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My attitude with all of this talk is .... CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF! If "see for yourself" isn't a "Buddhist Teaching" then I don't know what is. Buddha broke from the pack by doing just THAT. There are ALWAYS teachers who "won't" or "can't" who are willing to warn everybody off from trying... saying that it is a waste of time or "harmful". It is ultimately up to each of US to decide what is "TRUTH" from everything else.... Ask yourself what you are afraid of by "going deep"... What exactly are you afraid of finding by exploring deep into your own being, in meditation? And, I'm not suggesting anybody abandon "common sense" either. Just saying. Thank you, and smooth sailing. 😺🕵‍♂🧘🦄

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As long as I don’t aim, I won’t miss. With the catalpa bow I shoot an arrow toward the open sky. - Ryokan

can you make a video on the Gandhāran Buddhist text

New to your channel although not at all new to Buddhist teachings and practice... It's very useful for filling in the giant gaps in my understanding of Buddha's teachings. I'm surprised the "almighty algorithm" hasn't suggested it to me YEARS AGO... But truly thank you Doug San🙏

Life itself is reborn again and again. You and I will die, no self, no I, no soul survive, and we will not be called on stage again for applause or booing. The only thing that stays are our dharma, our acts and achievements while we were alive. Our dharma will create the world for those who come after us, their karma. Buddhist karma is 100% causalistic. Will we leave a war torn hell for them or a paradise? That is what survives!

Buddha with straight hair is greek influence. And it doesn't honor buddhist origins. Buddha originally has african feautures.

I think you’re an exceptionally talented teacher. I hope that you enjoy your enlightenment you put in the work bud you really do you have every right to be happy just like everyone else. I hope one day you stop doing this and just walk your spiritual path. Take it off the Internet and into your daily life. Don’t share that part that’s just for you.❤ you have earned it 1000 times over Doug. I watched you for years whatever progress I’ve achieved I think I’ve achieved quite a bit😂 you’re one of the best teachers I’ve ever had. And I’ve had quite a few. There’s so many of you to follow online now my God and everybody has an app.😂 that’s it make it Doug’s Dharma app! That’s perfect Doug. that is absolutely your next step. And then donate all the proceeds to charity make it profound Doug make it the largest donation ever. An ongoing stream of generosity people sign up and their donations automatically flow, and into whatever charity they want to how beautiful is that. you’re in a position to do that I’m not. I’m just some weirdo with a traumatic brain injury, but that’s perfect for me. I love helping homeless people and homeless people seem to like my help so I’m good.❤❤❤

thank you Doug or your clear explanation, was having a tough time interpreting number 5! :) especially how you mentioned that it is meant to be a practice, and that we will fall short at times

Using Buddha's early teachings of consciousness we can see that the easy problem of consciousness is the only question and hard problem is a false question, in the girls example she didn't know redness before because she simply lacked mental consciousness associated with redness . This also makes sense scientifically, if you consider the brain as a machine that follows laws of physics, there can be no such extra information that is left out , in girls it's because of lacking an input which is mental consciousness associated with redness .

When you listen to this kind of music, don’t you feel like you are listening to Buddhist scriptures? ua-cam.com/video/VEizKmZlUAw/v-deo.htmlsi=7psEwpFs94-sFaWt

I've really been enjoying some of these older videos. Thank you, Doug.

Part of the reason it could be negative might be something similar to the philosophy of Schopenhauer's. Schopenhauer saw the world as being inherently bad and what was good was the negation of that evil. This led to him writing "pleasure is the negative thing and suffering the positive." Thats in the sense that suffering merely is, while pleasure comes from something that is a negation of reality Arthur Schopenhauer said that buddhism was one of the schools of thought that was of "negative ethics," I'd love to hear it this is true or not

How do we access the work and writings of Paul Fuller other than purchasing his very expensive books?

I’m not sure absence of feeling meets the definition of bliss. Obviously, I am looking at this in translation to English, so maybe the connotations of the words are different in Pali, Sanskrit, or whatever language this conversation occurred in. But it doesn’t quite add up to me.

No fixed thing is reborn,in the same way no fixed thing exists from moment to moment whilst we are alive. The man who left the room 10 seconds ago is not the same man who reentered the room 20 seconds later.

I do like Buddhism because I don't have priest yelling at me constantly that I'll go to hell if I don't follow God commands all the time.

I just moved to a new state and one of the closest Buddhist temples to me is a Theravada Buddhist temple. I have been doing more research into that school of Buddhist thought due to proximity for the most part.

I find it hard to believe that it should be so easy to attain stream-entry. I mean, I know dhamma teachers who were monastics for 20 years, have a really good ethical conduct as well as access to jhanas, but still haven't attained it.

This becomes gibberish nearly identical to when Christians attempt to define the trinity. Yes, there is a permanent self/soul, and yes it is what is reborn and what attains nirvana. If not, then three Buddha was what would colloquially be called a "dumbass"

Buddha's understanding of the human psychology is so astute. 😊

If consciousness is cease to exit, what is there to determine if your state is stable, content and not being anxious?

Yeah, but modern Christianity NEEDS to have a historical JC, otherwise, it's a NONSTARTER... as you pointed out. But the teachings of the Buddha need no historical person... To explain the immense IMPACT he had on the religious topography of his time (since he lived a long life), it's easier to explain with an actual historical person. Buddhism and Christianity are VERY different, and that would be an interesting exploration to unpack that reality.

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term: kammaṭṭhāna on p.24 Lamp of the Law excerpts from Gurulugomi’s Dharmapradīpikā "Progressing in this way, shedding all dust by the intensity of practice that becomes keener and keener, he develops the Path of Mental Absorption (jhānamagga) by casting out the hindrances. Seated in cloister cell, at the foot of a tree, under the open sky, or in some other suitable place, he fixes his mind on a subject of meditation (kammaṭṭhāna) and by struggle, and unceasing effort washes out the impurities of his mind-flux and gradually reaches the first, the second, the third and the fourth absorption, and enjoys the benefit of his high attainment. Lastly with the power of concentration he has won, he turns his mind to the understanding of actuality in the highest sense, and when he knows that, clears himself of all defilements by the roots."

According to Buddhism, all can be in Nivarna whoever U r, man, woman or gay and whatever U r. But ..the india society in Buddha time, people would not accept Ur words about dhmma if U r woman or LGBTQ because of India culture. But all of u can get Nivarna. Buddha means commonly Teacher. When U were second sex or others, the India society would not accept Ur words at that time. But U can get Nivarna like Buddha

Yeah, but why? Why should I not do that?

I agree with the Buddha about aging, at 10 minutes, curse it lol. Those whose lives were cut short were indeed spared of this pain of slow decay.

Hey Stupid If You don't know about Mara You Should Better Shut up.

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I would have thought that an explanation of the Golden Rule, either positive or negative would be related to the Buddhist concept of vasana -- the residue left in the mind as a result of a past action. If one does unto others as one would not want done to oneself, that introduces a whole host of vasana consequences -- guilt, fear (of retribution), an ongoing conversation with oneself about what one did, etc. That makes the path that leads to nirvana the one in which one does not let these actions occur -- that would be the path of skillful means in this instance. Since we are calling it roughly equivalent to the positive Golden Rule, the latter is portrayed, even in the West, as the path of compassion. Either way, because it minimizes vasana, it promotes the joining of skillful means with wisdom in the form of sunyata. So perhaps it is more of a practical thing.

In general it is easier for most people to refrain from harming others than it is to act deliberately for others' welfare, especially when it comes to those one has some animosity towards, or other species. Simply to be mindful of not harming others at all times no matter what is already a huge achievement for the vast majority. If everyone could do this all the time, already the suffering of countless beings will be decreased tremendously. The Buddha was always very pragmatic. He probably realized the above and framed the golden rule like this as the first relatively easy step in developing morality, to be developed further with meditation and wisdom, which will gradually make one more and more inclined to act positively for the welfare of others by default.

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It’s easy to forget that 2,500 years ago the world and India was a harsh , unforgiving environment and culture. SHADE was a luxury , WATER was scarce . Killing , stealing , lying selling making weapons was commonplace - it was a BRUTAL caste system The Buddha’s approach to “avoid , refrain from “ what became defilements and hinderances Was most practical - once rid of defilements we can work on cultivation “ Just go out and murder someone , then try to meditate. Try it sometime .. you’ll see Not so easy is it ?” - Jack Kornfield ❤

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Don't mix the positive and negative formulations, if you "do unto others as you would not have them do unto you" people may get angry.

My take on why the rule is negative is that ending harmful behavior is always good, while positive behaviors are sometimes misguided and can lead to unintended consequences without sufficient wisdom.

Perhaps it was expressed negatively because it makes the people take it more seriously compared to the positives

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"EVERY WISH FULFILLED" E.T.

Do you think there is a logical reason as to why we should be putting more emphasis on removing suffering as opposed to optimizing joy or some kind of positive reward? I struggle with this. I know it intuitively, but I can't argue it. Are they both biases at the end of the day? Are we supposed to embrace suffering because it ultimately leads to more pleasure, or reject pleasure because it ultimately leads to more suffering? I've made my choice (you can probably guess which one it is), but maybe that's just me.

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A glimpse into Burmese Theravada Buddhism . The oldest surviving Buddhist texts in Pali language come from the relic chamber of a Buddhist stupa at Sriketra Pyu Burmese kingdom ( 2nd century BC to9th century AD)#Unesco heritage sites. They consist of a twenty leaf manuscript of solid gold and a large glided reliquary of silver.A new and extensive paleographic study of these inscriptions shows that they dates 5th century AD.Unlike all others early Buddhist societies of Southeast Asia , evidence of Mahayana contacts in Pyu Burmese cities is SCANT. It is clear that Pyu Burmese kingdoms were in contact with several Indian kingdoms in the south,east and north BUT stood in tutelary relationships to None.From the earliest evidence Pyu Buddhist writings, art and architecture laid the foundations of distinctive Burmese traditions of Theravada Buddhism within the greater Buddhist euumene(crd to ASajji)

One can say Pali is Theravada Buddhist language. : because it is only found in Theravada Buddhists text: no ethnic is using as their language now .