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This is a very brief introduction to Mahayana Buddhism. Please download and read the companion handout before viewing.
Companion Handout: A Brief Introduction to Mahayana Terminology http://saustin.jimdo.com/app/download/8775164469/52f53bd0%2F977e55936099ccc81d1a69c36edcb99ad36c64ef%2FIntroduction+to+Mahayana+Buddhism+%28Video+Handout%29.pdf?t=1391803248
This video is for exclusive use by History classes at Richland Community College. The video, music, and images in this video clip qualifies as fair use under 17 USC § 107 and the TEACH Act of 2002.
Episode 32
Mahayana buddhism encompasses not just a single group, but a collection of Buddhist traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism. Mahayana means “The Great Vehicle” or “Greater Vehicle”, and is an amplified, more spiritualized Buddhist vision, adding devotionalism and complex metaphysics to the psychological pragmatism of the original teachings. The formation of this faith came as a path available to people of all walks of life, not just monks and ascetics. In fact, Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and can even be accomplished by a lay person. Today there are roughly 185 million followers.
It teaches that all people universally can achieve Nirvana, a place of perfect peace and happiness, much like the christian concept like heaven, which is also often seen as a state of enlightenment. However, in Mahayana Buddhism, Nirvana is the lesser goal, with a higher goal being that of Buddhahood, in which a Buddha continues to take rebirths in the world to help liberate beings from mental captivity by teaching the Buddhist path. Thus, a Bodhisattva, an important concept in Mahayana, is a person who is able to achieve Nirvana, but delays it out of compassion to save suffering beings.
Mahayana began as a movement between 100 BC and 100AD, and by the 9th century was the most dominant influence on the buddhist culture across central and east asia. Since its origin, it has divided into many sub-schools and sects with a vast range of doctrines and practices.
This includes Vajrayana schools, such as tibetan buddhism, which are often counted as a separate “yana” or vehicle, but which are founded on Mahayana teachings. Because of this fractalling nature, it's often difficult to make blanket statements about mahayana that hold true for the entire faith.
In Mahayana Buddhism, the historical Buddha is regarded as a physical manifestation of the true body of Buddha, which could be describe as a Holy Trinity of Buddhism. Described in the Trikaya Doctrine, a Sanskrit Scripture translating to “Three Bodies”. The 3 bodies are the Truth Body, which embodies the principle of enlightenment and no knows limits or boundaries. The Body of mutual enjoyment which is a body of bliss or clear light manifestation, and the created body, which manifests in time and space as a physical body.
Thus, in Mahayana it is believed that Buddha is beyond a human, but a formless, cosmic, spiritual body, which is also the ultimate nature of reality itself. Thus, the entire universe exists within, and a part of the Buddha. This infinite reality also contains an infinite number of beings, and thus, an infinite number of Buddhas. It is through devotional practices that we may communicate with these nonphysical divine forms: Buddhas and other enlightened beings.
These divine forms are also the source of freshly revealed scriptures, called sutras, which describe these devotional practices and new metaphysics. Reality is often compared with a magical illusion or dream. All phenomena are considered ‘empty’, meaning they lack any discernible substantial essence and have no independent existence outside of the mind. The most commonly known Sutra across Mahayana is the Lotus Sutra, and the most common practices amongst these Buddhists are Meditation, Chanting, Hand Gestures called Mudra, and Bowing.
Progress on the path involves the cultivation of compassion, alongside insight into ‘emptiness’. More succinctly, all that is required is to purify the mind, allowing the inherent qualities of ultimate reality - the Buddha nature that exists within all beings - to shine through.
Mahayana Buddhism delights in paradox and shifting perspectives. Devotees aspire to be reborn in the realm of Amitabha, the Buddha of Endless Light, who actually exists within each person as the true nature of the mind. The path involves the laborious savings of countless suffering beings. But, upon investigation, all beings are “Empty”. There are really no beings and so, no path. Everything is perfect as it is; there is nothing to do except flow.
- published: 07 Aug 2016
- views: 144
Here is an episode from the 1960 season of Alan Watts' KQED television series, Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life, entitled "Mahayana Buddhism".
To find out how you can purchase the entire Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life series on DVD, please visit: http://alanwatts.com/collections
A native of England, Alan Watts attended the King's School near Canterbury Cathedral, and at the age of fourteen he became fascinated with the philosophies of the Far East. By sixteen he regularly attended the Buddhist Lodge in London, where he met Zen scholars Christmas Humphries and D. T. Suzuki. As a speaker and contributor to the Lodge's journal, The Middle Way, he wrote a series of philosophical commentaries and published his first book on Eastern thought, The Spirit of Zen, at age twenty-one.
In the late thirties he moved to New York, and a few years later he became an Episcopalian priest. In 1942 he moved to Illinois and spent the wartime years as chaplain at Northwestern University.
Then, in 1950, he left the Church, and his life took a turn away from organized religion back toward Eastern ways and expanding horizons. After meeting author and mythologist Joseph Campbell and composer John Cage in New York he headed to California and began teaching at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. There his popular lectures spilled over into coffeehouse talks and appearances with the well-known beat writers Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg. In late 1953 he began what would become the longest running series of Sunday morning public radio talks, which continue to this day with programs from the Alan Watts tape archives. In 1957 he published the bestselling The Way of Zen, beginning a prolific ten-year period in which he wrote Nature, Man and Woman; Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen; This Is It; Psychotherapy East and West; The Two Hands of God; The Joyous Cosmology; and The Book: On the Taboo against Knowing Who You Are.
By 1960 Watts's radio series Way Beyond the West on Berkeley's KPFA had an avid following on the West Coast, and NET television began national broadcasts of the series Eastern Wisdom in Modern Life. The first season, recorded in the studios of KQED, a San Francisco television station, focused on the relevance of Buddhism, and the second, on Zen and the arts.
- published: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 22939
Welcome. In this video compilation you will see how Mahayana Buddhism arose in competition with the Theravada. Here is the theory that it's posture of being disrespectful to enlightened arahants resulted in the rise of Communism wiping out most of the Mahayana in Communist countries. Finally, the last word on the Mahayana is that Mara Mada Mahayana - Marayana.
About a month after posting this video, I received these enthusiastic emails from an American Mahayana Buddhist monk, Ven. Mui Ananda. Then, I got a phone call from an American Mahayana monk on the west coast and he was in favour of starting an association with me, of non partisan Buddhists to better reveal this historic truth about Buddhism. Now, this is on my theravada.ca website with "The 7th Council - A Call for Papers". I had no idea that such support would come from Mahayanists.
Ven. Mui Ananda's
Message:
You are truly a teacher of authentic Buddhism.
In 1971 I was ordained a monk in the Thai forest Tradition. I spent five years as a monk before I returned home to the United States, by way of Germany, the home of my parents. In the US I found no Theravada centers in the late 1970s. So I studied Zen and became ordained in Zen. Later I wandered, that is the correct term, into Pure Land Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. As time went on I became a fairly well established teacher in these areas of Mahayana and Vajrayana. I tried to filter the teachings of these schools through the Pali canon every time there seemed to be a conflict. This practice is discouraged in many of the schools. When there is a conflict the same reasoning was expressed, "Pali is for people not advanced enough to understand the full meaning of the Buddha." While skeptical of this reasoning I accepted it with a grain of salt.
About ten years ago I began teaching Theravada Buddhism again. My Zen Master and I had a falling out over this. She was very bitter and I was told to leave her sangha. So I remained a Zen priest/monk afterwards, I was not attached to a specific temple but wandered to different centers throughout America I continued studies in Pure Land and Vajrayana. Over time I became agitated.
I returned to the Pali Canon and Theravada and began teaching that exclusively. I tried to bridge the gaps between Mahayana and Theravada. In doing this I was no longer teaching Zen, Pure Land and Vajrayana. I was only pointing out inconsistency. It became impossible for me to faithfully teach the Mahayana any longer. After studying the Saddhammapatirupaka Sutta it became obvious what was happening in my life.
So today I am called a Theravada teacher disguised as a Mahayana (Zen) monk. It is true. To a certain extent, this has cost me my livelihood as a teacher. So having said all this, I am very please to have recently found Youtube video "What's Wrong With Mahayana Buddhism". You have validated my deepest feelings and concerns.
Unfortunately, the US is inundated with these dubious teachings and teachers where money not Dhamma is important. You have convinced me of the need to continue teaching the Dhamma as Buddha taught it.
Mui Ananda sensei
Jan. 19, 2013...
I viewed another couple of your videos last night where nailed Pure Land quite rightly. It was actually the flaws in Pure Land that led me to further investigate the Soto Zen teachings and find problems there. After a while I was scratching my head and had a perpetual WTF expression on my face while asking, "What happened to the Buddha in Buddhism?"
Yes, I was in Thailand with Ajahn Chah for a time. Some of the moments are quite vivid but after all this time much of the memories are like delicate cobwebs. They crumble at the slightest touch.
In Peace and with Metta,
Anagarika Ananda Abhaya
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Brian Ruhe is a Buddhist activist and occasional troublemaker. Please donate to support these videos and my work by going to my website at www.brianruhe.ca linked on this YouTube channel and click on the PayPal Donate button. Even the smallest donation helps!
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My most recent book is "A SHORT WALK ON AN ANCIENT PATH - A Buddhist Exploration of Meditation, Karma and Rebirth", is available in book or ebook form at Amazon.com at:
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I was a Buddhist monk in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1995 - 1996 and I have been teaching Theravada Buddhism and meditation for 20 years. My first book from 1999, is "Freeing the Buddha," also at Amazon. I follow the Theravada Buddhist Forest tradition.
- published: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 26932
As always HH will give a short intro to Buddhism before the start of any of his teachings. This intro was given to students during the teaching of 'Heart Sutra & 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva', September 2010.
This intro HH talks about the importance of the Hinayana & Mahayana Buddhism in support of Tantrayana, as well as clearing doubts on the Vajrayana practices. Part 1 is general buddhism which will suit everyone.
Part 2 talks on the more advance buddhist topics such as Law of Causality & Dependent Origination, which may be suitable for more advance practitioners.
- published: 08 Jun 2013
- views: 17782
Prof. Charles Willemen is currently rector and teaching professor at the International Buddhist College, Thailand. He studied Latin, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit. He obtained his Ph.D. in the field of East-Asian Studies (University of Gent, Belgium). He was assistant, guest professor and professor at different universities in Belgium, China, Canada, Japan and Thailand.
Be inspired by more Buddhist content at our main website, Buddhistdoor: http://www.buddhistdoor.net/
Interview with Professor Charles Willemen, IBC, Thailand and
Raymond Lam, Editor, Buddhistdoor International
Filmed on location at HKU Buddhist Meditative Praxis Conference,
Hong Kong, August 2013
Video editing: Stanley Tung
Music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/
"Resignation" & "Easy Lemon"
Produced by Buddhistdoor International (2013)
Related links:
Revelation: The Unveiling of the Perfection of Wisdom and Pure Lands - http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/n...
Unlocking the Mind Special Edition: http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/n...
- published: 19 Nov 2013
- views: 8036
In Shakyamuni Buddha's time, Buddhism had not split into Mahayana and Hinayana, though Mahayana ideas were already circulating. The distinction between Mahayana and Hinayana and their later developments reflect the different ways of interpreting the Buddha's ideas and the precepts. While Hinayana Buddhism is a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the Buddha's original teachings, Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes the Bodhisattva spirit in delivering senting beings and transforming the world.
- published: 19 Oct 2012
- views: 17401
How to set up a complex Mahayana Buddhist shrine for newcomers to Buddhism.
Music:
Maid with the Flaxen Hair - Richard Stoltzman
Yoga Zone-Zen Meditation - Unknown
- published: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 14947
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11:02A Very Brief Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
A Very Brief Introduction to Mahayana BuddhismA Very Brief Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
This is a very brief introduction to Mahayana Buddhism. Please download and read the companion handout before viewing. Companion Handout: A Brief Introduction to Mahayana Terminology http://saustin.jimdo.com/app/download/8775164469/52f53bd0%2F977e55936099ccc81d1a69c36edcb99ad36c64ef%2FIntroduction+to+Mahayana+Buddhism+%28Video+Handout%29.pdf?t=1391803248 This video is for exclusive use by History classes at Richland Community College. The video, music, and images in this video clip qualifies as fair use under 17 USC § 107 and the TEACH Act of 2002. -
5:33Minute Faith ~ Mahayana Buddhism
Minute Faith ~ Mahayana BuddhismMinute Faith ~ Mahayana Buddhism
Episode 32 Mahayana buddhism encompasses not just a single group, but a collection of Buddhist traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism. Mahayana means “The Great Vehicle” or “Greater Vehicle”, and is an amplified, more spiritualized Buddhist vision, adding devotionalism and complex metaphysics to the psychological pragmatism of the original teachings. The formation of this faith came as a path available to people of all walks of life, not just monks and ascetics. In fact, Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and can even be accomplished by a lay person. Today there are roughly 185 million followers. It teaches that all people universally can achieve Nirvana, a place of perfect peace and happiness, much like the christian concept like heaven, which is also often seen as a state of enlightenment. However, in Mahayana Buddhism, Nirvana is the lesser goal, with a higher goal being that of Buddhahood, in which a Buddha continues to take rebirths in the world to help liberate beings from mental captivity by teaching the Buddhist path. Thus, a Bodhisattva, an important concept in Mahayana, is a person who is able to achieve Nirvana, but delays it out of compassion to save suffering beings. Mahayana began as a movement between 100 BC and 100AD, and by the 9th century was the most dominant influence on the buddhist culture across central and east asia. Since its origin, it has divided into many sub-schools and sects with a vast range of doctrines and practices. This includes Vajrayana schools, such as tibetan buddhism, which are often counted as a separate “yana” or vehicle, but which are founded on Mahayana teachings. Because of this fractalling nature, it's often difficult to make blanket statements about mahayana that hold true for the entire faith. In Mahayana Buddhism, the historical Buddha is regarded as a physical manifestation of the true body of Buddha, which could be describe as a Holy Trinity of Buddhism. Described in the Trikaya Doctrine, a Sanskrit Scripture translating to “Three Bodies”. The 3 bodies are the Truth Body, which embodies the principle of enlightenment and no knows limits or boundaries. The Body of mutual enjoyment which is a body of bliss or clear light manifestation, and the created body, which manifests in time and space as a physical body. Thus, in Mahayana it is believed that Buddha is beyond a human, but a formless, cosmic, spiritual body, which is also the ultimate nature of reality itself. Thus, the entire universe exists within, and a part of the Buddha. This infinite reality also contains an infinite number of beings, and thus, an infinite number of Buddhas. It is through devotional practices that we may communicate with these nonphysical divine forms: Buddhas and other enlightened beings. These divine forms are also the source of freshly revealed scriptures, called sutras, which describe these devotional practices and new metaphysics. Reality is often compared with a magical illusion or dream. All phenomena are considered ‘empty’, meaning they lack any discernible substantial essence and have no independent existence outside of the mind. The most commonly known Sutra across Mahayana is the Lotus Sutra, and the most common practices amongst these Buddhists are Meditation, Chanting, Hand Gestures called Mudra, and Bowing. Progress on the path involves the cultivation of compassion, alongside insight into ‘emptiness’. More succinctly, all that is required is to purify the mind, allowing the inherent qualities of ultimate reality - the Buddha nature that exists within all beings - to shine through. Mahayana Buddhism delights in paradox and shifting perspectives. Devotees aspire to be reborn in the realm of Amitabha, the Buddha of Endless Light, who actually exists within each person as the true nature of the mind. The path involves the laborious savings of countless suffering beings. But, upon investigation, all beings are “Empty”. There are really no beings and so, no path. Everything is perfect as it is; there is nothing to do except flow. -
29:03Alan Watts: Mahayana Buddhism (1960) [full length]
Alan Watts: Mahayana Buddhism (1960) [full length]Alan Watts: Mahayana Buddhism (1960) [full length]
Here is an episode from the 1960 season of Alan Watts' KQED television series, Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life, entitled "Mahayana Buddhism". To find out how you can purchase the entire Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life series on DVD, please visit: http://alanwatts.com/collections A native of England, Alan Watts attended the King's School near Canterbury Cathedral, and at the age of fourteen he became fascinated with the philosophies of the Far East. By sixteen he regularly attended the Buddhist Lodge in London, where he met Zen scholars Christmas Humphries and D. T. Suzuki. As a speaker and contributor to the Lodge's journal, The Middle Way, he wrote a series of philosophical commentaries and published his first book on Eastern thought, The Spirit of Zen, at age twenty-one. In the late thirties he moved to New York, and a few years later he became an Episcopalian priest. In 1942 he moved to Illinois and spent the wartime years as chaplain at Northwestern University. Then, in 1950, he left the Church, and his life took a turn away from organized religion back toward Eastern ways and expanding horizons. After meeting author and mythologist Joseph Campbell and composer John Cage in New York he headed to California and began teaching at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. There his popular lectures spilled over into coffeehouse talks and appearances with the well-known beat writers Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg. In late 1953 he began what would become the longest running series of Sunday morning public radio talks, which continue to this day with programs from the Alan Watts tape archives. In 1957 he published the bestselling The Way of Zen, beginning a prolific ten-year period in which he wrote Nature, Man and Woman; Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen; This Is It; Psychotherapy East and West; The Two Hands of God; The Joyous Cosmology; and The Book: On the Taboo against Knowing Who You Are. By 1960 Watts's radio series Way Beyond the West on Berkeley's KPFA had an avid following on the West Coast, and NET television began national broadcasts of the series Eastern Wisdom in Modern Life. The first season, recorded in the studios of KQED, a San Francisco television station, focused on the relevance of Buddhism, and the second, on Zen and the arts. -
47:59Problems within Mahayana Buddhism
Problems within Mahayana BuddhismProblems within Mahayana Buddhism
Welcome. In this video compilation you will see how Mahayana Buddhism arose in competition with the Theravada. Here is the theory that it's posture of being disrespectful to enlightened arahants resulted in the rise of Communism wiping out most of the Mahayana in Communist countries. Finally, the last word on the Mahayana is that Mara Mada Mahayana - Marayana. About a month after posting this video, I received these enthusiastic emails from an American Mahayana Buddhist monk, Ven. Mui Ananda. Then, I got a phone call from an American Mahayana monk on the west coast and he was in favour of starting an association with me, of non partisan Buddhists to better reveal this historic truth about Buddhism. Now, this is on my theravada.ca website with "The 7th Council - A Call for Papers". I had no idea that such support would come from Mahayanists. Ven. Mui Ananda's Message: You are truly a teacher of authentic Buddhism. In 1971 I was ordained a monk in the Thai forest Tradition. I spent five years as a monk before I returned home to the United States, by way of Germany, the home of my parents. In the US I found no Theravada centers in the late 1970s. So I studied Zen and became ordained in Zen. Later I wandered, that is the correct term, into Pure Land Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. As time went on I became a fairly well established teacher in these areas of Mahayana and Vajrayana. I tried to filter the teachings of these schools through the Pali canon every time there seemed to be a conflict. This practice is discouraged in many of the schools. When there is a conflict the same reasoning was expressed, "Pali is for people not advanced enough to understand the full meaning of the Buddha." While skeptical of this reasoning I accepted it with a grain of salt. About ten years ago I began teaching Theravada Buddhism again. My Zen Master and I had a falling out over this. She was very bitter and I was told to leave her sangha. So I remained a Zen priest/monk afterwards, I was not attached to a specific temple but wandered to different centers throughout America I continued studies in Pure Land and Vajrayana. Over time I became agitated. I returned to the Pali Canon and Theravada and began teaching that exclusively. I tried to bridge the gaps between Mahayana and Theravada. In doing this I was no longer teaching Zen, Pure Land and Vajrayana. I was only pointing out inconsistency. It became impossible for me to faithfully teach the Mahayana any longer. After studying the Saddhammapatirupaka Sutta it became obvious what was happening in my life. So today I am called a Theravada teacher disguised as a Mahayana (Zen) monk. It is true. To a certain extent, this has cost me my livelihood as a teacher. So having said all this, I am very please to have recently found Youtube video "What's Wrong With Mahayana Buddhism". You have validated my deepest feelings and concerns. Unfortunately, the US is inundated with these dubious teachings and teachers where money not Dhamma is important. You have convinced me of the need to continue teaching the Dhamma as Buddha taught it. Mui Ananda sensei Jan. 19, 2013... I viewed another couple of your videos last night where nailed Pure Land quite rightly. It was actually the flaws in Pure Land that led me to further investigate the Soto Zen teachings and find problems there. After a while I was scratching my head and had a perpetual WTF expression on my face while asking, "What happened to the Buddha in Buddhism?" Yes, I was in Thailand with Ajahn Chah for a time. Some of the moments are quite vivid but after all this time much of the memories are like delicate cobwebs. They crumble at the slightest touch. In Peace and with Metta, Anagarika Ananda Abhaya -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Ruhe is a Buddhist activist and occasional troublemaker. Please donate to support these videos and my work by going to my website at www.brianruhe.ca linked on this YouTube channel and click on the PayPal Donate button. Even the smallest donation helps! To see my diary of what I'm up to please send me a friend request and I'll accept you on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BrianRuhe . I am available for one-to-one counselling for $25/ half hour by Skype, phone or in person, on any matter. You can connect with me on Skype at: brianaruhe . My most recent book is "A SHORT WALK ON AN ANCIENT PATH - A Buddhist Exploration of Meditation, Karma and Rebirth", is available in book or ebook form at Amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com/Short-Walk-Anci...... I was a Buddhist monk in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1995 - 1996 and I have been teaching Theravada Buddhism and meditation for 20 years. My first book from 1999, is "Freeing the Buddha," also at Amazon. I follow the Theravada Buddhist Forest tradition. -
34:42Intro to Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana & Tantrayana) Part 1/2
Intro to Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana & Tantrayana) Part 1/2Intro to Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana & Tantrayana) Part 1/2
As always HH will give a short intro to Buddhism before the start of any of his teachings. This intro was given to students during the teaching of 'Heart Sutra & 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva', September 2010. This intro HH talks about the importance of the Hinayana & Mahayana Buddhism in support of Tantrayana, as well as clearing doubts on the Vajrayana practices. Part 1 is general buddhism which will suit everyone. Part 2 talks on the more advance buddhist topics such as Law of Causality & Dependent Origination, which may be suitable for more advance practitioners. -
20:29The Origins of Mahayana Buddhism - Interview with Professor Charles Willemen
The Origins of Mahayana Buddhism - Interview with Professor Charles WillemenThe Origins of Mahayana Buddhism - Interview with Professor Charles Willemen
Prof. Charles Willemen is currently rector and teaching professor at the International Buddhist College, Thailand. He studied Latin, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit. He obtained his Ph.D. in the field of East-Asian Studies (University of Gent, Belgium). He was assistant, guest professor and professor at different universities in Belgium, China, Canada, Japan and Thailand. Be inspired by more Buddhist content at our main website, Buddhistdoor: http://www.buddhistdoor.net/ Interview with Professor Charles Willemen, IBC, Thailand and Raymond Lam, Editor, Buddhistdoor International Filmed on location at HKU Buddhist Meditative Praxis Conference, Hong Kong, August 2013 Video editing: Stanley Tung Music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/ "Resignation" & "Easy Lemon" Produced by Buddhistdoor International (2013) Related links: Revelation: The Unveiling of the Perfection of Wisdom and Pure Lands - http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/n... Unlocking the Mind Special Edition: http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/n... -
3:51Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
Theravada and Mahayana BuddhismTheravada and Mahayana Buddhism
differences and similarities -
31:1210(/24) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
10(/24) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal10(/24) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
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8:50The difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism(GDD-0204, Master Sheng Yen)
The difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism(GDD-0204, Master Sheng Yen)The difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism(GDD-0204, Master Sheng Yen)
In Shakyamuni Buddha's time, Buddhism had not split into Mahayana and Hinayana, though Mahayana ideas were already circulating. The distinction between Mahayana and Hinayana and their later developments reflect the different ways of interpreting the Buddha's ideas and the precepts. While Hinayana Buddhism is a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the Buddha's original teachings, Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes the Bodhisattva spirit in delivering senting beings and transforming the world. -
8:20Mahayana Buddhist Shrine Basics
Mahayana Buddhist Shrine BasicsMahayana Buddhist Shrine Basics
How to set up a complex Mahayana Buddhist shrine for newcomers to Buddhism. Music: Maid with the Flaxen Hair - Richard Stoltzman Yoga Zone-Zen Meditation - Unknown
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A Very Brief Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
This is a very brief introduction to Mahayana Buddhism. Please download and read the companion handout before viewing. Companion Handout: A Brief Introduction to Mahayana Terminology http://saustin.jimdo.com/app/download/8775164469/52f53bd0%2F977e55936099ccc81d1a69c36edcb99ad36c64ef%2FIntroduction+to+Mahayana+Buddhism+%28Video+Handout%29.pdf?t=1391803248 This video is for exclusive use by History classes at Richland Community College. The video, music, and images in this video clip qualifies as fair use under 17 USC § 107 and the TEACH Act of 2002.
published: 03 Nov 2013 -
Minute Faith ~ Mahayana Buddhism
Episode 32 Mahayana buddhism encompasses not just a single group, but a collection of Buddhist traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism. Mahayana means “The Great Vehicle” or “Greater Vehicle”, and is an amplified, more spiritualized Buddhist vision, adding devotionalism and complex metaphysics to the psychological pragmatism of the original teachings. The formation of this faith came as a path available to people of all walks of life, not just monks and ascetics. In fact, Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and can even be accomplished by a lay person. Today there are roughly 185 million followers. It teaches that all people universally can achieve Nirvana, a place of perfect peace and happiness, much like...
published: 07 Aug 2016 -
Alan Watts: Mahayana Buddhism (1960) [full length]
Here is an episode from the 1960 season of Alan Watts' KQED television series, Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life, entitled "Mahayana Buddhism". To find out how you can purchase the entire Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life series on DVD, please visit: http://alanwatts.com/collections A native of England, Alan Watts attended the King's School near Canterbury Cathedral, and at the age of fourteen he became fascinated with the philosophies of the Far East. By sixteen he regularly attended the Buddhist Lodge in London, where he met Zen scholars Christmas Humphries and D. T. Suzuki. As a speaker and contributor to the Lodge's journal, The Middle Way, he wrote a series of philosophical commentaries and published his first book on Eastern thought, The Spirit of Zen, at age twenty-one. In the late thirtie...
published: 20 Feb 2012 -
Problems within Mahayana Buddhism
Welcome. In this video compilation you will see how Mahayana Buddhism arose in competition with the Theravada. Here is the theory that it's posture of being disrespectful to enlightened arahants resulted in the rise of Communism wiping out most of the Mahayana in Communist countries. Finally, the last word on the Mahayana is that Mara Mada Mahayana - Marayana. About a month after posting this video, I received these enthusiastic emails from an American Mahayana Buddhist monk, Ven. Mui Ananda. Then, I got a phone call from an American Mahayana monk on the west coast and he was in favour of starting an association with me, of non partisan Buddhists to better reveal this historic truth about Buddhism. Now, this is on my theravada.ca website with "The 7th Council - A Call for Papers". I had n...
published: 15 Dec 2012 -
Intro to Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana & Tantrayana) Part 1/2
As always HH will give a short intro to Buddhism before the start of any of his teachings. This intro was given to students during the teaching of 'Heart Sutra & 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva', September 2010. This intro HH talks about the importance of the Hinayana & Mahayana Buddhism in support of Tantrayana, as well as clearing doubts on the Vajrayana practices. Part 1 is general buddhism which will suit everyone. Part 2 talks on the more advance buddhist topics such as Law of Causality & Dependent Origination, which may be suitable for more advance practitioners.
published: 08 Jun 2013 -
The Origins of Mahayana Buddhism - Interview with Professor Charles Willemen
Prof. Charles Willemen is currently rector and teaching professor at the International Buddhist College, Thailand. He studied Latin, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit. He obtained his Ph.D. in the field of East-Asian Studies (University of Gent, Belgium). He was assistant, guest professor and professor at different universities in Belgium, China, Canada, Japan and Thailand. Be inspired by more Buddhist content at our main website, Buddhistdoor: http://www.buddhistdoor.net/ Interview with Professor Charles Willemen, IBC, Thailand and Raymond Lam, Editor, Buddhistdoor International Filmed on location at HKU Buddhist Meditative Praxis Conference, Hong Kong, August 2013 Video editing: Stanley Tung Music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/ "Resignation" & "Easy Lemon" Produced b...
published: 19 Nov 2013 -
Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
differences and similarities
published: 07 Mar 2011 -
10(/24) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
published: 22 Aug 2014 -
The difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism(GDD-0204, Master Sheng Yen)
In Shakyamuni Buddha's time, Buddhism had not split into Mahayana and Hinayana, though Mahayana ideas were already circulating. The distinction between Mahayana and Hinayana and their later developments reflect the different ways of interpreting the Buddha's ideas and the precepts. While Hinayana Buddhism is a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the Buddha's original teachings, Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes the Bodhisattva spirit in delivering senting beings and transforming the world.
published: 19 Oct 2012 -
Mahayana Buddhist Shrine Basics
How to set up a complex Mahayana Buddhist shrine for newcomers to Buddhism. Music: Maid with the Flaxen Hair - Richard Stoltzman Yoga Zone-Zen Meditation - Unknown
published: 17 Feb 2012
A Very Brief Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:02
- Updated: 03 Nov 2013
- views: 12311
This is a very brief introduction to Mahayana Buddhism. Please download and read the companion handout before viewing.
Companion Handout: A Brief Introduction...
This is a very brief introduction to Mahayana Buddhism. Please download and read the companion handout before viewing.
Companion Handout: A Brief Introduction to Mahayana Terminology http://saustin.jimdo.com/app/download/8775164469/52f53bd0%2F977e55936099ccc81d1a69c36edcb99ad36c64ef%2FIntroduction+to+Mahayana+Buddhism+%28Video+Handout%29.pdf?t=1391803248
This video is for exclusive use by History classes at Richland Community College. The video, music, and images in this video clip qualifies as fair use under 17 USC § 107 and the TEACH Act of 2002.
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This is a very brief introduction to Mahayana Buddhism. Please download and read the companion handout before viewing.
Companion Handout: A Brief Introduction to Mahayana Terminology http://saustin.jimdo.com/app/download/8775164469/52f53bd0%2F977e55936099ccc81d1a69c36edcb99ad36c64ef%2FIntroduction+to+Mahayana+Buddhism+%28Video+Handout%29.pdf?t=1391803248
This video is for exclusive use by History classes at Richland Community College. The video, music, and images in this video clip qualifies as fair use under 17 USC § 107 and the TEACH Act of 2002.
- published: 03 Nov 2013
- views: 12311
Minute Faith ~ Mahayana Buddhism
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:33
- Updated: 07 Aug 2016
- views: 144
Episode 32
Mahayana buddhism encompasses not just a single group, but a collection of Buddhist traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Tibe...
Episode 32
Mahayana buddhism encompasses not just a single group, but a collection of Buddhist traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism. Mahayana means “The Great Vehicle” or “Greater Vehicle”, and is an amplified, more spiritualized Buddhist vision, adding devotionalism and complex metaphysics to the psychological pragmatism of the original teachings. The formation of this faith came as a path available to people of all walks of life, not just monks and ascetics. In fact, Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and can even be accomplished by a lay person. Today there are roughly 185 million followers.
It teaches that all people universally can achieve Nirvana, a place of perfect peace and happiness, much like the christian concept like heaven, which is also often seen as a state of enlightenment. However, in Mahayana Buddhism, Nirvana is the lesser goal, with a higher goal being that of Buddhahood, in which a Buddha continues to take rebirths in the world to help liberate beings from mental captivity by teaching the Buddhist path. Thus, a Bodhisattva, an important concept in Mahayana, is a person who is able to achieve Nirvana, but delays it out of compassion to save suffering beings.
Mahayana began as a movement between 100 BC and 100AD, and by the 9th century was the most dominant influence on the buddhist culture across central and east asia. Since its origin, it has divided into many sub-schools and sects with a vast range of doctrines and practices.
This includes Vajrayana schools, such as tibetan buddhism, which are often counted as a separate “yana” or vehicle, but which are founded on Mahayana teachings. Because of this fractalling nature, it's often difficult to make blanket statements about mahayana that hold true for the entire faith.
In Mahayana Buddhism, the historical Buddha is regarded as a physical manifestation of the true body of Buddha, which could be describe as a Holy Trinity of Buddhism. Described in the Trikaya Doctrine, a Sanskrit Scripture translating to “Three Bodies”. The 3 bodies are the Truth Body, which embodies the principle of enlightenment and no knows limits or boundaries. The Body of mutual enjoyment which is a body of bliss or clear light manifestation, and the created body, which manifests in time and space as a physical body.
Thus, in Mahayana it is believed that Buddha is beyond a human, but a formless, cosmic, spiritual body, which is also the ultimate nature of reality itself. Thus, the entire universe exists within, and a part of the Buddha. This infinite reality also contains an infinite number of beings, and thus, an infinite number of Buddhas. It is through devotional practices that we may communicate with these nonphysical divine forms: Buddhas and other enlightened beings.
These divine forms are also the source of freshly revealed scriptures, called sutras, which describe these devotional practices and new metaphysics. Reality is often compared with a magical illusion or dream. All phenomena are considered ‘empty’, meaning they lack any discernible substantial essence and have no independent existence outside of the mind. The most commonly known Sutra across Mahayana is the Lotus Sutra, and the most common practices amongst these Buddhists are Meditation, Chanting, Hand Gestures called Mudra, and Bowing.
Progress on the path involves the cultivation of compassion, alongside insight into ‘emptiness’. More succinctly, all that is required is to purify the mind, allowing the inherent qualities of ultimate reality - the Buddha nature that exists within all beings - to shine through.
Mahayana Buddhism delights in paradox and shifting perspectives. Devotees aspire to be reborn in the realm of Amitabha, the Buddha of Endless Light, who actually exists within each person as the true nature of the mind. The path involves the laborious savings of countless suffering beings. But, upon investigation, all beings are “Empty”. There are really no beings and so, no path. Everything is perfect as it is; there is nothing to do except flow.
wn.com/Minute Faith ~ Mahayana Buddhism
Episode 32
Mahayana buddhism encompasses not just a single group, but a collection of Buddhist traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism. Mahayana means “The Great Vehicle” or “Greater Vehicle”, and is an amplified, more spiritualized Buddhist vision, adding devotionalism and complex metaphysics to the psychological pragmatism of the original teachings. The formation of this faith came as a path available to people of all walks of life, not just monks and ascetics. In fact, Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and can even be accomplished by a lay person. Today there are roughly 185 million followers.
It teaches that all people universally can achieve Nirvana, a place of perfect peace and happiness, much like the christian concept like heaven, which is also often seen as a state of enlightenment. However, in Mahayana Buddhism, Nirvana is the lesser goal, with a higher goal being that of Buddhahood, in which a Buddha continues to take rebirths in the world to help liberate beings from mental captivity by teaching the Buddhist path. Thus, a Bodhisattva, an important concept in Mahayana, is a person who is able to achieve Nirvana, but delays it out of compassion to save suffering beings.
Mahayana began as a movement between 100 BC and 100AD, and by the 9th century was the most dominant influence on the buddhist culture across central and east asia. Since its origin, it has divided into many sub-schools and sects with a vast range of doctrines and practices.
This includes Vajrayana schools, such as tibetan buddhism, which are often counted as a separate “yana” or vehicle, but which are founded on Mahayana teachings. Because of this fractalling nature, it's often difficult to make blanket statements about mahayana that hold true for the entire faith.
In Mahayana Buddhism, the historical Buddha is regarded as a physical manifestation of the true body of Buddha, which could be describe as a Holy Trinity of Buddhism. Described in the Trikaya Doctrine, a Sanskrit Scripture translating to “Three Bodies”. The 3 bodies are the Truth Body, which embodies the principle of enlightenment and no knows limits or boundaries. The Body of mutual enjoyment which is a body of bliss or clear light manifestation, and the created body, which manifests in time and space as a physical body.
Thus, in Mahayana it is believed that Buddha is beyond a human, but a formless, cosmic, spiritual body, which is also the ultimate nature of reality itself. Thus, the entire universe exists within, and a part of the Buddha. This infinite reality also contains an infinite number of beings, and thus, an infinite number of Buddhas. It is through devotional practices that we may communicate with these nonphysical divine forms: Buddhas and other enlightened beings.
These divine forms are also the source of freshly revealed scriptures, called sutras, which describe these devotional practices and new metaphysics. Reality is often compared with a magical illusion or dream. All phenomena are considered ‘empty’, meaning they lack any discernible substantial essence and have no independent existence outside of the mind. The most commonly known Sutra across Mahayana is the Lotus Sutra, and the most common practices amongst these Buddhists are Meditation, Chanting, Hand Gestures called Mudra, and Bowing.
Progress on the path involves the cultivation of compassion, alongside insight into ‘emptiness’. More succinctly, all that is required is to purify the mind, allowing the inherent qualities of ultimate reality - the Buddha nature that exists within all beings - to shine through.
Mahayana Buddhism delights in paradox and shifting perspectives. Devotees aspire to be reborn in the realm of Amitabha, the Buddha of Endless Light, who actually exists within each person as the true nature of the mind. The path involves the laborious savings of countless suffering beings. But, upon investigation, all beings are “Empty”. There are really no beings and so, no path. Everything is perfect as it is; there is nothing to do except flow.
- published: 07 Aug 2016
- views: 144
Alan Watts: Mahayana Buddhism (1960) [full length]
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- Duration: 29:03
- Updated: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 22939
Here is an episode from the 1960 season of Alan Watts' KQED television series, Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life, entitled "Mahayana Buddhism".
To find out how you ...
Here is an episode from the 1960 season of Alan Watts' KQED television series, Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life, entitled "Mahayana Buddhism".
To find out how you can purchase the entire Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life series on DVD, please visit: http://alanwatts.com/collections
A native of England, Alan Watts attended the King's School near Canterbury Cathedral, and at the age of fourteen he became fascinated with the philosophies of the Far East. By sixteen he regularly attended the Buddhist Lodge in London, where he met Zen scholars Christmas Humphries and D. T. Suzuki. As a speaker and contributor to the Lodge's journal, The Middle Way, he wrote a series of philosophical commentaries and published his first book on Eastern thought, The Spirit of Zen, at age twenty-one.
In the late thirties he moved to New York, and a few years later he became an Episcopalian priest. In 1942 he moved to Illinois and spent the wartime years as chaplain at Northwestern University.
Then, in 1950, he left the Church, and his life took a turn away from organized religion back toward Eastern ways and expanding horizons. After meeting author and mythologist Joseph Campbell and composer John Cage in New York he headed to California and began teaching at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. There his popular lectures spilled over into coffeehouse talks and appearances with the well-known beat writers Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg. In late 1953 he began what would become the longest running series of Sunday morning public radio talks, which continue to this day with programs from the Alan Watts tape archives. In 1957 he published the bestselling The Way of Zen, beginning a prolific ten-year period in which he wrote Nature, Man and Woman; Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen; This Is It; Psychotherapy East and West; The Two Hands of God; The Joyous Cosmology; and The Book: On the Taboo against Knowing Who You Are.
By 1960 Watts's radio series Way Beyond the West on Berkeley's KPFA had an avid following on the West Coast, and NET television began national broadcasts of the series Eastern Wisdom in Modern Life. The first season, recorded in the studios of KQED, a San Francisco television station, focused on the relevance of Buddhism, and the second, on Zen and the arts.
wn.com/Alan Watts Mahayana Buddhism (1960) Full Length
Here is an episode from the 1960 season of Alan Watts' KQED television series, Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life, entitled "Mahayana Buddhism".
To find out how you can purchase the entire Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life series on DVD, please visit: http://alanwatts.com/collections
A native of England, Alan Watts attended the King's School near Canterbury Cathedral, and at the age of fourteen he became fascinated with the philosophies of the Far East. By sixteen he regularly attended the Buddhist Lodge in London, where he met Zen scholars Christmas Humphries and D. T. Suzuki. As a speaker and contributor to the Lodge's journal, The Middle Way, he wrote a series of philosophical commentaries and published his first book on Eastern thought, The Spirit of Zen, at age twenty-one.
In the late thirties he moved to New York, and a few years later he became an Episcopalian priest. In 1942 he moved to Illinois and spent the wartime years as chaplain at Northwestern University.
Then, in 1950, he left the Church, and his life took a turn away from organized religion back toward Eastern ways and expanding horizons. After meeting author and mythologist Joseph Campbell and composer John Cage in New York he headed to California and began teaching at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. There his popular lectures spilled over into coffeehouse talks and appearances with the well-known beat writers Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg. In late 1953 he began what would become the longest running series of Sunday morning public radio talks, which continue to this day with programs from the Alan Watts tape archives. In 1957 he published the bestselling The Way of Zen, beginning a prolific ten-year period in which he wrote Nature, Man and Woman; Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen; This Is It; Psychotherapy East and West; The Two Hands of God; The Joyous Cosmology; and The Book: On the Taboo against Knowing Who You Are.
By 1960 Watts's radio series Way Beyond the West on Berkeley's KPFA had an avid following on the West Coast, and NET television began national broadcasts of the series Eastern Wisdom in Modern Life. The first season, recorded in the studios of KQED, a San Francisco television station, focused on the relevance of Buddhism, and the second, on Zen and the arts.
- published: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 22939
Problems within Mahayana Buddhism
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- Duration: 47:59
- Updated: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 26932
Welcome. In this video compilation you will see how Mahayana Buddhism arose in competition with the Theravada. Here is the theory that it's posture of being dis...
Welcome. In this video compilation you will see how Mahayana Buddhism arose in competition with the Theravada. Here is the theory that it's posture of being disrespectful to enlightened arahants resulted in the rise of Communism wiping out most of the Mahayana in Communist countries. Finally, the last word on the Mahayana is that Mara Mada Mahayana - Marayana.
About a month after posting this video, I received these enthusiastic emails from an American Mahayana Buddhist monk, Ven. Mui Ananda. Then, I got a phone call from an American Mahayana monk on the west coast and he was in favour of starting an association with me, of non partisan Buddhists to better reveal this historic truth about Buddhism. Now, this is on my theravada.ca website with "The 7th Council - A Call for Papers". I had no idea that such support would come from Mahayanists.
Ven. Mui Ananda's
Message:
You are truly a teacher of authentic Buddhism.
In 1971 I was ordained a monk in the Thai forest Tradition. I spent five years as a monk before I returned home to the United States, by way of Germany, the home of my parents. In the US I found no Theravada centers in the late 1970s. So I studied Zen and became ordained in Zen. Later I wandered, that is the correct term, into Pure Land Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. As time went on I became a fairly well established teacher in these areas of Mahayana and Vajrayana. I tried to filter the teachings of these schools through the Pali canon every time there seemed to be a conflict. This practice is discouraged in many of the schools. When there is a conflict the same reasoning was expressed, "Pali is for people not advanced enough to understand the full meaning of the Buddha." While skeptical of this reasoning I accepted it with a grain of salt.
About ten years ago I began teaching Theravada Buddhism again. My Zen Master and I had a falling out over this. She was very bitter and I was told to leave her sangha. So I remained a Zen priest/monk afterwards, I was not attached to a specific temple but wandered to different centers throughout America I continued studies in Pure Land and Vajrayana. Over time I became agitated.
I returned to the Pali Canon and Theravada and began teaching that exclusively. I tried to bridge the gaps between Mahayana and Theravada. In doing this I was no longer teaching Zen, Pure Land and Vajrayana. I was only pointing out inconsistency. It became impossible for me to faithfully teach the Mahayana any longer. After studying the Saddhammapatirupaka Sutta it became obvious what was happening in my life.
So today I am called a Theravada teacher disguised as a Mahayana (Zen) monk. It is true. To a certain extent, this has cost me my livelihood as a teacher. So having said all this, I am very please to have recently found Youtube video "What's Wrong With Mahayana Buddhism". You have validated my deepest feelings and concerns.
Unfortunately, the US is inundated with these dubious teachings and teachers where money not Dhamma is important. You have convinced me of the need to continue teaching the Dhamma as Buddha taught it.
Mui Ananda sensei
Jan. 19, 2013...
I viewed another couple of your videos last night where nailed Pure Land quite rightly. It was actually the flaws in Pure Land that led me to further investigate the Soto Zen teachings and find problems there. After a while I was scratching my head and had a perpetual WTF expression on my face while asking, "What happened to the Buddha in Buddhism?"
Yes, I was in Thailand with Ajahn Chah for a time. Some of the moments are quite vivid but after all this time much of the memories are like delicate cobwebs. They crumble at the slightest touch.
In Peace and with Metta,
Anagarika Ananda Abhaya
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Ruhe is a Buddhist activist and occasional troublemaker. Please donate to support these videos and my work by going to my website at www.brianruhe.ca linked on this YouTube channel and click on the PayPal Donate button. Even the smallest donation helps!
To see my diary of what I'm up to please send me a friend request and I'll accept you on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BrianRuhe . I am available for one-to-one counselling for $25/ half hour by Skype, phone or in person, on any matter. You can connect with me on Skype at: brianaruhe .
My most recent book is "A SHORT WALK ON AN ANCIENT PATH - A Buddhist Exploration of Meditation, Karma and Rebirth", is available in book or ebook form at Amazon.com at:
http://www.amazon.com/Short-Walk-Anci......
I was a Buddhist monk in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1995 - 1996 and I have been teaching Theravada Buddhism and meditation for 20 years. My first book from 1999, is "Freeing the Buddha," also at Amazon. I follow the Theravada Buddhist Forest tradition.
wn.com/Problems Within Mahayana Buddhism
Welcome. In this video compilation you will see how Mahayana Buddhism arose in competition with the Theravada. Here is the theory that it's posture of being disrespectful to enlightened arahants resulted in the rise of Communism wiping out most of the Mahayana in Communist countries. Finally, the last word on the Mahayana is that Mara Mada Mahayana - Marayana.
About a month after posting this video, I received these enthusiastic emails from an American Mahayana Buddhist monk, Ven. Mui Ananda. Then, I got a phone call from an American Mahayana monk on the west coast and he was in favour of starting an association with me, of non partisan Buddhists to better reveal this historic truth about Buddhism. Now, this is on my theravada.ca website with "The 7th Council - A Call for Papers". I had no idea that such support would come from Mahayanists.
Ven. Mui Ananda's
Message:
You are truly a teacher of authentic Buddhism.
In 1971 I was ordained a monk in the Thai forest Tradition. I spent five years as a monk before I returned home to the United States, by way of Germany, the home of my parents. In the US I found no Theravada centers in the late 1970s. So I studied Zen and became ordained in Zen. Later I wandered, that is the correct term, into Pure Land Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. As time went on I became a fairly well established teacher in these areas of Mahayana and Vajrayana. I tried to filter the teachings of these schools through the Pali canon every time there seemed to be a conflict. This practice is discouraged in many of the schools. When there is a conflict the same reasoning was expressed, "Pali is for people not advanced enough to understand the full meaning of the Buddha." While skeptical of this reasoning I accepted it with a grain of salt.
About ten years ago I began teaching Theravada Buddhism again. My Zen Master and I had a falling out over this. She was very bitter and I was told to leave her sangha. So I remained a Zen priest/monk afterwards, I was not attached to a specific temple but wandered to different centers throughout America I continued studies in Pure Land and Vajrayana. Over time I became agitated.
I returned to the Pali Canon and Theravada and began teaching that exclusively. I tried to bridge the gaps between Mahayana and Theravada. In doing this I was no longer teaching Zen, Pure Land and Vajrayana. I was only pointing out inconsistency. It became impossible for me to faithfully teach the Mahayana any longer. After studying the Saddhammapatirupaka Sutta it became obvious what was happening in my life.
So today I am called a Theravada teacher disguised as a Mahayana (Zen) monk. It is true. To a certain extent, this has cost me my livelihood as a teacher. So having said all this, I am very please to have recently found Youtube video "What's Wrong With Mahayana Buddhism". You have validated my deepest feelings and concerns.
Unfortunately, the US is inundated with these dubious teachings and teachers where money not Dhamma is important. You have convinced me of the need to continue teaching the Dhamma as Buddha taught it.
Mui Ananda sensei
Jan. 19, 2013...
I viewed another couple of your videos last night where nailed Pure Land quite rightly. It was actually the flaws in Pure Land that led me to further investigate the Soto Zen teachings and find problems there. After a while I was scratching my head and had a perpetual WTF expression on my face while asking, "What happened to the Buddha in Buddhism?"
Yes, I was in Thailand with Ajahn Chah for a time. Some of the moments are quite vivid but after all this time much of the memories are like delicate cobwebs. They crumble at the slightest touch.
In Peace and with Metta,
Anagarika Ananda Abhaya
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Ruhe is a Buddhist activist and occasional troublemaker. Please donate to support these videos and my work by going to my website at www.brianruhe.ca linked on this YouTube channel and click on the PayPal Donate button. Even the smallest donation helps!
To see my diary of what I'm up to please send me a friend request and I'll accept you on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BrianRuhe . I am available for one-to-one counselling for $25/ half hour by Skype, phone or in person, on any matter. You can connect with me on Skype at: brianaruhe .
My most recent book is "A SHORT WALK ON AN ANCIENT PATH - A Buddhist Exploration of Meditation, Karma and Rebirth", is available in book or ebook form at Amazon.com at:
http://www.amazon.com/Short-Walk-Anci......
I was a Buddhist monk in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1995 - 1996 and I have been teaching Theravada Buddhism and meditation for 20 years. My first book from 1999, is "Freeing the Buddha," also at Amazon. I follow the Theravada Buddhist Forest tradition.
- published: 15 Dec 2012
- views: 26932
Intro to Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana & Tantrayana) Part 1/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 34:42
- Updated: 08 Jun 2013
- views: 17782
As always HH will give a short intro to Buddhism before the start of any of his teachings. This intro was given to students during the teaching of 'Heart Sutra ...
As always HH will give a short intro to Buddhism before the start of any of his teachings. This intro was given to students during the teaching of 'Heart Sutra & 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva', September 2010.
This intro HH talks about the importance of the Hinayana & Mahayana Buddhism in support of Tantrayana, as well as clearing doubts on the Vajrayana practices. Part 1 is general buddhism which will suit everyone.
Part 2 talks on the more advance buddhist topics such as Law of Causality & Dependent Origination, which may be suitable for more advance practitioners.
wn.com/Intro To Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana Tantrayana) Part 1 2
As always HH will give a short intro to Buddhism before the start of any of his teachings. This intro was given to students during the teaching of 'Heart Sutra & 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva', September 2010.
This intro HH talks about the importance of the Hinayana & Mahayana Buddhism in support of Tantrayana, as well as clearing doubts on the Vajrayana practices. Part 1 is general buddhism which will suit everyone.
Part 2 talks on the more advance buddhist topics such as Law of Causality & Dependent Origination, which may be suitable for more advance practitioners.
- published: 08 Jun 2013
- views: 17782
The Origins of Mahayana Buddhism - Interview with Professor Charles Willemen
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:29
- Updated: 19 Nov 2013
- views: 8036
Prof. Charles Willemen is currently rector and teaching professor at the International Buddhist College, Thailand. He studied Latin, Greek, Chinese, Japanese an...
Prof. Charles Willemen is currently rector and teaching professor at the International Buddhist College, Thailand. He studied Latin, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit. He obtained his Ph.D. in the field of East-Asian Studies (University of Gent, Belgium). He was assistant, guest professor and professor at different universities in Belgium, China, Canada, Japan and Thailand.
Be inspired by more Buddhist content at our main website, Buddhistdoor: http://www.buddhistdoor.net/
Interview with Professor Charles Willemen, IBC, Thailand and
Raymond Lam, Editor, Buddhistdoor International
Filmed on location at HKU Buddhist Meditative Praxis Conference,
Hong Kong, August 2013
Video editing: Stanley Tung
Music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/
"Resignation" & "Easy Lemon"
Produced by Buddhistdoor International (2013)
Related links:
Revelation: The Unveiling of the Perfection of Wisdom and Pure Lands - http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/n...
Unlocking the Mind Special Edition: http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/n...
wn.com/The Origins Of Mahayana Buddhism Interview With Professor Charles Willemen
Prof. Charles Willemen is currently rector and teaching professor at the International Buddhist College, Thailand. He studied Latin, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit. He obtained his Ph.D. in the field of East-Asian Studies (University of Gent, Belgium). He was assistant, guest professor and professor at different universities in Belgium, China, Canada, Japan and Thailand.
Be inspired by more Buddhist content at our main website, Buddhistdoor: http://www.buddhistdoor.net/
Interview with Professor Charles Willemen, IBC, Thailand and
Raymond Lam, Editor, Buddhistdoor International
Filmed on location at HKU Buddhist Meditative Praxis Conference,
Hong Kong, August 2013
Video editing: Stanley Tung
Music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/
"Resignation" & "Easy Lemon"
Produced by Buddhistdoor International (2013)
Related links:
Revelation: The Unveiling of the Perfection of Wisdom and Pure Lands - http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/n...
Unlocking the Mind Special Edition: http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/n...
- published: 19 Nov 2013
- views: 8036
Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 07 Mar 2011
- views: 20398
differences and similarities
differences and similarities
wn.com/Theravada And Mahayana Buddhism
differences and similarities
- published: 07 Mar 2011
- views: 20398
10(/24) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 31:12
- Updated: 22 Aug 2014
- views: 3574
- published: 22 Aug 2014
- views: 3574
The difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism(GDD-0204, Master Sheng Yen)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:50
- Updated: 19 Oct 2012
- views: 17401
In Shakyamuni Buddha's time, Buddhism had not split into Mahayana and Hinayana, though Mahayana ideas were already circulating. The distinction between Mahayana...
In Shakyamuni Buddha's time, Buddhism had not split into Mahayana and Hinayana, though Mahayana ideas were already circulating. The distinction between Mahayana and Hinayana and their later developments reflect the different ways of interpreting the Buddha's ideas and the precepts. While Hinayana Buddhism is a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the Buddha's original teachings, Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes the Bodhisattva spirit in delivering senting beings and transforming the world.
wn.com/The Difference Between Mahayana And Hinayana Buddhism(Gdd 0204, Master Sheng Yen)
In Shakyamuni Buddha's time, Buddhism had not split into Mahayana and Hinayana, though Mahayana ideas were already circulating. The distinction between Mahayana and Hinayana and their later developments reflect the different ways of interpreting the Buddha's ideas and the precepts. While Hinayana Buddhism is a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the Buddha's original teachings, Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes the Bodhisattva spirit in delivering senting beings and transforming the world.
- published: 19 Oct 2012
- views: 17401
Mahayana Buddhist Shrine Basics
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:20
- Updated: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 14947
How to set up a complex Mahayana Buddhist shrine for newcomers to Buddhism.
Music:
Maid with the Flaxen Hair - Richard Stoltzman
Yoga Zone-Zen Meditation - Unk...
How to set up a complex Mahayana Buddhist shrine for newcomers to Buddhism.
Music:
Maid with the Flaxen Hair - Richard Stoltzman
Yoga Zone-Zen Meditation - Unknown
wn.com/Mahayana Buddhist Shrine Basics
How to set up a complex Mahayana Buddhist shrine for newcomers to Buddhism.
Music:
Maid with the Flaxen Hair - Richard Stoltzman
Yoga Zone-Zen Meditation - Unknown
- published: 17 Feb 2012
- views: 14947
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A Very Brief Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
This is a very brief introduction to Mahayana Buddhism. Please download and read the comp...
published: 03 Nov 2013
A Very Brief Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
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Minute Faith ~ Mahayana Buddhism
Episode 32
Mahayana buddhism encompasses not just a single group, but a collection of Bud...
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Minute Faith ~ Mahayana Buddhism
Minute Faith ~ Mahayana Buddhism
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Alan Watts: Mahayana Buddhism (1960) [full length]
Here is an episode from the 1960 season of Alan Watts' KQED television series, Eastern Wis...
published: 20 Feb 2012
Alan Watts: Mahayana Buddhism (1960) [full length]
Alan Watts: Mahayana Buddhism (1960) [full length]
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Problems within Mahayana Buddhism
Welcome. In this video compilation you will see how Mahayana Buddhism arose in competition...
published: 15 Dec 2012
Problems within Mahayana Buddhism
Problems within Mahayana Buddhism
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Intro to Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana & Tantrayana) Part 1/2
As always HH will give a short intro to Buddhism before the start of any of his teachings....
published: 08 Jun 2013
Intro to Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana & Tantrayana) Part 1/2
Intro to Buddhism (Hinayana, Mahayana & Tantrayana) Part 1/2
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The Origins of Mahayana Buddhism - Interview with Professor Charles Willemen
Prof. Charles Willemen is currently rector and teaching professor at the International Bud...
published: 19 Nov 2013
The Origins of Mahayana Buddhism - Interview with Professor Charles Willemen
The Origins of Mahayana Buddhism - Interview with Professor Charles Willemen
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Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
differences and similarities
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Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
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10(/24) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
published: 22 Aug 2014
10(/24) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
10(/24) Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal
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The difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism(GDD-0204, Master Sheng Yen)
In Shakyamuni Buddha's time, Buddhism had not split into Mahayana and Hinayana, though Mah...
published: 19 Oct 2012
The difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism(GDD-0204, Master Sheng Yen)
The difference between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism(GDD-0204, Master Sheng Yen)
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Mahayana Buddhist Shrine Basics
How to set up a complex Mahayana Buddhist shrine for newcomers to Buddhism.
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published: 17 Feb 2012
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Edit Opposing Views 07 Oct 2016
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are being accused of fabricating Kim's Paris robbery. According to Digital Music News, French officials are questioning whether Kim Kardashian and Kanye West made up the entire story of Kim's robbery involving five people due to a lack of evidence and things not adding up ... One security camera reportedly shows no activity at all on the night of the incident ... ....
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Edit WorldNews.com 07 Oct 2016
Culp, believing the boys were his friends, followed the boys. The boys then allegedly set the shed on fire with Culp inside.He suffered first- and second-degree burns over about 20 percent of his body, from his ears to his belly button. As his mother frantically drove him to a hospital, the boy, slipping into a coma, named one of his alleged assailants by name. “He hurt me. He set me on fire. He needs to go to jail.” – Kayden Culp....
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Russian Lawmakers Ratify Pact Allowing Indefinite Syrian Presence
Edit WorldNews.com 07 Oct 2016
Russia’s parliament ratified a treaty with Syria Friday allowing Russian troops to stay indefinitely in the country as lawmakers are making a strong show of support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, The Associated Press reported.Meanwhile, Syria’s army – backed by Russian warplanes – are laying siege to the rebel-held eastern part of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria ... Gen. Igor Konashenkov said any U.S....
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Syria conflict: US calls for Russia and Syria war crimes probe
Edit BBC News 07 Oct 2016
Russia and the Syrian government should be investigated for war crimes, US Secretary of State John Kerry said. "Russia, and the regime, owe the world more than an explanation about why they keep hitting hospitals and medical facilities and children," he said. "These are acts that beg for an appropriate investigation of war crimes.". Moscow has repeatedly denied attacking civilians, and said it targets terrorist groups in Syria ... ....
Tennessee mom opposes textbook that includes Islam
Edit Austin American Statesman 07 Oct 2016
Read more trending stories ... “Those are zeros that we proudly took and we will not compromise,” Edmisten said ... According to the state board of education’s website, those standards include educating students about Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism in the sixth grade, and Islam in the seventh grade ... ....
Sarnath to serve as base for India's Buddhist Tourism Plan
Edit The Times of India 07 Oct 2016
VARANASI. Sarnath, the place where Buddha gave his first sermon and served as base for spread of Buddhism, is set to become the heart of India's Buddhist circuit. Talking to TOI exclusively after the fifth International Buddhist Conclave, minister of state for culture and tourism Mahesh Sharma said, "Sarnath would be developed as a nodal center for all tourist activity in Buddhist circuit." ... KEY POINTS ... RELATED. From around the web....
Why smart people are miserable?
Edit The Times of India 07 Oct 2016
Ever wondered why smart people are miserable? An authority on happiness tells us why Raj Raghunathan is a professor at the University of Texas and his work looks at the whole business of happiness and what makes us satisfied with our lives ... If you're so smart, why aren't you happy? We spoke to him to find out more ... So, tghe first noble truth in Buddhism -that "life is dissatisfying" -is on to something ... (By - Justin Quirk) ... RELATED....
To Like or Not to Like
Edit CounterPunch 07 Oct 2016
From what I know of the ancients, they liked very little. “Liking” as far as I can tell, was unknown in the ancient world. Liking came later ... Facebookers are likers ... I like it, I want it, fuck you ... “Liking”, once one has been tempered in the rough and tumble of liking and unliking, is nothing but the flip side of Buddhism. Whereas Buddhism encourages banking the coals of wayward desire, the liking life fans them into raging infernos ... W ... Zip....
Thailand OKs abortion in case of Zika-related birth defects
Edit The Times of India 06 Oct 2016
BANGKOK ... "The difficulty with Zika is to determine microcephaly ... Despite its laissez-faire reputation among travellers, Thailand remains largely conservative, and Theravada Buddhism, the form of the religion practiced by up to 95 percent of its people, regards abortion as a sin. That might lead some doctors to decline to terminate pregnancies, Pisek said, adding, "Buddhism won't affect the law, but some doctors might refuse." ... RELATED....
Abortion legal in Thai birth defect cases linked to Zika, officials say
Edit The Himalayan 06 Oct 2016
BANGKOK ... Despite its laissez-faire reputation among travellers, Thailand remains largely conservative, and Theravada Buddhism, the form of the religion practiced by up to 95 percent of its people, regards abortion as a sin. That might lead some doctors to decline to terminate pregnancies, Pisek said, adding, “Buddhism won’t affect the law, but some doctors might refuse.” ... ....
Myanmar jails tourist for unplugging speakers relaying sermon
Edit BBC News 06 Oct 2016
A Dutch man wept as he was jailed for three months with hard labour in Myanmar for unplugging a loudspeaker ... Haytema, who was also accused of insulting Buddhism by not taking off his shoes when he entered the prayer hall, apologised during previous hearings, according to local media ... Related Topics. ....
Dutch tourist jailed in Myanmar for pulling plug on Buddhist sermon
Edit The Himalayan 06 Oct 2016
Mandalay, October 6. A Myanmar court today jailed a Dutch tourist for three months with hard labour for insulting religion after he unplugged an amplifier relaying a late-night Buddhist sermon ... Slights against religion are treated with extreme seriousness by the courts and a pious public in Buddhist-majority Myanmar ... He was also accused of insulting Buddhism by not taking off his shoes when he entered the prayer hall ... ....
What’s it worth?: Buddhist effigy, unusual cup
Edit The Mercury News 06 Oct 2016
This carved effigy is probably not a Buddha but a Buddhist deity, who has completed the path to enlightenment and will not be reborn. (Jane Alexiadis) . Question. Can you tell me anything about this Buddha? He sits on a carved stand and is 10 to 12 inches tall ... Answer ... Depending on the school of Buddhism, there are six, eight, 16, 18 or 500 arhat, each with identifiable attributes, names and personalities ... (Jane Alexiadis) ... ....
Actress Michelle Yeoh for improved road safety in India (IANS Interview)
Edit Newstrack India 06 Oct 2016
Leh (Ladakh), Oct 6 (IANS) She zoomed through the streets of Bangkok on a superbike with Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond flick "Tomorrow Never Dies", but Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh mostly doesn't feel the need for speed ... Also, there is great increase in urbanisation ... The action heroine, who believes Buddhism is a philosophy, said the UNDP is working closely with ministries across the globe ... "I was scared with the earth rattling ... ....
A peek into past glory
Edit The Hindu 06 Oct 2016
The Parampara fest, in its 20th edition, offered a dramatic legacy in the. form of Bhagavadajjukeeyam, a dance drama choreographed by Guru Raja Reddy, revisiting it after a hiatus of more than two decades ... Her natural mirth gleaming in her eyes; the candour and comfort with which she slipped into the role of an infatuated boy — a lampoon on immature boys taking to Buddhism — underlined her potential and immense talent....
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Edit The Hindu 06 Oct 2016
In its 20th edition, The Parampara Series, true to its title, offered a dramatic legacy in the form of “Bhagavadajjukeeyam”, revisiting it after more than two decades ... Her natural mirth gleaming in her eyes; the candour and comfort with which she slipped into the role of an infatuated boy – a comment on immature boys taking to Buddhism – underlined her potential and immense talent ... Keywords....
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