The Buddha: The Spiritual Journey that Became a Religion
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- Twenty-five hundred years ago one’s man’s spiritual journey was the beginning of one of the world’s seven religions -- boasting 376 million followers today. He is simply called “The Buddha,” and he grew up the son of a king…sheltered from the realities of human suffering. When he finally learned the harsh truth, he left his family and set off on a path to understand life itself -- first as a monk and then as a teacher.
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His willingness to listen to others and accept criticism and questions shows a lot about his true intentions. 😊
"Question what i teach" no religion dares to do thi
This is not a religion it is a philosophy.
Haywood2 but aren’t all religions philosophy’s
It's popular among Buddhists to say it's not a religion because (depending on the sect) it lacks many aspects of Western Religion, most notably worship of any God/Gods or any other being (including Buddhas). But, yes we are a religion when put into historical context. Buddhism is somewhat a repudiation of Brahmanic systems. (However, Hinduism has actually incorporated Buddha as an incarnation of one of their gods.) It is very loosely akin to Protestantism vs Catholicism. Take into account the trappings of temples, monasteries, nunneries, monks, nuns, and in some Mahayana sects even priests, and it is pretty safe to say it is a religion by most standards. But then, religion is highly personal. There is also the Buddhist ideal of letting go of attachments including the label of "Buddhist". I've been a member of a Buddhist sect for 23 years and often don't like the limitation of being confined to being Buddhist.
Chuck Fury exactly. It depends on the type of Buddhism. Japanese Pure Land Buddhism (which is seen as heretical by some) is definitely a religion.
@@protoman2260 It's funny you say that. I have even seen Pure Land Buddhists say it's not a religion despite titles like "Churches" as registered names of parent/administrative organizations. It does seem that in the West there are more Pure Land Buddhists who don't necessarily take the dogmas literally. But even the English texts often contain references to certain sects being the only true path or religion. Agree with you 100% BTW.
As a devoted Buddhist from Sri Lanka, I really admire your video where you have the correct abstract in a simple format even for the non-Buddhists to understand easily. Keep up the good work.
0:45 - Chapter 1 - Early life
4:25 - Chapter 2 - Awakening
5:45 - Chapter 3 - The teacher
9:05 - Chapter 4 - Buddhism
13:25 - Chapter 5 - Death & legacy
Thanks man!❤️
The Buddha is NOT a GOD but rather a teacher, therefore the depictions of Buddha on the Swayambhunath stupa in Kathmandu do not have ears. This because Buddha refuses to hear peoples wishes and is also unable to grant wishes but rather he is able to guide and teach followers on the righteous paths.
Hayden228 Thank you for sharing! After almost 20 years of searching thru various religions, I have come back to being a Christian BUT rank the Buddha, like Socrates, to be one of the greatest philosopher s in history. Even he did not claim he was a "god".
Then why is he worshipped like a god? When one is looked up to as he is he is therefore considered a god.
reddog 458 well there _are_ different denominations that usually adopted the culture of the places it went.
A common binary is based on whether everyone must be enlightened or whether individuals can be enlightened on their own. Individual-focused enlightenment usually creates the drastic religious/laity divides christians have.
Also meditation doesn't have to be for mindfulness or enlightenment or such. It can also be to see the Buddha's face, or to feel certain emotions.
Very Untrue!!!
@@reddog-ex4dx he is looked up to as a being who has perfected himself, he is not worshipped as a god. That is a misunderstanding. The statues of the various manifestations of buddha are representations of the buddhanature that we all have within us, we can achieve the same as he did if we apply ourselves persistently.
I just discovered these on CZcams and I'm totally addicted! It makes going to work a lot easier when I listen to these on my commute. More please?!
Four times per week (normally!) :)
Loved the video Simon & the Crew. I hope you guys do more episodes on major religious figures. I know that they're really hard/time consuming to research for many reasons and often the only 'facts' you have at hand come from religious texts & scripture (they aren't exactly the most reliable sources of information as we all know). But, the crew at Biographics did a wonderful job on this episode! As religious figures are probably the toughest people to profile as the smallest research error, a mispronunciation or anything else of that nature can cause huge offense to countless people all over the world. It certainly isn't gonna be easy but I hope to see more bio's of religious figures, prophet's etc. on the channel. Please don't me down guys!
Wow! A lot of stuff packed into a little video! But I'm really impressed! Once again, two thumbs up, Simon and co!
I may have to look into this Maddu more closely, it's basically the practise of not giving a shit about the "things" in this world but focusing on what really matters.
Reguardless of race or location, Buddhism is the one way we all connect ☸
This is what every Religious NPC says.
Then again Buddhism doesn’t kill and destroy in the name of their “god” like some other religion out there, you know wich one i mean.
@@adolfgaming1761 Which one??
@@adolfgaming1761 Christianity is kinda trash tbh
technically buddhism is a "vision" rather than a religion. actually lord buddha encouraged people to ask questions to clear out any doubts in his teachings. the way simon presented that part makes people think that lord buddha condemned asking questions. lord buddha actually discouraged questioning about ideas like "creation" or "begining" as it achieves nothing but more questions. he advised to focus about trying walking on the path of enlightenment which will achieve positive outcomes rather than drowning in more questions asking about things like "creation". however when other religions simply answered with "god created everything", he taught that the universe was composed with a "universal element" (singular) which agrees with todays sub atomic particle sciences. however still we havent found a scientific answer for the "creation" since big bang clearly seems as not the t=0. A lot of the buddhist teachings were documented out of the history of people in india asking questions from lord buddha. then he would answer with great deep details which we learn today as his teachings
But it does have a lot of religious elements like rituals,pilgrimage,holy scripture and etc
@@Nasir3623 those originated from his followers long after lord buddha died
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It's a religion mate
who created the singularity that caused every thing?
When I watch Simon's videos I always feel like I've gained an ounce of wisdom and understanding. I hope he continues these videos for a hundred years.
Quality stuff. Buddhism is a huge topic and it's not easy to packed it into 15 mons video. Great job guys.
Hey you could make a religion out of this
mccabber24 stfu
That's not very enlightened. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Raydeus who said I was enlightened?
We can make a religion out of this
fun fact: buddhists are atheists
Best bio that i've seen!
Thank you so much for this. I had found Buddhism many years ago. It has helped me so much in times of trouble and sorrow. To learn that happiness comes from within is huge. To know that material things will never make you truly happy is sometimes difficult to keep in mind but it’s true. But the one thing that has really helped me is the fact that death is part of life. Once again thank you for this awesome bio of lord Buddha.
Correction: true happiness comes not just from the right internal change of perception, but also it can come from the external, climbing hills, building yourself, relationships, living out your accomplishment and living out your version of success. My accomplishments and experiences have contributed to my eternal happiness
The essence of Buddhism in a single sentence is how to be happy by giving up attachments. You have to understand this truth and refrain from believing. Congratulations to you for your speech on the Buddha and and his teachings.
No. Realize those attachments are enlightenment
Great video about someone who taught tolerance, compassion and brought light to the world. Thank you for this wonderful vídeo.
Thank you Simon et al for this fantastic video. I'm a Buddhist and appreciate the representation and your way of presenting facts without bias.
Some points of clarification:
1) In the description, it is written the Buddhism started 25,000 years ago instead of 2,500.
2) Beginning @ 4:45, "The Middle Way" is in fact the real name of this religion in English and not as if some doctrine/idea within Buddhism. This religion was labelled "Buddhism" by Western religious scholars as they are wont to do out of convenience to name belief systems from their founders (i.e. - Christianity, Mohammedanism).
3) You left out probably the pivotal event of the realization of Siddhartha when he overheard a master of the lute/harp instructing his student: "If the string is too tight, it will break. If it is too loose, it will not play". This was the actual turning point towards the path he took; it is NEITHER in the extremes of both worldly, carnal pursuits NOR in rigid asceticism that one can find liberation but in "The Middle Way".
Love the heart. Thanks!
Thanks
dude you are amazing thanks man i needed that
JuandelaCruz001 are there any books i can read to explore Buddhism? I tried looking some time ago. There’s just so many of them i got overwhelmed. Didn’t know which was closest to Buddha’s teaching. I want to practice Buddhism.
Okay but did he ever apologize to his wife and kid for ditching them?
Amazing work! Ur videos are the best and Thank you for doing What you do!!
H.P. Lovecraft needs to be a video.
Might make a good Halloween one.
My submission 6 months ago has finally come to fruition. Thank you Simon.
James Bone thanks for putting this idea 💡 in their ear 👂
Always pleasure every week. Thanks for the upload and knowledge!
Love this video. Thanks Biographics and Mr Whistler.
It's is a religion of peace and love for your fellow human being. Buddhism preaches friendship and understanding of life.
@Tecumseh, most religions can be used as an very effective tool to rule.
When people believe the way they live, work and suffer is in agreement with their god they are likely to accept their fate.
They are ruled by their mind and are not able to question their way of living.
At the end of the western enlightment were men like marx and darwin who made it impossible for the churches to claim the truth.
There was no reason anymore to stay put for the majority. Germany eg. had about eighty percent workers around1890.
But there was a new tool at hand: the new media. Papers and magazines alone were so powerful then that the workers of the world did not unite
but killed each other.
Because people that is the majority where not able to think for themselves. Like today they believed what they saw and read.
Ww1 was con14. Now we have con19, a mastertool, an excuse to rebuild society, to hide a deep economic crisis and make us accept a devaluation.
Buddhism as a state religion can be used to create hate and aggression with a little help from media.
@@jpgrumbach8562 buddhism as tool for hate is a very hard thing to do (unless you corrupted the teachings to the point that it is unrecogniseable as buddhism ), and as the tool for aggresion i only have heard is for self defence . But what i know can be used for is legitamacy. For example a king in thailand is proclaimed a Bodhisatva (a close candidate to becoming a Buddha ) for legitamacy of rule
Hello Mr. Whistler, I appreciate what you do. Thanks for explaining things in a way that anyone can understand. Like Einstein said "if you can't explan something simply, you don't understand it enough" you do that in spades. And I appreciate it. Keep up the good work.
By far the best bio yet good job
you are a wordsmith. great video and very balanced and accurate. thanks for making these videos.
Thank you for this :)
*Live simply ... so that others may simply live.* 💕
Great Work Biographics !!!
Great video, again Simon. Thanks
Bio on King Ashoka the Great and his grandfather King Chandra Gupta Maurya would be awesome
why did i think Star Wars when i read this?
This is great! Could you do a bio for Gorbachev.
One of your greatest work on this one.
Great channel you have sir, everything has high production quality and shows perfection... respect and love from India
excellent doc. one of your best simon. btw i love your narration. i dislike computer voices
This teaching changed my life permanently. After a short while of studying, I had a good cry because I knew my life would never be the same 🕉
Theresa White: My best wishes for your future 🙏
Bro, that was really a great video! Super interesting. Thank you!
Great job, you summarized his life wonderfully
make more videos like this please , the personalities
who brought change in life of human
H.P. Lovecraft
Great video, but as an Asian arts historian, I must point out that not all of the pictures depict Gautama. Most statues, if not all show Amithaba or Amida Buddha, who belongs to two whole different branches of East Asian Buddhism. He is most easily recognizable by the Lotus throne, which is usually not part of Gautama/Shakyamuni iconography. Shortly: amida is a different person entirely.
One of my favorite thus far. The teachings of the buddah are timeless as they applied then they apply today.
I love your videos, Ur pronunciation could do some improving but I get it I'm terrible too. Keep up the amazing work!!
Thank you for your thoughtful presentation of the life of The Buddha. The most profound teachings are the simplest ones and for people with more complex neuroses the teachings are cast and complex.
A very interesting life of a human. It’s funny, many years ago I took a World Religions class. My take-away on Buddhism - gee, that’s too hard to do in a daily basis!! Current day - many characteristics of which I strive for every day! All three, Buddhism, Taoism & Confucianism have many ideas that I’ve adopted. This is always a fascinating topic for me.
Thanks much for the information.
Lauri
You probably got taught about Theravada Buddhism, that's the hard one. Mahayana Buddhism is the easy way.
They're interesting because they're all "religions" with no deities, just existing for the purpose of teaching about life without wrapping truths in many layers of metaphors that can ultimately mislead people; particularly after being translated and rewritten.
Would you be able to make one on JRD Tata? Love all these... Enjoying each episode immensely!
I always enjoy your videos and this one I appreciate so much. Thanks.
Wonderful biopic of the Tathagta! Very informative, and great on the pernuciations! Sanskrit isn't simple lol. Namo buddha!
Anyone interested in knowing more about Buddhism, look up lectures by Alan Watts.
Alan Watts is my God.
SoulFire39 Alan Watts is a Buddha for the modern age.
Alan watt was follower of Mahayana- distorted philosophical part of Buddhism and Buddha's original teachings
and also John Vervaeke if you're into cognitive science.
Alan watts promotes dangerous ideas.
If we wish to leave this realm we must outgrow it by outgrowing our own mistakes. Very well done presentation. Excellent narration.
Thank you Simon! When the student is ready, the teacher will come!
What about some native american bio's? Maybe do a video on tehcumseh or maybe crazy horse.
helmrath Was thinking about Wovoka.
Crazy Horse is amazing
Sitting Bull is a must.
Ponitac, Quahana parker, Blue jacket, Little Turtle, red cloud to think of a few off the top of my head unmentioned.
Cochise and Crazy Horse
Cool thanks for the info
I watched almost all your videos on biographics,your top tens, and politics. I've been a fan of yours for years keep it up and I think your next video should be on Michael Faraday.
Damn Simon, you never cease to impress me.
That was so uplifting! The world needs more Buddhas lol!
There are countless Buddhas and there will be countless more. ;)
Nah they need to be more shamanism
There’s thousands
They merely sleep
No !! I hope not because it will lead to monetization of spirituality and buddhahood will be reduced to nothing other than vulgar business like brahmanism
Brilliant. Namaste 🙏🏻
All we want to be is truely happy and living in a community that use love, compassion and understanding. I hope more people will wake up and see the light.
Good job, well done. You didn't always get the pronunciation right, but you certainly got your facts right.
This has sparked something in me now I have to know more
Please visit Lumbini, Nepal to find out more about the Buddha and his teachings as we have a huge collection of ancient and modern books and archives. Namaste and Dhanyabaad!
Love the videos, always well researched, well presented, and interesting to watch! Might I recommend a video on John Nash? He was a brilliant mathematician, economist, Nobel prize winner, and paranoid schizophrenic. Quite an interesting man!
Beautiful video! Thank you. Gracias
You explain Magga so clearly. Not many Buddhists in Thailand understand about it as much as you do.
I found this... Enlightening. Pun intended but I want to read up on this subject now!
maybe you can do a video on oda nobunaga?it could prove interesting.
Oh sure that would be a great video! Please Simon and Crew, do it....
Fantastic video Simon.
A very nice and uncommonly objective overview. One little thing though (you knew that was coming, right) Nirvana is not so much the negation of negative emotions and fears - if you're human you'll still have these arise spontaneously as all people do. Nirvana is when you no longer identify and grasp these when they arise, but simply watch them come, observe them without judgement and then let then subside naturally as they inevitably do without acting on them, harming others. Buddhas are still very human. In fact you might even call them hyper-human as they feel all emotions, even more deeply than they did before. The saying is that enlightenment won't always help you feel better, but it will help you feel...better. Thanks again, Simon. You always do a great job putting together these videos!
Lord Byron would be a interesting one!!!
Not to mention Mary Shelley if he hasn't already made a video about her
Please do a feature on the Native American religious leader WOVOKA and the importance of the "Ghost Dance".
Thank you for the thoroughly informative, and sincerely thoughtful approach to the subject of Siddhartha Gautama, and the various components of the Buddhist Religious Belief Systems.
Excellent commentary on Buddhism,very clear and concise teachings.Tq,greatly appreciated.Richard D'CRUZ,Malaysia.
thanks
Make a video about a philosopher,please,I think it will be intersting
Looking forward to more videos 😁
Excellent job.
Thank you.
Dont believe
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
Can you please do a video on Lavrentiy Beria!!!!!!!
MOBSYK it to the gulag сука
Wow i love it you just earned yourself a new subscriber....thank you for sharing the love of buddha the right teachings the teachings of love and knowlege and the teaching to believe in yourself not what others tells you to believe..
Beautiful bro, thank you so much
Please give us an H.P. Lovecraft Bio. there isn't a well structured concise Bio of him here on youtube yet.
Done
He is the first super human who opposed religion and teachd rationality, Buddham Saranam Gachami... 🙏 credit to Ambedkar for re-birth of Buddhism in India 🙏👍
... as a Buddhist, found this Brilliant ... LOVeD it ...
After seeing so many biographies on Buddha, I think I should delve deeper into this religion.
Why was the Himmler video removed?
Someone reported it as offensive and filled with hate speech. We have appealed this.
I hope it gets brought back. It's a big part of history and people can't just report it, because it's connected to a dark period of the past.
Man the first step to repeating history is to deny it!
These ridiculous reactionaries are slowly playing themselves.....
Can't erase history. Hope it comes back.
Wow. It's amazing how toddlers, disguised as adults, can watch a whole video without stopping it if they don't like it. Then, report it because they're offended so everyone else is too. Once again. thanks Obama...
This is the prince who gave up everything, but then he gained everything later in life. When he reached enlightenment, that’s when he knew everything mainly the key ones or key things of life, he became the supreme god but all other gods and goddesses encouraged him to teach (even the gods and goddesses) and that’s how he ended up doing, and he died he just went nirvana (a stage where your soul won’t be reborn or rebirth) where he stopped all suffering and forever in blissfulness.
Excellent video!
My thanks most gracious Simon. My brother who has a " thang" for this way of life will love this when I send him the link. Keep up the very interesting and at times quite disturbing work. Finally!!! A place where we older and more elitist can part our mice that we may soak up......stuff. Shalom
People for thousands of years have been looking for the answer and explanation to life. There is none. 49 is as good an answer as any.
It's 42, actually
@@matiasgazzarri4959 May I know what is 42 that you are referring to?
@@tarunbhatt6051 It is a reference from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
Yes, Nihilism most likely is true, if God doesn't exist. You need a creator to establish meaning, in something like the universe.
Zarathustra next??
very well done, ty!
Awesome work 🙏
Interesting how much knowledge we have about Buddha's childhood and young adulthood but when it comes to Jesus it took them 30 years after his death to write anything down. Makes you wonder?
Hello Simon,
Please make videos of famous people like this .
Great 👍
Thank you. Wonderful video.
Suggestion please: Could you please subtitle in your each video that would be so good and easy for us to pay deep attention on each of your sentenc
I Love the Buddha.
Amitoufo
I am chill all the time!
-Buddha, probably
Very well done...
Strive on with diligence!