How to Become a Buddha? The Perfections
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Күн бұрынHow do you become a Buddha? You work at perfecting several different virtues or "pāramīs". I'll give a brief history of the practice and then go through a list of ten of them from the Theravāda tradition. Then we'll look at some similarities between this list and one popular one from the Mahāyāna tradition.
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00:00 Intro
00:23 Perfections and early Buddhism
01:17 Background
05:29 Giving
08:12 (Ethical) Virtue
09:35 Renunciation
11:34 Wisdom
14:33 Energy
15:35 Patience
18:11 Truthfulness
19:24 Determination
22:07 Lovingkindness
24:54 Equanimity
28:32 Similarities with the Mahāyāna
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@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
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@brianreeves 2 жыл бұрын
"[Patience.] It's a virtue that I, myself, need to work on." Lmao me too Doug
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
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@bencharits 2 жыл бұрын
Great summary on Paramita. In Theravada, at least when I learned the list from Thailand, it was more like a check list to become a Buddha. I think you did a great job of summarizing and linking them with Mahayana tradition. I just have one comment that in the early period of Buddhism, while there were already some sectarian separations, many different traditions seemed to live together, study together, and exchange ideas. This can be seen in Nanlanda, Kashmir, Gandhara, as well as in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Later however different traditions seem to become favored in certain areas. Therefore, I think your notion of paramita that might have arose from Mahayana ideas might be legitimate. Thanks again for an awesome video.
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, thanks so much for your comment, I agree in the early centuries different schools did live and practice together in several places.
@wd89601 2 жыл бұрын
thank you Doug :) your videos always bring a new and profound understanding of Buddhism
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! 🙏
@chonthidaathiprayoon2455 Жыл бұрын
By wisdom, therefore, the Buddha means full understanding. Wisdom has many levels. The world in Buddhism means, stories of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and thinking etc.
@chonthidaathiprayoon2455 Жыл бұрын
Loving kindness is also has many level as well. The loving kindness perfection is called Paramis, it must accompany with wisdom.
@DougsDharma Жыл бұрын
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@gofun55 2 жыл бұрын
I am a Thai person. I think the English translation from the original Pali word (Viriya) to Energy is not that accurate, though it is also not that wrong either. Personally, I think Perseverance would be a better word for it (Viriya). About Determination, if u want to be more accurate, it is making a wish, making a vow to attain Buddhahood. And as far as I know, there are two types of Boddhisattvas in Theravada tradition. The ones who obtained prophecy of future Buddhahood from Buddha and ones who were not. The former will defnitely become a Buddha in the future, while the latter may either discard their wish for Buddhahood along the way or obtained the prophecy and became the first type of Boddhisattva later on once they accummulate enough Paramitas. Therefore, personally, I think anyone can make a vow/wish to become a Buddha (Not just The monastic order) as long as they know the existence of Buddhas and what being one entails, but most will discard their vow along the way regardless. Only few will survive to become a prophecy-receiving Boddhisattva. Anyone can make a Boddhisattva's vow, but only few will survive long enough and accommulate enough Paramitas to receive the prophecy of future Buddhahood from a Buddha. I think that is how it is said in Theravada tradition I know at least, not the version you talked about. Even those u said receiving prophecy from a Buddha had once been just an ordinary person who wish for a Buddhahood. They just spent an insanely long time accumulating enough Paramitas to finally receive the prophecy of future Buddhahood, that is all. What I am trying to say is, in Theravada tradition that I know, making a determination for Buddhahood is never ineffective even without the presence of a Buddha. As that was how every Boddhisattva who later on received the prophecy started their path to Buddhahood. The only thing ineffective about it is the fact that you could still change your mind along the way and discard that determination if you still have not received the prophecy. But even those who later went on and become a Buddha once had made a determination for Buddhahood in the absence of a Buddha, then accummulated enough Paramitas to finally get the phophecy, accumulated further Paramitas, and finally become a Buddha.
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks gofun! As to the translations, they’re not my own but come from dedicated people like Bhikkhu Bodhi and Bhikkhu Sujato.
@gofun55 2 жыл бұрын
@@DougsDharma I actually knew it was not from u. Though i still see it as strange as the word Viriya from Pali language was actually "borrowed" to be used as a Thai word with the meaning basically means perseverance or spending arduous efforts. And as far as I know, the meaning of this word was not distorted from the original meaning even in Thai language unlike some other borrowed Pali words. The same could be said about Adhiṭṭhāna (Determination). The meaning is the base of determination, so making a vow or a wish (the base) kind of make more sense, I don't know. In short, there are a lot of Pali words used in Thai language, some with the meanings distorted from the original, some not. That is why I tend to think that, I, as a Thai person, know the exact and accurate meanings of some Pali words that was borrowed to be used as a Thai word that its meanings still were not distorted yet.
@graham974 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking forward to a video on this subject! Thank you so much for your helpful explanations Doug 🙏
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, Graham! 🙏
@xiaomaozen 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful overview, thanks a lot! 😊🙏
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure xiao mao! 🙏😊
@samirkarki192 2 жыл бұрын
Thanx a lot Doug, I find your videos really informative!
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Samir! 🙏
@lucasb.v.9348 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, Doug, keep up the good content!
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Lucas!
@MatthewOl2530 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Doug! For this wonderful video. ❤🥰
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Alan!
@yasithperera5700 2 жыл бұрын
Nice Video Doug. As a Sri Lankan Buddhist I would like to put this out there. First Gautama Buddha has not instructed the lay people or even the monks to aspire to become a Buddha in the original teachings. Supreme Buddha taught all of us, so that humans and gods/brahmas alike are able to liberate from samsara as quickly, effectively and dilligently as possible. That is reaching enlightenment as effectively as possible, based on individual capabilities to understand the Dhamma. Whether that is attaining the fruits of the paths, from 1st stage stream entrant to 4th arahant. Also lets not forget there are 2 types of Buddhas. Silent and Universal (Supreme Buddha). As an individual that is able to become a Universal Buddha is basically the most rare occurence out of all phenomenas. There will only be 5 Universal Buddhas in this bhadrakalpa. And there are some Kalpas, a Universal Buddha haven't arisen at all. Yet Silent Buddha's would have. Also remeber All Compounded Things Are Impermanent. Every phenomenon we can think of is compounded, and therefore subject to impermanence, that also means samadhi/Jhanna is impermanent. One can gain samadhi in this life and lose it in the next. Same with spiritual faculties, they can deteriorate if not strong enough/not worked on. To attain the stage of a Silent Buddha requires less requirments regarding the 10 perfections. Yet to become a Universal Buddha, One has to perfect the perfections to the utmost limit of possibility. For example if you look at the Jataka Tales. You can see how our current Supreme Buddha in past lives, practised those perfections to the utmost limit. In regards to the first 'generosity'. The Bodhisattva gave even his own life, limbs, kids, and everything materialistic that he possesed, on those certain past lives to either the Sangha or other beings etc. In regards to generosity, the giving of one's own life to save another can be said to be the top? So for each of the other 9 perfections. The Bodhisatva did the same, practised them many times, again and again, countless times till they are perfected. Even when born as an animal. The Bodhisattva gave that animal life away to save another being. These are the examples which can be found from the Jataka Tales. So we shouldn't aspire to become a Universal Buddha, as that occurs immensely rarely in an really immense long periods of time, yet again and again. To one most fortunate individual/a being with Cetanā, in a long stretch of time. 🙏 Hence we should be striving diligently to fully understand the 4 Noble Truths. 🙏 And that will lead all of us to the enlightenment stages, or even becoming a Silent Buddha if possible 🙏
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Yasith! 🙏
@ct9245 2 жыл бұрын
Practice of Buddha Dharma is a process and enjoy the process, and not the goal , since not to reach the goal , one should target the highest goal of universal Buddha. So that one is a lay person or not , the practice of Buddha dharma would be so enjoyable, happiness, fulfilling, meaningful, ( and not practice to serve the monks or other people , but practice Buddhism for oneself )
@saralamuni 2 жыл бұрын
The Five Perfections are like the blind without Prajñā. Cultivate the perfection of wisdom and you too shall become a Buddha! Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā!
@urgenlama7302 2 жыл бұрын
There are mention of three different states of enlightments 1. Samyak Samboddhi 2. Sharavak Boddhi 3. Pratyek Boddhi . Lord Buddha himself has told his stories during practicing as Bodhisattva in Jataka's , hence it makes no sense to say that he didn't taught the way of Bodhisattva. To became a samyak Sambuddha is like becoming a perfect teaching machine , who can teach the best way to the individual according his/her capacity , Intrest etc.
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
The Jātakas are in the main considered to have postdated the Buddha's lifetime, or to be adopted from stories that were already circulating in other Indian traditions. That said, the Buddha did discuss his prior lifetimes, and spoke of himself as a bodhisattva.
@truecrony 2 жыл бұрын
Some are insufferably selfish. I'd like to be a Moderate Buddhist, cool and chill with little ego.
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
😄 Yes!
@Joonlai 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
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@menghawtok7837 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Doug for the great video! Do you know how the Perfections can be perfected? For example, how does one know one has 'perfected' giving? If you perfected one Perfection, but need to work hard on another Perfection, could one regress on the earlier Perfection? To be honest as a student of EBT, I find the path layout in the suttas to be more realistic and convey a more natural way of practice. Whereas this is a bit more 'forced' into some sort of syllabus. As always, thanks and look forward to more great contents :)
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Yes these are great questions, if I can find answers I may do another video. 🙏
@yasithperera5700 2 жыл бұрын
To perfect a perfection, requires immense period of time. That is why it took Gautama Buddha to be, an immensely long stretch of time to become the Universal Buddha. One will perfect giving, when one is easily able to give their own life away to save another being, even to save their own worst enemy. That’s when one should know giving is perfected. Of course it will take countless times practicing giving ones own life away with compassion and loving kindness to the maximum limit. Practising generosity to the max limit basically, through out many lifetimes. That is why a Universal Buddha is so meritorious, and with more psychic powers than Gods/Brahmas. The results of merits from past lives practising these perfections to the max and perfecting them.🙏🏽 This is just one perfection discussed, imagine the other 9 to the max limits of practise 🙏🏽
@user-ic4ce8xb5v 2 жыл бұрын
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@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
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@grndragon7777777 2 жыл бұрын
Do you think you could do a video on children and Buddhism. Just a general overview of children in buddhism and/or how to teach them the concepts. Thank you
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
That's a great question, I'm not sure I'm qualified to give a great answer since it's not something I've done. In the early suttas the Buddha teaches his son Rāhula, but to my knowledge that's the only child we find there, and he isn't taught very differently than other monastics.
@grndragon7777777 2 жыл бұрын
@@DougsDharma ok thank you
@anoridinaryhumanbeing70 2 жыл бұрын
@@grndragon7777777 you can check for Buddhism Shraddha tv channel, and there are MANY other such portals where the dharma is being taught to children, in a way so as to they can understand and actually practice it. In their lives. Without being overwhelmed. Infact, the first discourse the Buddha gave was to children. It was on mindfulness,, and it was shared via the example of his mindfully eating a tangerine. 🙏❤️
@gra6649 2 жыл бұрын
I made a comment on this post that proved to be inaccurate, and so I deleted it. However here's another comment which makes the same point. Someone asked, "What's the difference between a Buddha and an ordinary person?" The answer they received was," The Buddha knows that there is no difference." Now it may have been an "Enlightened" master like Joshu, or Nasan who actually said that, and not SG. However, pointing that out I believe is just splitting hairs. All beings are Buddha. Just like an uncut diamond is still a diamond, even if it's not all shinny, and sparkly. Why do I think that this is important? Because putting SG Buddha or his state of being, up upon a pedestal could make people feel that Buddha hood or that state of being is unattainable when we are already there. The trick is to see the Buddha that is obscured by all the static in our heads.
@leonpettiway5446 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t know where you got these but in all the lam rim texts the perfections are: generosity, ethics, patience, perseverance, concentration, and wisdom. Never have Ive seen or heard of renunciation as one of the six perfection. It isn’t clear if you are speaking of a Mahayana perspective. Ven. Lobzang Dorje.
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for your comment. I believe I made clear in the video that what I’m discussing is a Theravāda account of the perfections. At the end of the video I discuss how they map onto the Mahāyāna ones. If you feel it was not clear, please let me know where.
@robr2303 2 жыл бұрын
Can u make a video about the history of "mindfulness"?
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Yes I have one here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrOklbmAsJqRY2Q.html
@Tridib_Tinkel 2 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video on Pacceka Buddhas or Private Buddhas? Cause I wish to become Pacceka Buddha since I don't wanna bother myself teaching others, I want to be far from human contact in non-buddhist era
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I've done one relatively recently: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jd-RrNqjy5aVZIk.html
@amberallen7809 2 жыл бұрын
was the idea of becoming a Buddha always attached to the condition that the dharma had become unknown? I went to a museum in Thailand a couple of years ago, and I seem to remember some of the displays mentioning (and giving time frames for) other Buddhas. However, the information was poorly translated and seemed to assume a knowledge of Buddhism I didn't have at the time, so its possible I am misremembering/might see things differently now. if a Buddha can only arise once the dharma has been forgotten, wouldn't it then be better to lay that goal aside, since, you could reason, the dharma being lost would mean something terrible happening leading to the complete dissolution and loss of transmission provided by the sangha? wouldn't that make the arising of another Buddha something that's good to have and maybe even plan for, but something you should hope to never actually need?
@User-kjxklyntrw 2 жыл бұрын
Becoming Sammasambuddha is greatest practice, accomplishment, compassion, sacrifice , courage, heroism , base on pure compassion to free countless being by realize i also saved by former Sammasambuddha that also sacrifice for me and many beings, in the future there will be beings that stuck in suffering position like me that need helped by Sammasambuddha, the appereance of Sammasambuddha is very rare in very long periode of time, add one will very helpfull for the sake of the world, the completion also will bring omniscience knowledge and perfection that can not be accomplished by pacceka or savaka Buddha, the One that can done it is someone that has the neccesary condition, durability, ability, determination, dedication and commitment, characteristic, and had certainty that guaranteed by former Sammasambudha (so it is for the One that very special, do not force our self if our capability to become Pacceka or Savaka Buddha, most of people actually will fit to become Savaka Buddha) . There is just One Sammasambuddha at one time in ten thousand world system, when there is no Dhamma. But for Pacceka Buddha , they can be several in number at one time when there is no dhamma and for Savaka Buddha they can be many of them in Buddha life time and later when Buddha Dhamma still exist. So this our recent life time as human and Buddhist is very very rare, if we miss the opportunity to become enlighten in this recent life, at least becoming sotapanna, there will be no guarantee for our next rebirth, but do not be scared because in this same Noble aeon will coming the last Buddha of this aeon, His name is Metteya , that now He is dwelling as Nath Deva in Tusita Heaven, so someone can practice well and born in tusita heaven and live there for 567 million years and after that live together born into human realm to become Metteya Buddha disciple.
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Right, well I think such questions are up to each practitioner to decide for themselves, I wouldn't want to counsel. But traditionally yes, there is only one Buddha at a time, since to be a Buddha is to introduce the dharma in a place where it is unknown.
@yasithperera5700 2 жыл бұрын
The loss of the Dhamma occurs due to the cosmic truth of impermanence! Yes a Universal Buddha can only arise when the Dhamma is forgotten/not available. And of course there are other conditions needed to be met too. And a Silent Buddha can only arise when there are no Universal Buddha arisen. Yet Silent Buddhas cannot teach another to realise and attain enlightenment. Gautama Buddha did not teach us to become a Buddha. If he wanted us all to become a Universal Buddha, we would see that in the original teachings. Because a Universal Buddha is immensely rare, it takes immense long periods of time to attain that stage. While Arahant is less time, and it’s the same end result which is one ends up completely ending the suffering of samsara/Nibbana
@kevinlipps5456 2 жыл бұрын
It is extremely important to take Buddhist text as a dialogue. While Thervada is one of the oldest, even that isn't the words of the Buddha if that person actually existed. Buddhist text are second and third hand and later accounts of what somebody said or somebody else's interpretation of concepts related to Buddhism. Each school is a religion of it's own. You have the more secular approach such as this channel to something more in line with ancient accounts similar to Hindu cultures.
@axcla184 2 жыл бұрын
Just thinking out loud… the paramita is a practice, in entropy there is no perfection! Many times the translations that is inherited from the early works of Rhys Davis have been upheld and it it we are seen to be influenced by imperialism. The Buddha Dhamma discovery is a gradual training to break away from view as mankind seems trapped in knowledge and losing sense of a gradual training to detach and renounce… to become aware of life by one pointed attention away from ignorant habitual tendencies . Perfection is not the pursuit… transformation is key to understand the practice that brings stability, balance and being present at all moment.
@Giantcrabz 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. I don't have the energy for millions of eons of lifetimes haha
@user-Void-Star 2 жыл бұрын
That's how Vajrayana came. You can become Buddha in one life time or in Bardo.
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
Yes it's quite a path!
@anoridinaryhumanbeing70 2 жыл бұрын
Nagarjuna taught six perfections. And they are included here too.
@MassiveLib 2 жыл бұрын
One cannot become anything at all, what is looking is the sought, what is sought is what is looking.... Probably best to put the kettle on instead.
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
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@altclut 2 жыл бұрын
Everyone is already a Buddha. That can never be changed. Nothing needs to be done.
@XxYngwiexX 2 жыл бұрын
That phrase only makes sense to the extent that everybody has "the potential to become a buddha". Which still is something pretty hard to achieve. You have to put a lot of work and effort...
@shawnhall3849 2 жыл бұрын
the question is, is it realized
@ct9245 2 жыл бұрын
We are in fact already the Buddha and born to this world to practice Buddhism in order to inspire other beings to practice Buddhism
@anoridinaryhumanbeing70 2 жыл бұрын
@@XxYngwiexX and have you or anyone you know, put the effort and succeded? in becoming a Buddha? Time is an illusion. Buddhahood is in the here and the now.
@lwangaoyedokou7264 Жыл бұрын
My question : How many years does it take to become a Buddha ?
@DougsDharma Жыл бұрын
There is no precise answer to that question that I know of. And in the early texts, which are mostly the focus of this channel, becoming a Buddha wasn't something seen as a real possibility.
@lwangaoyedokou7264 Жыл бұрын
@@DougsDharma But do you think that becoming an Arahant is enough ?
@pcdm43145 2 жыл бұрын
But... can you practice "pāramīs," while parking your Prius, in Paramus?
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
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@anoridinaryhumanbeing70 2 жыл бұрын
and who has become a Buddha by perfecting these virtues? Anyone you know? this is what happens when we fanatically follow the bookish wisdom without applying any common sense or first-hand experience. these perfections are about the "ideal" -- not about what is! They are about what "should be". Not at all concerned with what is -- the here and the now. They don't lead you to watchfulness , but ethical inflexibility. Keep trying to master them , and keep failing -- and even if you do master them , ever , you WON'T become even a "B" of Buddha. just show me one guy who has mastered these and become a Buddha.. A Zen poem: "The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection; The water has no mind to retain their image." -- yet it happens! The Buddha himself didn't bother to study the "sacred scripture"(of Buddhism) and was certainly not trying to master these so-called ethical inflexibilities(read: perfections) -- yet he had them. It was an outcome of silence, of meditation. Not an outcome of reading scriptures and trying to imitate the virtues of some other buddha! Knowledgiability drives one out of the here and the Now -- it is a disturbance in meditation -- not a help. that's why even adam and eve fell from the garden of eden.........."they ate the fruit of knowledge"... and thus became "minds"(and fell from the heaven -- the state of no-mind / nirvaana). .......It's really more Zen stuff,, than Christian. XD No-mind state is not part of accumulated knowledge at all -- which includes scriptual-second-hand knowledge. They just make you a mind. Builds up your spiritual / dharmic ego. And how many scholars hav ever transcended the knowledge at all -- or have reached to the other shore? Although the Buddha did say to use the boat(his sayings / teachings) as long as you are crossing the river, then you can leave the boat. But the scholars are not interested in crossing the river at all. They are more interested in studying the knooks and hooks of the boat -- not even on sailing on it. that's what they do, throughout their lives -- read the scriptures -- Buddha's words. but any scholar has ever experienced the Nirvaana the Buddha did? that's because Buddha was a practitioner of meditation -- not a scholar. And meditation happens in silence -- not in words. hmmm...
@heavenlypath1065 Жыл бұрын
26:00 Fully disagree with showing kindness to scumbags
@DougsDharma Жыл бұрын
Sometimes being kind to someone isn't the same as being "nice".
@heavenlypath1065 Жыл бұрын
@@DougsDharma What's the difference?
@DougsDharma Жыл бұрын
The Buddha was very stern with those who misbehaved, for example.
@anoridinaryhumanbeing70 2 жыл бұрын
"If right now you don't go to another moment, but do away with your knowledge right where you are, then you will join hands and walk along together with the patriarchs, with the buddhas, with the awakened ones." ...what does Bodhidharma mean here? Rinzai says, 'If not now, when?' Zen has every condemnation for scholasticism(without the experiential understanding of the dharma -- ofcourse, scriptures teach the dharma!). That's why I don't like scholasticism much. Instead of sharpening one's innocence, it just boosts up your ego, making one 'feel' knowledgeable. And the knowledge is absolute ZERO! Because it's not my own! i am simply parroting somebody else's discovery. It's borrowed knowledge. Not authentic. It's not based on my own experience. Okumura roshi points it out as reading about several delicious recepies of exotic meals -- but we're just reading and reading them -- not cooking at all. Better to read a few, but whatever I read, I'd rather COOK the meal first, taste it, and share the taste with others. He meant the same here. btw, despite your scholarly approach, I still love your content! peace and love :)
@DougsDharma 2 жыл бұрын
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@kevinlipps5456 2 жыл бұрын
You can't become something that doesn't exist. There's no such thing as a Buddha, nor has any every existed. You have to start with that first, as mythology represents an allegory, more than something real. However you can take the mythology of a Buddha and develop your characteristics. That's possible. Next Samara, isn't real either. You cannot escape something that doesn't exist, nor enter. At best only changing your beliefs. The myth is a Buddha overcomes Mara (rather a metaphysical concept referring to something or the weaknesses of human psychology), is impossible. You will always have issues with this. It's just that some can develop their mind better to be affected less than others. Buddhism maybe mythological, but there's a lot of good psychology and meditative techniques to learn more about yourself and to change the way you act.
@JJDK485 2 жыл бұрын
You can only practise and see for yourself. Even the Buddha said we should not believe anything he said without experiencing it ourselves. You made a point.
@rajendramenon6610 2 жыл бұрын
Buddha was a reality, a real being. There is also such a thing as Buddhu( In Hindi-fool). The choice is yours. What you wish for is what you become.
@kevinlipps5456 2 жыл бұрын
@@rajendramenon6610 Yes The Buddha is based on a historical person. It's a legend. It's impossible to become a "Buddha," because they're not real.
@angelpedersen7139 2 жыл бұрын
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@animesh7296 2 жыл бұрын
Unless you are born in a Brahmin or Kshatriya family, you can't become a Buddha. Source Jataka Tales.
@koko65a32 2 жыл бұрын
Buddhism is a way of life, u don't have to born to become a buddha
@animesh7296 2 жыл бұрын
@@koko65a32 read real buddhist text. Women and Trans people too can't become Buddha. Source Jataka tales- stories of previous Buddhas.
@martian8788 2 жыл бұрын
He is real because he is brahmin he is supercasteis. They don't understand Buddhism because his religion base is caste. 🤣😂
@anoridinaryhumanbeing70 2 жыл бұрын
@@animesh7296 you are deluded.. Merely mugging up dry textbooks, dead scriptures.. Buddha discovered the truth through his experience!! Not via reading Jataka tales 😂👊.. Just be silent. And slow down. You'll realise what a hilarious comment you've made! 🙏❤️
@wisdomcries Жыл бұрын
@@animesh7296 Umm can you stop quoting folk tales and legends as your source
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