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Doug you blow me away with how clear you are with explaining Buddhism.I read books back as far as mid 1990s asked questions at some temples & so on & now since i found you on KZread im like " ohhh cool now i know what that means "Thank you again Doug you are a true gentlemen & your chanel is just brilliant 🙏💝

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say Keith! 🙏🙂

“Have you ever noticed it’s never enough? It’s never enough for the ego.”

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly so John!

Every morning I starts with this truth that that every conditional phenomena is impermanent and every conditional phenomena is unsatisfactory, so it help to calm myself little bit

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that can help!

Buddha bless u

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

🙏🙂

I like to think of dukkha as 'bumpy ride.' Gets the basic idea across and not as much of a negative connotation.

Back with you, Doug, after some time. Thank you so much for bringing us the teachings of the Buddha. It never hurts, after 40 years, to go back to the beginning.

@DougsDharma

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful, welcome back Sid! 🙏

From this video, I am reflecting on my life...indeed life's full of suffering. Each time I thought the sufferings over, then another phase of problems surface. Basically...I now feel all my sufferings stem from my clinging attitude. How do I discard this physical and emotional and mental clinging in my life?... Thanks very much for this Dharma talk ...💝🌻 Looking forward to more...

@aronmindfulman7727

3 жыл бұрын

@Pauline WQI For me, it has been mindfulness and the practice of Vipassana or insight meditation on a daily basis.

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Pauline, I think if you look around you will find you are in good company! And as Aron says, mindfulness and insight can be a great path forward.

@paulinewqi

3 жыл бұрын

@@aronmindfulman7727 tqtq...💝🌻

Looking forward to the rest of this series! Thank you!

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dosia, more to come!

Well done Doug! Also we have to remember the word Dukkha doesn’t accurately translate into the word suffering. The word Dukkha is much more meaningful. So suffering, unsatisfactory, stress, unhappiness. I think these words should be considered when looking at the whole meaning of Dukkha. And because of not truly understanding our lives are actually Dukkha/Suffering. We continue to exist and continue to be reborn due to craving. So by actually realising/understanding that life is suffering, it’s to help one gain wisdom to escape from that suffering. Wisdom is what leads to enlightenment. Wisdom is seeing the reality as it is! Without holding onto opinions or worldly views based on philosophy or opinions of heavenly beings and other ignorant yogis/politicians. Yes by practicing to understand Dukkha is a blessing. And sadly not many humans beings have that opportunity to right now, looking forward to all your videos on 4NT 🙏🏽 May we all have the opportunity to fully understand these 4 noble truths 🙏🏽

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

That's right, dukkha is a very deep word with a lot of meanings. That's actually why I didn't translate it in the thumbnail ... 😄

Thanks Doug for this video. When I first started learning Buddhism the Four Noble Truths were being introduced as "Basic Buddhism" and usually taught in the first few lessons. Yet years later when I started reading the suttas, I realised that the Four Noble Truths are... fundamental Buddhist principles but not "Basic" at all like you explained. Thanks again for sharing!

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Yes exactly, it's pretty surprising to hear how advanced they are in the early teachings, I think it helps us to look at them again!

I like your videos organized in series. Thanks, Doug!

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Cool, glad to hear Lucas! Usually series aren't so popular on KZread -- that is, the first one can be sort of popular but then viewership drops off as we get to later ones. But sometimes I'll do a short series like this one. 🙂

As a German I can do nothing but love your German thoroughness. 😻🤪😹 Seriously, this is the best educational channel here on YT I've ever come across... 😊🙏🏻

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

😄 I do my best to be thorough without being dull! 😄

@sukhavaho

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma hey Hey! HEY!!! we Germans are NOT dull 🤣🤣🤣

@sukhavaho

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma and Thank You for your outstanding content 🙏

@xiaomaozen

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma Hahaha! 🤣 Well, I'd say: Mission accomplished (so far)! 😋

Wow! You do such a fantastic job explaining such a nuanced and profound aspect of Buddhism. As a Buddhist I''ve learned more from your videos than any other source I have encountered so far.

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very kind of you to say tuluwitiya! 🙏

A really clear and detailed video thank you. I will watch th rest of the series and meditate on these. Thanks :)

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Libby!

thank you, you communicate it more clearly than I have ever heard! like a crystal clear river of information!

@DougsDharma

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Your videos help me a lot to understand the dhamma, thank you very much 🙏🏻

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that Paulina, you're very welcome!

Always appreciate the wisdom Doug! Life changing stuff

@DougsDharma

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! 🙏

Thank you, Doug!

@DougsDharma

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Your doing amazing with your contribution Ajarn. Sutha 🙏🏽

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for your comment Bobby! 🙏

Thank you for sharing ... Keep it up... You are doing great work...

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

So nice of you Sameer, you're very welcome!

This was a great talk and Darmah session

Great video. Thankyou🙏

@DougsDharma

Ай бұрын

So nice of you. 🙏

Looking forward to the rest of this series. The side note about how the sermon couldn't have been given in the form we know today is also very interesting. "What should we do with the knowledge that the Buddha didn't actually say 100% of the words ascribed to him?" is a fascinating philosophical question.

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it does raise questions!

Very good and well explained, thank you

@DougsDharma

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 🙏

This is so helpful thank you

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Lucia, glad to help!

All is on fire 🔥✌️

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, so he says in what is traditionally understood to have been his third discourse.

Awesome talk 🤙🏽🙋🏽

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bernardo 🙌

Great video

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks rjh!

thank you

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Pink Frogs!

This is why I learn the dharma and how to practice meditation from ordained monks in the Thai forest tradition. Correct me if I am wrong, but probably the most conservative form of Buddhism alive today. I ain't no saint but slowly removing the layers that bind me to the wheel of samsara. But have to say I appreciate your academic analysis of the Sutta's. I would be interested in as to what you make of Dr Iain McGilchrist's book, The Master and His Emissary.

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoffrey, unfortunately I don't know the book!

@geoffreydawson5430

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma Dr Iain McGilchrist has rewritten the rule book so to speak of how we utilize the brains left and right hemispheres. His scientific methodologies are based on years of studying stroke victims, but his philosophies are based in Eastern meditative traditions. He is an advocate of Buddhism and Taoism.

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@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

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Q. Now I am understanding the suffering, I am getting that what are the carrier aspirations I am looking for, if I get that I will have satisfaction for some time then again unsatisfcation starts, I will look for other objectives then I have also experienced this until now But the meaning of this is we should not keep any carrier aspirations? Buddha has explained middle way for this, how can apply this middle way, to what extent I should look for carrier aspirations and other materialistic aspirations

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "carrier aspirations". If you mean long-term aspirations, they aren't necessarily a bad thing, it just depends if they are skillful aspirations or not. Materialistic aspirations are part of being a layperson. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with them ethically, but they will tend to bring dukkha.

@sagarbhave5483

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma Thank you

Thanks :-)

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Marco! 🙏

Doug, another informative video. A question if I may. Did the Buddha ever link dukkha with more base emotions like hatred, greed, fear etc? Are these manifestations of suffering?

@DipayanPyne94

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, brother Graham. Buddha linked Dukkha with a lot of topics. I can summarise that in a nutshell. According to Buddha, Dukkha arises, in a dependent fashion, when people cling to any of the 5 Aggregates. Please check out Doug's videos on the 5 Aggregates and Dependent Origination ...

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Dipayan is right. Hatred, greed, fear, are all manifestations of dukkha since they stem from clinging to the aggregates. (All such states are all unpleasant as well). As to whether the Buddha says such a thing clearly somewhere, I'd have to do a thorough search to be sure ... 🙂

@DipayanPyne94

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma Thanks for validating my claims, Doug. And, as usual, thanks for your beautiful channel. I don't think there's any other better KZread channel on Buddhism than yours. May you live another 100 years and may your channel spread Buddha Dhamma throughout the world and make it free of Dukkha. Metta, Doug, Metta ! 🙏🏼😄

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@DougsDharma

2 жыл бұрын

🙏😊

Hi doug ! If you prefer to know more information about the four noble truths, I can recommend " the four noble truths" book by the most venerable professor rerukane chandawimala mahanayaka thero.(D.litt, pundit. supreme master of the buddhist scriptures) .

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks thineesha!

What is the problem with Dhammacakkaavattana Sutta? I'd like to hear about this?

@DougsDharma

Жыл бұрын

I think I have mentioned it in a few places but will put it on the list for a separate video! 🙏

One thing that I’ve been thinking about in my meditations sometimes is that, are we meditating for a purpose? It’s true isn’t it that we meditate to achieve enlightenment, you could say our desire is to achieve enlightenment? So to meditate for a purpose is to suffer and therefore not achieve enlightenment. Is enlightenment something we have to just happen upon whilst we meditate without reason? Or am I misunderstanding the first noble truth and it’s unattained desire that is suffering, in which case we have to suffer whilst we haven’t achieved enlightenment, in order to not suffer at all.

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Well you're kind of asking about the other Noble Truths ... so maybe wait for the other three videos and see if they answer your question? If not, let me know! 🙂

@johnwhittaker311

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma can do 👍🏽

@user-ic4ce8xb5v

3 жыл бұрын

I am no expert but I suggest you google tanha vs chanda and that might answer your question. If I'm not mistaken, tanha is craving that produces suffering, while chanda is the type of skillful desire which reduces suffering (i.e. a desire to be rid of desires is skillful). From wikipedia: "Ajahn Sucitto states: Desire as an eagerness to offer, to commit, to apply oneself to meditation, is called chanda. It’s a psychological “yes,” a choice, not a pathology. In fact, you could summarize Dhamma training as the transformation of taṇhā into chanda."

Hey again, Doug :) I often read in articles or see psychologists on KZread try to quote the Buddha for "life is suffering". Surely, he didn't mean this - or say this directly in the sutthas? Not all life is suffering/unsatisfactory (dukkha), but the Buddha mentioned sources of dukhha - as I understand the wording of SN 56.11. Is this correctly understood, that it is wrong to say that "life is suffering" according to the Buddha? And that he even said that specifically? With metta Emil

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

To my knowledge the Buddha never said "life is dukkha", and the Third Noble Truth establishes for him that there is an end to dukkha, so whatever is dukkha doesn't have to be that way. Nevertheless the Buddha did say in the First Noble Truth that the five aggregates of clinging - which is all that surrounds us - are dukkha in ordinary life. Then there's the question of how to accurately translate "dukkha". ... so, big questions! Maybe worth doing a video on someday. 😀

@emilsteensen7481

3 жыл бұрын

​@@DougsDharma​- That's a good point: that the five aggregates subject to clinging is dukkha - and they are, unless we become enlightened, ever present in our lives - so a big part of life is dukkha, but there is also a remedy in following the eight fold path. And as you pointed out, saying that all life is suffering is very negative, and supposes that dukkha is translated only into suffering. Thank you so much for getting back! I'm very grateful for your channel and work (keep up the right livelihood)!

🙏🙏🙏🙏 wow...I know nothing....🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@DougsDharma

2 жыл бұрын

Join the club! 😄

What do you think, are the pañcakkhandha then not dukkha? Why would the text specifically state the more limited pañcupādānakkhandhā instead of their broader version?

@sskpsp

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps it is to emphasize the concept of grasping (upādāna) and set up for NT2. Another thought is how the mind filters all phenomena it receives into things we consciously, subconsciously, or unconsciously perceive. Some phenomena we can't help but participate in, such as the beating of the heart or instinctual reactions, so perhaps it is more useful to speak of the aggregates we are able to actually grasp onto and form desire with.

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

This is a very interesting question, Bhikkhu Bodhi's first paper was about this topic. It gets a little complicated but basically the five aggregates only aren't dukkha when they are held by an arahant. Or at least that's how I understand the distinction.

@leuchtendebirke

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma Some time ago Bodhi's paper was discussed at SuttaCentral D&D and the arguments put forth are weaker in the EBT context compared to Theravada doctrine.

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

@@leuchtendebirke Yes that's right, as I understand it, he is basically making an argument from the abhidhamma. I don't know that there's enough evidence in the EBTs alone.

@leuchtendebirke

3 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma I was just wondering if you had given that question - why upadanakkhandha and not bare khandha - some thought before. It's troubling me and I haven't found a good answer so far.

Great Video. dukha is Hindi word means sorrow.

@DougsDharma

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I didn't know it was a word in Hindi too. 🙂

@sameerramteke9699

3 жыл бұрын

Dukkha is a original Pali word ..Which then included in other languages.. Pali is much older language than Hindi and Sanskrit..

@wojak5308

2 жыл бұрын

@Lakshan Amarasinghe same in Odia , Bengali , Assamese

Try to make a Facebook Ads then will get more viewers ..

How to live in community, caring for family, ethical work. Sounds like what Jesus taught. 🙏

@DougsDharma

2 жыл бұрын

Yes there are similarities. I think wisdom is pretty universal.

@alicehallam8247

2 жыл бұрын

@@DougsDharma Now untrained Buddhist but raised a Christian, so I appreciate your comment--and agree. 🙂

When I listen to all these Buddhist theories, it seems like Buddhist theories are suffering too. Dough you don't look happy, you look like you are torturing yourself with Buddhism! The big problem with all religions is that they take their doctrines as the truth - there is mistaking of the doctrines with the source of the doctrines (Spirit)