He is getting confused with brahma and bhraman. Brahma is one of the Trinity where he is the creator whereas bhraman is the material, efficient, formal and final cause of all that exists the pervasive, genderless, infinite, eternal truth and bliss which does not change, yet is the cause of all changes.
No, he knows what he is talking about. The brahma story is attested in both the Vishu Purana and Shiva Purana. But he has more of a buddhist take on it, which is ok. It's the playfulness of Indian dharmic philosophies
In Tamil language most of the words end with N, M, R..., In Tamil Sivan, Brahman, Krishnan, Ganeshan, Murugan/Karthigayan, Yaman, in English or Sanskrit Siva/Shiva, Brahma, Krishna, Ganesha, Karthigaya Yama respectively. Either way writing same meaning
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Bro how to save Sanatan Dharma in india as it is under continuous attack from peaceful community. Peacefuls are doing huge propaganda against Sanatan Dharma and its culture, traditions and scriptures. Our gurus are insulted and we see them insulting on social media like a c0ward. Our practices are continuously being maligned by Abdul puncture wala kaum. Our population is also not increasing as compared with Abduls as they c0nvert others but we never c0nvert thats why we are at loosing end. In modern democracy style government numbers matter. Many Western people follow Hindu knowledge and teachings and they do yoga and meditation like sanatani practices but they don't officially registers themselves as Hindus. That's why our population is not increasing. Even to practice Dharma we need peaceful environment and that can only come until we Sanatani are in majority in India. God forbid if our country becomes a Abdul majority country then we will never be able to practice Dharma like it was at the time of Aurangzeb. Our country can also become like @fghanistan, !raq, Syr!a, yemen etc. Please work to save Sanatan Dharma also then only our future generations can also receive such tremendous source of knowledge and we can make world a beautiful place to live in. We need to f!ght and counter Abdul community. Please you can use your platform for this purpose. Its do or d!e situation for our Sanatan civilization. Wake up and save it. We need to increase our population and stop Abdul kaum. Please do Dharma prachar and counter Abdul propaganda.
He is totally wrong here. He has no idea what he is talking... The karma is not ritualistic work but what you do every second of your life and in simple words you reap what you do that's it that is Hinduism.
Brahma of Buddhism was created by Buddhists to mock at the Vedic Dharma of that time. There is only one Brahma, the creator but Buddhists distorted Him to show he is pleading with Buddha for this that and the other! Buddhism lost the intellectual argument and had to move out of India to other shores.
Maybe Kind of like u r distorting facts ryt now..:p .......Buddhism dint lose any intellectual battle...datz a british colonial media concocted rumour...itz true Shankara defeated a lot of buddhist and jains,and even shankyas and yogis,in debate.. ...but he and also his predecessor ,his gurus' guru,Gaudapada borrowed a lot of buddhist ideas of madhyamika and yogachara schools of buddhism to reintrepret Vedanta and Upanishads in a new light....Hinduism has a lot of really potent and effective wisdom traditions,including advaita vedanta...but buddhism z certainly a higher flowering of consciousness and has more clarity to it than any hindu philosophy.....!!!....best way to know dis z to read scriptures of bth and analyse ,think even draw parrallels wid real time references, e.g buddhism has vastly influenced cognitive science, nueroscience and psychotherapy,much like hatha yoga and taoist energy practises have helped influence the health sector..
@@basantimohanty1426 Or In reality Buddhism used lot of ancient Indian Logic please be open and learn the ancient philosophy . Sankaracharya never used any Buddhist ideas rather he used ancient Indian philosophies which sounded to many Buddhist like their idea which was original idea of Hinduism . Buddhism is nothing but just a Separate Branch of Hinduism.
That is a very simplistic take. As a Hindu myself, Buddhists and Jains are the playful brothers who mock each other playfully. Don't take it personally 😉
Well there is lot of confusion here, let me clear it. The word Brahma in sanskrit means 'the great' and of 'high intellect', it got many other meanings also. Brahma is one of the name of Almighty God in 100 names. OM (।।ओ३म्।।) is the proper name of GOD and all other names like Vishnu, Aditya, Indra, Agni etc are based on quality, in Vedas Almighty God is called by all the 100 names. There is no trinity in Sanatan Dharm, this false concept propounded by the cult leaders of medieval era who wrote ther own books like shiv purana, markandeya purana etc. Vedas is strictly monotheistic, it is the one God who creates, sustains and destroy the Universe. The human figures you people used to see with names Brahma, Vishnu and shiva, these were all humans, but they didn't looked like the way they are being potrayed. Mahrishi Brahma didn't had four heads, Lord Vishnu didn't had four arms, he was the son of mother Aditi and father Kashyap and Lord Shiva was the ruler of todays J&k region with its capital at Kailash in Mahabharata era.
Here it has been narrated in a very casual way. The subject of discussion here is not as simple as it appears on this discussion. People listening to it must have some knowledge of it otherwise they will take it as weird.
Lol, what do I add that the comments already havent. This guy is a Buddhist fine, but that doesnt mean he has to give fake interpretations of Hinduisim like Zakir Nalayak.
only now I understand american buddhism. the trick seems to be that it is more america than buddhism. if this guy is a professor for indo-tibetan studies, I have no more questions. rarely seen a man who needs a spiritual adjustment more urgently.
wow ? lol......think your comment needs urgent spiritual adjustment and perhaps mine too ! The Buddha is not a race or one culture the dharma applies or should I say can be applied to any language race or culture. Its universal ! too many here passing judgement and being unnecessary. He is human people make mistakes or maybe you are or both ? ! One thing is for sure he does know and understand more than most of us is doing wonderful work spreading important teachings and blessings and is doing more to do that than most people lighting up the comments section with their tuppence worth ! He's making an effort to get up there and teach, take what you want from that and be grateful. No religion or idea survives unchanged when its teachings are brought to new lands and cultures and shared, they are dynamic and shift and change. All religions and spiritual traditions are constantly changing and evolving and adapting. If we let go of attachments sufficiently does it really matter anyway ? Lets get to the heart of the matter.
I have read some of the comments and I would like to correct them. While "Karma" does mean destiny and the cycle of actions and reactions, Robert Thurman is absolutely right in saying that it also means the death rituals. I am a South Indian and in telugu the death rituals are also called as "Karmakanda" or simply " Karma". So I request my fellow Indians to read up on our literature instead of just pointing someone wrong without knowing the facts.
Don't be confused with the 'Brahma ' the creater and the ' Brahman ' which is absolute Reality. These two are different. The Buddha is a very very high state of perfect enlightenment beyond which nothing remains . When The Buddha attended that state, the Lord of creation , the Brahma appeared to him and requested to teach this path of enlightenment to him and the rest of the humanity.
@@rahulpaturkar1425 does that mean that Bramha, the lord of creation, was incomplete as far as enlightenment is concerned ? Only then he could ask Budhdha to teach him some more enlightenment ? Well, difficult to understand this. The logical fact could be that both Bramha and Budhdha were enlightened. It was respect for fellow enlightened guy which may have brought Bramha to him. Same like how two professors have respect for each other's capabilities.
@@mohammedalinaik2186 Yes Brahma owns the creation. Brahma is the agency through which creation begins, this is a dual state and with duality multiplicity begins. Non-duality or the absolute Brahman is the supreme superconcious state which is absolute Shunyata or non duality or Advait in Sanskrit. This absolute non dual state is above the state of Brahma (the creator). Buddha reached to that state which hardly few could reach!. Brahma requested Buddha to teach people the path to achieve that state. Om Shanti!
@@rahulpaturkar1425 the reality is that there's no Creator... The buddha said the great brahma thinks he's the creator coz he was the first brahma who was born in his realm & then he wished to have a company of fellow other brahmas & afterwards some brahmas who was in a brahma world above after their jhana meditative sate got exhausted they were born in his realm... So he delusional thought that he created them & also the universe.... The buddha himself went to the brahma world to say what he thinks is wrong & that there r brahma workds higher than his own... & that there's no creator... The buddha even taught the great brahma about his past life & said he used to be higher brahma world & his time got exhausted & was born in a lower brahma world.... This is in Baka Brahma sutta....
There is no God And Buddha was the only human who is at the highest state of mind of his time. There is nothing like enlightenment. Everything is illusion The truth is there is no Truth There is only one thing and it's emptiness, cycle zero 0
The gent obviously means well .. but in the realm of Spirituality, he has a lot to 'grow-up' to .. the good thing is that he is trying .. in the only way that most Westerners try ! Let's wish him good luck :)
Just trying to say that this babe-in-the-woods of Spirituality should be celebrated for trying to comprehend Spirituality. One day, if he keeps going on, who knows, he may actually end up understanding a thing or two ! Why are you so surprised, bro ???
What he’s explaining is Karma-Kanda a ritual to erase the karmas; your actions within the lifespan (suggesting that it might impact the future lifecycle of the Aatma). What he refers to as the ultimate is not Brahmaa but Brahma. The former is a deity of creation(only accepted in certain sects). Brahma in the other hand is not a god or deity. It is everything that is (hypothetically), meaning the sum of the entire cosmic energy. Purans have their own different creators. Certain sects as in the Vedanta there is no creator different than the the creation itself. According to it everyone and everything beyond the body and mind(which is accumulated from the nature/soil) is essentially the same or one. Creation is the creator itself. Charvaks are again YOLO people. They are materialists and don’t believe in any god or creator. This life is all and we must live it accordingly. Nastiks disbelieve in everything mentioned above and more. I don’t know much about Bauddha philosophy apart from Anaatma. So I can’t speak on that.
Are you kidding? Sanskrit tradition Buddhism has such a detailed description of all Indian philosophy schools. So he spoke on the basis of his reading and understanding.
Karma is not a relative theory, its an absolute, its real. Karma is not some special ritual you do to please the God, its your everyday job. Its a universal truth, just as in Science every Action has an Equal reaction, this is Karma.
I'll stop believing Carl Sagan existed in the way he thought he did, when they prove he did not actually exist in that way. Oh wait ... They already proved that. mmmmm, so then why listen to Carl Sagan? Such a lame example of relative truth. The DL could at least have ......
What a load of nonsense. The Buddha is no more a real historical character as Jesus or Kristna. It’s all make belief. It’s humans that make this stuff up.
Buddha was king Ashoka, he had war with all the neighborhood, killing thousands, and later he took up penance,as Buddha in gaya, bihar state,Dalailam took to Buddhism to prevent Chinese harrasment, now capitalising as if it it originated in Tibet, unscrupulous.
