Buddhism: The Religion Of No-Religion

Albert Einstein said that Buddhism was the only religion that made sense.

I was in chatholic by my parents and everything for me is likely dark, when I try to know me I found in buddism. Thank you so much I found this video. I'm 60 years old this comming August I feel satisfied now.

Buddhism changed my life. This is the greatest decision I’ve ever made in my life.

Many people think buddhists are worshipping Buddha. Actually he just a teacher who FREE himself and transcendence into different form. They make judgement based on assumption.

Muhammad Ali once said to his mom why can’t we be happy here, in this life? Why we should wait til we die? I want to be happy here.

That's why I have been a Buddhist for 30 years.

Buddhism is the truth of life. No one can ignore it.

Officially, as a Theravada Buddhist monk, I would like to address this dilemma. Let's start with the definition of the term religion. What is religion? In my understanding, religion is a fan club of some deity and the veneration of that deity with the aim of obtaining certain benefits. For example, the benefit of living eternally, or the benefit of living in some heavenly paradise. By these criteria, Buddhism is NOT a religion. However, many people use Buddhism as a religion. For example, someone might use a microscope as a doorstop to keep a door from closing. Do you understand the analogy? What is Buddhism? Buddhism is a guide, an instruction on how to cease the process of rebirth. Nothing more, nothing less.

This is why I love Buddhism, it's the universal truth (saccha dhamma). Other religions fool and comfort you into believing the lies, Buddhism offers nothing but the truth and most can't accept it.

buddha didn’t say not to believe in gods, he said don’t depend on gods for ur wishes or desires, because that is a path u have to make urself. buddha also said, ur parents are ur gods.

Men created God because of their fears and weakness, wanting something to rest on.

This video is brilliant; this writer is exceptional.

buddhism is the study of the human mind. the buddha showed the difference between the brain and the mind! the mind is the wignngana which is an energy field somewhere inside or near the human brain. this leaves when we die. stay blessed all.

Buddhism is a religion for those who take it as a religion, and it is not a religion for those who don't take it as a religion. The Buddha didn't mean to create a religion. He meant to wake people up from the blindness of religions. However, those who loved him started worshipping him like God and this is what has made Buddhism a religion. The religionisation of Buddhism is a good thing for the world, because without it, Buddhism would have been ignored for long. Humans often need something deemed holy to cling on to for their peace of mind. If you compare Buddhism to a fruit, the philosophical part of it would be the flesh, and the paranormal part of it, which makes it a religion, would be the rind. Without the rind, the fruit will die, but in order to eat the fruit, one must peel off the rind and eat the flesh.

Yes I believe Buddhism is a more natural depiction of nature

As an ex Christian, I found this very religious in nature still.

The first few minutes of listening give me humble and opened my eyes about god

Buddha is not against God, he is against believe. any spiritual seeking is in direct opposite of any believe. That is why Buddhism is not a religion - religion require believe. As long as you do your own inquiry you are on a spiritual path. Once you start to believe - even in Buddha - you are on the path of religion. 3 words need to be understood. believe, faith, trust. on the surface it might look like there are the same. they are not. believe (fundamental to all religions) means you don't know, but you think and act as if you know. this is very distorted way to experience life, because you will discard anything and everything that doesn't fit into your preconception and you will find the clues and proves of your believe, even when there are none. trust is on the opposite end, it is a quality you where born with. you couldn't have survived without trust. Trust has no theology, no reason, you just know - you are going to be ok. When the child is born trust is on 100%, believe is on 0%. then life happens. As trust goes down, there is a need of substitute. there believe creeps in. believe is based on fear. faith is a balancing force between trust and believe. it is a quality. you cannot have more or less believe,, but you can have more or less faith. Faith can go both ways. Towards believe, or towards trust. Buddha is absolutely against believe, but he is not against Faith if it serves as a path to regaining trust. desire: you cannot go around it, you must go through it. namely - the ultimate desire to be liberated. it is a desire, but it is needed, to eliminate all other desires, and ultimately it needs to be dropped as well. But it cannot be avoided. Desire for liberation is the last door that shuts all other doors before it is shut by itself. why not by you? because as long as there is "you" there is desire. if the hand is no more, the glove just fall off by itself. the very nature of desire is such, that it can never be satisfied permanently. and it cannot be eliminated either. the myth of Hydra is a great analogy of the desire. ehm, please do not speak about Vedas. You are not qualified. no dung, no flowers. Buddha understood it, that is why the very first thing he did after his enlightenment was pointing his hand to the ground saying - "the earth is my witness". in this sense, he was very much materialistic and realistic, in contrast to your idealistic and utopic views. I got up to the beginning of chapter 4, and that was enough for me. maybe I will watch the rest of it later, but so far it has been just another prove of misunderstanding(which would be ok) and misinterpreting (not so ok) Buddha. and it is bound to happen. Buddha uses words, which are the tools of the mind to describe something that is beyond the mind, knowing that he will be misunderstood. But he tried and would bless you anyway.

Buddhism is based on human experiences and observation. It deals on nature of the mind and the human heart.

This was an impressive video! Well written-narrated and powerfully thoughtful with its explanation of desire and taking it to levels I’d hadn’t even considered before. Thank you for this,