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In Theravada Buddhism, they tried to preserve the original of the Buddha's way of practicing and wanted to do the same thing like Buddha(Tathāgata or Gautama Buddha)

I was raised as a Theravada Buddhist and this video was fairly accurate, however, the definition of a Bodhisattva isn't totally accurate according to the Theravada tradition. A Bodhisattva is the term used to describe a being who will become a Buddha in a following life, more specifically it is used to describe Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) in his previous lives. Also, it is true that an Arhat (Arahanth) is a being that attains nirvana (enlightenment and ends their cycle of suffering and rebirth upon their death) and a Buddha is an Arhat/Arahanth, because they also end their cycle as well upon death. The difference is that the Buddha teaches and helps others to get on the path to Nirvana. Basically the definition you used for a Bodhisattva is the definition we use for a Buddha and a Bodhisattva is this person in his previous live.

I like the idea that the Buddha can only show you the way. It is up to us to investigate and practice the Dhamma. We make the path as we walk the path.

The Buddha did not teach ‘Theravada’ or ‘Mahayana’, he taught the Dharma.

Thanks for the video, I kicked drugs after 7 years from a teacher who taught bhuddism he did a lot to wake me up to life and he never made me feel like I was to give blind trust cus everything he said seemed like forgotten common sense

Mahayana Buddhism that came to Japan includes sects such as Pure Land Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, and Avatamsaka Sutra. I noticed that these sects preach about the universe. Pure Land Buddhism preaches about the Pure Land, a world of the pinnacle of awakening, ruled by Amitabha Buddha far away in the universe. Buddha speaks passionately about that world. Esoteric Buddhism preaches about awakening through compassion and wisdom by the super Buddha, Vairocana buddha, who personifies the universe. Avatamsaka Sutra is the content of Buddha's enlightenment itself, and preaches that the true form of the universe is fractal. And the Lotus Sutra, which is said to be the highest teaching, preaches about the eternal Buddha, which I think preaches about the cycle of life in the infinite universe. In other words, God (of monotheism) creates man, man attains enlightenment and becomes Buddha, the wisdom of Buddha acquires knowledge of life, and when man appears by that knowledge, Buddhas becomes God.

In Theravada Buddhism "bodhisathwa" is a person who develop some skills (like generosity ) necessary to be a Buddha. It's a difficult practice that most people easily would give up. If someone wants to end the Samsaric journey (going life after life which has no end otherwise) they can still do it without becoming a Buddha. Anyone can attain The Nirvana or the enlightenment by following the way found by the Buddha. They are called an "Arahanth".

this is literally what I am studying right now. great timing

I’m a Westener Buddhist🥰 I’m more in Therevada(simplicity and into the Pali Canon, but open to other ideas of Mahayanan monks) but I like the figure of the Boddhisatvas(because of what they represent) and some techniques of meditation developed by other schools, like mantras in Tibetan and Zen meditation.

I like how he pronounces it correctly :)

Well, Theravada way is like obtaining your fire yourself and sharing how you did it to others. Mahayana is like recruiting others to make fire together while you still haven't obtained it yourself. Let us see what Buddha himself did. He tried to obtain Nirvana himself and then he help others with how to obtain it.

As for normal beings, can worship both Gods, Angles and Buddha because Gods and angels take care their respective relatives. As for Ariya, they have to worship only Buddha. If ariya worship normal Angle, humen and God, normal humen, angles and Gods can dissipate.

Nirvana here is kind of biased. In theravada buddhism especially nirvana is not becoming born again and there is no concept of emptiness.

i not believe budhis mahaya, i only believe budhis therawada !!

Theravada is the original unchanged preserved teachings of Gautam Buddha. It can lead to enlightenment. Whereas Mahayana Buddhism was formed after 500 years after Gautam Buddha's Nirvana or passing away. Mahayana Buddhism was edited over the period of time by monks adding this Buddha and that Buddha and Bodhisattva etc for worshipping including change of attire, way of living, adding more requirements into scriptures thus making the original Gautam Buddha's teachings impure. Over the course of time, It became more suitable for ordinary people instead of practicing actual cultivation to reach enlightenment. Mahayana was widely spread across other countries like China, Japan and South east Asia. Theravada was an orthodox cultivation practice and not a religion. Whereas Mahayana turned into a religion called Buddhism over the course of centuries.

End goal of Mahayana is not Bodhisattva but Buddha hood. Mahayana remain as Bodhisattva to help others along the path to Buddhahood than going alone. Bodhisattva in Tibetan is translated as Jang Chup Sempa aka compassionate mind or soul. Arhat in Mahayana is one who has overcome / conquered all the causes of sins - desire, anger and ego. Arhat is stage below Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva is stage below Buddhahood or Buddha

There is only Dhamma. Dhamma include realities. 🌸Theravada kept all realities Gotama Buddha taught. Exact teachings and methods to go Nibbana, heavens, brahmins. Gotama Buddha taught all. Including history Brighten self In Theravada, they have already attained Nibbana with different levels. Some ariya will wait Next Buddha, knowing and attaining Nibbana.🌸 In Mahayana, most will wait next Buddha with humen conditions with Zen and donations. 🌸Some 🌸have already attained Nibbana. Both are the same. All Buddhas teach the same about Dhamma. Brighten yourself You will arrive where you walks There are ways for everywhere you walk

In India Buddhist were absorbed into Hinduism plus the repeated Turkic invasion of India lead to the collapse of Buddhism in India and Bangladesh etc from 10AD onwards. In fact most of Central Asian countries including Pakistan and Pakistan were Buddhist they were first to succumb to Arab invasion since 7AD. The founder of Zen, Chan Buddhism practiced in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam is Buddhist monk brothers Äsanga and Vasu Bandu from Peshawar, Pakistan around 4AD. The founder of Tibetan Buddhism hails from Swat region of Pakistan who escaped Pakistan following the religious persecution and moved east wards towards India and Nepal and finally came to Tibet via Nepal at the invitation of Tibetan king in 8AD.

Searching this subject and nice surprise ur voice in the video.

Thank you, Khan Academy for taking your time, energy and effort to upload and share this video. I appreciate it.

Buddhism is suppressed in India. India still has Buddhists but they don't get significant recognition.

Do not try to separate two great tradition of Buddha dharma.Both Theravada and Mahayana tradition contains great teachings and wisdom.We should embrace each other rather than trying to find out differences because both teachings came from the one and only mahayogi,mahapurus Tathagat (Siddhartha Gautama)..

Hindu is a name given by mughals when they were the rulers of India. Indias religion name is Brahmin religion who came from Eurasia and created the caste system and all those scriptures were copy pasted from buddhist folk tale from Jataka which is buddhist book the statue and idols from Mahayana and vajrayana were converted into Hindu gods and deity by brahmin to eliminate buddhas existence and it's still being to this days.

Theravada (teachings of the elders) generally uses the Pali terms (because the most complete collection of the original teachings of the Buddha are in Pali), so arahant, nibbana, etc. The Mahayana generally use hybrid Sanskrit terms (despite the Buddha explicitly forbidding it) presumably to appeal to the growing popularity of brahminism in India (and later traditions such as tantra, which literally means weaving threads from many traditions including one's own home brew new ageism). "Great vehicle" is correct but "maha" also means wider, majority, popular, and that's important to understand when discussion the (de)evolution of Buddhist teachings and practice.

Beautifully explained

Its obvious you have more knowledge personally of Mahayana. You barely said anything about theravada that makes it unique.

In theravada there are 3 ways to acheive nirvana. Become a Buddha, become a 'Pase Buddha' and become a Arahath. If someone become a Buddha he has the ability to (know how to) teach others to acheive nirvana(if they have will), but to become other 2 mean, they don't have ability to do so.

I am Mahayana born buddhist specifically of the ning mapa school the oldest Mahayana group.

I am from myanmar 😃and Theravada buddhism 😁

The ultimate aim of Mahayanist is Buddhahood which is far beyond Nirvana. Arhat has already achieved Nirvana - escape from cyclic existence - aka Samsara.

Siddhartha Gautam Buddha was born in the place called Lumbini, in Nepal.

Mahayana Buddhism and Hinduism are not much different. Both think Buddha is an avatar of their god/deity. This is laughable.

I like Theravada

the way he says buddhism in these videos has me feeling some type of way lol

It's a big good karma and bless so I can born as a Buddhism and to learn both of that tradition.😊 Sabbe Satta Bhavantu Sukhitatta , Amitabha

Buddhan Saranan gacchami ☸️🙏

Buddhas Fourth Jana+10 characters +8 conditions + practicing

Om mani padme hun 🙏🙏namo aryaputra buddha joy mahayana

Thanks for the explanation I always wondered about the different kinds

Better to explore a bit about the history of Nepal- where we have ample of Mahayana as well as Hinayana practiced and developed. Many historical evidences suggest that Mahayana and Hinayana- originally spread across Asia from the Nepal (especially Kathmandu Valley) many Hinayana Buddhism Practices.

Pronunciation is pretty good. Some of the words and names are generally mangled but not here.

thats actually true as indian and hindu , Hinduism has so many sects and lot of sects have its sub sects that it all got compromised into hinduism, hindu is actually geographical identity of ancient india and Hinduism means idea ,philosophies of india thus we got all the name as Hinduism but in reality there nothing such as Hinduism its bunch of various ancient indian philosophies . theravada is similar to orthodox hindusim and mahyaana to present day hindusim

Theravada in the house

In Theravada tradition, the use of the term "bodhisattva" is very limited - primarily referring to the Buddha Shakyamuni in his previous lives before enlightenment; and actually there is just ONE bodhisattva - Maitreya or Metteyya, THE future Buddha, generally recognized; and that there can only be ONE Buddha at a time

About Fourth Jana To go Fourth Jana, have to start with First Jana First Jana Applied thought, Sustained thought, Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind Applied thought= trying to focus on breath Sustained thought = stable on breath ( no thinking) Rapture = pure state with joyfulness Bliss= Feeling peace and joyfulness One-pointedness of mind= calmness upon peace and joyfulness Second Jana Will start with stable breath Sustained thought, Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind Third jana Will start with rapture during sitting time Rapture, Bliss, One-pointedness of mind Fourth jana Bliss and One-pointedness of mind Pers Fourth Jana can become back third jana, second jana, first jana if there is no insight vippasana.

🙏Proud Buddhist 🙏

i read a theory that mahasamgika sect from which mahayana evolved is the one that was majority sect and was closer to the buddha's teachings. it however became more diverse and became less original in comparison to theravada as time went on.

The former Buddha's meditation time was six years to attain Buddha wisdom, attaining Nibbana Next Buddha mediation time will be 7 days. After seven days, Arimettaya Buddha will become Buddha, attaining Nibbana

Ofc mahayana is not good. fake 😂😂

This is just not at all well done. You don't know whether Theravada or Mahayana is closer to what the Buddha actually taught. Nobody knows for sure. The real difference is that Theravada believes in process ontology, pure change, whereas Mahayana has no rational beliefs about reality whatsoever. End of story.

Actually, Bodhisattva means someone who are becoming/Will become a buddha. If all focus to be Buddha - (Bodhisattva), there will be no one to help nor achieve Nirvana. So there is a direct straight way to Nirvana,There also is another loop for you to lock you there never get to nirvana. so choose wisely ^ ^

what was the purpose of buddha 84k methods of teaching? to benefit all sentient beings. why not 1 method of teaching to all sentient beings? because every individual capacity of understanding were different. same {DESTINATION=ENLIGHTENMENT} differ {ROUTES=TEACHING}. theravada or mahayana? pure mind see all equal. happy learning people ))

which books have you referred to?

i wAS WATCHING THIS foR WORLD HJSTORY AND I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN HE DIDNT PRONOUNCE IT LIKE “BOODISM”

I am so confused. I thought when you achieved enlightenment that was being a Buddha. But being an arhat is having achieved enlightenment? What?

How can Polytheistic Hinduism compare itself to Non-Theistic Buddhism; especially Mahayana Buddhism? The two are like chalk and cheese (vegan cheese).

Anyone who says one way is better than the other one is a fool. A fool has not understood Buddhas teachings. Remember one medicine isn’t the cure for all diseases.

Equating all Mahayana with Pure Land is a big mistake. There are other mistakes in this video, but that one struck me the most. If you are watching this video, and you want to know about this topic, don't get a low-quality education from watching videos on Khan Academy. Ask actual teachers and learn from Buddhist practitioners.

There are methods. 🌸You want to go heavens?🌸 Donate and remember your donations every day in order for you/us to remember that donations near it comes to the end of this life to bring heavens. It is the Truth Dhamma. You want to go God, brahmins? Take meditation to get first Zen, second Zen, third Zen and fourth zen. Zen and Jana are the same. 🌸You want to go God, Brahmins, knowing and attaining Nibbana?🌸 After First Jana, go to insight (Vippasana), watching mind and mental factors that arise and cease together and watching aggregates that arise and cease ( go to decaying =slow decay and fast decay). Dedicate mind, mental factors and aggregates, another side is Nibbana. First jana beings will go heavens and brahmins, both After second jana, watch like above. After third jana, watch like above After fourth jana, watch like above🌸

Next Buddha, Arimettaya How many lives the next buddha cycled in Samsara as buddhahood? 8,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000( zero 140 in front of 4) A thin Chay lifes and 100000 worlds

I'm Mahayana Buddhism practicioner.

How many lives the former buddha cycled in Samsara as buddhahood? 4,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000( zero 140 in front of 4) A thin Chay lifes and 100000 worlds

Thanks for sharing this beautiful information on budhhism..... From Nepal

We are liveing in Sri Lanka natrule Buddhist house

Also, Vajrayana Buddhist believe it is possible to become a full fledged Buddha in one lifetime.

Namo buddhay

Page 715 Mahayana = n a a liberal Buddhist school of Tibet, China, and Japan, whose adherents seek enlightment for all sentient beings. b (as modifier): Mahayana Buddhism. [from Sansk., from mahä great + yäna vehicle]

Mahayana Buddhism developed more than 600 years after Buddha, so it contains a lot of teachings which deviate from the original teachings of Buddha. Buddha never said there are 84000 doors to nibbana. He said there are 84000 dhamma in pali, which means 84000 truths. He said the only path to nibbana is the noble eightfold path consisting of virtue, concentration and wisdom. So go back to original Buddhism.

Theravada buddhist and Mahayana teaching are different. The two teaching is different when come to the end. The original one is theravada. In the time of the BUDDHA, The BUDDHA reject DEVADATA for asking all monk to go vegetarian and the buddha teaching to accept vegetarianism.The BUDDHA reject such request. And today vegetarian exist. So guy it is very clear it is not the original teaching of the BUDDHA. There are many differences only those in the theravada will know. For new buddhist beginner they will not know. If these beginner go straight into the sector of mahayanis they they will never know that their buddhist are not the ways instructed by the BUDDHA. No need to explain further. BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

I have got a question.. Do the Mahayana buddhists worship the Gautam Buddha like we do? Or it is only the Bodhisattvas?

You didn't mention how theravada kinda stopped meditating because they thought it was pointless until maitreya came

Eight conditions 1. The person must have fourth jana that can attain Nibbana easily( Near to Nibbana) 2. The person must pray in front of one of the Buddhas( must wait one of the Buddhas) 3. The person must be male 4. Must be human to pray as buddhahood 5. Must know causes and effects 6. Must be filled with gratitude of jana 7. Must do wholesome, giving own life if need 8. Must aspire wholesome wish to be Buddha

10 characters🙏 There are ten Fullfillments to do. 1. Donations 2. Keeping precepts 3. Loving -kindness 4. Diligence 5. Fortitude 6. Faithfulness 7. Determination 8. Patience 9. Dedication 10. Equanimity

Buddhism in India disappeared due to Turk and Persian invasion.

Some meditators make jana focusing on womb to make concentration. Just focus on one object first to go vippasana( insight meditation) This is for beings who would like to attain and go Nibbana( absolute peace)

Please go and read about these religions correctly in theravada buddhism A bodisathwa is some who has aim to become a lord buddha,he is special person and on theravada for become to lord buddha that purticular person must do 10 paramitas They are some sub categories all to together it is 30 for becoming a buddha so he should complete all 30 paramitas,and it is only done by male person.but arahath is different it can fullfill by both men and women

ཐེགས་དམན་-theravada ཐེགས་ཆེན་- mahayana

nice video Thankyou sir

1:20 not Buddhism, that’s monism and was one of the positions explicitly rejected by the very Buddha himself. Turns out some things do get lost and distorted when they enter pop culture.

here is a fact sri lanka is the hq of theravadi buddhism

Well, points for saying Hindu philosophy instead of religion. Guess what I was taught in religion class??

Mahayana Buddhism develop from gandahara of Pakistan during king kanishka of kushan dynasty in the buddist council held in peshwar. The first idiol of Buddha was also made in gandahara.Pakistan is regarded as the birthplace of the Mahayana Buddhism and famous mystics and philosophers of the faith including Asanga, Vasubhandha, Guru Rinpoche and Monk Marananta. Asanga and Vasubhandha were from Peshawar or old Purushapura. Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambhava was a native of Swat who took the message of the faith to Tibet and the lands far beyond. Monk Marananta who travelled from his hometown in Swabi to Korea to preach Buddhism. This session will focus on the origin and development of Buddhist thought in Gandhara. at that time ghandhara was part of north west of India.

Absoulty wrong information.

Eye understand that people need lables, the more eye studied and practices the less Eye required lBles.

nirvana is very hard to obtain .

Yeet love y’all ☸️🖤

The map of distribution of Buddhist for Vietnam is still wrong. Most of the region in North West of Vietnam are tribal inhabitants and they follow various religions, they are not Buddhist enthusiasts and certainly not Theravada. Maybe they misunderstood Thai ethnic tribes there are also Buddhists. In reality is no they flavor ancestors, heroes worship more. Thai people started becoming Buddhists when they migrated to Khmer Empire. Most of the Kinhs there follow Mahayana Buddhist more though it is declined gradually. Theravada in Vietnam is more associated with Khmers near Cambodia's border, so the region near Cambodia's border should be Theravada, not even South East Vietnam region. That's where the big city of Ho Chi Minh is. You don't know how large the numbers of Mahayana there. Don't be fooled by the extravagance of Theravada temples. Khmers and Burmese are the true original Theravada Buddhists. Thais only went with the flow

non-Buddhists keep on blabbering about Buddhism, with superficiality. escaping from suffering...an example.

I think you need to read revolution and counter revolution book by Dr BR Ambedkar father of modern Indian

i saw buddha in meditation a vision, and the buddha i saww i didnt even know existed. so that further confirms what i saw was real and not of the mind, because other than that fact, i google it and the pictures depicted of buddha is unbelievably accurate, i saw buddha almost exactly like the paintings of him, and the buddha i saw was BLUE BUDDHA.. yep never knew he existed but there are 12 buddhas.. and blue buddha is the most powerful healing buddha, thats what he does hs is a healer... and the amitabha buddha, his hair the way its in like round plat knots, it is exactly like that.. blue buddha however was incredibly slim. body like shiva, but the head was buddha and hair the same... its incredible these pictures and paintings can be so accurate that there was certain very spiritual and great people beofre us that seen and understood alot ot things, i mean like so much more than i do and have seen, i am still young, but people before us was 100% far wiser and smarter in anceitn times.. we do not compare. also i say angel jophiel who came purely as angel of light GOLD in colour, after i saw her/him, for jophiel is of no gender and can appear as both, which was funny cause i saw and jophiel was stuning, the name literally means beauty of GOD.. imgiane seeing the most beautfful woman and your heart swoons and lusts, well thats what it was like but 100 times more. so beautiful you admire and respect it.. so google again angel jophiel and there are pictures again exactly as a saw, and before never knew of jophiel either.. and there are pictures showing exactly again like 90% accurate to what i saw.. like just a outline of a spirit of light, a body of light , like neon gold, and there are depictions of jophiel on google exactly like this.. when i saw buddha he was even sat the exact same way. ive never seen or witness these beings before let alone seen those pictures..

1:23 "Recognizing the 'non-self', that we are all one"??

Thanks for pronouncing the words correctly.

Proud to be a Buddhist 💙

I was born in Theravada Buddhism country, all my life I can say Theravada has made people get more selfishness because Theravada has emphasized to do for only self while Mahayana has emphasized to do great both self and others. Result is all Theravada country is poor but all Mahayana country is prosperous.

theravada is the real teaching of buddha...👈

Destroyed in India unfortunately 😅not re absorbed.

Alright Khan, what do you think? Was Li Mu Bai a Bodhisattva?

Thanks for sharing so much information on Buddhism....

In the Malay/Indo language, there are a lot of borrowed words from Sanskrit, such as: Sengsara: Miserable Duka: Grief Sukahati: Joy Budi: Courtesy

Buddhism more philosophy. Buddhism not much in India same thing reincarnation of vishnu