The Buddhist philosophy resonates within me even though I am Christian Orthodox

@garychartrand7378

2 жыл бұрын

I am a Spiritualist and it has merit for me also.

@tyreliouszukarious2582

2 жыл бұрын

your karma is ripening. you might have been buddhist in past life.

@CedanyTheAlaskan

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking this also, been watching a lot of Jonathan Pageau. Glad I'm not the only one thinking this. Actually gave me joy reading this, thank you

@trytothinknow

2 жыл бұрын

It's also scientifically correct you are not the same parson last one second ago because your cell die and new cell come alot in a second. All you left is information that runs electronically between neuron and this information give you illustration that you are same one last second ago.

@FactualCounterpoints

2 жыл бұрын

Christ Consciousness. Buddhism is compatible with Christianity, in fact Christ may have studied Buddhism

She’s such an amazing teacher. Thank you, beautiful soul ❤️

They believe that monks know about souls. But they are as ignorant as others. They just repeat what they have heard from other monks and read from books.

The universe wants to expirence this reality, so it made us, karma give variety and depth to expirence. Nirvana is seeing beyond the cycle and be universal again.

@Elaphe472

2 жыл бұрын

And enemas clean your bowels.

@bhupeshagarwal2627

Жыл бұрын

@@Elaphe472 just eat street food the whole day and your bowel will keep cleaning itself automatically the whole day😆

He has a love for the buddha!! This is the only interview where he nods in agreement and giggles like a little girl!!

@Omega.Everywhere

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

This channel has quickly become my favorite! All of the topics are very interesting, the host is spot on, and it’s always very well done! I’m a Universe loving Atheist and always interested in other cultures and beliefs, but don’t have a lot of people who are intelligent enough or non-religious enough to have a discussion about it...or even an interest! So thank you for giving me a place to surround myself with like minded people who have curiosity, answers, thoughts and ideas! 👏👏😎

@philosopher0076

2 жыл бұрын

So aside from that there is really no solid evidence for the claims ( especially the supernatural claims ) of the thousand or so quite obviously man-made religions in human history, why are you an atheist?

@broderickwallis25

10 ай бұрын

Specially for you Renee.... Take a peek into universal salvation Christianity. It will tare up your pre conceived views with refreshing truths. The Christianity handlers have defamed Christ with their mind boggling trinity and hell etc and all the other religious shackles. MZTV Martin Zender.... Total Victory in Christ.... The biggest Jesus, to name a few.... All religious establishments are control systems of the elites in ALL countries.

BEST EXPLANATION EVER!!

Interesting this was my fist video in my stream, Google’s algorithms must use words from my previous comments, otherwise it’s strange coincidence, I hadn’t realised you had done this one, I’m good at decompiling patterns hence why I notice stuff, but it’s they way you learn

Your soul seems so beautiful and magnificent because it is the universe and the creator of everything.

@Elaphe472

2 жыл бұрын

Bla bla, blá.

Very good explaination

First interview I’ve watched where Robert doesn’t challenge the interviewee’s responses as harshly as he tends to. Didn’t feel like he was searching for truth here.

Do persons have souls? No. Souls have persons,you see..

@aaron2709

3 жыл бұрын

Is love the meaning of life? No, the meaning of life is love. Is high school poetry beautiful? No, beauty is high school poetry. You see?

Very Nice explanation😊🙏♥️

As a practicing Zen Buddhist, she looses me at around 9:45 when she tries to go beyond reincarnation in this life. You can even tell she gets a little less sure, having to say "there are texts that say..." Up until there she was speaking Universal Buddhist truths one can experience oneself through practice. If there is no ego and therefore no individual soul...you do the math. She said it a second ago.

@gregalexander8189

2 жыл бұрын

Payee physique nee de payeer peau mort payeenertnel payeenertnelplanque.

@Enlightenedlikebuddha

11 ай бұрын

She’s trying to say there is no permanent unchanging soul but consciousness being reborn. She could not hit the nail on its head but she tried. Buddha did believe in changing similar consciousness soul which helps in rebirths according to our karmas or desire. But when you achieve nirvana that consciousness transforms into something else and that soul consciousness dies and you are not reborn on planet earth again in any form. Like the Buddha did not take birth again. But he still exists in some form in the universe. So we don’t get annihilated after all. 😊

This is closer to my belief 👍

It's also scientifically correct you are not the same parson last one second ago because your cell die and new cell come alot in a second. All you left is information that runs electronically between neuron and this information give you illustration that you are same one last second ago.

So I managed to push through these simple problems with reincarnation as infinity and universe rebirths. Also a reincarnation should in effect also be an evolution in some way or it would just be an exact duplicate... I can actually put more theory behind this and I’m looking for questions to stump me now

Did not understand. If the "conciousness" is impermanent, then why talk about continuity. If she says Karma is accrued by consciousness that persists through processes of cause and effect, the consciousness must be a constant fixture that interacts with karma. The construct of consciousness having certain faculties presupposes that it is something that persists and interacts with other things, like karma. If "consciousness" is impermanent that suggests it can completely disappear. This means that there are 2 cases. 1) if consciousness can disappear when associated with karma, then what happens to that karma? It breaks the principle of continuity of karma. 2) if consciousness disappears when it has no association with karma, then how/why do consciousnesses come into existence in the first place. How can "the seed of desire" come out of nothingness to create a consciousness, and disappear into nothingness? If this is a fundamental property of the universe, where 0-karma consciousness randomly pops in and out of existence (like a quantum consciousness), then buddhism is a doctrine of finite consciousness, not change and continuity. The main problem with this is that Buddhism already accepts non-scientifically measurable realities like consciousness as the basis of existence, but arbitrarily chooses to not extend the same privelege into the realm of consciousness. Why can consciousness exist as a basis for the pysical world, bu not exist as an emergent reality that is based in some more fundamental "atman"? If we are willing to buck science and accept that our brains contain a non-physical consciousness, why stop there? Why not suggest that consciousness contains an atman made of non-spiritual stuff? And so on and so forth. The logical generalization for this regression in the limit is termed as atman, the most fundamental unit of self. Therefore assuming discontinuity of consciousness seems arbitrary when buddhism embraces continuity in the physical world via the extra-scientific construction of karma.

For anyone who wants to go deeper in Buddhism and Oriental philosophies, listen to Alan Watts speeches.

Buddhism is great. Far ahead of any abrahamic religions

@jsanikdany3330

3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🤣🤣

@jjbentley9

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsanikdany3330 Abrahamic religions are stupid.

It seems in Buddhism desires create suffering. So, the only good desire is the desire to eliminate all desires. Is the desire for enlightenments also a good desire ? Or, one can equate enlightenment with a desireless state ?

What she trying to say is. In Buddhism, there is no soul , only mind and body. After death, rebirth will create new mind and body, starting a next new life.

I wished we would also hear about the arguments for or against the ideas, as it is normally done with philosophers of religion from Abrahamic religions. This would lead to an interesting exchange. We normally just listen to their ideas as something exotic, but we should already have made more progress in that and entertain philosophical arguments about religions like Buddhism.

@jugbrewer

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah this definitely seemed like more of a brief introduction to a few Buddhist concepts. Also keep in mind that there are different branches of Buddhism, each with sub-branches and their own practices, rituals, ceremonies, etc. So it would be hard to go in depth in the same way they might with Christianity for example, as the majority of the C.T.T. audience is probably familiar with Christian traditions and teachings and less familiar with the nuances of Buddhism. I think it just comes down to who the intended audience is.

@robertoalexandre4250

2 жыл бұрын

Whatever the arguments might be is irrelevant, but we should look at one thing: if reincarnation is an actual phenomenon, then Judaism, Christianity and Islam (at least in the mainstream versions) are rendered immediately false and no more be said. And, likewise, if "salvation" only through Christ or "submission" to Islam are true, then the rest are false. I don't know what we could extract from an "if atheism is correct..." position because it only means non-belief in deities: although there are a variety of "atheists" out there, some who even accept reincarnation.

@garychartrand7378

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertoalexandre4250 reincarnation is NOT a 'phenomenon'. God Created a Perfect System and reincarnation and Free Will are major components of the System. Reincarnation (and Free Will) are the method through which our souls evolve. The evolution of the physical body is inconsequential except for how it aids the soul's evolution. Spiritualists do not subscribe to ANY religions. Buddhism is not a religion. It is more aligned with spirituality in that we have the dropping of attachments in common. ALL organized religions have something in common in that they ALL use Fear in order to control their followers. They all say basically the same thing " Give us your money and then let's go and eliminate those who don't believe as we do,." It should be obvious to any intelligent person that something is wrong. They all preach that God should be Feared, and yet we are supposed to love Him/Her/It. It is impossible to love anything that you Fear. Love and Fear CANNOT co-exist. Jesus said " Woe unto ye Pharisees. You are supposed to lead the people to God. They didn't then and they don't now. ALL Spiritualists will advise anyone to develop a personal relationship with God - without the lying middle-men. This way ANYONE can get the Truth right from the horse's mouth. God 'speaks' (communicates) with EVERYONE - ALL THE TIME. The question ❓ is - who really listens? God wants a personal relationship with ALL of His Spirit children. I have 'worked' for God for 14 years now. He has performed miracles through me with WITNESSES and many more without witnesses. In January 2008, He even gave me a job description that says " I am sending you out by the Power of my Spirit to Release those bound by Fear, to Proclaim Forgiveness, and to Show Love to ALL men". Ironically, I don't have to like you but it is necessary that I love you. If God could say ONE thing to ALL of mankind, it would be "You have me ALL wrong". There's absolutely NOTHING (at all) to Fear from God. In my 14 years of daily interacting with God - He has shown me NOTHING BUT Love and Humor. Doesn't anybody trust God when He says 365 times (in just the bible) to "Fear not". This is NOT a commandment but rather advise. God will NEVER command you to do ANYTHING. This would make a mockery of Free Will and would be like the proverbial monkey wrench in the workings of His Perfect System. What about the 10 commandments? God tells me that there is no such thing as the 10 commandments. BUT there are the 10 Commitments. God says that if you are TRULY looking for Him - you will find that it is impossible to lie, cheat, steal, kill, ect. ect.. We can blame the lying religions for the confusion. God is all that is AND all that isn't. By definition He needs NOTHING from us. Not our Fear, our worship, or even our love of God. As children of God we are like Him. I don't 'need' your love, but it is necessary that I love you. Anyway, I could ramble on forever. Suffice it to say that most people have God ALL wrong. There is NOTHING to Fear - AT ALL. We are all in the most capable and Loving 'hands' in all existence. Bless you.

But as I grow older and change, people still refer to me as being the same person as I was when I was born

Persons dont have Souls, they are Souls. 'Person', from Greek, meaning 'Mask', A person is a physical being, linked to a physical Life, next time the person gets born, it is 'a different' person, 'different mask'. The 'I', is the Un-change-able, 'Centre of Life', the Only Real Steady Point in Existence. Our Basic Structure of Consciousness, is also Eternal, but our action and life-performance, is in a constant development and renewing of our Consciousness, as is in a constant change, and so, with our Soul, and our Person.

The philosophy regarding continuous change, the recognition of sources of suffering, and the striving to recognize these realities are attractive aspects of Buddhist philosophy that dovetail well with neuroscience and psychological science. As for what happens at death and afterward, in this area the philosophy ventures into dualistic, magical concepts for which there is no evidence. There is on the one hand a respect for science and evidence-driven inquiry, and on the other hand deference to old authoritative texts. While the speculation about events following death differs greatly from those of Western Abrahamic faiths, the belief in untestable assertions based on ancient writings is similar.

Buddhism applies whether or not there is a soul. It also applies whether or not there is a God. Believing in a soul or believing in a God or believing in no soul or believing in no God still is hindered by the fact that it requires belief. But what does them does not have a belief structure

There are elements and process of mind activities that usually we call self but that self is not self that permanent , that self is hallucination cause of clinging for existence. There is self in common view, but not self actually. The emergence of self clinging at this moment, related it self with emergence of self clinging in the past and in the future. Thats why, "not self" , but still if someone doing action he/she will get reaction. so karma and rebirth is do exist until we get our liberation.

The existence of soul is not incompatible with Buddhism. You can think of the soul as the animating principle of life, a guiding energy that can transform and manifest in and out of material realms. When Buddhism suggests that there is No Soul, or No Self, it is not denying the existence of that manifested phenomena which the soul may well be, but rather, it is trying to point to its compound, interdependent nature that is not separate in itself. When it comes to the issue of reincarnation, it could be helpful to apply the analogy of the over-the-air software update. The software exists in some central repository as a lump of energy of bits and bytes, but it can then be installed (instantiated) into a new device, effectively reincarnating itself. When that particular device is destroyed (as eventually all manifested things are), the software doesn't die with it, because it was never an integral part of the device, although for the outside observer, it may well seem so.

If such things are true it would be more like you are a soul rather than do you have one.

@patmoran5339

4 жыл бұрын

I am a mind. The human mind is fundamental to the multiverse because it is a universal explainer and constructor. A mind can understand explanations and a mind can construct anything out of anything given the right knowledge. Life is fundamental because it is the survival of knowledge.

@Boulos-cb2un

4 жыл бұрын

So are you saying that if every single person on earth shot themselves in the head at the same time, the universe would cease to be?

@patmoran5339

4 жыл бұрын

@@Boulos-cb2un Not at all. If we were hit by a large asteroid tomorrow and all life on earth was vaporized it would have no effect whatsoever on the universe. However, the universe is "waking up" because of life. As far as we know earth is the only place that life exists. However, I contend that the human mind is the most significant phenomenon in the universe. Of course, I could be wrong. But what if we develop the knowledge to prevent such catastrophes? And other kinds of catastrophes? And continue to increase the life span? What if we spread out into other solar systems and colonize? Those who prophesy doom should always add the proviso "unless new human knowledge is created." Human beings are problem solvers.

@Boulos-cb2un

4 жыл бұрын

Pat Moran Pat Moran Pat Moran ok because some contend that our consciousness creates the universe and if there is no consciousness there is no universe (that’s why I used the death analogy) I agree that the human mind is an amazing piece of phenomena but so is the machinery of the universe... The galaxies, the black holes, quasars, gamma ray bursts ect ect... but apart from these I would agree with you that the human mind is one of the most significant things in the universe... until a game changer comes along - ie alien contact.

@patmoran5339

4 жыл бұрын

@@Boulos-cb2un We should not be worried by aliens. If their culture is advanced enough to get here they would likely understand and use quantum computation and be able to transmute chemical elements. Also, the stars, black holes, and other phenomena in the universe are fairly well understood. For instance our sun will become a red giant and then a black dwarf in about 5 billion years unless new human knowledge is created and applied to prevent it. Most phenomenon in the universe are fairly well understood. Life, however, and I should say especially the human mind, is something completely new and different. As far as is known, the human mind is the only entity that can explain, understand and control the world but only if we choose to do so.

See, this is why I prefer the Theravada usually. They won't try to wriggle around. They'll just straight up tell the westerner from the start that rebirth isn't the same thing as reincarnation and if by 'soul' you mean 'atma', then no, you don't have one.

@samghising2170

4 ай бұрын

Yes there is stark difference between the concept of rebirth and reincarnation, But they always intermixed the two and totally gets in the wrong track.

The fact that our consciousness represents our subjective reality and that our body and the external world that our senses perceive represent our objective reality is something that never changes. Without this difference understanding of that which is subjective and that which is objective would never be understood so consciousness always maintains it's position of " being that which makes understanding of reality possible " thus it is unchanging.

Buddhists need to come to terms with the fact that they teach eternal Isa (eternal’ism). What “that which continues” is called is just a matter of semantics.

good

Human has one soul and that is God. What perceieved as different souls, is the character a person can play. You have to understand 'self' before talking about consciousness or soul.

There is a misconception that is threaded through this video and wasn't corrected at any point. This may be because the interviewer is not well-versed in Buddhism and the nun does not have English as her first language. We Buddhists do not believe in reincarnation - that is something Hindus follow - rather it is rebirth. T here is a very important difference between the two: reincarnation is the same "I" wearing different suits, if you will and rebirth is the constantly changing flux changes into another flux. The latter is like what happens in billiards when the cue ball strikes the 8 ball, for example. The energy leaves the cue ball and it stops as that energy or fluxion then transfers into the 8 ball. It is the energy, the flux or fluxion, that transfers. I hope that clarifies things a bit. FWIW, I am a Ch'an Buddhist and this comes from my/our perspective. I know the nun meant well, but she meandered quite a bit from the questions that were asked of her. I think she was overjoyed, a bit excited, to be able to disseminate Buddha's Sāsana (Dispensation). Good on her, and good on the interviewer for being patient, inquisitive, and giving his full attention.

@samghising2170

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this, i keep pointing out that there is a stark difference between the concept of rebirth and reincarnation, But almost everyone , newly willy uses reincarnation to mean rebirth and vice versa.

That whole spectrum of beings is not literal. Those are all just representations for state of mind. Reincarantion is just how mind progresses in this life from moment to moment. If you live long enough you can experince all those states. I belive that when we die it's over snd that is the best belief you can hold really.

@austinnatecrawford4421

4 жыл бұрын

i agree with you fully, as she was describing the spectrum of beings i immediately made a connection between that and the consciousness. i love to attempt to piece together different philosophies and religion, it seems they all have a fraction of truth within them (some more than others). combining them may help us get Closer To Truth.

@austinnatecrawford4421

4 жыл бұрын

heaven can be achieve through meditation... hell is our sinful nature, achieved through hatred and overwhelming passion. desire is our glutinous nature, also can be avoided.. animal is our desire to live and is actually has a physical place in the brain in animals and in us.. and Human is where we lay naturally... (i'm assuming)

@jugbrewer

3 жыл бұрын

@@austinnatecrawford4421 I think you got the gist on several of those. Though, from my understanding (I've only been studying the Buddhist path for a few years so bear that in mind), the different realms aren't supposed to have a value judgement attached. In western thought, we think of heaven as objectively good and hell as objectively bad. I believe that in Buddhism, all of the realms coexist as states we move in and out of and can't be placed in a hierarchy necessarily. So for example, we might think that we'd like to embody heavenly attributes or develop a heavenly state of mind. Well, the heavenly state is all well and good, but the problem of course is that it ends, as all things are subject to change, and that's painful. Also, the god realm, associated with luxury, safety, pleasantness, can blind you or make you indifferent to the suffering of others. So the desire for a heavenly state can lead to suffering just like the other states can. (In fact, in Buddhism the god realm is the one associated with addiction). In Buddhism, the human realm is unique in that it's the only realm where awakening is possible. It's the realm of confusion and doubt, and our awareness of our own uncertainty and impermanence is what can help lead toward enlightenment. Seeing clearly often begins with realizing how unclear things often are.

@someshbarua1400

2 жыл бұрын

yes but u will not be there in the new life . Whoever in new births will come to the knowledge of ur past and existence and many claim that you are there past . These is utterly nonsense. Like suppose i am a great person in these birth n i told great things , did great karmas which are known to many people n m quite popular , but one day i die n i nvr take rebirth . But the new lives that take place come into contact of my deeds and knowledge n my past existence n there human brain feels connected n they claim to be me but its foolish totaaly n thats called rebirth actually that ur thoughts and deeds are re discussed by generations n generations

Space-Time-Light, Mind-Body-Soul. Everything is.

misconception of reality causes suffering

10:30 Quantum physics, Electrons E8 Samsara tendai buddhism Fudo Myoo Mac miller figh the feeling music video, the colors of the characters are chakras.

As a hippy bygone, i remember the saying "dont trust anyone over 30.... Today i say "dont trust anyone with the title Doctor".... and that includes doctors !!!! Lololol😊😅

This is called the illusion of enlightenment.

How can reincarnation and "nothing is permanent" coexist? I wish buddha himself could talk... She is quite confused just like dalai laima on the subject of reincarnation.

@stinkertoy4310

4 жыл бұрын

nejatyalin Interesting. It never occurred to me they were incompatible!?

@machly5101

3 жыл бұрын

For something to be “permanent” it has to retain its physical or mental characteristics through an infinite time, when you reincarnate you become a different entity (not necessarily human, you could be a tree, a rock or an animal in your next life, even if you reborn as human again you will be a completely different person with a completely different genetic makeup), you won’t have any memory or consciousness of your past life, that being said reincarnation does not come into conflict with “nothing is permanent”. If you want to learn more about the true teachings of the real Gautama Buddha read “Old Path White Clouds” by Thich Nhat Hanh, stop listening to this gibberish nonsense.

@claudiochianese9850

3 жыл бұрын

Reincarnation is the wrong word. Actually, what buddhism postulates is rebirth: a life causes another through a karmic mechanism, like a candle lights another candle. But you're not reincarnating, because there is no "you" to being with. It's called anatta, no-self.

@aegontargaryen7735

3 жыл бұрын

What she trying to say is. In Buddhism, there is no soul , only mind and body. After death, rebirth will create new mind and body, starting a next new life.

@aaron2709

3 жыл бұрын

@@machly5101 This is also gibberish nonsense. If three is no 'you' left after reincarnation, no 'you' continuing, there is no point in calling it reincarnation or even pointing it out. In your description, reincarnation is existence continuing without 'you.' Buddhism is not needed to point out this most obvious fact. Your description sounds like a Materialist saying the atoms of your body are re-dispersed at death. Again, no Buddhism necessary, just science.

Souls have persons, temporarily, but repeatedly.

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But buddism is hard because of the levels of understanding. You have to cut to the chase with us ask for the tantric knowledge next time. We belive there is no self or individual we are all one. Time is null and layers upon layer creating now

Your body is your soul and your spirit lives inside your soul.

@aioniansage6081

Жыл бұрын

Almost; body + spirit = soul ( Gen.2:7)

@terry1892

Жыл бұрын

@@aioniansage6081 Psalms 7.2 lest he tear my soul to pieces. You can only tear flesh

@terry1892

Жыл бұрын

@@aioniansage6081 Yes we became a living soul because God put a spirit in the soul

@terry1892

Жыл бұрын

@@aioniansage6081 Psalms 106.15 God sent leanness into their souls

@aioniansage6081

Жыл бұрын

@@terry1892 No Terry, God put His spirit in the 'body' made from the dust of the earth thus forming the soul. You are 'a soul.'

"Venerable, Doctor, Dignified, Reverenced, Sage Buba Bubba..."

Good interview. It’s nice to have a perspective other than western.

All the world's a stage and every actor has many parts. Learn and act well. It will improve your chances for better parts.

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

The problem is that the precise mechanics of karma and reincarnation are not elaborated on sufficiently And they don’t have good enough theory of the basic substance of reality They justify this lacking of knowledge as “besides the point”

@samghising2170

4 ай бұрын

don't confuse with the concept of rebirth and reincarnation the two are quite different ,

why do people of faith make so many baseless assumptions about the world?

Do apes, dogs, dolphins and elephants have souls ?

@subReme

2 жыл бұрын

They might

I think I am going on a non- violent diet.😂😂

If I'm a pepper and you're a pepper and he's a pepper and she's a pepper wouldn't you like to be 1 too? What if there is only one one? Eh? Huh? Wink. Wink. Nudge. Nudge. Say no more.

As a buddhist i can explain it: Self consciousness emerges s an infinite illusion and doesn’t exist. What goes to the life is the illusion. There is no objective time nothing travels in linear sense time and matter is one!!! It is a stream . Very short not precise explanation

@cole141000

3 жыл бұрын

How does nothing travel in linear if the entire cosmos consisting of matter had a beginning point?

@Eric123456355

3 жыл бұрын

@@cole141000 The universe doesn’t exist per se. It is just a relative phenomena. It means without web of causes is not here. It doesn’t exist in itself.. Time is just our concept also relative to the many relative phenomena in the universe. There is nothing like objective time. Our subjective perception based on dualism makes us think that particular phenomena have objective existence. All phenomena are just projections of our mind.They have no real existence.

@someshbarua1400

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eric123456355 n me being a buddhist i dont completely belief in rebirth as matter body . I dont believe in gods or demons aa seperate figures . I dont believe in karma punishments , i dont believe in heaven or hell . I dont believe in bad deeds leading to birth of animals or insects . I just believe everyone has just one life n they dont take rebirth as new body

@Eric123456355

2 жыл бұрын

@@someshbarua1400 you have own beliefs nothing else.

@someshbarua1400

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eric123456355 yes its good . Buddha himself told us to believe in self and take no assistance of others . Buddha said to find answers urself without taking knowledge from others . Buddha said to ananda dont believe in me , research urself n find the truth . Only i can say what i found as truth but what u find truth may be or may not be same as me .

The Monotheists join in because they want to have a life after death. The lay Buddhists join in because they want to have a better life after death. Meanwhile, the Buddhist monks and nuns want to end the cycle of rebirth. Me? I'll settle for ' 'The Big Sleep' ' - like what happens during major surgery.

Without the word "soul," there couldn't be any religion. All stories are based on what the soul is thinking, and what the soul is doing, and where the soul came from, and where the soul is going after death of the physical body. Fortunes have been made by theologians who taught that the soul is a gift from God, and that women must never have abortions, because abortions offend God's gift to humanity. Evolution of the soul is a huge seller in religion. It means that your soul is ever upgrading and will hopefully soon make the grade of God's "entire" approval of enlightenment and salvation … or … that in the afterlife something horrible could happen to your soul. If you remove the word "soul" from religion, you will not have anything but ground zero.

Reincarnation and rebirth are 2 different thing.

@samghising2170

4 ай бұрын

yeah but they keep using reincarnation liberally when what they are really talking about is the concept of rebirth

There is only one soul or one self...

Buddhism saying there is no soul honestly made me lose some respect for it. It’s just so absurd. Like yeah demons, people transcending to higher realms, buddhas, spirits, all real. “A soul? Are you crazy? Why would something like that exist?”. It’s just so mind bafflingly idiotic and ignorant I can’t truly believe this is what they think

These people can sell snow to Eskimos.

@AG-yx4ip

3 жыл бұрын

Not everything is a comercial transaction in this word, you know ...

Can it be tested ??

@dayelu6028

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely not because consciousness is pure subjectivity so you can build as many tools as you like be it language or whatever but at end of the day nothing objective can penetrate through subjectivity and claim here lies the evidence. Here lies the graveyard of science if it's paradigm still depend upon objective evidence.

@EngelsFermin

4 жыл бұрын

@@dayelu6028 im sure you mean well but if cant be tested it has little value ,,, aside mental exercise

@Eric123456355

3 жыл бұрын

Yes on yourself

@jugbrewer

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, the Buddha himself advised his followers not to take anything he said at face value, but to test his teachings for themselves. One way the mind can be examined is through meditation.

Is time linear in Buddhism?

@fuqupal

4 жыл бұрын

It is only perceived that way in the human mind

@yoooyoyooo

4 жыл бұрын

@@fuqupal I don't think we percive time lineary. That's why we need clocks.

@Eric123456355

3 жыл бұрын

Time and matter is one in buddhism. Dogen

The hostile alien vampires (greed) have no soul.

recantation is not a human made concept. you like or not it s a part of the nature...... it just reviled by eastern philosophers .

Persons AARREE souls !

There is no self that surives death but still something is accumulating Karma??? So wait what??? If we are just a composite and at death the composite falls away (a long with the fake concept of self being destroyed) then WHAT IS ACCUMULTING THE KARMA.....Am I missing something...🤣🤣🤣🤣

If you want to learn more about the true teachings of the real Gautama Buddha read “Old Path White Clouds” by Thich Nhat Hanh and “Being Nobody Going Nowhere” by Ayya Khema, stop listening to this gibberish nonsense.

Why is she saying these things about gods????? No we don't very odd who is this person saying these obvious lies about what bhuddists think about God's..

Brains, not souls. The idea of a soul is a construct of a big overactive noggin.

And has God got a soul ?

There's no proof for the soul. So it's best not to believe in a soul for the time being.

Some really good things here, but so much is in direct conflict with known evidence. Another human-created elaborate, complex wishful story.

She is saying a lot of things, but where is the evidence of truth?

Poor explanation

Reincarnation is not of the body nor anything to do with the material world. Who your parents are, what gender, where you were born, what you look like or what you have etc. They are all the forms of recognition, they are not your identity. Your true identity lies in the immaterial world - your free will, your soul - the "colour" of your thought, of your actions, of your desicions, in normal words is how you think, not of how your brain (your intellect) functions. Before you have trancended your intellect, you act and behave according to your memory your intellect, in a blunt term, you are just the machine - a complex and sophisticated machine indeed. When you do trancend your intellect, you then realise the real you, and that is what we are talking about here with reincarnation. So reincarnation is not about the physical body, not the gender not the apparence not any forms of recognitions, nothing to do with the material world. Rincarnation is the reincarnation of the spirit, of the soul, or others say of conciousness. And reincarnation happens in many degrees, from low degree to high degree according to the fullness of the conciousness that has passed down. And the within that one life, even when it starts with just 1 single seed (low degree of incarnation), it will still can grow to its fullness. With that, reincarnation happens all the time, people just dont want to accept that. Because they want something that sounds more miraculous, more saviour. With that, i hope it sheds light unto the question of whether we have soul.

@onetruekeeper

4 жыл бұрын

Reincarnation does not exist. There is nothing to be gained from living a physical existence over and over again. One learn nothing of value on earth. This world teaches nothing. When a person dies there are only two options. Eternal life in a non-corporeal state and reality or non-existence. It's that simple.

@williamburts5495

4 жыл бұрын

@@onetruekeeper who says the reason you reincarnate is because there is something to gain? You reincarnate because of ignorance and karma.

@onetruekeeper

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamburts5495 But I said I don't believe in reincarnation...LOL. It matters not to me if I gain something or nothing or because I am ignorant, whatever that means. There is nothing particular about earthly experience that appeals to me. Now if there is some unknown factor that is forcing me to reincarnate than there is little I can do about it.

@tuanvnguyen872

4 жыл бұрын

@@onetruekeeper it is very difficult to say whether it matters to an individual. Let's pay a thought to gravity, ask yourself have you thought about gravity even once for today? Nope i guess, same answer to many other people that is for sure. But just because we dont pay attention, should gravity changes its behaviour or its nature? The answer is absolutely no. Gravity still exist everywhere and all the time, and it will still be functioning whether we think it matters to us or not. To some people, their whole life can neglect the significance of the gravity, but for other, it is a crucial factor (like the farmer whose works involve little of the gravity vs the astronauts who every they do involve the gravity). That says to some, the awareness of its existence has little to 0 effect, but to other it is huge. Whatever it is, because gravity is always there, and it is real and true, nothing is wrong if we neglect or even ignore, but if we come to know and understand it, it will definitely enhance our experience of life. It is the same with reincarnation, whether we believe it or not, it does not matter at all to the reincarnation. But as the reincarnation is still happening here and there and everywhere all the time, it is better if we acknowledge it so we can make our life a better understanding and experience.

@onetruekeeper

4 жыл бұрын

@@tuanvnguyen872 How do you know with absolute certainty that reincarnation is happening? Are you having flashbacks of your former life? Can you be sure without any doubt that those past life memories are yours, not imaginary and not someone else's? What if you have absolutely no recollection of a past life then all that you have learned and suffered in that life has been for nothing. When a child goes to school it is hoped that the child would retain most of what they learned so that they can move on to a higher grade. But that is not so with reincarnation since everything one has learned has been erased completely when the new life begins and has to start all over again. What a waste! If this is what you are defending I want no part of it thank you very much.

She is the least intelligent guest in closer of truth, I wish I could hear Buddhism take from a sophisticated Buddhist mind.

@Eric123456355

3 жыл бұрын

I think is about english.But yes she is not a very sophist not enlightened . He should talk to the famous Vietnamese monk

Buddhist are confused, they need to respect that they are Hindus for we fully understand the Atmana which you also believe in but don't admit it.

3 6 9 damn she fine

this is utter gibberish. she is equivalent to a literalist in the Christian world, taking the bible literally. also, when it comes to explaining Buddhism for a western English speaking audience, I suggest you interview an English speaking person

@arnold-hu4vk

4 жыл бұрын

She *is* an English speaking person.

@samghising2170

4 ай бұрын

yes but barely what the above is saying get someone who has command on the language so in-depth explanation can be done, it that hard for you to get it!@@arnold-hu4vk