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Siddhartha's story must be one of the earliest written record of a father going out to buy milk.

Buddha: “I’m not paying child support.” *Ascends to enlightenment*

When i was like 12, my mom was working in the theater/art department of this small local university. One of the plays they were putting on that year was "Siddhartha" and my mom signed me up to play Siddhartha's son. I know it was just a small production in some small college, but as a kid in small town America that had only really been exposed to Christian ideals, being in this play really gave me a new perspective on the world. It's been 20 years since that but it definitely impacted me in ways i didn't appreciate at the time. I guess this is just a shout-out to the Arts, especially the small ones.

I liked how you showed the role of women in Buddhism changing depending on who was doing the wrting/interpretation of the texts. Sort of like modern politics.

It’s amazing how ancient stories can give us so much information through how they were interpreted

There is a story where the Buddha sits with his wife and as she cries, asking why he left her and their son, the Buddha says he left because he wanted to find the cure for suffering so they wouldn't have to suffer ever again. This contextualizes the Buddha's story in the Medicine journey archetypes, where someone goes off to find a cure for some disease. The Buddha found a cure, the Dharma, and brings it back home to his family. As far as whether women can attain enlightenment, in Mahayana teachings we point to a dragon princess who, after hearing the Lotus Sutra, immediately attains Buddhahood. She is the first person to attain Buddhahood after the actual Buddha, and is used as an example of how the Lotus Sutra opens the way to enlightenment for all living beings, while many pre-Lotus Sutra teachings say either only men can attain enlightenment, or that one has to be reborn as a human to attain enlightenment (as supposed to being able to attain enlightenment as an animals, or in heaven or hell rebirths).

Growing up as a Buddhist the way I was always told this story as a culmination of karmic lifetimes and in reference to how one leaves the material world behind. Buddha didn't just pick up and leave, it was lifetimes of building enough karma to make this happen. At the end Buddha's family didn't face financial hardship when Buddha left and that softened the blow for him. He was a prince in this lifetime and he knew that whatever happened to him, his family would be taken care of. Of course there was emotional hardship, and suffering is a part of that path and every decision the man made had consequences. Usually Buddhist look at the end and say his wife and child gained enlightenment and thus Buddha acted correctly if you look at the big picture, but I'm not sure if I agree with that. I think Buddha like any man could make the wrong decisions. The difference being he is able to recognize that he made the wrong decision and come back into his wife and son's life to help them gain enlightenment.

I truly wish that this was a story that was told more often, because it reminds us that to achieve something great you don't just abandon needless decadence but sometimes you also sacrifice the things that bring you happiness. I also just like the more sorrowful perspective on the origins of the buddha

One of the biggest obstacles to me finding buddha relatable on a moral and motivational level, historically speaking

"I'm going to leave my family in the middle of the night on the day my child is born." -an enlightened man

I see a lot of commenters here who, when answering criticisms of Siddartha's behavior, keep saying in turn that he 'didn't leave his family to starve' since they were rich and had their lives set out for them. That's not the point: the point here is that this man abandoned his wife and infant son in the night without telling either of them goodbye, leaving her terrified of her husband's fate and the fate of her child.

I love how you mentioned Wu Zetian, she is a special figure in history!

It’s always fully appreciated how high quality, passionate and well researched your videos are! Your content is always an instant watch! Thanks guys! I deeply enjoyed it and will be first here on youtube to see ford!

Nice series, although I wished you guys covered why Buddhism declined in India and Afghanistan and it's survival in East & Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.

I wonder how the "leaving family behind" aspect was seen at first, and if something like that was changed 8n different cultures. At least when it comes to normal people.

well I'm definetly looking forward to any future series you make on religions if you choose to do so

I like that various versions of the stories are acknowledged- that these traditions vary in beliefs among many people.

Child rearing wealthy women like the princess did not sleep in same chambers as husband's. Babies wake every 2 hours. And when Buddha returned to home, she would not leave her women's wing of the palace, Buddha had to break protocol, come over in person to see her again and deliver his enlightenment he gained from their separation. The princess cried in private upon meeting for first time in 7 years. Buddha had come over to repay what he owed his wife, for all her support and loyalty.

Love your videis guys! They always make my day 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

I loved the series! I learnt a lot about the universe of the story we all know

6th century BC: I'm off to attain enlightenment 2023: I'm out to get milk

I am Buddhist. This act of Buddha is always debatable. One the only hand leaving possession and family is the greatest of becoming enlightened. Because being emotional in both happiness and sadness is suffering. Being attached to your possessions including family which you live most is suffering. Caring for them and wishing them well are suffering. On the other hand, not caring for them or how they feel at all is selfish. But without being selfish you cannot just leave everything behind and dedicate yourself to your training.

I loved it keep it coming

Loved the video

The story of Buddha looking back at his wife and kids, and left... .... is actually the life story of previous Buddha, Vipassi. The current Buddha Gotama, mentioned that he cut his hair in front of his crying parents, and left. Source: The Life of the Buddha, According to the Pali Canon.

Great series

I think my dad went out and reached Nirvana too

Buddha dictated that monks owe half of their alms to wives they left behind

Every good thing has a sad side, it's because we humans difrentiate things/ events using moral values and categorize into good/evil. Another example is Leika the space dog. Her story was tragic, but her voyage taught new lessons to space scientists and other researchers.

great to learn about this lady

Did he even cease suffering, if he caused so much suffering to his wife?

I would love to see how that would play out in front of a judge: "You see, your honor, I cant pay pension to my child because I have given up all wordly things. Thus I am not a father anymore, neither do I have posessions because I am an ascetic". 🤣😂

Please do the Greek war of independence of 1821 against the ottoman empire next I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai

This is so cool!

Yosodhara, her story one of the complexities of Buddhism's past and present growing pains in its relationship and outlook towards women and the issues of whether the idea of family lies *in the way* of the path towards enlightenment, lies *on the way* to the path of enlightenment, or if it even factors into the gaining of enlightenment at all. A story that is difficult to draw absolute answers from and where those practicing may interpret it in any which way they may to fit narratives that iare very much wrapped up in the ever-evolving outlooks of the cultures where Buddhism permeates, and still very incomplete... It may never even be completed, really. *Westerners:* _Nothing but memes, oversimplifications, and contrarianism to make themselves sound smarter and/or morally superior to man who has been dead for over a millenium_

I grew up as a buddhist and taught about this story. I never really thought about this story from this point of view.

The timing of this video is freaky. I just started a class about Buddhism and I have constantly been wondering about his wife and child that he left behind.

This was very interesting.

"Sorry babe, gotta save the world from Dukkha."

2:48 "Only going forward 'cause we can't find reverse"

Y’all should do series on Islam and Christianity. I would love to see that.!

I'm not sure how I feel about this being the last episode of this series. On one hand, it makes a certain amount of sense to end by returning to how the series started, focusing on a single person. And, if you're going to do that, choosing the person that was arguably the most affected by Siddhartha's life does seem like a good choice. On the other hand, the series wrapped up the last episode so well that I didn't realize y'all were going to mention Yaśodharā at all - which makes the primary woman in this series kind of an optional bonus episode that's easy to miss. And that feels deeply uncomfortable, not the least because of how closely that attitude seems to align with her life as y'all chose to present it.

Awesome

Hope he at least got the holy milk down at the store

You guys should do a series on the Mexican Revolution

Prince siddhartha was fed up of life and eternal suffering so he sought of enlightenment or a path to end suffering. He left his wife and children and all his possessions and after attaining enlightenment he visited kapilawasthu pura, his kingdom and when he visited, queen yashodara explained to his son that the Buddha was his father and why he left, and she told him to go and meet him. Buddha took the child and made him an arahat and later yashodara also became an arahat. So after all they all ended their suffering of the physical and spiritual worlds.

Always remember this🤚 Buddhism needs to hold its principles over everything else not the story, not about anything, they can be anything The most important thing is the 4 noble truths Acknowledge the problem, the cause, the solution, and the execution to end the problem It's a principle of logic and self-improvement 👍 It doesn't matter if you become a Christian or anything As long as it's a path that you will be better, go for it There's nothing in Buddhist teaching that prevents you from finding your answer and solution But you should at least try to be decent person doing it as well That's not an obligation to be Buddhist, that's just being a decent human being.👌

8:33 ..did you just slip a loss reference in?

Yes finally🎉

i always wondered about them, and while we're at it, that deadbeat, st. augustine's family. at least we know what happened to bilah and ismael (kinda)

Every soldiers they may die on battlefield, they go to battlefield not only to protect family but also person how unknown to them

Sorry to say ,yashoda was residing in Lumbini during her pregnancy which is situated in Nepal

What an inspiration to all deadbeat dads out there.

You pronounce Yashodhara perfectly.

The "dh" in Yashodhara is one syllable. It's pronounced similar to "th" in "the".

PANR has tuned in.

Yes

Damn, that's as bad as stepping out for cigarettes and never coming back

In kalama sutra, lord Buddha said not believe anything just because it is written on a book, or ur teacher taught you that, or just because u heard it etc, only u should believe something after investigating it thoroughly and if it something good u should practice it.

I think the creators of Avatar The Last Airbender also drew inspiration from this part of the Buddha's story, when Guru Pathik advised Aang to let go of his attachments to Katara.

It would be so great if someday EH could make a series about the birth of Islam and it's spread.

You're not supposed to pronounce the character "a" that's at the last of a word.. For eg Rahula is correctly pronounced as Rahul, Siddhartha is correctly pronounced as Siddharth

Enlightenment can wait. I will never abandon my family 🙏

2:27 this holy man was actuary a previous buddha

Does the great ExtraHistory respond? 👀

Well, now that this is over, how about a video about the 6 day war

I have mixed feelings on this series as a Buddhist. I'm sure y'all had someone read it for sensitivity and accuracy so I'm not sure why it's not landing for me. I think, similar to the series on Christian schisms, there really needed to be a more thorough grounding in the theological aspects of Buddhism in order to understand the historical events that were examined here. Because the Buddha leaving his wife is taught with a very different context in the tradition I'm in and ones I've visited. He understood that his leaving would be quite painful for his family, but he wanted to release them from suffering completely in the long run and the only way to do that was to find a way out of samsara. He weighed the costs and benefits - specifically to them because he was a profoundly compassionate being. Their material needs were met given their wealth and he knew that but he wanted to truly liberate them. What is that but love? And the discussion of his wife and kids as an obstacle is just...it was not well handled in my opinion. When grounded in the theology, it doesn't seem nearly as cruel as it was here. The way I was taught, Rahula got his name because in part because he loved his son so much he almost didn't leave. It's used to illustrate how your attachment to someone can bar you from genuine compassion. Also there's some cultural stuff that would have been nice to see here. Many cultures take refusing spiritual requests to be a key part of the process of ordination. By refusing them several times, he was demonstrating to any that came afterwards that this was the genuine desire of the women and this was not a commitment they entered into lightly. The story is one, not of the Buddha being biased, but of him protecting the reputation of the orders in the present and well into the future. Maybe adding this stuff in would have ballooned the time too much. It makes me wish then that the series had tried to cover less ground so there was space to include a better understanding. I do worry that this series may have created more misconceptions than it dispelled. That being said, I still very much appreciate the effort that went into making this. The art especially was gorgeous and wonderfully rendered.

8:32 loss

The Sidharta dilema relates to Jesus in the book The Last Temptation of Christ, by Nikos Kazantzakis.

Thank you! I didn’t know this.👍🏽🇦🇺

Ive enjoyed this whole series, but this video definitely made me think of the commonalities with Christianity. Jesus is a single man, but not all of the disciowho follow him ate, and the Bible mentions some of them leaving their families (although some people talk about how there may have been a lot more people who actually traveled with Jesus during his ministry who simply aren't mentioned in the Gospels). Christianity (or at least Catholicism) also has followers who consecrate themselyto religious life, and I think families often have mixed feelings about that. Early formation periods can include pretty strict isolation from the outside world (which can open up more over time) that includes really limited contact with family and friends as the postulant figures out if this is truly the life for them. There are plenty of stories of saintowho left behind their families for strict lives of poverty and prayer. Although, again, at least in Catholicism, someone wouldn't leave a marriage in order to join religious life because marriage is until death (although you certainly can enter religious life as a widow or widower).

Now I'm in a momastery (Hare Krsna) and is true about to the dificult to talk whit your family, is hard some times whit all the stuff that you have to do

I just want to point out. Buddha was born in Lumbini. And it is a part of Nepal.

To those who said the Buddha left his wife. He didn't leave his wife in hardship. Both their lives are in wealthiest family, living in 3 castles. One for the summer, one for the winter, one of the rainy season. It's not like his entire family is a farmer, and he can't stand his hard life and leave his wife to bear it alone. If knowing that his wife is well taken care off, yet he cannot cut off his familiar ties and leave, what enlightenment can he seek? Besides, don't forget if he didn't left, his life is extremely luxurious and comfortable. If the Buddha is selfish, he wouldn've stayed and enjoy life. Not left and live in the forest.

My family named me after him, Siddharth. I guess I should name my son Rahul. 😅

Those green mugs made me lose The Game at 11:20

Toy should do video about mummar gaddafi the mad dog of the middle east 1, 2, 3, and 4,.

Lord Siddharth Gautam aka Buddha is also considered a reincarnation/Avatar of Lord Vishnu to reform Hinduism of the social ills and guide people towards enlightenment. That he certainly did.

So that explains the sequel “Rude Buddha” story 😢.

Wow

Buddha, pride of Nepal ❤️

If anything, this ought to increase one's respect for the sakyan sage, to give up one's former life, and loved ones and sacrifice these relationships to dedicate one's life to saving thousands from Dukkha and guiding them to the path to liberation from samsara is an honourable act.

This is great and all. But when is the part where Buddha fights for mankind against the Gods?

Good share 🫶

2:03 Neighboring republic?

Ur like the only American dude who is pronouncing Yaśōdhara right lmao

how are u a history channel and mess up the first line of the video. he is from Nepal, Lumbini not India.

Over 1/3 of this video is ads.

This is starting to make more sense. So, the Buddha is clearly from Shelbyville, given him getting married to his most attractive cousin. And, he abandons family. Is the Buddha also the father of Nelson Muntz?

Should cover the various Jataka as well. Some of then are fking crazy lol.

He went to the cosmic milk store and reached nirvana

Yay more conjecture and fairy tales! Who you doing next? Paul bunyan? Davy crokett? Johnny appleseed? Oooh or how about the jersey devil! (/s)

It's Nepal not india What kind and where did you learn history

Now we need a video about vidhudhaba, who wiped buddhas clan because buddha's clan was hypocrites.

3:58 Huh who knew Budda and my father had a lot more in common 😂 😭

So a family is broken up by a father who shirks responsibility…and that’s considered a good thing?

Interesting how Siddhartha had to relearn enlightenment when his last life reincarnated into himself. Avatar: the Last Airbender must have borrowed this, seeing as each avatar must relearn their skills every time they reincarnate.

My reading is that of a sheeppost

Marry, or not to marry that is the question..