As a Tibetan Buddhist, I really enjoy watching all of your videos on Buddhism. You're such a genius! In my eyes, a genius is someone who can take complicated ideas or subjects and break them down into easily understandable explanations, and you do that flawlessly in all of your videos. Please keep doing what you're doing! 🙏🏻👍🏻💪🏻✨🍃😇
Thank you for your generous donation, my friend! Of course, I am humbled by your praise and I know I do not deserve it. But to hear that a Tibetan Buddhist enjoys my videos feels like a true achievement. Thank you for writing :)
You’re a great teacher brother. I’ve been adopted as a Mahayana Buddhist by my local temple recently, however I’ve been self practicing for many years off and on. You explain the Dharma in a very unique and engaging way, quite like my current teacher at my temple. Your channel is one of the reasons I got back into Buddhism, so I thank you so much for that. May you keep prospering my friend. 🙏🏼☸️
Simeon, thank you for your work, for your intention and for simply being. As many others who are watching and seeking, I'm grateful for all you do. Love and blessings to you from Moscow
I find the Gurdjieff’s 4th way so close in description to Buddha’s path. He’s teaching brought Buddhism to the every day man in the western world. No need to put a robe on and one must work and put effort during every day life I think your videos are very wise and will help many start the path. Thank you for your effort. 😊
It was meant to be and a blessing that I stumbled upon your video, and subscribed right away. Your soothing voice and how you explain things captivate the listener. Thank you 🙏 Because of you I was able to understand the 8 fold path with more clearly. Please continue to bring more contents about Buddha's teachings. Blessings 🙏
Thank you so much I have been waiting for your next video, this is the best way to explain what Buddha meant for the way to achieve the final goal. Superb 🙏🙏🙏❤
It was here, i quickly realized, that our paths did not cross nor will they ever. Our paths were never separate, or different. The i and you are the same. So to are the path. The illusion of time and space may seem to give "us" difference, individulism, yet the common goal and self discipline conquers all illusions. We practice the correct ways, because we are the way, as we open that single window, we that are one path acknowledges the truth. Blessed be our days forever, because forever is all we are...
Many people have sought in ways that had no teachers. Just a desire to watch and see profundity in waves. Chills and goosebumps. The “absence” of comforts is a silly notion. The cave hunter will abandon all non essentials to discover the depths of the earth.
Hello, I've come to realize, that Buddhist monasteries aren't very welcoming, to people who are ready to join, right now, despite their limited experience. I also feel, that maybe Buddhism might be limited, in it's doctrine. I've joined Christian programs and learned a lot. I've tried the Harri Krishna's, but realized the cultural issues, in that as well. I'm seeking help, to find a place in America, where I can live in a spiritual community, that at the very least, mediates, eats vegetarian, and serves others. If it be a Buddhist monastery, id love to give it a try, if it doesn't make me jump through loops, that hinder my growth. Anyones assistance would be appreciated. Thank you.
Buddhism and the teaching of the Buddha is the only world philosophy that has the moral authority and time tested wisdom to be a world practice, in peace that I am aware of. Thanks for your excellent work.
so good. You are so good at this, its amazing! Everything on your videos set the right tone. Your voice, delivery, the edition, and the text/script aswell, you are not only a amazing "youtuber" you are an outstanding teacher. You certainly helped me a lot and a lot of people interested on these teachings but not yet enough to go out of their way to look for something they dont know. So i thank you, you are my footprints.
You ring the bell of Dhamma so that others may hear it and find their way. Your act of loving kindness will reward you with what you seek your self. When you point out the elephants footprint for others to see, eventually you will find the bull elephant on the path 🐘 Please continue making these videos. You are a lantern that shines the light along the path. 🙏🏼
" When you point out the elephants footprint for others to see, eventually you will find the bull elephant on the path 🐘" What exactly does this ,mean? Isn't a bull elephant dangerous? Is this a Buddhist proverb? Thank you
@@pappahaydn a bull elephant IS dangerous (literally and metaphorically in this case also), it’s good you’re pointing that out! In this case however, the elephant is a metaphor for awakening and liberation (you can watch the video to see why)
I am so grateful to this channel. I am a buddhist from Sri Lanka and you explained "Chullahaththipadopama sutta" in an incredibly understandable way that i never heard before. Thank you for you effort and keep up the good work. Blessings! 🕊️🌼🤍
❤ from Colorado. And as a dyslexic, I greatly appreciate the correct words on CC ❤🎉😂. Become spiritual AND learn a new language 😂. I literally take notes.
It is a wheel because they all work together, once the seeker becomes aware of impermanence his desires are diminished, and slowly he learns to stop grasping, as he realizes his desires cause suffering. Once reaching enlightenment, you realize that these states are fleeting, so you must let go of attachment, even to these states which we find pleasant
This indeed is an amazing recitation of the eightfold path to Nirvana. Many Thank you for sharing the Buddha's teachings in such beautiful details. Namo Buddhaya 🙏
Buddhism, in general, is pretty difficult to explain to people who don't understand the concept of "no self" and the fact that Buddhism doesn't worship God or gods.
@@jonathanj.3695 it’s understandable, at least on higher level, but for me more difficult to bring to daily life, without going wild and becoming monk)
@@vovasava3498 I relate. I have once attempted to delve into buddhist practices, particularly by immersing myself in a monk-like lifestyle, but I found that I became a bit wild or excessively enthusiastic in my pursuit.
@@vovasava3498 As a non westerner who ironically discover Buddhism from Westerner back a couple years ago (despite my country having a history of hundreds-thousands of Buddhist Empire), I find the western approach to Buddhism to be somewhat overcomplicated. Most westerners treat Buddhism as if it's a philosophical branch with endless reasoning and convoluted systematic study. While it's true that Buddhism has a very subtle and profound discernment of the world and mind, the way Buddha teaches people seems to be a lot simpler and directly adapted to each character. The higher teachings usually directed towards advanced practitioner who got stuck or Devas. That being said, I find this video to be a very good approach as it is in line with what various monks have taught me. According to forest monk practitioners in Thailand, it is important to keep the practice simple and purposeful (know what you exactly aim for). For a lay person, simply contemplate (Vipasanna-Bhavana) The Three Marks of Existence (Tilakkhana) which contains: impermanence (Anicca), suffering (Dukkha), non-self (Anatta). Contemplate it in accordance with your daily life, character, and wisdom. Apply it during work, rest, socializing, etc in order to sharpen wisdom (Panna). Perform sitting (could be performed by standing, walking, or lying down) meditation (Samatha-Bhavana) when you have free time each day to sharpen mindful awareness (sati). For beginners, it involves observing your in-out breath. If you practice dilgently, soon you will discover how your paradigm shifts. Also don't forget to uphold the 5 precepts, these are non-negotiable as it is a crucial part of mind-body purification. Consult with local monks about your practice instead of recklessly making personal interpretation. I hope it helps.
This is the first Sutta, which was delivered by Arahant Mihidu thero who brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka. After listing to the this sutta the king was very delighted. So this is the seed of the Sri Lankan Buddhism which created a huge tree of Buddhism as of now. Such a great way of offering the truth and wisdom to the world by telling do and see it by yourself! thank you for your great effort and presentation. Great content!!! May you all find the true happiness!!!!
Thank you, I did not know this about the sutta! It does indeed seem like the perfect way of introducing the Dhamma to people. May you find true happiness too, my friend :)
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Your video is like the elephant footprints in my spiritual journey! When this video first came out, I couldn't comprehend most of the content. After 2-3 months of my own learning about spirituality and leaning of self, coming back to this video I finally get what this video is roughly about, which also helps me piece things together :) It's such a blessing and honor to have you explain Buddhism concepts in such easily graspable but profound way!🙏
Your video demonstrates the path to the truth so clear! As a Baha'i, I am also practicing the doctrine of Buddah. This really helps me to experience the "way" in different perspectives.
Thank you so much for your continued efforts. I have practiced Buddhism for 25 years and I say this with love and gratitude, your ability communicate these ideas and thoughts is masterful. In my meditation last night, because of your videos, I saw the bull elephant with my own eyes. I simply can not express my gratitude enough. To you and to all seekers of truth who are traveling the path.
In our hectic lives, we often fret about the future and dwell on the past. Buddhism encourages focus on the present, where true happiness resides. By doing so, we liberate ourselves from the weight of anxiety and discover inner peace.
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RUclips channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,032 subs and > 800 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Wow, it’s great to hear I’ve played some role in you starting your channel! Good luck, my friend, may you, your channel, and your followers keep developing!
@@seeker2seeker Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my RUclips channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a RUclipsr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this RUclips thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)
Loved this video. Teared up a little, like the kind when you look at the Mountain View from atop a cliff. I’m an audio editor and want to make similar videos about Buddhism, but I thought I’d ask if by any chance you’re looking for a partnership or hiring. Any way, thank you for making this video, it is always enlightening to hear different ways of explaining the dharma and I had a few moments of deep realization about my own path whilst listening to it. It’s always beautiful when you listen to a lecture or read a sutra and for a moment think about how it relates to your elephant footprint only for it to be addressed directly immediately after
You have written this comment so beautifully, friend, and it really touched me! My channel is still not big enough for me to consider partnership and hiring, but you can always reach me via email if I can be of use to you in the setting up of your own channel. I also love your username!
Hello. Congratulations from France ! You definitely are amazing teacher ! And, as a painter, i like to tell how nice and well designed are you're videos. Thanks.
Can you make a video about The Tibetan Book of the Death (The Bardo Thodol)? I've been really curious about The Tibetan Book of the Dead. I've tried reading it in both Tibetan and English, but it's been quite challenging to fully grasp its meaning. To make things easier, I even gave the audiobook narrated by Richard Gere a shot. But guess what? I ended up falling asleep! 🧐🥲😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow, thank you for the generous donation, my friend! The Bardo Thodol is one of the topics I aim to cover... but I have some way to go in terms of research and comprehension to be able to do a decent video on it.
@@seeker2seeker Take as much time as you want~ I just like how you explain a few simple but essential messages in your video. My dumb brain can’t comprehend all the fancy words. 😅 I’m looking forward to it in the future~ Until then, keep doing what you are doing and make more exciting videos. Thank you for your hard work, and have a wonderful day. 🙏🏻💪🏻👍🏻🔥
Buddha says that all existence are senseless floating dust (materials and energy) tranforming all the time by causes and effects in our words, behaviors, and thoughts. All forms / things are floating dust, and so are feelings, thoughts (which are just neural signals), causes and effects, and all existence. Beings are running around tired in the dust, because our attention is put and dragged by the dust, just like our feelings and anlysis rise when we see films, which are only dust (lights and sounds) transforming. Dust tells us nothing, but we built illusive thoughts upon the dust, causing the painful birth-death cycle on and on. If bad guys are harming us, we raise bad feelings, thoughts, and behaviors, planting bad condition in our future, which are all just dust transforming. What we can do is to train ourselves see the illusive bad guys back to the dust, thus evil feelings, thoughts, and behaviors would have not base to exist, and so would the birth-death cycle. I tried this method on decreasing my lust and anger, and it works really well! More is told in Heart Sutra, Vajra / Diamond Sutra, Surangama Sutra, and Prajna Sutra by Buddha.
It is difficult to express how this video effect puts me in tears, as since I was hit by lightning while writing a sermon 24 years ago for a friend to preach in a Christian church . I have realized there is something else going here . I know for a while I knew in part a small part as I see as a "fish out of the water" thinking I can survive on the ground breathing oxygen from air in place of the water when it is Nirvana I seek all this time . I am humbled by the story of the Bull elephant. Please accept my sincere gratitude for offering such assistance to my beloved spiritual brother....
I asked an elderly monk a question I seek the last 67 years since my coming to this world, What is the Purpose of Life? His answer is simple yet profound, Living the Eightfold Paths. After watching this video, I got more clarity and motivated to follow the Path. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu, Anumodana
I see similarities between Buddha and Jesus (Yeshua), as it pertains to their way of living. With that being said; it's kind of hard to improve your karmic future when you don't remember your karmic past. i.e. it's hard to learn when you have no memory. However, I suppose recognizing that the concept of Karma is real, is the potential for improvement on ones Karmic future.
Hello, I'm a Christian but I have recently been looking into Buddhism which has just turned my who perception of reality on it's head. I was speaking with a Muslim and he asked me what the meaning of life was, but I did not want to give him a generic answer. If there is a meaning to life, then what is it, according to the Buddha? Thanks.
Your video is educative. About the eight fold path, I know where the Buddha taught this. Many of the ancient sangarams are today villages. There is one unique village name which is NAWADA meaning eight promises. These villages are common in Bihar. Eight promises can be translated as the eight fold path. It seems these villages had the pleasure of the Buddha preaching to the distant ancesters of the present day villagers, ‘The eight fold path’. Infact Sariputra became an Arhat in a sangaram called NAWADA in Vaishali.
All you have to do is ignore your mindtalk and just become the witness. You are NOT your thoughts….you are the awareness of them. The eyes of the soul 😊🙏💙. No words or teachings needed!!! Transcendence of your ego. The egoless realm is the only real reality. I’ve been there. Heaven on earth.
Now if Buddhists only worked at closing down the slaughterhouses that would at least be something. Other than that it is sub religious and atheistic but it can also be a stepping stone to higher awareness in the realm of theism and can also help people to become less sinful and more pious hopefully. Voidism isn't real life.
Excellent video. 👍 👍 You're right, it was slightly discouraging and seems unattainable from the perspective of the decadent and gluttonous lifestyle so common today. But we have to start and continue, right? 😊 Cheers
Buddhism is a religion to the degree that it dictates how one should behave. One who is truly awakened is not bound by codes of conduct. He simply is the pure expression of wisdom, and follows the right course of action naturally and effortlessly. To live in a consciousness of codes of behavior is to dwell in duality. To dwell in duality is religion itself.
Thank you, but from 13:26, if *understanding* is a step to allow transformation, doesn't it create a similar obsession on _overcoming_ what is not yet understood? Couldn't transformation happen when we realise we do not understand what we thought we knew?
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*Buddhism teaches us to find peace within ourselves 🌸. It's a beautiful journey of self-discovery and compassion. 🙏*
As a Tibetan Buddhist, I really enjoy watching all of your videos on Buddhism. You're such a genius! In my eyes, a genius is someone who can take complicated ideas or subjects and break them down into easily understandable explanations, and you do that flawlessly in all of your videos. Please keep doing what you're doing! 🙏🏻👍🏻💪🏻✨🍃😇
Thank you for your generous donation, my friend! Of course, I am humbled by your praise and I know I do not deserve it. But to hear that a Tibetan Buddhist enjoys my videos feels like a true achievement. Thank you for writing :)
May The supreme Triple Gems Bless U All for this noble Deeds.from Srilanka.
Well said
That's a genius way to say it!
Namaste 🙏
You’re a great teacher brother. I’ve been adopted as a Mahayana Buddhist by my local temple recently, however I’ve been self practicing for many years off and on. You explain the Dharma in a very unique and engaging way, quite like my current teacher at my temple. Your channel is one of the reasons I got back into Buddhism, so I thank you so much for that. May you keep prospering my friend. 🙏🏼☸️
Seeker you are of the Light within, what a grand gift this message and an inspiration to all those whom take the time to receive such. Namas'Te 💚🙏
Thank you, my friend!
This presentation reminded me of “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” by Saint John The Ladder - I am An ☦️ Orthodox Christian
Simeon, thank you for your work, for your intention and for simply being. As many others who are watching and seeking, I'm grateful for all you do.
Love and blessings to you from Moscow
Thank you, friend - love and blessings from Sofia!
Great to see Thay at the end of the path!🙏
I find the Gurdjieff’s 4th way so close in description to Buddha’s path. He’s teaching brought Buddhism to the every day man in the western world. No need to put a robe on and one must work and put effort during every day life I think your videos are very wise and will help many start the path. Thank you for your effort. 😊
You own a pleasing voice. Very useful .Big thanks
It was meant to be and a blessing that I stumbled upon your video, and subscribed right away. Your soothing voice and how you explain things captivate the listener. Thank you 🙏 Because of you I was able to understand the 8 fold path with more clearly. Please continue to bring more contents about Buddha's teachings. Blessings 🙏
Huge thanks for what you do
That sounds way harder than I thought it would. 🙏🙂
Thanks for this video, it helped me to understand Buddha's teaching.
Wheel of Dhamma !
Thank you so much I have been waiting for your next video, this is the best way to explain what Buddha meant for the way to achieve the final goal. Superb 🙏🙏🙏❤
Thank you, my friend! And thank you for continuing to support the channel!
A seemless blend of brillant video-editing, only surpassed by the wisdom contained therein.
Thank you for the kind words, my friend!
It was here, i quickly realized, that our paths did not cross nor will they ever. Our paths were never separate, or different. The i and you are the same. So to are the path. The illusion of time and space may seem to give "us" difference, individulism, yet the common goal and self discipline conquers all illusions. We practice the correct ways, because we are the way, as we open that single window, we that are one path acknowledges the truth. Blessed be our days forever, because forever is all we are...
wonderful rendition
Merci infiniment
Thank you for making these kind of valuable information
You r having a very Profound understanding.👏 Thankyou for sharing this knowledge to the world. God bless you. 🙏
Thank you very much.
I have been in this moment , over and over again cycle after cycle. This was the first time I could hear the words....
Thank you. You are a gifted teacher.
thank you, beautifully presented!
Thank you very much
Peace be with you ☸️🙏
Thank you for all the amazing content, looking forward to subscribing soon to your channel! 🤍
Thank you for the support!
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Thku 🙏🙏🙏💖
Thanks!
Thank you for the support, I appreciate this!
Thanks!
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This was so educational. Thank you! ❤❤❤
"Truth is a pathless land"
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌼🌼🌼
Many people have sought in ways that had no teachers. Just a desire to watch and see profundity in waves. Chills and goosebumps. The “absence” of comforts is a silly notion. The cave hunter will abandon all non essentials to discover the depths of the earth.
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I'll comment this in hopes to boost your channel.
Thank you! 😄
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There is no path to that which is always present , always true
😢 I wish I could understand this.
Nonut and weed helped me reach nirvana
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Hello, I've come to realize, that Buddhist monasteries aren't very welcoming, to people who are ready to join, right now, despite their limited experience. I also feel, that maybe Buddhism might be limited, in it's doctrine. I've joined Christian programs and learned a lot. I've tried the Harri Krishna's, but realized the cultural issues, in that as well. I'm seeking help, to find a place in America, where I can live in a spiritual community, that at the very least, mediates, eats vegetarian, and serves others. If it be a Buddhist monastery, id love to give it a try, if it doesn't make me jump through loops, that hinder my growth. Anyones assistance would be appreciated. Thank you.
Kadampa
The question to seeker: are you yourself enlightened?
thats like asking a passenger on a plane thats just taking off if he has reached his destination
^He knows.
Have you read the baghavad gita?
Buddhism and the teaching of the Buddha is the only world philosophy that has the moral authority and time tested wisdom to be a world practice, in peace that I am aware of. Thanks for your excellent work.
so good. You are so good at this, its amazing! Everything on your videos set the right tone. Your voice, delivery, the edition, and the text/script aswell, you are not only a amazing "youtuber" you are an outstanding teacher. You certainly helped me a lot and a lot of people interested on these teachings but not yet enough to go out of their way to look for something they dont know. So i thank you, you are my footprints.
Thank you, friend, this is so kind and encouraging to hear!
You ring the bell of Dhamma so that others may hear it and find their way. Your act of loving kindness will reward you with what you seek your self. When you point out the elephants footprint for others to see, eventually you will find the bull elephant on the path 🐘
Please continue making these videos. You are a lantern that shines the light along the path. 🙏🏼
This is incredibly kind and touching, my friend, thank you!
Great words
" When you point out the elephants footprint for others to see, eventually you will find the bull elephant on the path 🐘" What exactly does this ,mean? Isn't a bull elephant dangerous? Is this a Buddhist proverb? Thank you
@@pappahaydn a bull elephant IS dangerous (literally and metaphorically in this case also), it’s good you’re pointing that out! In this case however, the elephant is a metaphor for awakening and liberation (you can watch the video to see why)
Well done, young man. Thank you for such direct and coherent pointing and commentary. Blessings to all
These videos are amazing. Please continue to make them. You are doing the world a huge service.
Thank you, my friend, I’ll keep on going :)
Buddhism is beautiful
I am so grateful to this channel. I am a buddhist from Sri Lanka and you explained "Chullahaththipadopama sutta" in an incredibly understandable way that i never heard before. Thank you for you effort and keep up the good work. Blessings! 🕊️🌼🤍
I too think the same. From Sri Lanka
❤ from Colorado. And as a dyslexic, I greatly appreciate the correct words on CC ❤🎉😂. Become spiritual AND learn a new language 😂. I literally take notes.
It is a wheel because they all work together, once the seeker becomes aware of impermanence his desires are diminished, and slowly he learns to stop grasping, as he realizes his desires cause suffering. Once reaching enlightenment, you realize that these states are fleeting, so you must let go of attachment, even to these states which we find pleasant
This indeed is an amazing recitation of the eightfold path to Nirvana. Many Thank you for sharing the Buddha's teachings in such beautiful details. Namo Buddhaya 🙏
I am glad you enjoyed it, my friend!
"Practice must be wise and wisdom must be practiced"
Love that, thank you for your videos
this is the video that I’ve been waiting for a long time. It’s really difficult to find proper way of teaching this in english or my native language
Buddhism, in general, is pretty difficult to explain to people who don't understand the concept of "no self" and the fact that Buddhism doesn't worship God or gods.
@@jonathanj.3695 it’s understandable, at least on higher level, but for me more difficult to bring to daily life, without going wild and becoming monk)
@@vovasava3498 I relate. I have once attempted to delve into buddhist practices, particularly by immersing myself in a monk-like lifestyle, but I found that I became a bit wild or excessively enthusiastic in my pursuit.
@@vovasava3498
As a non westerner who ironically discover Buddhism from Westerner back a couple years ago (despite my country having a history of hundreds-thousands of Buddhist Empire), I find the western approach to Buddhism to be somewhat overcomplicated. Most westerners treat Buddhism as if it's a philosophical branch with endless reasoning and convoluted systematic study. While it's true that Buddhism has a very subtle and profound discernment of the world and mind, the way Buddha teaches people seems to be a lot simpler and directly adapted to each character. The higher teachings usually directed towards advanced practitioner who got stuck or Devas. That being said, I find this video to be a very good approach as it is in line with what various monks have taught me.
According to forest monk practitioners in Thailand, it is important to keep the practice simple and purposeful (know what you exactly aim for). For a lay person, simply contemplate (Vipasanna-Bhavana) The Three Marks of Existence (Tilakkhana) which contains: impermanence (Anicca), suffering (Dukkha), non-self (Anatta). Contemplate it in accordance with your daily life, character, and wisdom. Apply it during work, rest, socializing, etc in order to sharpen wisdom (Panna). Perform sitting (could be performed by standing, walking, or lying down) meditation (Samatha-Bhavana) when you have free time each day to sharpen mindful awareness (sati). For beginners, it involves observing your in-out breath. If you practice dilgently, soon you will discover how your paradigm shifts.
Also don't forget to uphold the 5 precepts, these are non-negotiable as it is a crucial part of mind-body purification. Consult with local monks about your practice instead of recklessly making personal interpretation.
I hope it helps.
@@Weigensen thank you!
This is a gift. You are majestic in the exposition. May you produce more videos before taking the robes
Thank you, my friend, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This is the first Sutta, which was delivered by Arahant Mihidu thero who brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka. After listing to the this sutta the king was very delighted. So this is the seed of the Sri Lankan Buddhism which created a huge tree of Buddhism as of now. Such a great way of offering the truth and wisdom to the world by telling do and see it by yourself! thank you for your great effort and presentation. Great content!!! May you all find the true happiness!!!!
Thank you, I did not know this about the sutta! It does indeed seem like the perfect way of introducing the Dhamma to people. May you find true happiness too, my friend :)
Many years of study and this explanation is brilliant. I will come back to it many times. Wisdom must practice.
Thank you, my friend, this is encouraging to hear!
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I owe this video, like everything else I do, to the gentle and constant support of my partner. Thank you, Elly!
Your video is like the elephant footprints in my spiritual journey! When this video first came out, I couldn't comprehend most of the content. After 2-3 months of my own learning about spirituality and leaning of self, coming back to this video I finally get what this video is roughly about, which also helps me piece things together :)
It's such a blessing and honor to have you explain Buddhism concepts in such easily graspable but profound way!🙏
Thank you for the kind comment and the donation, my friend! I’m glad the video has been of use to you :)
The Noble Eightfold Path is the practical guide to achieving liberation, not just a theory but a way of life through mindful action and thought
Your video demonstrates the path to the truth so clear! As a Baha'i, I am also practicing the doctrine of Buddah. This really helps me to experience the "way" in different perspectives.
Thank you for the encouraging words and for your generous donation, my friend! I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)
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In buddhism, we all used to be family sun, daughter, father mother, brother sister.
So respect me my sun
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Thanks for this video and your analysis/narration. Can you please consider doing a video on Quantum Physics and Buddha’s view. 🙏
I'm grateful for this video 🙏☸️🌷💖
Thank you so much for your continued efforts. I have practiced Buddhism for 25 years and I say this with love and gratitude, your ability communicate these ideas and thoughts is masterful. In my meditation last night, because of your videos, I saw the bull elephant with my own eyes. I simply can not express my gratitude enough. To you and to all seekers of truth who are traveling the path.
Thank you, my friend, your comment touches me deeply… May we all move ever forward on the path!
Always been pleasure to study Buddha's wisdom and your detailed analysis.
I've been having a spiritual awakening. An invitation to higher consciousness but I don't want to give up humanity. Love, family, food.
In our hectic lives, we often fret about the future and dwell on the past. Buddhism encourages focus on the present, where true happiness resides. By doing so, we liberate ourselves from the weight of anxiety and discover inner peace.
I feel we are going to get something special .
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RUclips channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,032 subs and > 800 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Wow, it’s great to hear I’ve played some role in you starting your channel! Good luck, my friend, may you, your channel, and your followers keep developing!
@@seeker2seeker Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my RUclips channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a RUclipsr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this RUclips thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)
I love the quality of your videos. I bet this one will be amazing too
Also the way you explain stuff is very good too
I appreciate this, my friend, thank you! @@jellejacobs
Thank you for your pureness and impactful insight. With deep gratitude.
Loved this video. Teared up a little, like the kind when you look at the Mountain View from atop a cliff. I’m an audio editor and want to make similar videos about Buddhism, but I thought I’d ask if by any chance you’re looking for a partnership or hiring. Any way, thank you for making this video, it is always enlightening to hear different ways of explaining the dharma and I had a few moments of deep realization about my own path whilst listening to it.
It’s always beautiful when you listen to a lecture or read a sutra and for a moment think about how it relates to your elephant footprint only for it to be addressed directly immediately after
You have written this comment so beautifully, friend, and it really touched me! My channel is still not big enough for me to consider partnership and hiring, but you can always reach me via email if I can be of use to you in the setting up of your own channel.
I also love your username!
ความเข้าใจจริงนั้นในแนวพุทธใครภาพของคนส่วนใหญ่ที่ทำให้จำแนวทางที่พอพูดกันได้คือการที่เข้าใจหลักธรรมคำสอนที่ได้การนำไปปรับใช้หรือปฏิบัติตามแนวทางที่สื่อให้เห็นชีวิตที่จะได้☮️อย่สงเข้าใจและพร้อมที่จะปฏิบัติตามได้ทันที่คือการรับกติกามารยาทกฎกติกาที่ต้องรับไปปฏิบัติตนให้ได้ความเข้าใจกันอย่างไม่รบกวนกันให้เสียเสื่อมแค่รับศีลทั้งห้าไปปรับใช้เช่นข้อห้ามทั้งหรือศีลห้า
อย่ามากเรื่องมากความ เเค่หาทางห้ามตนไม่ให้ทำทั้งห้าข้อ
1ไม่โกหก พยายามทำแต่สิ่งที่ดีที่ถูกต้องอย่างไม่คิดจะโกหกใครแม้แต่ตนเองก็ต้องไม่โกหก
2 ต้องไม่ฆ่าสิางมีชีวิตเช่นฆ่าคนอื่นและสัตว์ที่เขาเกิดมามีแค่คุณประโยชน์สามารถให้ความเข้าใจโลกธรรมชาติได้
3 ห้ามไปแย่งคนรักคนอื่นและห้ามแย่งสิ่งของที่เขารักเขาหวงที่เขาไม่ยอม
4 อย่าหรือห้ามดื่มสุรายาเมาและสิ่งเสพติดทำให่สภาพร่างกายเสื่อมเสียสมดุลเสียสมบูรณ์ไปหรือขาดความยั้งคิด
5 ห้ามขโมยหรือลักทรัพย์ของคนอื่นเป็นปัญหามากแน่นอน
ศาสนาพุทธสอนให้เข้าในการใช้ชีวิตที่ต้องเห็นธรรมชาติของชีวิตและสิ่งแวดล้อมอย่างได้วิถีชีวิตที่พอทำให้ตนและครอบครัวอยู่ได้ด้วยตนเองอย่างพึ่งพาตนเองให้เป็นนิสัยอย่างไม่กาเรื่องให้คนอื่นหลงทางต้องทำกน้าที่ตรอย่างไม่รบกวนคนอื่นนี่คือเเก่นแท้จองพระพุทธธรรความสงบอยู่ให้ได้☮️เป็นที่ตั้งเพราะ☮️ได้มาจากตนเเลต้องพึ่งตนเองเหมือนนกน้อยและไม่ทำผิดในศีลทั้งห้าศีลข้อห้ามทั้งให้จำให้ได้และต้องห้ามให้ตนไม่ต้องทำในห้าข้อห้ามที่กล่าวมาโลกนี้จึงอยู่กันได้อย่างดี😊ศาสนาพุทธสื่อให้คนมีวิธีอยู่ได้ด้วยความสุขสะดวกสบายด้วยแนวทางที่มีธรรมชาติชี้ทางเพราะโลกนี้ืำให้มีคนเกิดเมื่อเกิดมาค้องทำตัวเองให้อยู่ในควาทดีความเหมาะสมสม โลกจึงจะได้☮️อย่างแท้จริงอย่ามากเรื่องหาเรื่องให้คนดูดีแต่ลึกแอบทำลายคนอื่นและเป็นผู้หากินบนหัวคนอื่นอย่างทาสอย่าทำเพราะศีลทั้งห้าข้อทำให้ติดอยู่ในจิตใต้สำนึกของคนดีจะไม่ทำผิดในศีลทั้งห้าข้อนั่นสุดก็จะไม่ต้องยกแม่น้ำทั้งห้ามาบรรยายให้เสียพระสงฆ์😊🎉
Hello. Congratulations from France ! You definitely are amazing teacher ! And, as a painter, i like to tell how nice and well designed are you're videos. Thanks.
Thank you SO MUCH! I don’t have words to express what your videos mean to me, I’m very lucky to have found you, please continue with more videos
Thank you, friend, your kind and encouraging words mean a lot to me too!
Can you make a video about The Tibetan Book of the Death (The Bardo Thodol)? I've been really curious about The Tibetan Book of the Dead. I've tried reading it in both Tibetan and English, but it's been quite challenging to fully grasp its meaning. To make things easier, I even gave the audiobook narrated by Richard Gere a shot. But guess what? I ended up falling asleep! 🧐🥲😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow, thank you for the generous donation, my friend! The Bardo Thodol is one of the topics I aim to cover... but I have some way to go in terms of research and comprehension to be able to do a decent video on it.
@@seeker2seeker Take as much time as you want~ I just like how you explain a few simple but essential messages in your video. My dumb brain can’t comprehend all the fancy words. 😅 I’m looking forward to it in the future~ Until then, keep doing what you are doing and make more exciting videos. Thank you for your hard work, and have a wonderful day. 🙏🏻💪🏻👍🏻🔥
Buddha says that all existence are senseless floating dust (materials and energy) tranforming all the time by causes and effects in our words, behaviors, and thoughts. All forms / things are floating dust, and so are feelings, thoughts (which are just neural signals), causes and effects, and all existence. Beings are running around tired in the dust, because our attention is put and dragged by the dust, just like our feelings and anlysis rise when we see films, which are only dust (lights and sounds) transforming. Dust tells us nothing, but we built illusive thoughts upon the dust, causing the painful birth-death cycle on and on. If bad guys are harming us, we raise bad feelings, thoughts, and behaviors, planting bad condition in our future, which are all just dust transforming. What we can do is to train ourselves see the illusive bad guys back to the dust, thus evil feelings, thoughts, and behaviors would have not base to exist, and so would the birth-death cycle. I tried this method on decreasing my lust and anger, and it works really well! More is told in Heart Sutra, Vajra / Diamond Sutra, Surangama Sutra, and Prajna Sutra by Buddha.
Thanks for sharing @user-bl5ys4pd2e. I will give a try.
It is difficult to express how this video effect puts me in tears, as since I was hit by lightning while writing a sermon 24 years ago for a friend to preach in a Christian church . I have realized there is something else going here . I know for a while I knew in part a small part as I see as a "fish out of the water" thinking I can survive on the ground breathing oxygen from air in place of the water when it is Nirvana I seek all this time . I am humbled by the story of the Bull elephant. Please accept my sincere gratitude for offering such assistance to my beloved spiritual brother....
I asked an elderly monk a question I seek the last 67 years since my coming to this world, What is the Purpose of Life?
His answer is simple yet profound, Living the Eightfold Paths.
After watching this video, I got more clarity and motivated to follow the Path.
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu, Anumodana
I see similarities between Buddha and Jesus (Yeshua), as it pertains to their way of living.
With that being said; it's kind of hard to improve your karmic future when you don't remember your karmic past. i.e. it's hard to learn when you have no memory. However, I suppose recognizing that the concept of Karma is real, is the potential for improvement on ones Karmic future.
There are proofs for karma on internet and in books related to stories relating to reincarnation , thanks
Hello, I'm a Christian but I have recently been looking into Buddhism which has just turned my who perception of reality on it's head. I was speaking with a Muslim and he asked me what the meaning of life was, but I did not want to give him a generic answer. If there is a meaning to life, then what is it, according to the Buddha?
Thanks.
I burst into tears when I heard, "What you seek is seeking you." Thank you 💜
Jai , Dmt! Abandon everything including the Self ; that IS devotion. Jai , Dmt. Jai, Buddha. Aum
Your video is educative. About the eight fold path, I know where the Buddha taught this. Many of the ancient sangarams are today villages. There is one unique village name which is NAWADA meaning eight promises. These villages are common in Bihar. Eight promises can be translated as the eight fold path. It seems these villages had the pleasure of the Buddha preaching to the distant ancesters of the present day villagers, ‘The eight fold path’. Infact Sariputra became an Arhat in a sangaram called NAWADA in Vaishali.
All you have to do is ignore your mindtalk and just become the witness. You are NOT your thoughts….you are the awareness of them. The eyes of the soul 😊🙏💙. No words or teachings needed!!! Transcendence of your ego. The egoless realm is the only real reality. I’ve been there. Heaven on earth.
Now if Buddhists only worked at closing down the slaughterhouses that would at least be something. Other than that it is sub religious and atheistic but it can also be a stepping stone to higher awareness in the realm of theism and can also help people to become less sinful and more pious hopefully. Voidism isn't real life.
Thank you for the light you share. My heart is full of joy every time I hear the dharma. You my friend make this world so delightful.
Excellent video. 👍 👍 You're right, it was slightly discouraging and seems unattainable from the perspective of the decadent and gluttonous lifestyle so common today. But we have to start and continue, right? 😊 Cheers
Buddhism is a religion to the degree that it dictates how one should behave.
One who is truly awakened is not bound by codes of conduct. He simply is the pure expression of wisdom, and follows the right course of action naturally and effortlessly.
To live in a consciousness of codes of behavior is to dwell in duality. To dwell in duality is religion itself.
Thank you. Such a beautiful and helpful video.
Thank you, but from 13:26, if *understanding* is a step to allow transformation, doesn't it create a similar obsession on _overcoming_ what is not yet understood?
Couldn't transformation happen when we realise we do not understand what we thought we knew?
This was an awesome video and it answered questions I didn't know I had
So beautiful. Thank you for sharing. ❤
man yr chaneel became one of my fav, thank for the explaination