John Cleese recalls fascinating conversation with the Dalai Lama

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6 ай бұрын

‘He said to me “I think when people laugh they can have new ideas”’
John Cleese recalls his conversation with the Dalai Lama on religion.
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@sanjushah3061 6 ай бұрын

Ramana Maharshi was once asked " How should we treat others? " He replied 'There are no others'.

@drrepair 5 ай бұрын

That's an answere that is not an answere.

@Arkantos117 6 ай бұрын

I don't take any academic who says "before common era" seriously.

@TheRahsoft 6 ай бұрын

0:10.... JC : How do you quantify religion ? Father Jack Hackett: That would be an ecumenical matter!

@adrianmasters250 6 ай бұрын

I used to live in a Bhuddist meditation centre and although they were nice people, the vacant look in their eyes was a tad disturbing and it turned me off the whole thing

@boranbkk4270 6 ай бұрын

It’s so predictable that westerns like John always mention the Dalai Lama like he’s the Buddhist pope. In reality he represents Tibetan Vajrayana which is maybe one of the smallest split off esoteric schools of Buddhism.

@PhilipCau 6 ай бұрын

Nevertheless, to the Western world, the Dalai Lama is the recognisable face of Buddhism. Few would be aware of Mahāyāna or Theravada Buddhism. Of the 8 billion people in the world, 500 million are Buddhist. To the rest, Buddhism is Buddhism, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the most recognised Buddhist in the world.

@squamish4244 6 ай бұрын

@@PhilipCau Followed by Thich Nhat Hanh, I would say.

@adrianmasters250 6 ай бұрын

And I suppose you have deep knowledge of the hundreds of branches of Christianity? How would someone know otherwise if they hadn't studied it in depth? How about being grateful that he's got a genuine interest in it and is talking about it on a large platform.

@ClaireL77777 6 ай бұрын

Joe Dispenza and Bruce Lipton, would be happy to see these two on your show....

@TseringNorbuSakya-KGF 6 ай бұрын

Long Live His Holiness The Great 14Th Dalai Lama ❤

@ClaireL77777 6 ай бұрын

Eckhart Tolle, now that would be a fascinating guest

@martynblackburn9632 6 ай бұрын

Another new age deceiver. Almost as boring and trite as that Watts fellow.

@indigenous31617 6 ай бұрын

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”

@Niemand1947 6 ай бұрын

It's interesting that Cleese is drawn to Buddhism and thinks it's so sensible... but clearly knows nothing about it or it's founder. 🤷‍♂

@108padma 6 ай бұрын

"Nothing".

@debbiebrowne-gudat5170 6 ай бұрын

Perhaps that's why he invited these guests on, to inform him.

@Samsaraman 5 ай бұрын

It's just a hosting technique...for the audience. He probably knows more than he let's on

@adrianplucinski 6 ай бұрын

Looks good

@kitersrefuge7353 5 ай бұрын

There was not much love and compassion towards the cat by the monk.

@themovingdance2744 6 ай бұрын

I practice Buddhism in my life. So material possessions are meaningless to me. I am a teacher which is the best vocation as I am creating the future

@faithingod5533 6 ай бұрын

Now I am getting the word.........

@RuneRelic 6 ай бұрын

You can search unto the ends of universe when seeking 'the ultimate truth'; or you can simply remove the deception and self deception from 'your life'. That is 'the way'.

@martynblackburn9632 6 ай бұрын

There is no ultimate truth except by which science attempts to uncover. All else is metaphysics.

@RuneRelic 6 ай бұрын

@@martynblackburn9632 Science is a mental construct. Get around that. 😁

@snowflakemelter1172 6 ай бұрын

Something you haven't actually done or you wouldn't be posting such glib nonsense.

@RuneRelic 6 ай бұрын

@@snowflakemelter1172 You know this how ? I see reaponses like yours, and just see it as more evidence.

@snowflakemelter1172 6 ай бұрын

@@RuneRelic people who say they know..... don't , its a fact of life.

@peaceandlove544 4 ай бұрын

Common era? Or Christian era

@orangemanbad 6 ай бұрын

What in the hell am I watching? What a bizarre cacophony of audio-visual experiences.

@davidpeters6536 5 ай бұрын

I have a lot of time for Buddhism after spending many years in a Buddhist country but it too has problems. To many it become like a Pagan ritual where you can seek forgiveness by paying a cash penance, monks misbehave like Catholic priests and icons are lucky charms. The Path to enlightenment is a long one and it won't stop you coming back as a cockroach.

@peaceandlove544 4 ай бұрын

And there are casts like in hinduism. And esoterism is a part of them. And Even occultism is certain versions.

@Slarti 6 ай бұрын

Did the Dalai Lama give you a bit of tongue John?

@robertjarman4261 Ай бұрын

I like bread and buddha.

@MattHunX 6 ай бұрын

They forgot to add 'woke culture' to the fastest growing religions that aren't actually religions. Biiiiig kitty... Biiiiiiig kitty.... Aww, tiiiny kitty... BIIIIIIIIG Kitty,,,,

@martynblackburn9632 6 ай бұрын

Yes the woke cult of Farage and Tice has certainly grown.

@MightySheep 6 ай бұрын

Atheist and agnostic is the same thing, still blows my mind how ppl struggle with that

@fuselpeter5393 6 ай бұрын

I would disagree

@ianinkster2261 6 ай бұрын

Not so. A person who believes there is no god, cannot be an agnostic. An atheist is anything -- animal mineral or vegetable -- that is not a theist. A- simple means non-. Had the word been coined in a colloquial context, it would just be "non-theist". An agnostic is more a profession of an inability to know. So excludes those who assert there is no god.

@MightySheep 6 ай бұрын

@@ianinkster2261 Literally nobody calling themselves an atheist believes they know for sure that there is no god. You're just wrong and the 2 words mean the exact same thing but feel free to keep making a distinction and looking stupid.

@neanda 6 ай бұрын

they are not the same, one is believing that there is nothing above us and the other is not believing any of the religions but still believing that there's something outside of ourselves, a reason for all of this but not agreeing with other peoples baseless opinions on why we're here

@AgnosticSpaceCreature 6 ай бұрын

@@MightySheepan atheist believes there's no God, an agnostic believes there's a God. So I'm agnostic 😂

@msbecks7004 6 ай бұрын

Is that the same Dali’s lama that made a little boy kiss him?

@pete276 6 ай бұрын

silly handshake club, he loves his handsigns

@keithawhosoever5384 6 ай бұрын

...on his lips ❗

@ThereIsOnlyWar40k 6 ай бұрын

Nobody gonna mention that this isnt the Dalai Lama? He's from a different country and sect of Buddhism.

@robertdargan1113 6 ай бұрын

Nobody suggested he was the Dali Lama. John merely told about one comment the Dali Lama made when he interviewed him.

@calstonjew 6 ай бұрын

Buddhism is gay.

@user-ys9to2ie7k 6 ай бұрын

Alan Watts misses the mark as much as these two characters about Buddha. Let me emphasize, that all religions and beliefs came about by man's fear of the unknown and very, very, very dark times. If the construct of life on Earth is all fundamentally the same then so is it when you die and that you're no more than Roadkill. This is nothing more than an experiment and answers the lifelong question - why the insatiable need to orgasm or to have sex? To ensure an endless supply of unwitting participants! My dad was Protestant and my mom a devout Catholic and from the get-go, I always question the validity of Jesus. After all, he didn't rise from the dead he merely regained Consciousness after being in a coma and then leveraging himself to open the stone wall door only to succumb to his injuries later. I look forward to your comments ¿`_

@oztinato4099 6 ай бұрын

People don't realise what a dissolute person Alan Watts actually was. An actual spiritual leader is fairly disciplined while Watts promoted alcoholism as his lifestyle choice.Believe it or not.

@iandavies6474 6 ай бұрын

😂