The Dalai Lama is dreadfully wrong. Apart from religion (Buddhism can't really be considered as "Indian" since few people in Nepal and India practice it and developed it, rather, Asian countries have contributed to Buddhism and ensured its survival) and script, the language is strictly Sino-Tibetan. I don't know how an eminent person like His Holiness can make such irresponsible and propagandist statements.

Whole of the video is based upon the Indian connection. If you have some other counter point, kindly do it with proof i.e say a video like this one. One should not simply make a counter statement and undo the efforts of the producer. whole of video is full with Buddhas advice to his followers to just not accept an idea, just because of faith but with logic and reasoning. kindly follow the advice. Indians wont mind if the credit is shared by any other countries or cultures in keeping Buddhism alive.

Buddhism evolved from Hinduism, so any Buddhist is practicing a far distant cousin of Hinduism.

@@jmo5037 india and nepal is in asia

@@allensnea9335 Buddhism is related to Vedic religion, so technically Buddhism and Hinduism are cousins. Modern Hinduism is very distinct from Vedic practice in many ways.

As a Buddhist and as a Tibetan Buddhist I can say Buddha was born in India, in the land of Varanasi. Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini, which lies in Nepal today but the Buddha came to birth in Nepal, under Bodhi Tree in Varanasi.

Vatsal Saxena work of art in a misleading manner!

ngawang lungtok back in the days there was no country such as India. Modern India came into existence after the East India Company

😂😂😂 lol! Don't you know this about the Nepalese brother? The Nepalese are fanatical when it comes to this issue. I have had many a laugh winding them up over the issue of Lord Buddha birthplace! They seem to attach their collective self-worth on this issue, I assume in order to bolster their ego! No matter, their fanatical intransigence is a source of great amusement to me at least. Btw, my Nepalese brethren, Lord Buddha was born in jambudvipa India!

​@@sanijshrestha8642Jambudvipa, Aryavarta, Bharatavarsha, etc. My friend, India has always existed both physically and conceptually and it will always exist so long as men walk the earth giving prominence in their hearts to higher values.

Yes but Russians were ready to slaughter them after WW2.

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He had a son called Rahula.

Lumbini ,past time include bharat

@@AmanDixit1994 भारत कब बना?

Nepal did not exist at that time, so you should correctly state: Buddha was born on what today is the India-Nepal border region or in Nepal near what is today the Indian border.

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Remember that Tibetan Buddhists consider their practice essentially Indian. Which, in many ways, it is.

The Tibetan contribution is not small at all. Indians are proud as they should be, but it's also the Indians who let these holy teaching disappear in their own land. It's time for those who have the inclination among Indians to also take up these practices.

Intermingling with the indigenous Tibetian Bon religion, and introduced many centuries after India's neighbouring regions had adopted the original teachings, as contained in Theravada Buddhism, Tibetian Buddhism is far, far removed from Buddha's original teaching. Funny how in the West when one mention Buddhism it becomes automatically synonymous with Tibet!

There are a few answers. One is that China has historically always tried to assert its influence in Tibet, both before and after the revolution. The second is that Communist China needed a buffer between them and the decidedly not Communist government in India, and Tibet was right where they needed it.

Indian impact in the world*

The point of the story is that he left the home to find answers. It wasn't that his family was in physical danger but it was a metaphysical danger. And in that sense he did what a father should do. So he went out and found the way to ultimate happiness. When he returned both his son and wife later joined the order and attained great levels of peace. Understand it like Maslow's Hierarchy, that society was at the top of the pyramid, it was all about spiritual development.

Thank you for your reply

The teaching were not about kindness and compassion the teaching was ultimately about liberation. Kindness and compassionate are to be cultivated but not the ultimate goal.

Kumar Gaurav Buddhism DOES promote tolerance and learning, as he said. There is NOTHING wrong with tolerance. Tolerance is a key important of the open society and civilization. Over a billion people need to learn tolerance. The Buddhists get tolerance. And we Buddhists have the concept of respect. The basic level of respect is ahimsa, nonviolence, as taught in the Dhammapada by Sakyamuni Buddha. Your pathetic criticism is too broad and you are shooting blanks. Did you mean Europeans or North Americans or South Americans? Maybe you need to learn some respect. And some reasoning and public speaking skills. Thumbs down on you says this white boy acarya.

wcangel Mutual respect is much better than tolerance..... tolerance means you are wrong still I can be with you...... mutual respect means I am right at my place you are right at your place and we both agree to respect each other.... this must be considered in respect to the path we are choosing to reach the ultimate reality....

wcangel consider an example where we have two family (a) Family A: both husband and wife merely tolerate each other (b) Family B: Both husband and wife have mutual respect each other...... now which case would you like?

Kumar Gaurav Mutual respect means that when Pakistan thinks about a nuclear attack on India they have to remember that India will smash them right back as a matter of principle. Mutual respect means "Do not behave towards others except as you would have others treat you." As Guru Sakyamuni taught. Otherwise everybody loses. Some people only understand force. Clearly you are not familiar with the history of South Asia. Respect does not have to mean liking someone, much less revering them. One basic definition of respect is TO HEED. And sometimes respect has to be earned. I don't say Namaste to orcs or Islamists. Some 100 million to 200 million have died in the Islamist wars over 14 centuries. I have profound contempt for war on civilian populations, piracy and enslavement. But I respect the danger these orcs represent and I oppose them.

wcangel At first I want to make it clear that this is just an healthy discussion...... Mutual respect means we respect each others sovereignty....... right now both the country are tolerating each other as both are afraid of each other...... anyway you didn't answer my family question..... as you are also accepting you won't say namste to those islamic terrorist......

Tamdin Gyalpo please show me the name Nepal in the days of lord buddha. Please tell me where the rajas of nepal came from. Thank you and good day.

BuzzFeedPink ummmm...that makes no sense. There was no such nation as Nepal. We are Indic people . what did the dalai lama say? He doesn't say Nepal....does he??? Be proud of our heritage and stop trying to be divisive.......my ram is your ram, your buddha is my Buddha...we should not try to make more of who or what we are.

Focus on the teaching instead of these petty things

There are two candidates for Kapilavastue for present day, one is in India the other in Nepal. Plus Maha Maya gave birth in a forest, was it in present day Nepal or in present day India? Will we ever really know? Come on, how about both countries share in it. After all we are the same people.

It was was either in present day India or present day Nepal where buddha was actually born. He was also born outside when his mother was outside taking a trip in nature. Who can say really at this time. Why not be more diplomatic about it. Why not both countries share, after all we are the same people.

Well, there must be some work going on among the budhhist community on these aspects I assume so , I have no knowledge about it.

have a look at the title again

Iktirar uddin baktiyar khilojii is vice for india as he had demolised our world-wide reputed nalanda university.

Nepalis and Indians are both liars. Buddha was born in Sri Lanka. Ashoka wanted to make his empire centralised in India so that is where the myth was created he was born in Nepal or India

Babu ji, If Nepal has been a country where Mahayana and Vajrayana has been practised for over so long, can you enlighten me about few Nepalese Buddhist master other than Lord Buddha ?

Dear Tenzin, this is our pity that a group of people named as vajracharya confinely from Kathmandu valley kept vajrayana practice as secret as property of their own. Rest only became a transit for many Tibetan and Indian scholars in historical time to practice ( you can read about Lady Yeshe Chogyal, Guru Rinpoche who did many Sadhana during their time in present day Nepal), gave a home for many great scholars from Tibet and West after Chinese invasion in Tibet. I agree with the presenter and the title of the documentary that root of Buddhism was in present day India. Previously there was no name as India before British ruled India. That was Bharat or say HIndustan. My only concern is to present the fact rightly that Shakyamuni Buddha was born in Lumbini which lies in present day Nepal as approved by UNESCO and even other great scholars from India.

Babu Dallakoti So Nepal was a country at the time of the Buddha? According to this map it wasn't so to argue semantics about countries is quite pointless since in 600 B.C. there was a region known as India or the Indus Valley - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhara#mediaviewer/File:Ancient_india.png

Babu Dallakoti if buddha is a god then my question is why buddha born with the help of sex??????? jesus was not born in that way coz no men can give a birth to god as it is insult for the real god and my jesus i mean ur jesus said im the one the way for ur peramnent life is there any god said like this before ever or buddha himself, the jesus was already born after adam and huwwa commited into sin, Allah is the nature and jesus is his beloved son where he was presented the beautiful gift that is what we r gift for him but devil is trying to destroy us by making us sinner in many ways,jesus is the god no any spirit told me that im the way of life but he does it means i cant relay on any one coz devil has a great mind in confusing people. the bible says when u get hurted by some one then let them do it coz our enemy is also the son of jesus so it means god trying to educate us he doesnt care abt ur body but soul... see i cant write on my own this beutiful lines coz im not god hahaha buddha was asked one question by his deciple that are u the way of life he said no im not the way but one spirit will come in this world who would be greater than me and even if i get many spirit in me by preaching or meditaton i wont be like him coz he himself the spirit of god then how could i be considered myself as a GOD... my question to u all is that what if u r god then how will u present ur self in front of human????? with the help of sex by men and women ????????? Read more (10 lines)Show less

Nah, we don't give a crap about Nepal and it's useless people with zero history!

Hinduism did not exist at the time of Buddha.

It's also transparently false when you consider that Mahayana is most popular in extremely populous East Asia. There are probably more Mahayana Buddhists in China alone than Theravada Buddhists combined.

He was talking about number of followers. Mahayana lost the top spot simply due to the destruction of Buddhism in China, Korea and Vietnam.

Siddhartha gautam become buddha in bodhgaya and give First speech in sarnath so Buddhism spread in india

At that time the bharat name is used for this Indian subcontinent and it's culture was same.

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Sankhara Nirujjhanti dear friend--knowledge comes from learning and reciting holy prayers everyday is a good way to recollect the scattered mind into good virtues so that these great teachings can set permanently in a frame of mind.it is not easy for any human being no matter monks or common man to vanquish all the negativity right away.its a slow process,and ,it needs continuous study and practice.

+tenzin kelsang , Strange but your spiritual leader Dalai Lama said Knowledge is the antidote for ignorance and you say knowledge comes from prayers and yet, you Tibetans are so ignorant about Buddhism. Tell me where in Tipitika Buddha said knowledge comes from prayers. Did Buddha taught any prayers at all? Do you believe in Buddha's teachings or Padmasambhava's teachings? You call yourselves Buddhist but you give more importance to Padmasambhava than Buddha. If you believe in Padmasambhava's teachings than you are not Buddhist but if you believe in Buddha's teachings than stop chanting all those useless prayers. In Buddhism, nothing happens by chance or by accident or by fluke; everything happens for a reason. For example, Obama, a black American, did not become the President of USA by chance or by fluke; he is the president because he has earned great merits in his previous life. So also, Bill Gate and Warren Buffet are Billionaire because of their past Karma and not by luck or by good fortune. Similarly, according to the laws of Karma, Tibetans lost their countries to Chinese not due to ill-fortune or ill-fate but due to their bad karma of spreading corrupted and distorted Buddhism. If you look into the past history of Buddhism, there were many such corrupted and distorted sect of Buddhism like Vajrayana; all those sects now are extinct. Similarly, Vajrayana will also die out soon.

Sankhara Nirujjhanti Many Theravadin monks recite prayers in Pali. I have large Buddhist prayer book in Pali and English. Apparently you don't like the Theravadin prayers or the Theravadin monks who pray. In the Mahayana teaching we say that Guru Sakyamuni taught Medicine Buddha and Amitabha Buddha and so forth. These are found in the Chinese and Japanese traditions as well. The Tibetans have those practices too. The Theravadins do not. The Tibetans are not ignorant about Buddhism. They have a lot more teaching than the Theravadin traditions. You say that Vajrayana is corrupt and distorted. But the Dalai Lama is a monk and scholar in the tradition of Nalanda University. He already knew more Buddhist philosophy at the age of twenty than you will ever know in this lifetime. You ask: "Why do they give so much importance to the prayer, Om Mani Padme Hum?" You do not know that this is a mantra, not a prayer. You do not know what a mantra is because you are ignorant of mantra. Hundreds of millions of Buddhist use mantra. It is not just a Tibetan mantra. It is part of the general Mahayana, like Medicine Buddha. The mantra has a purifying function. It also focuses the mind. 14th Dalai Lama "It is very good to recite the mantra Om mani padme hum, but while you are doing it, you should be thinking on its meaning, for the meaning of the six syllables is great and vast... The first, Om [...] symbolizes the practitioner's impure body, speech, and mind; it also symbolizes the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha[...]" "The path is indicated by the next four syllables. Mani, meaning jewel, symbolizes the factors of method: (the) altruistic intention to become enlightened, compassion, and love.[...]" "The two syllables, padme, meaning lotus, symbolize wisdom[...]" "Purity must be achieved by an indivisible unity of method and wisdom, symbolized by the final syllable hum, which indicates indivisibility[...]" "Thus the six syllables, om mani padme hum, mean that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha[...]" - Thoughts to be had whilst chanting transcribed in simplification keeping essence: Being and non-beings proliferate loving compassion and indivisible intelligent equanimity; Om Mani Padme Hum. That is the natural ubiquitous pervasive force of consciousness. These frequencies are in the Sanskrit tongue, act as a harmonic sound resonance against blocking energy, or sleeping energy. Plants reflect this action as well because of the phonetic strength of vibration that is stimulated by natural pronunciation. -H.H. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, "On the meaning of: OM MANI PADME HUM"[8] Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche "The mantra Om Mani Pädme Hum is easy to say yet quite powerful, because it contains the essence of the entire teaching. When you say the first syllable Om it is blessed to help you achieve perfection in the practice of generosity, Ma helps perfect the practice of pure ethics, and Ni helps achieve perfection in the practice of tolerance and patience. Pä, the fourth syllable, helps to achieve perfection of perseverance, Me helps achieve perfection in the practice of concentration, and the final sixth syllable Hum helps achieve perfection in the practice of wisdom. "So in this way recitation of the mantra helps achieve perfection in the six practices from generosity to wisdom. The path of these six perfections is the path walked by all the Buddhas of the three times. What could then be more meaningful than to say the mantra and accomplish the six perfections?" -Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones[9] Karma Thubten Trinley "These are the six syllables which prevent rebirth into the six realms of cyclic existence. It translates literally as 'OM the jewel in the lotus HUM'. OM prevents rebirth in the god realm, MA prevents rebirth in the Asura (Titan) Realm, NI prevents rebirth in the Human realm, PA prevents rebirth in the Animal realm, ME prevents rebirth in the Hungry ghost realm, and HUM prevents rebirth in the Hell realm." Here are two excellent books on the practice o9f OM MANI PADMA HUM: (1) Trainings In Compassion: Manuals On The Meditation Of Avalokiteshvara Paperback - April 24, 2004 by Dzogchen Ponlop (Author), Jamgon Kongtrul (Author), Chandrakirti (Author), Paperback: 136 pages Publisher: Snow Lion (April 24, 2004) ISBN-10: 1559392061 www.amazon.com/Trainings-Compassion-Manuals-Meditation-Avalokiteshvara/dp/1559392061/ (2) The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action: A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End Paperback - January 26, 1993 by Patrul Rinpoche (Author), Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (Author), The Padmakara Translation Group (Translator), Paperback: 260 pages Publisher: Shambhala; 1st edition (January 26, 1993) ISBN-10: 0877734933 www.amazon.com/Heart-Treasure-Enlightened-Ones-Meditation/dp/0877734933/

+wcangel Theravadin monks don't recite mantra, they are memorizing the sutta. It's more like a ancient custom or tradition but they are absolutely not praying nor they have prayers like "Om Mani Padme Hum". Mantra's are Prayers and they are not different. Prayer is English word and Mantra is Sanskrit but they mean the same. All the explanation you gave about the mantra in your previous response, sounds like a Hindu explaining the power of Mantra. Are you a Hindu or a Buddhist? You say I don't know about Mantra; as a matter of fact, I do know a lot about mantras than you do. I also know to read & write Sanskrit and I can chant mantras in sanskrit from Rig, Sama, Yajur & Atherva Vedas. I have read Puranas, Upanishads & Bhagavat Geeta and many more sacred books of Hindu religion. By the way the word "OM" which you borrowed from vedic religion, I don't think neither you nor Dalai lama knows the meaning of "OM". When you use the word OM in Buddhism, there itself you have corrupted Buddhism. In vedic religion, the sound "A+U+M" arose first in Brahman (Divine Cosmic Place) and all the gods, goddesses, worlds and universe derived from OM. It's quite obvious, if you understand what I am saying that this word word "om" cannot fit into Buddhism at all. Om is also called as Beeja mantra because it has no meaning, they use OM for meditation. This is just a short definition of OM but it has much, much more than this. Anyway, in Vedic religion, particular mantras are chanted to invoke the blessings of a particular gods or goddesses; Most of the mantras are nothing but praises to god/goddesses and they chant mantras to please their god/goddesses. Tell me, why are we chanting Mantras in Buddhism since we don't have god, whom are you people trying to appease? You write & I quote, "The mantra has a purifying function. It also focuses the mind." Can you explain rationally or logically how one can purify their mind by chanting mantras or prayers? Further, tell me where in Tipitaka it's written that one can purify their mind by chanting mantras. If mind can be purified by chanting mantras/prayers, it would be so easy to attain Nirvana; all the Tibetans monks would have attain nirvana even before they were exiled to India. You don't sound like a Buddhist, you sound more like a Hindu. For example, in Hinduism, one can purify their mind by chanting Gayatri Mantra thousand times. Or one can avoid or escape death by chanting Mrityunjai mantra. Buddha was very critical about Vedic rites, ritual, ceremonies & chanting prayers and you people are doing the very same thing what Buddha had criticized the Brahmans. So, what will be next, you gonna sacrifice cows, goats & human beings according to the vedic rituals? Dalai Lama must be a great person but he's a misguided Buddhist teachers-----it's like a blind teacher leading a nation of blind monks & believers. Instead of wasting your time by chanting prayers, performing rituals, rites & ceremonies, you Tibetan should read and try to understand Tipitaka as it contains the complete knowledge of Dharma. You don't need to look for knowledge anywhere else. The more you reject or deny Tipitaka the more you are deviating away from Dharma. And most importantly remember without TIPITAKA there's no Buddhism.

then you don't know shit.i recommend you upvaluate n upgrade yourb information

Tschring Tamang true /\ and yet at that time bharat included nepal ... and not to forget that siddartha the 4th buddha was born to kchatria kings whose origin is very very india > ikshvaku line same as lord king rama ... by the time you factor nepal wasnt a kingdom yet , and bharat was whole world > your point gets less important /\ . aum ahh hung , the tamang shaman are some of the best /\ pranam ps i trace the mahayana lines to padme sambhava , and alot less to siddartha

Tschring Tamang The teachers who went were also Indians not Nepalis dear, Even India is Guru of Nepal also.

johnjohn cronen yes I am talking about present day Kapilbastu, Lumbini. Lumbini the birthplace of Lord Buddha is in Nepal at present.

Shocking Truth I did not claim Nepalis were teachers at that time.

Tschring Tamang you should not also claim that Nepal existed at that time. this is what i mean.

I would never believe in such a god that forces me to worship him, to beg him for happiness ! We are the masters of our destiny. There is no god

you are well brianwasher, sir

you read too much chinese brainwashing, mr 'tan'

I think the idea is to focus. One thought to produce extreme focus. Not a wandering mind. Much of the teachings are psychologicaly based. So there is the science of the mind or brain as well. For thousands of years we've know that repetition is the best teacher, or practice. You could practice anything diligently and you never know what you may accomplish. Like the student with the piano or guitar. They say the average amount is 20,000 hours creates mastery. Maybe that applies to other worldly experiences too. I mean have you ever seen someone try for years to bend a spoon without physical force? I know I haven't because hardly anyone has witnessed it and common consensus is those claims are fraudulent. So nobody wastes their time on it for hours and years. How do they know it will pay off? Lol ....but you never know....know....know (echo in the distance)😂

I beg to differ. Iran is the true land of the Aryans. Get your facts straight.

Brother, Here, Arya-Bhumi (the land of realised teachers) here Arya doesn't refer to that Ethnic Aryan People. Here, Arya is a honorific term used for a teacher who has directly perceived Shunyata or Emptiness. 🫡🫡🫡