Why BUDDHISTS Don't Believe in GOD? | Buddha's Wisdom 

Growing up I was Christian but became atheist in high school . I joined the military in my 20s and was a meathead with anger issues who loved to drink , party, sleep around and fight. When I ended up stationed over seas in Guam and I was a corpsman working in General surgery/OR , trauma team and occasional morgue duty . I saw a lot of trauma and death and mentally it was becoming a lot and I was having a crisis . I tried talking ti different religions but they just said to pray or they’ll pray for me which isn’t helpful and they didn’t want me asking certain questions . One day I found a Buddhist temple there and my roommate and I checked it out . The first visit and they were immediately so welcoming . The first monk we encountered only spoke mandarin so they grabbed someone else to talk to us about Buddhism , the temple etc and they had us eat lunch with them . We started going more and more because they were so welcoming and because they said “you don’t need to be Buddhist to come here , all are welcome . If you ever need a place to pray , mediate , eat or just a quiet place to think our doors are always open, no questions asked .” And as time went on my roommate and I started going to the services even and since they were in mandarin they had a translator just for the two of us . That temple changed my life forever as it got me more and more into Buddhism and practicing it . What really clicked with me was that they didn’t get angry when I asked difficult questions about it , they were always so happy whenever I had questions and always encouraged me to question the teachings they taught me . I also really liked that Buddhism is all about personal accountability with how only you can save yourself . That was back in 2016 when I first found Buddhism and there’s been many trials and tribulations since but learning how to walk the path has been liberating. I’ve since left the military, deleted all my social media accounts, became a pacifist, have been sober for years , became vegetarian and other changes. Buddhism has changed my life in so many ways and made me a much more mindful , open and present individual. I still have much to learn but learning is a process I’ve truly come to love .

I have followed many beliefs searching for a good one. After finding Buddhism I have found it to be the most liberating than anything else.

1) Buddhism teach us to find out solution of problem's, 2) Nothing is permanent, 3) Be your own light. Love from Maharashtra, Great video.

Buddhism teaches the way of life and peaceful and compassionate path it’s a philosophy rather than a religion with strict rules what’s special about Buddhism is they respect everyone and all religions ❤

I'm atheist and I found Buddhism out. It's amazing Philosophy. I believe it's the KEY for a long-term Peace of this World.

Buddhism does not believe in worshipping God but in realizing it within ourselves .

My wife is a Thai Buddhist…I learn a lot from her about Buddhism and love it

Finding Buddha’s Dhamma is like winning life’s lottery! 🙏☸️🙏

I grew up in a buddhist household and when I was about 13 years old, I had went to church with a babysitter. I had a buddhist necklace that I used to always wear, and that led a lady in the church to tell me to take that off. I didn't know anything, I just knew I had to go because my babysitter was going. I didn't take it off because my mom gave it to me. I later than told my mom about it and she told me, I could take it off next time I go. I asked her if she was mad and she told me, everyone has a choice and a path. If I decide to be Christian thats my path. I continued to go to church until I was about 19, my mom asked me if I wanted to go to a temple with her and I said yes. Curious. As we were in the car. I asked her about all the Gods, she said Gods are just an ideology and a concept that we should look up to like a role model. When we got to the temple, the first thing I felt there was tranquility. Like I was taking a hike on a nice sunny day. It was peaceful and everyone was so welcoming and nice. When I talked to the monks, the things they preach were nothing about the Gods, but more like life lessons. I came back to the temple again and again, sometimes alone. It became a place I wanted to go at anytime rather than a place I should go every Sunday. The teachings of Buddhism, never told me who to be but to be the best version of myself. To put faith in myself and to never stop following the path of self growth. At the time, I was going through a rough time. Not to get dark but I was SA and it had a heavy toll on my mental health. I started following the teachings of buddhism and learned to forgive and now I am a lot happier, of course it still effects me but I am not in a constant state of turmoil. Fast foward to now, I haven't been to that temple in years but I still remember and follow those teachings those monks taught me. I don't see Buddhism as a religion, I see it more as a spirituality and a way of living. This might be controversial, but I think many take religion and turn it into a set of rules that you have to follow, and to me that's not what religion is for. Religion helps us find meaning in life but it shouldn't limit our growth.

As a Myanmar 🇲🇲Buddhist, we believe in the Buddha teaching and the guidance of him is our way of healing our own mental traumas and life obstacles 🙏😊

So i am no atheist. I'm just on the path to enlightenment. I question everything and my mum is always angry at me for questioning our religion. Buddhism is a great concept. Thanks for sharing.

I was born in buddhist country, but I did not understand much about buddhist. I used to have a lot of questions about each religions, god, rebirth, soul, karma and etc. Until one day that I went to study in US and experiences something unexplainable. I was so scare and can not sleep well. Then, I started to listen the sermon from a monk on RU-vid and go to Thai temple in US. Every my friends so surprise that I became serious about buddhist when I was back from US, lol. Now I feel very grateful that I turn to learn about buddisht. I think buddisht is about learning and practising.

I am a Catholic by birth from Philippines, i started questioning my religion during college days and started joining different Christian sect. Now i am a mother and still wondering about life, death and suffering. And then our beloved dog died last January and everything shattered. The passing of our dog led me to wander, how to cope up with my broken heart, sadness and guilt. Until i stumbled upon some buddhist concept here in RU-vid. From then on i'm yearning to learn more about BUDDHISM. Maybe this is my way.

As a Buddhist I love how Load Buddha has always encouraged us to question and ALWAYS respect the other religions. In my country we have The bodhi tree where he enlightened and the temple of Tooth

I'm proud to be Buddhism & Blessed by Buddha Teaching

If this world follow Buddha teaching, this world will be peace.

THAT IS SO TRUE, BUDDHISM IS EMPOWER FROM WITHIN FINDING YOUR TRUE SELF. RESPECT 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🇸🇬

Im a born muslim, and i always thought my heart was jewish.. Today i found out i was budism all along.. Mind blowing..

Being a born Buddhist , I was learning Buddha’s literature for 9 years, but without actual practice, I didn’t know what’s the actual meaning of Dhamma. But last 1 months, I started practicing vipassana meditation and now i knew literally the core meaning of what is material, what is consciousness and 5 aggregates of mind and matters. By 16 stages of knowing the truth, now I know I ‘m at 4th stage of knowing the truth (the path to the sotapanna, stream enterer) From Myanmar, Burma.

I am a Buddhist, and I always tell people that Buddhism is not a religion but a school of science, specifically psychology, chemistry, and physics (quantum physics). Albert Einstein once said that if there is any religion that could cope with modern science, it would be Buddhism."

I like the way Thich Nhat Hanh phrased it. 'Enlightenment is when the wave realizes it is the ocean.'

Buddhism is about how we reach our destination safely and peacefully. If you are given a car to drive to your distination, just start driving safely, peacefully. Don't worry about who create the car. It is secondary.

Buddhism is not a religious belief but just a philosophy of natural humanity

Im buddhist from sri lanka 🇱🇰❤. Im proud to be a buddhist.i love my lord buddha 🙏❤

Im an ex chatolic and had studying Buddhism since 2006 and till now still studying. Im just a lucky person, even till now still hard for me to practice the whole Buddhism practice but i found happiness on my struggling on these practices and studies. Sothi hotu, sabe satha bhavantu sukhitattha.

I have been a Buddhist all my life and I still learn something here. Thank you.

Buddhism doesn't worship Buddha like a god. Buddhism is the way to enlightenment taught by Buddha to escape the cycles. According to Buddhism, There is no creators, Buddha isn't the creator.

From the day i discovered buddhism my life changed. I become atheist, also became vegetarian, i learned meditation and yoga. I feel so happy and free of crazy indoctrination!😊 The best thing happened to me!

My wife is a Thai Buddhist and I thought I knew what it was before I met her, but I learn a lot about the culture and how it works and now today I wear two Buddhas around my neck every day

If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism.” albert einstein

Love from Island of Dharma (Sri lanka ) 🇱🇰❤

"Buddhism is all about free inqury and questioning everything, even its own teachings." That really resonated alot. Buddha said to see the world as it really is and not how you want it to be.

I've heard many descriptions of "Buddhism." This is by far one of the best. Thank You. Hari Krsna.

Buddhism taught me to trust myself and my experiences, it does not belittle or devalue my experience of my own life, and for that I have chosen to reaffirm the Buddhist life my parents gave me.

Lucky to be a Buddhist ❤

I have been a Zen practitioner for over 20 years. Thank you. All good.❤

As an atheist, Buddhism is the only belief system I have considered as offering some value. In particular it is non violent.

Thank you so much for this. I was seeking salvation from God all this time but didn't find or get any I was fully losing all hope on it for a very long time until now I realized what I shall exactly do. Actually to be precise I was seeking for a religion, faith and teaching that suit me and make senses to me the most and I found it, all this time I was at lost with myself, I lost all faith in God and everything. Thank you so so much for this❤🙏❤

I love Buddha and believe in God I actually respect all religions and people knowledge is amazing but feelings are even more amazing

I can truthfully state for myself I have faith in a higher perspective of what we call humanity

I didn’t know buddhism sounds exactly how i feel 😮 i learned something new. I wouldn’t mind learning more about it.

Buddhist teachings are very profound, logical and relevant..

"Neither me nor anyone else can lead you to the path of enlightment"

I agree. I have been reading the Bible for 34 years, was a Rastafari, then studied Yoga, then Buddhism, then lately back to the Bible and Jesus but something changed and clicked in me, causing me to question what reality and the truth is. I wanted and still want and seek Liberation, not some rigid doctrine or beliefs or a punishing external God that you have to please and die first to go to a so-called heaven. I feel like most religions are prisons of thought, belief, doctrine and Christian churches, Pastors, Ministers and Preachers use Fear of going to Hell when you die as a way of mind control and not the true path to Liberation, enlightenment, freedom, peace of mind and body, harmony with all creation and life in general. I feel in my soul and heart much of what Jesus taught was simple and true-Love thy neighbor as you love thyself, judge not, don't steal, give what you can to your fellow brother and sister, help the poor, needy, afflicted and sick. But also, there are many truths in Yoga philosophy or Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Indigenous African and American tribal people's life practices and ways of thought. Who is saying there is a God? Mankind says there is a God. So the concept of God comes from within Man or Woman. Not an external being. It doesn't take a genius that we are part and of the Earth, the elements and nature without having to read a book or ask someone else or a supposed authority or teacher. What if you are blind? Or deaf? Or both? You are still One with the Universe, Creation and the flow of what we call Life, eternally. We humans are the only species to self-reflect and consciously judge things as good or bad, wrong or right. Animals don't have this problem. They just live and adapt to nature, seasons etc... Humans are the only species on earth to have consciously with intention-messed things up, polluted the water, food, poisoned animals and in turn poisoned ourselves. I believe heaven or hell can be a state of being on this earth in our lifetimes. Liberation and freedom from anxieties of this world is what I seek. To free myself from the bondage of fear and mental slavery, "None but ourselves can free our minds..."- brother Bob Marley. Anxiety is the most common Mental Illness for Americans in 2024. Why? We have created a System and Society which perpetuates bondage, material attachment, destruction, murder, alcohol and drug abuse, physical and mental slavery and general ignorance of Truth and how we should live. There are so many physical and mental diseases that Humans have created Big Pharmacy. There is a pill for everything now. What happened to humans? Way before the Church, the Bible, the Europeans, there were ancient peoples and societies and civilizations. Before Rome. Before Jesus, humans walked and lived in Harmony with the earth. Before the Church came with the Bible and the Sword and the Pope. I'm going to be 52 years old this month of July 2024, and my mind, body and soul is telling me there is a truth and way of Liberation that is within me, within all humans, if we choose to look deep within and let go of the distractions of Society and the Media and organized religions. Letting go of attachment to people, material possessions, cars, alcohol, drugs, tobacco, sex, the need for a wife or a husband and children, money, being alone, having no friends, growing an Organic vegetable garden, eating healthy, doing Yoga and Tai Chi stretching and deep breathing has brought me more freedom than a woman or a job and a car. It's just sad that suffering seems to be a way of life for a long time for humans. Liberation!!! JAH love to One and all. Unity and togetherness and Harmony. One Love, One People, One Earth.❤💛💚🙏🙏🙏🌈🔥✝✡🕉

Proud to be buddhist love from 🇮🇳

Buddhism has been in my life for almost 17 years. Defeating the idea of God was the first step in control of your life.

Buddha spoke about 4 noble truth responsible for suffering and 8 fold path to relieve from sufferings.

Amazing video...beautifully made...aesthetically crafted......the visuals are superb.... Thanks for taking us on a great journey...❤

Everything hinges on causes and conditions. No need for any divinity to pull the strings. We are the creators of our life experience by our thoughts, words and actions . Namo Buddhaya 🙏🏼📿

There was a time when I was at the lowest point of my life, it was so bad that i, an atheist, desperate enough to seek god for salvation. I look through many religions to find an answer but all I found was there’s no god. But in all those religions i found Buddhism and even though I don’t follow it because I disagree on many ideologies of Buddhism, it did really save me from ending myself. The idea of seeking inner self to find inner peace is fascinating and beautiful. It help me changing my way of life and moving on. I will always respect Buddhism because of that.

Buddha's teachings, particularly the vipassana made my consciousness awaken. After practicing vipassana with the help of Sila and samadhi, every wholesome thing started coming into my behavior and action and unwholesome started fading away. I'm filled with more joy, thanks to equanimity led by the direct experience of reality of this moment. Thanks to S.N. Goenka and his teacher along with everyone who brought this benevolent dhamma to India that benefitted me and many.

Buddhism is NOT a religion. Its a PHILOSOPHY. No GOD....NO RELIGION.

I just realized I align with Buddhism beliefs

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In a nutshell, Buddhism is all about overcoming of suffering in our lives and liberating from all rootcauses of cycle of rebirth. ( Because rebirth causes suffering; It's inevitable)

As a Christian Ill worship and love my God and learning everyday how to live better and master my self with Buddhism

Buddha is the teacher He left thefamily of wife ,child Parents and the Kingdom to practice Buddhism. He becomes enlightenment. We're only human if we follow his foot steps one day we'll be enlightenment just like he did.

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu ..words of wisdom

Great summary of a very complicated and nuanced subject. Well done for making it so accessible

Buddhism is not offensive as a doctrine. It doesn't say "attack pagans, convert them" or "destroy other religions." There is no need to seek the desire to attack someone. Buddhists will never destroy Christian churches in Europe.

Both Buddha and Lao Tzu have acknowledge there is something bigger than us, they just feel that trying to name or define it is a futile exercise.

The images' tone of colors is awesome.

“Believing in” is always trumped by Knowing.

I was a Christian and after reading the teachings of the Buddha the Enlightened One I have started to follow on his path. I feel a great change taking place inside me, I started to be more aware, mindful and feel a happy to live life in reality. The teaching of the Buddha is true and realistic. He teaches us how to develop self awareness and improve our wisdom without depending on any external powers or believes. Truly a great Teacher The Buddha ❤

Hearing about the buddha's teachings is liberating and self empowering

Buddhism is not a religion but a philosophy.

I like the tone of voice, and the content is really well written. Your sense of colors and mood also great. Best of luck. This channel is doing important work by sharing these ideas. All the best.

Fair enough, but after the start of the universe at the Big Bang, what caused the as-yet-unborn to somehow fall from a state of primordial cosmic unity to instead suffer terribly here on Earth (and possibly on other worlds, too)?

I think the Buddhist perspective is a positive and healthy way to look at life. I am agnostic and looked to science for answers, but I definitely can respect the Buddhist outlook. Unlike many other religions that rhyme their words about love and produce division.

This is the best intro video I have seen on Buddhism. Thank you.

Buddha encouraged wisdom based on evidence and experience, not authority of hearsay.

“ Buddhism is all about SELF EMPOWERMENT “

IN BUDDHISM DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE WHOEVER YOU ARE WE ALL HAVE BUDDHA NATURE IN WITHIN EACH AND EVERYONE OF US.🙏🙏🙏🇸🇬

I am from a Christian Family, but although I'am christian, i have lots of questions about my religion itself and so many unanswered questions are still here with me to this very day. Buddism raised some good points there, who knows maybe someday i'll try convert to Buddism😮❤🙏

I love Buddha's wisdom. Thank you for every useful videos.❤️❤️❤️

We Buddhists do believe in existence of gods and yes most of us do prey and worship gods and even Buddha but in we don't rely or consider gods as our saviour or as our creators. True. Buddhism is not solely a religion but more of a philosophy on understanding the nature. Buddhism is more bounded with the nature, it is the understanding of the laws of the nature. You have indeed understood very well. You are in the correct path, you have researched the true ideology, concept behind Buddhism

When something exist it's counter part also come to existence. For example, left - right, up - down, day - night, birth - death, cold - hot etc.. if you remove one, it's counter part also ceased to exist. Think about a world there is no left side, then you will never talk about its counter part (right side). Same thing can be applied to things in your mind, happiness - sadness, love - hate, past - future. If you are a person that looking for happiness, that means you are in sadness. In fact they are the same thing because one cannot exist without the other. If you can let go both of them your mind will be in a neutral state which is called Niravana. When you realized this dualism, you mind is in middle path(third state), and you stop arguing or fighting for one side. Most important part is how you make your mind neutralized, in fact it's when you realized that sadness - happiness, love - hate are the same thing, because when something disappear and it counter part ceased to exist, it means they are the same thing. Think about a world where there is no sadness then it will be world where we never talk about happiness.

I like the Buddhist approach because of the personal responsibility part. Tantra's core is much like this.

I am impressed by the clarity and righteousness of this explanation. Thank you

When I am the kid in my country Cambodia is a Buddhism country,I said I am a Buddhist but I didn't know about buddha teaching.Buddha teaching is good also I'm a Buddhist but I didn't know his teaching but after I try to study about buddha teaching and dharma change my life

buddhism is NOT a religion - it is a SPIRITUAL (consciousness-based) tradition that said, i like this video =)

Correct me if I'm wrong but the Buddha didn't deny the existence of God. He just said that it is not necessary to believe in God to reach liberation.

I was raised catholic but I became an atheist and arrived at a Buddhist mindset myself. Only later do I find that someone else already had this mindset and established a religion around it

Your attention to detail and clarity is unparalleled. 🎯 Thanks for another fantastic video!

Here are some thoughts that I believe the Buddha would say if here today. All wisdom comes from experience but not all experience leads to the truth. Buddha saw in his day many philosophies and many teachings of others he encountered on his journeys. However, he noticed one very important thing and that is that these philosophies or teachings did not all agree. So his question was how could a person know especially in the absence of divine proof? This is where I think Buddha separated himself from a belief in divine worship. To him the most tangible evidence for truth came from his own experiences and his own inner thoughts. I think he believed that he and everyone else, had by default, the ability to truly discover and recognize truth, but it had to come from within. He felt that a belief based on the belief of others was not to be trusted. I totally agree with this even though I personally believe in a higher power. If Buddha never taught there was a higher power or power greater than himself, then he no doubt didn't think divinity wasn't necessary or perhaps shouldn't be necessary to explain them. I suppose he reasoned that without the Divine universally present religions of his day were more likely only teaching some person's views and not God's. Hence trust your own instincts rather than trust another. Very practical thinking I must admit

Buddha said " I have searched for the house builder and i never found him, i will now break down the frames of this house and never will this house be rebuilt" From the Dhammapada, summed up. Buddha witnessed the world, the evil and the suffering and then knew that the creator has abandoned us or doesnt care and so not worthy of worship or time spent worrying about.

Buddhism is not a religion, it's an awakening most of us are going through at this universe.

The Buddh title is beyond god.. because teaching is always noble 🙏🏼

Buddha teaching sound simple but very very few humanity in this world can understand.

The more you think about it , the more it makes sense.

Very good, be blessed and the whole Sangha of Buddha, Om mani padme hum.

MAKES ALOT OS SENSE. THANKS FOR THE ENLIGHTING VIDEO💚❤

Proud to be Buddhist ❤ 🇹🇭

I love this. Use the power of your own wisdom . I want to sign up to be a bhudhist!

Every sentence in this video is a Buddhist gem, and is also something my own local Lama/Geshe has taught us at some point over the decades. This vid is the best summary of Buddhism that I have ever encountered. Well done, my dear!

We don’t need to believe in God when we realize who we are!

Buddhism has taught me a lot about myself in the last 5 or 6 yrs. Buddhism is to know yourself and the world you live in. To be aware of the here & now, not the past or future!

After years of meditation and reflection , i came to the conclusion that both everything and nothing are absolute.

Buddha means knowledge and wisdom, everyone is a Buddha of oneself, but the supreme teacher is Sakyamuni Buddha, be yourself and enjoy life in harmony and be kind to all human beings and creatures on this planet. You can enjoy all things in this life, by not harming or offending the surroundings, the nature, humans or animals. Be yourself don't act to be like others.

I see similarities with gnosticism. I find it fascinating as to why orthodox Christians have tried to bury gnosticism for centuries.