of the whole. Seems comparable to Buddha-nature, though in my experience the Buddhist emphasis on interdependence and spaciousness often lends itself to a different, all-pervasive mode of experiencing Reality.
What was confusing at the beginning of studying Chan was that they used the word mind with an upper case M (Mind) as a pointer towards the absolute /Consciousness. Such sentences by Huang Po et al as "Do not use mind to seek Mind". To the beginners of Zen study this might seem confusing. Much the same way that authors say "All there is, is self" mid sentence, with a lower case s. When in truth they mean Self with an upper case letter S. To the untrained eye this sentence points to the sense of self, ie me or you. Could get very confusing.
there is no Self and there is no self, it's all in your mind
@saralamuni and the mind is an illusion.
@@MassiveLibthe mind is not an illusion, the mind is not real, the mind is not both an illusion and real, the mind is not neither an illusion nor real.
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Magnificent presentation !
🐉🐉🐉🦁🦁Namo Buddhaya 🦁🦁🐉🐉🐉
Everything we perceive as being real is nothing but the perceptions of our own mind.
This seems to imply the perceptions of the mind are unreal. Are they not also part of what constitutes what we callnreality?
@@K4iT3c it's all in your mind
@@saralamuni is the mind not part of reality? Just another manifestation of what is?
@@K4iT3creality is part of the mind. It is just a conception of your mind.
@saralamuni word salad. Reality is a symbol for the concept of existemce itself. Mind exists, it is not the container for existence.
If you want to redefine words that's fine but your just playing with semantics.
First like is always mine
There is a self, but it is an aggregation of things and "thinks" none of which are me or mine. None of them are self, hence - not self.
For example, none of my possessions are me or truly mine: I was born with none of it, I could survive if all of it is taken away, and when this body/mind (namarupa) finally stops functioning and disintegrates, all of it will be left behind, in the world, each following their own lifecycles, whatever their causes dictate.
Or, my beliefs, accumulated knowledge, opinions, taste in things etc: I was born with none of it, I could survive even if I forget/loose it all to a brain injury, and when this body/mind finally stops functioning, all of it will remain in the world in the places and sources I have picked them up from - books, films, teachings, arts, RUclips videos etc etc. None of it was ever me or truly mine, I made it mine by picking it up and clinging to it.
Or even my body: it is nothing but stuff I eat, drink and breathe in - "my" body is my environment, concentrated. Yesterday I had a pizza; today that pizza is my body, tomorrow it will not be, as "my" metabolism will burn it for energy, use it to repair some cells, and throw out the waste. So although the pizza became my body for a short while, I do not for a second believe that the pizza is me, mine.
Every single thing I consider me, mine - is not; it is all of the exact same nature as the few examples above.
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BTW, to renounce means to sever the clinging to these things, as they appear in the mind; to truly realize that none of them is me, nobe of them are mine. Once the last thing is let go of, that is when we can really, freely use them all again. But use them for their usefulness, not treadure them as me, mine, my precccioussss...
Saying there is self, or there isn't (as in the video) are both constructs rooted in avijja (ignorance of nature). Without avijja neither construct arise.
@manjukasoysa3901
Try to read what is written with patience and understanding.
@@branimirsalevic5092 "Understanding" it will just reinforce my self
yes, but mind is more then thinking isnt it?
Sure, it involves a number of aspects including feeling, perceiving, intending, being aware of ...
But do not we need “fictions” to survive - as in are not beliefs like Karma also not proven but we still need to be “good” people.
In what sense "need"? If we really need these things, are they entirely fictitious?
@@DougsDharma need in the sense that it gives our life purpose: “non-self” help us detach when we view an aspect our self as a hinderance (e.g I am ugly) whilst “higher self” helps us achieve a goal (e.g I know that I can do it). In my opion it goes back to “form is emptyness and emptyness is form”. Both contradictory on face value but both are mental realities that can be useful. And coexist. Example: left helps identify and right helps identify left - but just a subjective perspective.
Doug, with love, please do not use AI art in your thumbnails!
agree
Or maybe do, with refinement in selection 😊
I thought the use of AI art was very clever for this particular topic. Ultimately, isn't all intelligence artificial, just a product of causes and conditions? All art humans produce is just the product of the 5 khandas coming together, and all art a computer produces is similarly just a product of its components coming together (one of those components being in fact human input).
Don't agree, AI will soon be included in "all sentient being"...
His channel, his rules ✌️
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It's not only good for understanding cause and effect and interactions but also as Lao tzu states once your clear the more you put into it the more comes out of it. That is to say that it's why people have a hard time learning and why perception holds people back from being the geniuses that they are.
This issue he has here for studying is an issue that crops up more then in just studying. It crops up in relationships in actions in views. It's a common occurance and it's causing many mental health issues. Great medicine.
ruclips.net/video/-cVBohQ2x1c/видео.htmlsi=H1tPWDmNzSHFIaDi