Buddhism Explained

Summary

This video provides a detailed yet approachable introduction to Buddhism, tracing the origins and core teachings of the religion. It explores the life of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, his path to Enlightenment, and the foundational concepts of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The video also delves into key Buddhist beliefs like Karma, Samsara, and Nirvana, and highlights the two major branches: Theravada and Mahayana. It emphasizes the Buddha’s teachings as a guide to overcoming suffering and achieving happiness, while promoting the platforms CuriosityStream and Nebula.

Takeaways

• 🌍 Buddhism is one of the oldest surviving religions, originating 2500 years ago in India and is the fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers.
• 👑 Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born as a prince in modern-day Nepal. After seeing suffering for the first time at age 29, he abandoned his life of luxury to seek an end to human suffering.
• 🧘‍♂️ After extreme fasting and meditation, Siddhartha found that neither luxury nor extreme asceticism led to Enlightenment, and instead discovered the 'Middle Way' to achieve Nirvana.
• 🌳 Under the Bodhi Tree, Siddhartha achieved Enlightenment by realizing that desire fuels suffering and that by letting go of desire, one can be free from suffering.
• 📜 The Four Noble Truths form the core of Buddhist teachings: life is suffering (Dukkha), suffering is caused by desire, suffering can be ended, and the Eightfold Path is the way to end suffering.
• 🛤️ The Eightfold Path consists of eight interconnected practices: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.
• 🔁 Karma, in Buddhism, is seen as the natural law of cause and effect. Actions influence future outcomes, and Karma plays a role in rebirth within the endless cycle of Samsara.
• 🌀 Samsara is the cycle of birth, suffering, and death. The goal of Buddhism is to escape this cycle and reach Nirvana, a state of mind free from desire and attachment.
• 🙏 Mahayana and Theravada are the two main branches of Buddhism, with Mahayana focusing on the Bodhisattvas and a more expansive set of teachings, while Theravada emphasizes early texts and personal enlightenment.
• 💡 Buddhism teaches that Nirvana is achievable by anyone who follows the right path and emphasizes compassion, mindfulness, and acceptance of life's impermanence.

Q & A

What is the origin of Buddhism and how old is it?

Buddhism originated about 2500 years ago in India, founded by Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who later became known as the Buddha. It is now one of the oldest surviving religions.

What is Dukkha, and how is it different from the common understanding of suffering?

Dukkha is often translated as 'suffering,' but it refers more broadly to a sense of dissatisfaction or discomfort in life. It represents the impermanence of happiness due to life's ever-changing nature.

Who was Siddhartha Gautama before he became the Buddha?

Siddhartha Gautama was a prince born around 480 BCE in modern-day Nepal. His father shielded him from human suffering, but after seeing the realities of aging, sickness, and death, he renounced his luxurious life to seek the answer to human suffering.

What realization led Siddhartha to the Middle Way?

Siddhartha realized that the extremes of indulgence and asceticism were not the paths to Enlightenment. Instead, he adopted the Middle Way, a balanced approach that avoids both excess and deprivation.

What are the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism?

The Four Noble Truths are: (1) Life is Dukkha (suffering or dissatisfaction), (2) The cause of Dukkha is desire, (3) There is an end to suffering, and (4) The Eightfold Path leads to the end of suffering.

How does the Eightfold Path guide Buddhists in ending suffering?

The Eightfold Path, also called the Middle Way, consists of Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. These steps are meant to reprogram the mind away from desire and attachment, helping one achieve Enlightenment.

What is Karma, and how does it influence rebirth in Buddhism?

Karma refers to actions that have consequences. In Buddhism, karma shapes one's current life conditions and influences how a person will be reborn. Good or bad karma results from one's intentions, and Buddhists believe that breaking free from karma can help escape the cycle of rebirth (Samsara).

What is Nirvana, and how does it differ from the concept of Heaven?

Nirvana is a state of Enlightenment where a person escapes the cycle of suffering and rebirth (Samsara). Unlike Heaven, it is not a place but a mental state where desire and suffering are extinguished. Nirvana represents ultimate peace and freedom from attachment.

What are the two major branches of Buddhism, and how do they differ?

The two major branches are Theravada and Mahayana. Theravada, practiced in countries like Sri Lanka and Thailand, focuses on the original teachings of the Buddha, with less emphasis on rituals. Mahayana, found in East Asia, introduces bodhisattvas—enlightened beings who help others achieve Enlightenment—and incorporates more religious texts and practices.

How do Buddhists view gods, and is there a capital-G God in Buddhism?

In Buddhism, there is no capital-G God who controls or punishes. There are gods, but they too are part of the cycle of rebirth and subject to suffering like humans. Buddhists do not worship gods in the same way as in theistic religions.

Outlines

00:00

💡 Introduction to Buddhism and The Buddha

This video introduces Buddhism, a religion associated with peace and tranquility. Buddhism, founded 2,500 years ago in India, is now the world's fourth-largest religion. The narrator begins by exploring the life of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the Buddha. Born into royalty, Siddhartha lived a life of luxury until a trip outside his palace exposed him to the realities of aging, sickness, and death, leading him to abandon his princely life in search of enlightenment. Through this journey, he discovered the Middle Way, a balance between indulgence and asceticism, ultimately achieving enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.

05:00

🔍 The Four Noble Truths

The Buddha's teachings center around the Four Noble Truths, with the first being that life is inherently unsatisfactory (dukkha). The second truth is that dukkha is caused by desire. People suffer because they desire things in a constantly changing world. The third truth states that suffering can end by eliminating desire, while the fourth outlines the Noble Eightfold Path, a guide to freeing oneself from suffering. The path involves the cultivation of wisdom, ethical conduct, and meditation, emphasizing the importance of mental discipline and compassion for achieving inner peace.

10:03

🧘 Buddhist Core Beliefs: Karma, Samsara, and Nirvana

Buddhism teaches that actions (karma) have consequences, which can affect one's current and future lives. Karma is seen as a natural law, and one's intentions are critical in generating karma. The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (samsara) continues until a person eliminates desire and reaches Nirvana, a state of liberation from the cycle of suffering. Nirvana is not a physical place but a state of mind, where one transcends the self and achieves pure compassion. The Buddha taught that anyone can attain Nirvana through effort and understanding.

15:05

🌏 The Spread of Buddhism and its Major Branches

After the Buddha's death, his teachings spread across Asia, giving rise to two major branches: Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism. Theravada, found in countries like Sri Lanka and Thailand, emphasizes the Pali Canon and views the Buddha as a historical figure who left behind his teachings for others to follow. Mahayana, which includes traditions such as Zen and Pure Land Buddhism, focuses on the Bodhisattva, enlightened beings who remain in the cycle of rebirth to help others achieve enlightenment. Another tradition, Vajrayana (Tibetan Buddhism), uses mantras, meditation, and rituals to accelerate the path to Nirvana.

Keywords

💡Buddhism

Buddhism is a major world religion that originated 2500 years ago in India. It centers on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) and focuses on ending human suffering through enlightenment. The video explains Buddhism's basic principles, such as the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, which provide a guide to achieving peace and compassion by eliminating desire and suffering.

💡Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)

Siddhartha Gautama, also known as The Buddha, is the founder of Buddhism. Born a prince in ancient Nepal, he left his life of luxury after witnessing human suffering and eventually reached enlightenment. The video outlines his journey from being shielded from suffering to becoming a wandering monk, to meditating under the Bodhi Tree, where he attained Nirvana and began teaching how to overcome suffering.

💡Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths are the foundation of Buddhist teachings and explain the nature of suffering and how to overcome it. The video explains them as 1) Life is suffering (Dukkha), 2) Suffering is caused by desire, 3) There is an end to suffering, and 4) The way to end suffering is by following the Eightfold Path. These truths are essential to understanding how Buddhism frames the human experience.

💡Dukkha

Dukkha is a Sanskrit term often translated as 'suffering,' but the video explains that it more accurately means 'dissatisfaction.' It refers to the inevitable discomfort or unfulfillment in life due to the transient nature of things. The Buddha identified Dukkha as the first of the Four Noble Truths, emphasizing that human desire and attachment to impermanent things lead to disappointment and suffering.

💡Desire

Desire, in Buddhist teachings, is the root cause of suffering (Dukkha), as explained in the Second Noble Truth. The video highlights that humans suffer because they cling to possessions, people, or experiences that are fleeting. By stopping desire, one can achieve peace. This idea forms a core principle of the Buddhist path to enlightenment.

💡Nirvana

Nirvana is the state of enlightenment and freedom from suffering in Buddhism. It is achieved by eliminating desire and attachment. In the video, it is explained that Nirvana is not a place but a mental state in which one is free from the cycle of birth, suffering, and rebirth (Samsara). The Buddha attained Nirvana under the Bodhi Tree, and his teachings guide others on how to achieve it.

💡Eightfold Path

The Eightfold Path is a set of practices that lead to the cessation of suffering and is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths. The video explains this path as a wheel with eight interconnected spokes, including Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. These practices aim to help individuals cultivate wisdom, ethical conduct, and mental discipline.

💡Karma

Karma, in Buddhism, refers to the law of cause and effect, where a person’s actions have consequences in the present and future lives. The video explains that good actions lead to positive outcomes, while harmful actions result in suffering.

Highlights

Buddhism is one of the world's oldest surviving religions, founded 2500 years ago in India and now the fourth-largest with over 520 million followers.

Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha, was born in 480 BCE in modern-day Nepal and left a life of luxury to seek an end to human suffering.

Siddhartha realized that the path to Enlightenment lies between the extremes of indulgence and deprivation, forming the concept of the Middle Way.

The Buddha discovered that suffering is caused by desire, and that ending desire can end suffering, which became the core of his teachings.

The Four Noble Truths form the foundation of Buddhism, with the first truth being that life is inherently unsatisfactory (Dukkha) due to constant change.

The Second Noble Truth teaches that desire and attachment are the root causes of suffering, as people cling to impermanent things.

The Third Noble Truth explains that by ending desire, we can stop suffering, and the Fourth Noble Truth outlines the Eightfold Path as a guide to achieve this.

The Noble Eightfold Path includes right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.

Karma in Buddhism is understood as actions that have consequences, influencing current life circumstances and future rebirths in the endless cycle of Samsara.

Nirvana is the state of Enlightenment, which is not a place but a mental state where one escapes the cycle of birth and death by extinguishing desire.

There are two major branches of Buddhism: Theravada, which is more focused on reading and meditation, and Mahayana, which includes the concept of Bodhisattvas who help others achieve enlightenment.

Theravada Buddhism relies on the Pali Canon, which are ancient texts believed to closely reflect the Buddha's original teachings.

Mahayana Buddhism, practiced mainly in East Asia, includes many additional texts and traditions, with an emphasis on seeking help from Bodhisattvas and Buddhas.

Vajrayana, or Tibetan Buddhism, uses mantras, mandalas, and deep meditation practices to achieve Enlightenment faster, and is led by the Dalai Lama.

Buddhism teaches that everyone can achieve Nirvana by following the Buddha's teachings, with a focus on compassion, mindfulness, and non-attachment to worldly things.

Transcripts

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Buddhism, the religion probably most associated with peace, tranquility, and bald guys. One

of the oldest surviving religions Buddhism started 2500 years ago in India and is now

the world's fourth-largest religion. With over 520 million followers, or 7% of humanity.

Almost all located within this circle. And if you live outside of this circle you might

not know a lot about Buddhist beliefs.

So what is Buddhism? Who is The Buddha? And Is life an endless cycle of pain, misery,

disappointment and death!!! WELL, LET'S FIND OUT.

INTRO MUSIC, which slaps

So who was The Buddha, well, let's travel 2500 years into the past.

Around 480BCE the Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha Gautama in modern day Nepal, right

here.

Siddhartha's dad was a powerful ruler of a Hindu republic. But due to a prophecy he was

terrified that Prince Siddartha would become a religious leader instead of taking his place

on the throne. To avoid the prophecy he hid human suffering from Siddartha. Siddartha

lived in fancy palaces, had the finest clothes and jewelry, ate and drank what he pleased,

and married a beautiful bride. His dad fired sick, ugly, aging servants and no one could

speak to Siddartha about any of life's miseries, like death. This could obviously never backfire.

Siddartha felt a deep sense of dissatisfaction with this luxurious life. At 29 years old

after finally being allowed to go on a trip outside the palace, Siddartha saw an old man,

a sick man, and finally a corpse. He spiralled into an existential crisis. He thought why

do anything in life when old age, sickness, and death would eventually get everyone.

ANYWAAAAY! On another visit outside Siddhartha came across a homeless monk that had given

up all possessions. This guy seemed pretty wise and happy. So Siddhartha decided he would

abandon his princely life and become a wandering monk in search of an answer to life's suffering.

Siddartha spent the next six years learning from India's greatest yoga and meditation

masters. He joined a group of hermits in the forest that practice extreme fasting and intense

meditation. But after six years of eating nothing but seeds that had blown into his

lap Siddhartha was little more than a living skeleton. He realised he wasn't any closer

to an answer to suffering. In fact the starvation had clouded his thinking. HE WAS EVEN FURTHER

AWAY FROM AN ANSWER THAN WHEN HE STARTED.

Something clicked. The path to Enlightenment lay between the extremes of a Prince's life

of luxury and a hermit's life of starvation. So Siddartha would have to follow a Middle-Way.

And so he began eating again. Reenergised, Siddartha sat beneath a tree and vowed to

meditate until he found an answer to human suffering.

In a deep state of meditation Siddartha sat there for days. He realised that by ending

desire, he could end suffering. We only suffer because we want things to be a certain way.

His fear of aging, sickness and death slipped away. He realised all things are always changing

and that the only thing he could do was accept and love those changes. Freed from desire,

his mind and senses purified. He was filled with a sense of compassion and joy for everything

on Earth. Under that tree, now called the Bodhi Tree, Siddartha achieved Enlightenment

or Nirvana. He was now an Awakened One, a Buddha.

So how exactly did the Buddha become Enlightened. Well, luckily he laid out a handy dandy guide

for everyone to follow.

The four noble truths are the basis of Buddhism.

The First Noble Truth Is...

Life is suffering

Wait wait. I know this sounds dark but it's actually not.

The actual first truth is Life is Dukkha. Which is an ancient Sanskrit word that is

normally translated as “suffering,” in English. But it's more like dissatisfaction.

Life will always be disatifying because humans cling to temporary things. Old Age, Sickness,

and Death are Dukkha. Things changing when you don't want them to is dukkha. Not getting

what you want is dukkha. Things never measuring up to our expectations is Dukkha.

Dukkha suggests that even when life is not physically painful it can be disappointing

and unfulfilling.

The Second Noble Truth is that Dukkha is caused by desire.

Humans desire and cling to possessions, people, power, and life itself. So they end up constantly

disappointed. Because all of those things end. People want things they don't have and

want things they have to never change. But everything is always changing. Everything

we think we own is really borrowed. We want to live forever and want our loved ones to

stay the same forever. But you can’t catch a running stream. You can't have a permanent

relationship with an impermanent world. It always ends in disappointment. Eventually

you discover that the bottomless breadsticks are in fact bottom’d. Desire fuels suffering

in the way that wood fuels a fire. Fire consumes everything you feed it and will always demand

more fuel. The only way to kill the fire is to stop feeding it breadsticks.

The Buddha taught that the secret to a happy life is to enjoy what you have without attachment

and not want what you don’t have.

The third Noble Truth is there’s an end to suffering. Since we cause our suffering

we can also cure it. We cannot change the things that happen to us, but we can change

our responses.

The fourth Noble Truth is the Eightfold Path that leads to the end of suffering.

The Noble Eightfold Path or the Middle Way, is an eight step guide to deprogramming the

desire addicted brain. It's called a Path but you should think of it more as a wheel

with 8 spokes that should be spun together at the same time.

The Eight parts are:

Right View: Right View is accepting the 4 Noble Truths. That suffering exists and that

by following the Buddha’s teaching there is a way out of it.

Right Thought: The Buddha said "Your worst enemy can not harm you as much as your own

thoughts". So don't let negative thoughts like greed, fear, and anxiety cloud your mind.

Fill your mind with positive ones coming from love, kindness, and compassion.

Right Speech: Focus on positive words and stay away from negative ones like gossip,

hurtful words, and lies. These only cause suffering to yourself and others.

Right Action: The Buddha taught the philosophy of ahimsa or non-violence. Instead of hurting

others you should try to have endless love for all life. Good actions include conquering

anger with love, evil with good, meanness with generosity, lies with truth, and smikty

smashing the likeity like button and clikity clake the scripity subscribe button. Bad Actions

include killing, stealing, drugs, and engaging in non-consensual sex.

Right Livelihood: Avoid jobs that involve death, weapons, slavery, the harm of animals,

drugs, and any kind of explotation. But livelihood is not just occupation. Be an honest and kind

parent, friend, and partner.

The next 3 are related to Meditation. You have:

Right Effort: Right Effort builds on Right Thought. It means putting effort into welcoming

and creating good thoughts and pushing out bad thoughts. Violence, hatred, greed, and

anxiety begin as negative thoughts. Using Right Effort in your little mind garden you

water your positive thought flowers so they grow. In a garden full of kind and compassionate

thoughts, greed weeds will find no space to grow.

Right Mindfulness: Mindfulness is paying attention. Paying bare attention in every moment. Remaining

in the present without judging or labelling your experiences and without letting distracting

thoughts bring you out of the present. If you're eating ice cream, eat ice cream. Don't

let that memory of that one time you pee'd your pants at school, and then slip on your

own pee, and afterwards everyone called you PeepeePants McSlippy Pee because they were

uncreative distract you from your ice cream moment.

Mindfulness helps you understand your mind and body so you can see what causes positive

and negative reactions from you in each moment.

Right concentration: While Mindfulness is like a giant net catching everything, Right

Concentration is like a laser. Right Concentration is what people would recognise as meditation.

Using Right concentration you focus your mind on a single thing while meditating. Whether

that be your breath or thoughts. The point is to focus on that one thing without distraction

so that you can gain insight into reality. Concentration gives you insight into your

thoughts and why they happen. So you can nip them in the bud, and stop yourself from desiring.

Each of these 8 parts has endlessly complex additions and extra steps that we don’t

have time to cover. The main takeaway is that the Buddha taught that the Eightfold path

would free people from suffering. Following this path does not mean you give up on life,

abandoning friends and family, and to stop feeling all emotions. The Truths and Path

are about realising that you won't find happiness by clinging to the world. Happiness comes

from clearing your mind of Desire and replacing it with joy and compassion for all things.

Instead of trying to control what happens, you accept what happens, and enjoy every moment

as it is.

Along with the Noble Truths and Eight Fold Path there are some other important Buddhist

Core Beliefs. Like:

Karma is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning action. But actions that have consequences.

When you commit bad or good actions it causes a chain reaction that will later come back

to you in this life or the next. Buddhists see Karma more like a natural law like gravity

rather than some sort of judgmental system of reward and punishments. It’s a system

of cause and effect. Think of Karma like seeds. As you sow, so shall you reap. If you plant

a mango seed you eventually get a mango tree. If you plant a murder seed, MURDER TREE. Or

the worst one of all if you plant corriander...straight to hell.

According to Buddhism "If you want to know about your past life, look at your present

body. If you want to know your future life, look at your present mind." Even though Karma

affects your life conditions it is not destiny. Buddhism teaches that at every moment each

person can change and make their lives better. When it comes to Karma intention matters.

If you squash an ant by accident then you don't generate any karma. If you stamp on

it with pure hatred and anger as if it was coriander then that will generate negative

karma. Karma also influences how you will be reborn after death.

Buddhists believe we live in a beginningless and endless cycle of birth, suffering, and

death called Samsara. When the Buddha reached Nirvana he escaped the cycle of rebirth. Desire

and Karma push the cycle on and on. When a life ends in one body, karma drags that life

into a new body, with no memory of the previous life. Karma even if it's good or bad karma

keeps people stuck in the cycle. The only way to break out of the cycle is to stop desire,

stop suffering, stop the creation of karma and reach Nirvana.

Nirvana or Enlightenment isn’t a place for you to go. It’s not Heaven. It's a state

of mind. The Buddha reached Nirvana and lived another 45 years. Although some Buddhist traditions

do have heavens and hells they're inside the cycle. Nirvana is an escape from the entire

Samsara cycle. Nirvana means ‘blowing out’. You blow out the Fire of Desire. When you

stop thinking of yourself as ME and I and instead fill yourself with compassion for

all things. Once you do this you stop generating Karma and you stop being reborn. Anyone that

wants to achieve Nirvana can with the right effort.

And that’s why, the Buddha spent the remaining 45 years of his life after Enlightenment wandering

the Indian subcontinent, teaching others how to escape suffering before he died at the

age of 80. After Siddhartha's death his community of monks known as the Sangha spread his teachings

or Dharma out of India and throughout Asia. Buddhism eventually declined in India but

took hold across East and South-East Asia.

His teachings of the Noble Truths, and Eightfold Path aren't strict rules and not following

them won't result in punishment from a God. There is no capital G God in Buddhism. There

are gods but they're stuck in the same Cycle as the rest of us, and you can be reborn as

one if you've got great karma. The Buddha's teachings are a guide to escape suffering,

leave the cycle, and achieve Nirvana like he did. The important part is using the teachings

that work for you in your unique life circumstances. As The Dalai Lama once said "If you find that

the teachings suit you, apply them to your life as much as you can. If they don’t suit

you, just leave them be.”

This is why there are dozens of different kinds of Buddhism, but they can be divided

into two major branches. Theravada and Mahayana.

Theravada means “School of the Elders'' and is the oldest surviving branch of Buddhism.

For Theravadans reading is fundamental. They use a series of texts called Suttas, which

are based on oral teachings of what the Buddha taught. They date back almost to the time

of the Buddha and are written in the ancient Pali language and so these texts are called

the Pali canon.

In general Theravada has less religious rituals than other forms of Buddhism and they believe

the Buddha to be a much more human figure. They see Siddhartha as the only Buddha of

the current era and that he left behind his Dharma and Sangha to help others achieve enlightenment.

Theravada Buddhist countries include Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.

Mahayana meaning Great Vehicle is younger than Theravada and is found mostly in East

Asia. Unlike Theravada which sticks with the Pali Canon, Mahayana has loads more texts

and teachings.

At the center of Mahayana is the bodhisattva. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings that instead

of leaving the cycle of rebirth have decided to stay in order to help other non-enlightened

beings achieve enlightenment. Mahāyāna Buddhism believes that you can ask Bodhisattvas, other

Buddhas, and holy beings for help in this world. So you will see people praying to different

Buddhas in the same way people would pray to Saints or Gods in other religions.

Mahayana is primarily practiced in Nepal, Mongolia, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.

Mahāyāna contains dozens of smaller traditions such as Zen and Pure Land Buddhism.

Another tradition under Mahayana is Vajrayana or Diamond Vehicle. This is what many people

call Tibetan Buddhism. Vajrayana uses mantras or repetitive chants, the drawing of mandalas,

and the use of secret rituals, incantations, and deep meditation while visualising different

supernatural beings to try and achieve Nirvana faster. This school has a huge emphasis on

using gurus or teachers known as lamas to assist you on your journey. The famous Dalai

Lama is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

If you’d like an even better explanation of the Buddha and his teachings I can highly

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