Buddhism sees personal liberation through self and not by praying to an outside supreme being. You have to follow a path by yourself and Buddha's philosophy guides you. He can't send you to hell or heaven and it's your mind which carries you to your salvation or destruction. Amazing!

@aceoffools86

7 ай бұрын

I think its basically the same. "Higher" self and God. Even Heaven and hell are in buddhism, which are states of mind(similarilly its explained in some christian teachings) so difference is probably only illusion.

@kingc8531

7 ай бұрын

​@@aceoffools86My personal belief is that Jesus reached enlightenment and tried to help others but his teachings were misinterpreted and changed by people over centuries.

@aceoffools86

7 ай бұрын

​@@kingc8531yes, i agree, there is alot space for misinterpretation after all. It would be actually miracle if we now understood his teaching exactly how it was meaned to be

@angrypidgeon1714

6 ай бұрын

there is no such thing as personal liberation, read my comment on 11/10/2023

@ophanim2943

5 ай бұрын

Based on my understanding, liberation through self would be the opposite of the philosophy no? Wouldn't detachment from self and desires be more accurate?

As a Thai Buddhist. Thank you so much for your hardwork that you share Buddha's principles to the world. 🙏

I am much older than you, and have studied for years, but listening to you, I suddenly understand what I haven't understood before. Thank you!

The way you present these concepts is really amazing. It made me think about the four noble truths in way I had not considered before. Please continue making videos on these important buddhist concepts.

@seeker2seeker

Жыл бұрын

Will do! Thank you for the feedback :)

@collinsharrelson6887

11 ай бұрын

I agree. It’s very well put! I have been looking into this subject for a good while now and have rarely found someone who elaborates it so well.

@mudithawijesinghe7172

11 ай бұрын

💖💖💖🙏🙏🙏

@gregorym3020

11 ай бұрын

Buddhist teachings are mystic goboolee gook. Buddha died in his early seventies and remained dead. At least most aware Buddhist monks recognised Jesus the Christ as the best man to have ever lived. And he still does. When we realise God is infinite good than we will begin to understand Jesus's teachings. The understanding of the Holy Bible becomes illumine and gobolee gook is gone.

@andrijamicanovic8868

10 ай бұрын

​@@gregorym3020so ignorant

I am a buddhist. I used to learn buddhism as a subject when I was in school(because my country's main religion is buddhism)..that period I didn't pay much attention about the buddha's teachings..just focused on my grades..but feels like I'm learning buddha's teachings more deeper from you..now I'm more interest about buddha's teachings..I'm starting to think about why I didn't try to understand these teachings before.. because of your videos I could open my eyes and see the reality of buddha's teachings..thank you so much❤🙏

@nyi_nyi_lwin

7 ай бұрын

Me too

@Sugar-iw2qr

6 ай бұрын

Wow there is a subject where u learn Buddhism. I never knew. Where r u from bro

@priyadarshikanawarathna168

5 ай бұрын

සුද්දෙක් කිව්වොත් ලොකු වෙන හීනමාන කලු සුද්දන්ගෙම ලෙඩක් ඔය. සුදු කතෝලිකයෙක් ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් කිව්වම වත් බුදුදහම සැබෑ දහම බව තේරුම් ගත්ත නම් ලොකුදෙයක්

@vision2096

5 ай бұрын

​@@priyadarshikanawarathna168I think you are focusing too much on the person who is narrating the message. Schools in SL was mainly focusing on the learned aspect rather than teaching the Dharma. It doesn't matter who the person is as long as Buddha's Dharma is taught in a way that the listener can understand. Westerners have a thirst for eastern philosophy and they go all the way to learn it.

@user-ck8sv4kv9f

5 ай бұрын

Sun, rain, wind, rivers, streams, and seas are a closed circle and that is reincarnation. Cause and effect is the continuation of cause and effect. If you don't cut off cause and effect, don't expect to step out of the cycle, a vicious circle. The karma created by humans will become earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and super storms, it is a disaster that humans must bear.

As one who has started on the path in only the last six months, I encourage everyone to simply sit down and be in the moment for a while. It has helped me to see through a number of the lies I took for granted, which made me feel inadequate, angry and depressed. To become Buddhist you don't have to get anointed anywhere, you can be Buddhist right now, by wishing for all beings to be at ease, and trying to uphold the 5 precepts. Remember, the precepts are guidelines, not laws to be damned over when broken.

@user-yf3rr6ob6r

3 ай бұрын

Can confirm, total truth. Just recently started the path---and I have felt, in the last few days, more bliss and equanimity than the previous 12 years. I don't want it to end. I realize that this notion is an attachment, but I am riding this wave as long as it may last. Thanks---

My greatest gratitude to you.❤. It’s like Buddha’s words are coming through you. May this light shine on all mankind. Peace.

@hospitalcakewalk

10 ай бұрын

You can keep these lies

@Legionare

10 ай бұрын

It's not true.

@Ron20042004

7 ай бұрын

Well done!!!

I have watched two of your videos now. This one on the four noble truths and the one on no self. They are both very well done. I am a Buddhist and find your explanation of the Buddhist teaching to be well researched and well presented, primarily coming from the Theravada school of Buddhism. I’m curious as to why a Christian would spend so much time and effort explaining Buddhism to your followers. Having just stumbled upon your channel I also am one of your followers. I am eager to see your other videos. Your voice and your accent are wonderful! Listening to you my mind and body relax and I can more easily focus on what you are saying. Keep up the good work. I wish you success with this channel.

@seeker2seeker

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this comment and your support, Michele! I am Christian by heart, not by dogma, so there is no conflict in me in studying the world's religions and wisdom traditions. Buddhist teaching has been life-changing for me and so I am seeking to explore it and also share it in an engaging an well-researched way with others. I got my MA in Buddhist studies at SOAS University of London, so I try to be as careful with my arguments in these videos as I had to be in my academic works.

@keungoklee1999

10 ай бұрын

😂 6:07

@dr.naingwintun524

6 ай бұрын

Buddisms need to detach from illusion self, gender, beings and all physical and non physical things. He needs to believe in heart about karma , cause and effect which leads to life circle and sufferings. He needs to practice in Buddha teachings to detach from ignorence, attachment,desire,suffererings and this practise of eight noble way of living could lead to nivana,,escape from circle of cause and effect.life circle and karma.

Dukkha (Suffering): Life inherently involves suffering, dissatisfaction, and discomfort. Samudaya (Origin of Suffering): The cause of suffering is craving, attachment, and ignorance. Nirodha (Cessation of Suffering): It's possible to end suffering by eliminating its causes, leading to Nirvana, a state of liberation and peace. Magga (Path to the Cessation of Suffering): Following the Eightfold Path, consisting of right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration, leads to the cessation of suffering.

What a way of presenting buddha's teaching. Though a buddhist by birth, I never went deep. I'm so glad I found your videos. This is second video I'm watching and you made me understand the stuffs I already came across in a profound way. Thank you. Do keep your good work to understand buddha's teaching in more understandable way.

@seeker2seeker

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, I really appreciate this and I'm glad these videos are useful to you :)

I appreciate your effort to explain the basic concepts of Buddhism to people. Best wishes to All.

"Colors we cannot yet see". I love that.

Very highly recommend; Seeker to Seeker has a rare gift for teaching. Rare and profound.

Carefully researched & rooted in scripture - well understood, fantastically presented: You are doing such a great job with this channel. Wonderful to watch. Much Mettā.

@seeker2seeker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind encouragement, Janice! This goes a long way towards motivating to keep up the work :)

@Ozeanruderin

Жыл бұрын

@@seeker2seeker … preserving the Dharma / Dhamma. There is a saying: Those who protect the dhamma are protected by the dhamma. 😘

@jodiangell8078

11 ай бұрын

You are doing a wonderful job. You are taking something that is so difficult and allowing me to understand and put it into a practice. Thank you so much.

@seeker2seeker

11 ай бұрын

@@jodiangell8078 Thank you, I’m glad this is useful!

🙏 I've been learning buddhism for years in pali & sinhalese .so I have a good understanding of these words. Trust me you did an amazing job even if it's difficult to give the exact meaning in English.

Very good. I am curious how you can understand so much about Buddhism (I am a Buddhist) and not be blown away by the knowledge/wisdom and not want to enter onto the journey yourself. Very interesting. The Dharma bows me away everyday. ❤

@seeker2seeker

10 ай бұрын

It blows me away too, friend!

The Four Noble Truths are The Core of Budha Teaching 🙏⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🙏

This gives me a sense of peace... I've lost almost all of my thirst lately. Instead? I find myself pretty content with most of my life. I'm content with my journey, where I am, and more. I still have goals~ But if I can't achieve them for some reason? I'm fine with it. I'm just happy to be alive and to live this life as it comes.

So, the intellect is the cause of all suffering. I would agree. I am 71 and took refuge in Buddhism to escape suffering of cancer thirty years ago. I am the cause of my suffering. How true. I have never seen such an excellent explanation of the four noble truths. From a Christian no less. Well done.

My country Buddhist but we not learn this at school. I think nobody believe reincarnation, different to SE Asia countries. Person must be very brave to give up pleasures to be true Buddhist. Meditation very good for mental health ❤

I was seeking The Four Noble Truths and your video pops up. Thank you for your teaching ❤🙏🏼

Sadhu, sadhu sadhu, Namo Buddhaya.

Probably the best video explaining the 4 noble truth. Basic fundamental are sometimes the most difficult to master. I hope all who see this receives great wisdom and compassion for cultivating a good mind, action and speech ❤💐🙏🏻 NAMO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA NAMO AMITABHA BUDDHA

I’m so grateful to have found this channel. The presentations are clear, precise and not too long. The speaker’s voice is soothing yet commanding.

This was so gorgeous and so insightful. I haven't thought about the 4 truths in a long time but this comes at a very timely moment because I'm reading through the works of Rene Girard and his whole philosophy is about desire and how it leads to violence. This led him back to Christianity as the religion that is the anti-scapegoat but really what Girard is looking for and what puzzles him is the way beyond the dynamics of desire and I realise how relevant Buddhism is to him and am surprised he doesn't talk about it at all. He looks at it through christianity or more interestingly in his first book through the lens of stendhal proust and dostoevsky and how those thinkers get to that place beyond mimetic desire. Anyway my mind is excited so I'm connecting my dots here. Just wanted to say that this was so beautifully made and so brilliantly written. And the distinction between attaining nirvana and nirvana-ing is absolutely genius and one that will forever influence the way I talk about it.

@seeker2seeker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, James! I haven't read any of Rene Girard, but from the way you describe his work it sounds like it shares much with Buddhist philosophy. And I appreciate all the positive feedback, especially when it is coming from you!

@richardtseng9535

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I felt a little saddened when I heard Girard dismiss Buddhism in an interview because I don’t think he ever got beyond the stereotype that it’s a religion which turns away from reality and is nihilistic. The man never got to learn the true teachings or experience the liberation Jesus preached. Rather, despite all his protestations that Christianity was not itself founded on sacrifice, he still could not get out of that discussion and fully explain Christ’s solution that transcended sacrifice. Girard knew that Christ wanted us to love one another without grasping that this love and Buddha’s call for compassion or loving kindness are one and the same.

@kieranjohnston7550

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this comment.

Thank you so much. I follow Buddhism and I think your explanation of the four nobles truths is one of the most clear and down to earth I have ever heard. Greetings from Sydney.

You are really bllessed to have such a clarity within. And I am so gratefull to participate to this clarity through your videos! 🙏💕

Thank you brother for explaining such deep concepts in easy words.

Thank you for spreading the words of the Buddha in such simple terms. 🙏

Your work is very good ❤ Thank you

Your videos are beautifully enlightening 🙏 thank you for the artistry, accuracy, tone and music of these

Thank you for taking the time to explain the four noble truths, an excellently presented video 🙏

Thank you very much for this video. I feel more peace than before.

wow! you have a gift of dissecting complicated doctrine into simple terms. thank you!

Beautiful work…obviously a labor of love. Bless you brother. I will come back to this often.

This is beautiful done. I understood so much more than from this video than from the last 4 I watched. I plan on watching it over and over. Thank you!!

Wow! A most insightful interpretation of what the Buddha teaches. Thank you.

A really great explanation of Buddha's teaching. Thank you for making it so beautifully accessible to all.

Thank you for clearly explaining these 4 Noble Truths.

Thank you very much for putting the teachings so clearly and understandable. I feel there are no other words appropriate in any way than thank you, thank you for reminding me 🙏😇🤍

Your explanation of complex Buddhist ideas is extraordinary and very helpful. Thank you.

1. Dukkha: when we understand the problem, the issue, the glitch in the matrix, and we think and feel of it, what we gonna do? 2. Samudaya: some people will correctly suggest where this dukkha arising from. Using intelligent we correctly pointed out that our reactions to stimuli are always to like it (lobha/acquiring), dont like it (dosa/repulsion), or neutral. And we always, all the time, embedded in “personal” illusion thinking there are we to like or dont like or ignorance (moha: delusion of I, Me, Mine and Myself) 3. Nirodha: while some already understand dukkha and samudaya, then arising in them speculations on how to tame them, how to end them, how to manage them. Some think this problem is eternal, because our delusion/moha is eternal. But the Buddha pointed out that this dukkha can be solved. Ending this dukkha will make us end the taints of lobha, dosa and moha. The 3 of them are extinguished, unable to function any longer, and as consequences we will be free from any bonds created by the 3 of them. We are liberated, awakened, and knowing such as. We become Buddha, awaken one. 4. Magga: how to end this dukkha? By following, practicing and realizing the way pointed out by people who successfully gone there (the Buddha) by ourself, ardently and diligently. What it is? The supernormal way that consisted of 8 factors. Harmonious perspective, orientation, expression, actions, lifestyle, effort, introspection and unity of mind. The way need to be cultivated, here and now, all the time all the way. By following it, we will gain jhana (ecstasy), nanna (understanding) and eventually arriving at the other side of this dukkha/nirvana. Saddhu

Excellent, lucid, and beautiful. Thanks so much for creating this video.❤

Hello beautiful person who made this, and hello beautiful person reading this comment ❤

I love your voice, very well explained. It made it easier to understand The Four Noble Truths.

Truly a beuautiful explanation. Often the difficult to comprehend concepts of the Buddha-Dhamma is hard to convey, and to do it in English so well, this is a rare skill. Loved it.

I honor you sage. Your wisdom and compassion are immense and subtle.

@seeker2seeker

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, my friend, I pass on your words to the Buddha and his disciples, who are the ones who deserve them

Meaningful path towards simplicity and peace, Thanks you very much

You are doing a very good job with these presentations and analysis! Easy to follow and understand!

The explanation is easy to understand. Very informative. Thank you for the video. 🙏

Thank you for this video. It is the best I have ever seen and heard , very true. The four knowledge truths and all teachings from lord Buddha the enlightened one. Thank you

One of the best teachings ever, thank you 🙏🏻 I needed this.

This is profound teaching. Amazingly excellent.

Heartfelt gratitude Brother. Love from India. May all be happy ❤

EXCELLENT! This was an excellent follow-up to your "no-self teaching" video and I am learning so much AND seeing just how much of these things have been slowly trickling into my life through meditation and mindfulness practices (even BEFORE I started looking into Buddhism). It's almost like coming home in a way, to someplace familiar.

This was excellent. Thank you for posting it. I've been practicing for over 20 years and am always looking for good teaching material to pass on to those who might benefit. I will be passing this on, I'm sure. peace

I have meet so many great Buddhist teachers in VR. Shout out to the Evolvr community. I loved your takes on these concepts I have been learning about.

Love this video! Very beautifully explained. Thank you!

Excellent summary. Well done. Thank you.

I was looking for just the right way to come back to Vipassana and the study of the Four Noble Truths, after a year's break; after 45 years of practice. Dukkha. Thank you.

just discovered your channel, just listing to your voice and your explaining narrative is a meditation in itself, your channel is the best find of 2023, seeker to seeker is such a humble and unpretentious handle, thankyou for sharing

@seeker2seeker

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, my friend, and welcome aboard!

This was one of the best descriptions of the 4 Noble truths I’ve ever come across. Thank you very much 😊

Thank you so very much for your outstanding & excellent video. Also, what you share with the public, is truly life transforming, & for me at least, a blessing & a gift from YOU! ❤

@seeker2seeker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, you are far too kind!

I continue to learn more and more about the 4 noble truths. Thank you its becoming clear w/ Metta

🎉 Hooray..!! Hooray !! One of the most fitting videos of our time! Namo Budhi 🙏🙏🙏

Wow, this is fantastic -- and the graphics are stunning -- this is art. Follower for life! Thank you so much.

Brother, how can you possibly have so much wisdom for such a young person. You have some divine help. That im sure. Bless you and your incredible channel my friend ❤❤🙏🙏🙏

Dear you explained buddhist concepts very well .. keep doing what you do .... i'm with you - I love you

@seeker2seeker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the encouragement!

Thank you for explaining it so well.

Wow! I’m so glad the YT algorithm put these videos in my feed. They are really top notch!

That was great, this video! It is concise, to the point! Easy to follow.

bro your way of explaining the concepts is so interesting, keep up the good work!

🎉thank you so much you have made the video so simple to understand the maximum number of people🙏🎉

I am more aware than I was capable of being so before this video, I am humbled as I have been searching greater enlightenment since a lightning strike 23 years back while reading the Bible to write a trained minister a sermon as I am untrained, to note a lightning strike that put me in a wheelchair and told I would not walk again with powerful pain medication. Now I walk and walk well most of the time and rarely require strong medication but it has given opportunity to be more aware, awareness that has allowed me ask the right questions of what I had perceived as myself that I may be more aware to assist my path to end suffering caused by desire and disappointment and to assist others of a more valuable existence, best I can put it!! with great love I appreciate your assistance ❤

Thank you thank you thank you. I will share this clear teaching. I can really say you are a great teacher that really has opened my eyes. Wow!🎉

Very well-made, this exposition !

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

Very well explained, thoroughly enjoying this channel :)

Thank you for making this video ❤️

Thank you so much for making this video.

Thank you so much, some of your understanding was just point on for many of us 🙏🎋

Very well written and delivered. I find Buddha's insights agree with my life experience, and your presentation captures the essence for other seekers new to Buddha's thoughts.

These are the 4 Noble Truths of Nature. I also believe in a Mystic truth, forces that are working for us from other realms.

The 4 noble truths are really a circle and a singularity. When understood they all become one thing. The premise, the cause, there is a way to uproot the cause, and how to uproot the cause. However the 4 noble truths are not the end all, otherwise the Buddha would have never said another word. There are some ascetics who became buddhas upon hearing the Buddha deliver the talk on the four noble truths. But for most, this teaching is an entrance. You shouldn't stop at them. Nor should you think they are the only thing that is needed or required.

Your work is intelligent, precise and compassionate. And is obviously a reflection of the depth of your own attainment... very well done! Proud of you!

@seeker2seeker

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

You explained things beautifully and the imagery shown with the music was perfect 👌

I absolutely love the metaphor used for nirvana and Niche

Amazing. We have the same thought. I never thought the noble truths had similar meaning to how I interpret life. I am greatly shocked due to the fact I have not read the four noble truths or any of the buddhist scriptures. I’ve experienced many things in life and the words you said are the things I’ve thought of and experienced deeply. And nirvana. I get it, it’s not something I could explain, but it is a state where we become observers of this world and we see the truth differently through many experiences after a long arduous journey. I don’t know if this is the right way to word it, but my state of nirvana is the ‘Void.’ It doesn’t mean anything neither does it hold anything. Words can’t describe it because it’s more of a unique feeling that holds no other feelings.

Your teachings are beautiful and enlightenening

Thank you so much for telling it is and putting my spiritual ego in its place.. The truth and the pathway is clear and although internal and external obstructions appear, nirvana is insight..literally

Thank you for this video ❤️❤️❤️

Well done! Thank you!

Excellent. Thank you.

This kind of stuff is why i like Buddhism so much. There are certainly religious and mythological aspects to a lot of forms of Buddhism, but pretty much all of its teachings tend to hold truth to them even if only considering things from a secular viewpoint, excluding the more mythical ideas like reincarnation. There is a reason Secular Buddhism exists. Which is basically a form of Buddhism that takes an atheistic or agnostic approach to the teachings of Siddhartha. There have also been serious studies of Buddhism among modern psychology.

Incredibly well explained!!!👌

This is revealed knowledge 👌 of the teachings of the Buddha by this enlightened brother and son. Jgd the yogi Raj

I hear your presentations with fresh ears. Your visuals accompany your sober voice in a malleable way. The service you do by this is unfathomable. May you attain Nirvana within this life itself. With best wishes, Gamini

@seeker2seeker

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Gamini, your words mean a lot… My best wishes and gratitude to you too!

@madhima

7 ай бұрын

I think he has attained Nirvana for sure ❤ Simeon Buddha

@eagfonseka

7 ай бұрын

The Buddha said, "Punathithi Punyan" (Happiness is merit). The unblemished spiritual happiness derived from hearing your presentation is meritorious in that sense. Therefore, pleasure and merit are mutual. Your tag "seeker to seeker" means your work is addressed to only those who want it. This is the Buddhist way. To want the stuff you disseminate, one has to qualify in many respects in this world of evil forces. May your endeavour reach out to the right people in their thousands! Namo Buddhaaya!!! @@seeker2seeker

@eagfonseka

7 ай бұрын

Dear Madhima, We do not need to be curious about others' enlightenment. The Buddha said to the group of 32 Baddhawaggiya Princes, who were on a mission to find a woman running away with their valuables, "Why do you want to know others' whereabouts while there is so much to about yourselves?" So let's acknowledge the good work produced by Seeker2 Seeker and benefit from it for our own well-being without being curious about his enlightenment. May you attain Nirvana within this life itself!!! @@madhima others

Maybe Nirvana is simply contentment. If you are contented, you don't need to desire or crave. Ergo, if you no longer desire, you never worry about dukka or suffering. Finally, you are free from desires. that sometimes cause pain or happiness which is only temporary in nature. I guess that is the best simplification for the four noble truth of Buddha.

@pdcdesign9632

7 ай бұрын

Yup, just go live in a cave and meditate. Don't deal with modern society issues. Why are you even on the internet? Stop "desiring" knowledge and entertainment.

I watched like 3 videos so far. Ive noticed that when you speak of dukkha you edit ambient sounds making someone anxious and I love that little detail in your videos!!

Waouhh that was soooo great! You have a wonderful voice and i can see the😮labour of love, research n factual information u put into this! Thank you ❤