Buddhism is the greatest religion in this world and in the universe. It explains about the existence of living beings. Researching on memories of some children who remember previous life, about Hypnosis, Near-Death Experiences, Ghosts, Meditation and Buddhist Abhdhamma teachings help us to prove Rebirth. - 500 Enlightened (Arhat) Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks protected the Buddha Dhamma by writing the words of the Great Teachings in the Pali language around 100 BCE. *Buddhist Essentials and Concepts
Date Of Birth Of The Siddhartha Gautama (Lord Buddha): Saturday, May 11, 563 BCE (Vesak Full Moon Poya Day).!!
* I calculated the date of birth of the Siddhartha Gautama using the date of the Vesak Full moon Poya day, and the birth year 563 BCE - W. Suresh Madusanka. 😊🙏🙏🙏 — feeling curious.
Phases of the Moon: -0599 to -0500 (0600 to 0501 BCE):
Jorna RoodSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs You started out wrong..There is no "sin" we are here to learn through mistakes.There is no sin or wrath of God/universe because God is love..So dont talk about sin ..now,About killing living things..what about plants?
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsJorna Rood . Do you feel pain when you cut your nails? We don't feel pain when we cut nail and hair, because those parts of the body are not sensitive. But animals are highly sensitive like humans. So if you think killing animals is not a bad thing it sounds like you think that killing humans is not a bad thing too. But if can understand the science of mind, then you will understand that the mind can't escape from the causes and effects until the mind exists. And the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine confirms that the mind survive after the death. If you know how our actions are stored in the universe within the quantum fabric of the space then you can understand how our actions become good and bad, because we will have bad results for bad actions and good results for good actions. Trees are just bodies without a permenant mind, and it is like an heart or liver which doesn't completely attached to our mind, However don't use trees to make an excuse to kill animals.
Our mind is a process there are Five Aggregates Of Clinging which cause to continue the mind:
i.) Body = Matter or Form (rupa) ii.) Data = Sensation or Feeling (vedana) (a cosmic structural change) iii.) The amount of Data = Perception and/or cognition (sanna) iv.) The power/pattern of attachment = Volition or Mental Formation (sankara) v.) Attachment or Attraction = Consciousness/mind (Vinnana)
Robert Thurman: Brahma, Reincarnation, & Carl Sagan
Sridhar Kaushik: Brahma of Buddhism was created by Buddhists to mock at the Vedic Dharma of that time. There is only one Brahma, the creator but Buddhists distorted Him to show he is pleading with Buddha for this that and the other! Buddhism lost the intellectual argument and had to move out of India to other shores. Suresh Madusanka: Brahmanism is older than Buddhism, but Brahmanism doesn't exist now. Brahmans made Hinduism to mock at the Buddha Dhamma, and to make an indian empire (Mahābhārata), because the Buddhism was a challenge to the Brahmin's caste system. Sanskrit language is not older than Pali language, and only the Vedas are older than Buddhism, but all other books were written in Sanskrit language, and the most Hindu books are not older than 400 BCE. So Buddhism is older than Hinduism. Christianity Vs Hinduism Fully Exposed: https://youtu.be/NnG-_RsKJ0Q Does UNESCO has 4000 Year Old Vedas Manuscript? : https://youtu.be/2nsxPIl4mOI A category about central philosophical concepts and ideas of Hinduism called 'Upanishads' were made using Veda, after the time of the Buddha. These Hindu Books were written after the time of the Buddha (Buddha lived within 6th century BCE): Vishnu Purana (1st millennium BCE to early 2nd-millennium CE. actual author(s) and date of its composition are unknown and contested. Some proposed 400-300 BCE. Vishnu Purana, like all major Puranas, attributes its author to be Vyasa.) Mahābhārata (not much older than around 400 BCE, and the text probably reached its final form in 4th century CE) written by Vyasa Bhagavad Gita may have been composed in or after the 3rd-century BCE (3 centuries after the Buddha) Valmiki's Ramayana (500 BCE to 100 BCE) The Hebrew Bible were also wrttern after the time of the Buddha, because the Hebrew writing was thought to stretch back no further than 6th century B.C., (Buddha lived 6th century BC). According to Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, the twenty-four book canon of the Hebrew Bible was fixed by Ezra and the scribes in the Second Temple period. [The Second Temple period in Jewish history lasted between 516 BCE and 70 CE,[1] when the Second Temple of Jerusalem existed.] 500 Enlightened (Arhat) Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks wrote Buddhist Tipitaka in the Pali language around 100 BCE. And the Buddhist Tipitaka was prepared 3 months after the death of the Buddha. They chanted it to remember it. So the Buddhist Tipitaka is older than 5th Century BCE.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsBrahmanism is older than Buddhism, but Brahmanism doesn't exist now. Brahmans made Hinduism to mock at the Buddha Dhamma, and to make an indian empire (Mahābhārata), because the Buddhism was a challenge to the Brahmin's caste system. Sanskrit language is not older than Pali language, and only the Vedas are older than Buddhism, but all other books were written in Sanskrit language, and the most Hindu books are not older than 400 BCE. So Buddhism is older than Hinduism. Christianity Vs Hinduism Fully Exposed: https://youtu.be/NnG-_RsKJ0Q Does UNESCO has 4000 Year Old Vedas Manuscript? : https://youtu.be/2nsxPIl4mOI
A category about central philosophical concepts and ideas of Hinduism called 'Upanishads' were made using Veda, after the time of the Buddha. These Hindu Books were written after the time of the Buddha (Buddha lived within 6th century BCE): Vishnu Purana (1st millennium BCE to early 2nd-millennium CE. actual author(s) and date of its composition are unknown and contested. Some proposed 400-300 BCE. Vishnu Purana, like all major Puranas, attributes its author to be Vyasa.) Mahābhārata (not much older than around 400 BCE, and the text probably reached its final form in 4th century CE) written by Vyasa Bhagavad Gita may have been composed in or after the 3rd-century BCE (3 centuries after the Buddha) Valmiki's Ramayana (500 BCE to 100 BCE)
The Hebrew Bible were also wrttern after the time of the Buddha, because the Hebrew writing was thought to stretch back no further than 6th century B.C., (Buddha lived 6th century BC). According to Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, the twenty-four book canon of the Hebrew Bible was fixed by Ezra and the scribes in the Second Temple period. [The Second Temple period in Jewish history lasted between 516 BCE and 70 CE,[1] when the Second Temple of Jerusalem existed.]
500 Enlightened (Arhat) Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks wrote Buddhist Tipitaka in the Pali language around 100 BCE. And the Buddhist Tipitaka was prepared 3 months after the death of the Buddha. They chanted it to remember it. So the Buddhist Tipitaka is older than 5th Century BCE.
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Yuvraj Sharma IISuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs buddha was born hindu . You can find many ancient temples which were built before birth of buddha . Hinduism or Dharma is the first religion of world
Yuvraj Sharma IIBaseless video. Speak with historical and Archeological proof dude . Even I can make such baseless video . The term brahmanism is the propaganda done by British to weaken the hindu society and to convert the native Hindus into christianity
Yuvraj Sharma IISuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs the video is by missionary ass who's intention is to convert the people. Our temples are older than abrahamic religions even our holy scriptures. I would like to debate with that guy who posted that fake video with 0 fact . Hindus didnt migrate from country we are the natives of sub continent . Hinduism has its root all over the world because once whole world used to follow Hinduism
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsYuvraj Sharma II , I'm sure that you didn't watch the video fully. He didn't talk without proofs. Can you please show me the original hindu scripts with dates? Vedas are old, but all other Hindu scripts were written after 400 BCE. Sanskrit language is not older than Pali language, but all other Hindu books were written in Sanskrit language. So how can you say those teachings are older than 400 BCE. Anyone can write a book with fairy tales.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsYuvraj Sharma II , Some Brahamins or Indians wrote all these books to challenge Buddhism, and to make an undivided indian hindu empire, but they used Buddhist teachings in their books: Vishnu Purana, Mahābhārata, Bhagavad Gita and Valmiki's Ramayana
Yuvraj Sharma IISanskrit is older than pali . Dated before 3500 years before. Before sanskrit hindu scriptures were written in Parkarti language which is older than Pali and sanskrit . Pali is used in Jain scriptures also . Many hindu scriptures and inscriptions found in pali language also. Valmiki lived and died before buddha itself . The ramayana and Mahabharata are not just stories they are history of ancient India . Ramayana not Only gives information of lord Ram it also provides knowledge about ancient India. Lord Ram was born in Surya Varma ( ancient dynasty which ruled India for several centuries) lord Ram was 16th King of Ayodhya and King Vikramaditya of ujjaini was 67th king and out of 24 Jain Thirthankaras 22 Thirthankaras are from Surya Varmasha dynasty. Ramayana provides the knowledge of regions which includes India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, nepal and Sri Lanka. It not just mentions Sri Lanka as land of Ravana it even includes lakshadeep, bali islands and 7 oceans. You should compare Ramayana with historical facts . And Ramayana occured in ancient period where there wasn't caste system. It was written by Maharishi Valmiki who was tribal man . Many dynasties Mahabharata which are mentioned in Mahabharata ruled India till the era of cholas and maurya's. It even mentions about the regions and kings who fought in war . Mahabharata was written by Vedayvasa who was fisherman and his grandchildrens were pandavas and Kauravas and Krishna belongs to Chandra Vamasha who were relatives of Kuru vamsha of Valmiki. Tamil is the first language of world before pali , sanskrit . You can find Shiva Purana, Durga Amman puranam which were written 3000 years before. During ancient period there wasn't caste system society was based on knowledge. The majority of Hindu holy scriptures were written by Sages and monks who were brahmins. The brahmins share just 2% population and their population was even less during ancient period since there wasn't any restrictions and there wasn't caste system.
Yuvraj Sharma IIIf brahmins wrote those scriptures after birth of buddha and Buddhism then what was the religion of buddha? Who were those monks whom buddha debated ? What was the religion followed in sub continent? And you think 2% brahmins who weren't allowed to rule, own wealth controlled the whole sub continent which was dominated and ruled by non brahmins. Buddhism and buddhist monks got more royal privilege and hostage than hindu monks and Hinduism . It was Hindu king Ashoka who spreaded Buddhism that's how you became Buddhist so your country . Ashoka and his childrens followed buddhism but his grandchildrens followed Hinduism, buddhism and jainism
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsYuvraj Sharma II , If Sanskrit is older than Pali, then please show me proofs. Parkarti language is older than Pali and Sanskrit, but Pali is older than Sanskrit. Please watch the proofs in the video. There were Brahmi scripts older than Pali, but we can't find Sanskrit before 400 BCE.Parkarti is not Sanskrit. How can you make Hinduism older with some scripts written in Sanskrit which are not older than 400 BCE?. I'm not saying that Rama and Krishna didn't exist. I'm saying that the word 'Avatar' came later with the new Hindu books. Hindus converted Rama and Krishna into Avatar of Vishnu. You can't find the word Avatar in the Vedas. So it seems that some indians used the Rama and Krishna to make a Hinduism, as same as Romans used Jesus to make Roman Catholic.
Valmiki's Ramayana were written 500 BCE to 100 BCE, so you can't say that Buddhism didn't influence the Story of Ramayana. Because Buddha lived 6th century BCE. Can't you see clearly that they all waited to write the stories about Hindu Gods untill the eshtablishment of Buddhism? It seems that there were some indian Gods, but they tried to connect those Gods to Vishnu, and they wanted to remove the Brahma from the creation story. And they wanted to reduce the caste system to challange Buddhism. That is why the Krishna talked against the caste system. Hinduism is the only religion which changed the powers of the Gods. They introduced Avatars of Vishnu to make Vishnu more powerful than Brahma.
There were written stories (in Tamil.!) about Shiva, Durga Amman before 400 BCE, but not in Sanskrit language. And those stories didn't mention the Avatar of Vishnu. So we can see that the new Books made the connection between all the Indian Gods, Kings and etc, which connected almost all the regions of India with one religion called Hinduism. We can clearly see a lot of Gaps between Hindu books, and some Hindu Sanskrit scripts are not older than 100 AD. Most Hindu books were written in Sanskrit language only. So you can't make older birth certificates to the writers of those Hindu books.
If there were only 2% Brahamins which doesn't make the caste system small. Because the Dalits are the victims of the cast system and there are around 25% Daliths in India (exceed 300 million – or a quarter). It is big discrimination. Today, the Brahmins comprise about 5% of the total population of India.
Don't make stupid arguments like most Musims do.
Arabic people made Islam to make an Arabic empire, as same as Romans made Roman Catholic to make an Roman empire, and Indians made Hinduism to make an Hindu empire.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsYuvraj Sharma II , Buddha debated with Brahmins. The Brahamins followed the Vedas. So it was called Brahmism. But you can call it an old form of Hinduism, but the Modern Hinduism is based on other Hindu books which were written in Sanskrit language and after the time of the Buddha.
Buddha mentioned about Brahma and Brahmins, but Buddha didn't mention about Vishu, Rama and Krishna, because at that time the Rama and Krishana was not Avatars of Vishnu. And the Vishnu was not considered powerful than Brahma (Maha Brahma). But later new Hindu Books made Vishnu powerful than Brahma. In Vedas you can't find a creator God, but there were 33 Gods in Vedas. Brahamins believed that the Brahma was a creator, but Buddha rejected it. and Krishna rejected it too. But the writers of the Hindu books made Krishna the Avatar of Vishnu, they tried to make Vishnu sounds like a creator of the Unverse, but they didn't say it directly.
Suddhodana (the father of the Siddhartha / Buddha) was belonged to the Kshatriya caste of Brahmins caste system. But when the time of the Ashoka the Brahmins had made Vishnu Purana and Upanishads. Philosophical concepts and ideas of Hinduism called 'Upanishads' were made using Vedas. Upanishads made Jainism. The Buddha debated with the followers of Niganta Nathaputt and Mahavira who lived around 599 BC-527 BC, but those people were not Jains. We can't find a Jainism in Buddhism, because that name Jainism didn't exist at that time. Someone called Vyasa wrote Upanishads and he wrote the epic Mahābhārata which is not much older than around 400 BCE, so the Upanishads can't be older than 500 BCE, and it can include Buddhist concepts too, which helped some indians to make Jainism with the help of the teachings of the Buddha, Niganta Nathaputt and Mahavira. So maybe the Ashoka was a part of Brahminsm and Jainism too.
Ashwin Vithal DandekarSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs Dude, thos forum is for atheists and not for people who think their religion is better or older than other religions. By the way Sanskrit and Latin and Greek are three extant oldest languages as studied by philology. Languages used to be oral. Written scripts came much later. And Rig Vedic Aryans lived in round mud houses. The oldest religion is no longer extant though it can be traced to East Central Africa which later merged in Pharos religion. Rig Veda is the oldest surviving unwritten text dating from 1800 BC to 1200 BC. Homer's Illiad was composed around 1200 BC. Though the actual story narrated therein occurred much earlier. The archeological remains of the city of Troy have been discovered in Antolia in present day Turkey
Chaitanya AroraSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs Modern Hinduism has evolved from Brahmanism, just like Mahayan, Thervad etc didn’t exist at Buddha’s time but they are considered part of Buddhism. Vedas are written in Sanskrit and they are the oldest religious scriptures, so your claim on that falls flat too.
Yuvraj Sharma IISuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs source relevant source about the mentioned dates . You haven't read vedas which mentions about Trinity. Trinity includes lord Vishnu and the trinity also mentions that almighty will send his Avatars to world to rescue the Dharma . It even speaks about Kalki Avatar of lord Vishnu which will come during end of Kalkiyug. Many verses Yajurved and rigved says about vishnu Avatar and about his role in rescuing Dharma. I want the source which you referred about the dates
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsAshwin Vithal Dandekar , Pali is older than Sanskrit. Please watch the proofs in these videos: (1. Does UNESCO has 4000 Year Old Vedas Manuscript? : https://youtu.be/2nsxPIl4mOI 2. Christianity Vs Hinduism Fully Exposed: https://youtu.be/NnG-_RsKJ0Q). There were Brahmi scripts older than Pali, but we can't find Sanskrit before 400 BCE.Parkarti is not Sanskrit. How can you make Sanskrit older without scripts, because usually languages are based on scripts? As an Example we Sinhalese made Sinhala language from Pali and Sanskrit, so it is difficult to say that oral Sinhala language is older than the Sinhala scripts, because both started together based on writings. There was a Vedic Sanskrit language, but we can't find Vedic Sanskrit scripts before 400 BCE. Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, but Vyasa wrote the epic Mahābhārata which is not much older than around 400 BCE. So maybe the Vedas are not older than 500 BCE. "The Vedas were likely written down for the first time around 500 BCE, However, all printed editions of the Vedas that survive in the modern times are likely the version existing in about the 16th century AD. However, there are a number of older Veda manuscripts in Nepal that are dated from the 11th century onwards. Surviving manuscripts rarely surpass an age of a few hundred years" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas.
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Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsChaitanya Arora , I thought that the scripts of the Vedas are older than 500 BCE, but I could find from Wikipedia that it is not older than 500 BCE. I thought maybe there are some surviving Vedic texts in Brahmi scripts, but if the Vedas are written only in Sanskrit scripts, then it can't be older than 500 BCE. There was a Vedic Sanskrit language, but we can't find Vedic Sanskrit scripts before 400 BCE. Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, but Vyasa wrote the epic Mahābhārata which is not much older than around 400 BCE. So maybe the Vedas are not older than 500 BCE. "'The Vedas were likely written down for the first time around 500 BCE'. 'However, all printed editions of the Vedas that survive in the modern times are likely the version existing in about the 16th century AD.' 'However, there are a number of older Veda manuscripts in Nepal that are dated from the 11th century onwards.' 'Surviving manuscripts rarely surpass an age of a few hundred years'" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsYuvraj Sharma II , "'The word avatar does not appear in the Vedic literature, however it appears in developed forms in post-Vedic literature, and as a noun particularly in the Puranic literature after the 6th century CE. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar)" "'Kalki and the remaining nine avatars of Vishnu is not found in any of the Maha-Puranas.' 'Kalki concept was likely borrowed "in some measure from similar Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian and other religions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki)."
Krishna had 8 wives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashavatara), so why don't you think that the writer of the Mahābhārata wanted allow men to marry many girls, as same as the Mohommad (and Muslims) used a name of Allah to marry many girls. Don't you think that the writers can change the real story? The Buddha ordered celibacy for the Buddhist monks and Buddha rejected the caste system, so maybe the some Brahamins and Indians didn't like it, and so maybe they used Krishna to make the story they want. Both Hindu and Muslim preists are usually not celibate. Islam is almost based on sex and the worldly things. Mohommad hated the too many gods,in Hinduism and he wanted only one god to worship, but the Mohommad followed the many wifes theory of the Krishna.
I thought that the scripts of the Vedas are older than 500 BCE, but I could find from Wikipedia that it is not older than 500 BCE. I thought maybe there are some surviving Vedic texts in Brahmi scripts, but if the Vedas are written only in Sanskrit scripts, then it can't be older than 500 BCE. There was a Vedic Sanskrit language, but we can't find Vedic Sanskrit scripts before 400 BCE. Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, but Vyasa wrote the epic Mahābhārata which is not much older than around 400 BCE. So maybe the Vedas are not older than 500 BCE. "'The Vedas were likely written down for the first time around 500 BCE'. 'However, all printed editions of the Vedas that survive in the modern times are likely the version existing in about the 16th century AD.' 'However, there are a number of older Veda manuscripts in Nepal that are dated from the 11th century onwards.' 'Surviving manuscripts rarely surpass an age of a few hundred years'" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas.
Yuvraj Sharma IIPolygamy was followed even before birth of Krishna itself . You need to understand the concept of polygamy in Hinduism . To have more than one wife husband should get permission from wives before marrying. Kalki avatar isnt from any abrahamic religions. Lord Krishna itself said in bhagavath geetha that he is going to incarnate in every yuga to rescue Dharma . Each and every avatar of lord Vishnu came in Yugas . Kalki avatar is mentioned in Yajurveda and Garuda Purana before the birth of Abrahamic religions . Many kings and sages had multiple wives during vedic era itself and no where Mahabharata supports polygamy it just gives information about the ancient period. Lord Ram's father had 3 wives but lord Ram had only one because having is his personal choice. There wasn't caste system in the era of Krishna , Ram , or during Ramayana or Mahabharata . Krishna was born in Chandra Vamsha who were actually Fishermen and he was raised by shepherd community. He wasn't brahmin and why would writer of Mahabharata was himself Dalit and Jarasandya, Narakasura these kings were actually Shudras and Krishna's brother Balarama was a farmer so even he was Shudra by karma . People changed their occupation according to their wish. And pali language dated 5th and 6th century CE . We can't find exact date origin of sanskrit, Tamil, Pakarthi languages since these languages are ancient origin and the hindu holy scriptures which we have now are the remained and survived scriptures under Islamic invasion. There is division between buddhism itself . Buddhist in China, Nepal, Myanmar , Thailand worship many Deities like Mahakala , Manjushri , God of death and also believe in hell, heaven and karma . Brahmins wanted to challenge buddhism that's why they wrote hindu scriptures like Ramayana, Mahabharata are the recent propaganda . Brahmins followed buddha more than any other community. Buddha's favourite disciple was Ananda who was brahmin and buddha wanted his body to burned and it was done by brahmins with rituals and respect. Many brahmins even gave hostage to Buddhist monks
Yuvraj Sharma IISuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs and I have seen those 2 stupid videos . He made videos on Hinduism and Islam but he wont make any video on bible . There are over 2000 version of bibles and which lacks scientific errors. The concept of god , jesus is completely bullsh!t in christianity.
Yuvraj Sharma IIIf the rig veda was written in sanskrit 1700 BCE then how can sanskrit be born after buddha ? When it originated thousands of years before buddha. And what was the language spoken by buddha and religion followed by him ?
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsYuvraj Sharma II , You can find this statement in Islam too: "To have more than one wife husband should get permission from wives before marrying." I don't argue about it you should understand a mind of a women, and how she sacrifice her happiness for others. With the help of Islamic court, men force women to get permission to marry many girls, and there are lot of rape cases which finally end up with polygramy. Quran said that it is the best book. Anyone himself can say that he is the best. So don't use that kind of stupid statements. As I told you before Bhagavad Gita is not older than 3rd-century BCE (3 centuries after the Buddha)
Don't make lies about Pali language and Scripts, We can find Pali language on many Pillars of Ashoka, and the King Ashoka lived in 304 BCE. Still there is the original Buddhist Tipitaka which was written in Pali language around 100 BCE.
Maybe Krishna was just a good person with good skills and etc. But please don't use these books to make him a God and an Avatar of Vishnu: These Hindu Books were written after the time of the Buddha (Buddha lived within 6th century BCE): Vishnu Purana (1st millennium BCE to early 2nd-millennium CE. actual author(s) and date of its composition are unknown and contested. Some proposed 400-300 BCE. Vishnu Purana, like all major Puranas, attributes its author to be Vyasa.) Mahābhārata (not much older than around 400 BCE, and the text probably reached its final form in 4th century CE) written by Vyasa Bhagavad Gita may have been composed in or after the 3rd-century BCE (3 centuries after the Buddha) Valmiki's Ramayana (500 BCE to 100 BCE) A category about central philosophical concepts and ideas of Hinduism called 'Upanishads' were made using Veda, after the time of the Buddha.
Look at the books, if the Rama lived before Krisna, then they should write the Ramayana before the Mahābhārata. But can't you understand that they gradually developed the stories, and people really liked to listen to stories, because they didn't have Radios, Televisions, Movies and etc. Look at the ele dramas and movies, then you can see how much people change the history.
Maybe they tried to stop the empire of king Ashoka (if we reverse the word Ashok, then it sounds like Kamsa/Kansa). However, they used/using the new Hindu books to challenge Buddhism. But they behave like they didn't know about the Buddha, because they wrote a 5000 years old story Mahabharat after 2700 years (300 years after buddha). But they ignored the Buddha a lot to make Hinduism a separate religion, but they sometimes try to make Buddha an Avatar of Vishnu, but those Hindus forgot to write a book about the Buddha. Please accept that all the major religions organized after the establishment of the Buddhism.
Yuvraj Sharma IIAgain you came up with baseless allegation that says hindu holy scriptures were written after buddha lol . You can find ancient inscriptions and sculptures of Ramayana and Mahabharata in ancient hindu temples which were built before buddhism. It's not me it's you who is spreading false message about hindu holy scriptures and Hinduism just to prove that buddhism existed before Hinduism and you haven't answered yet about the language spoken by buddha and religion which he followed before . Get your facts about buddha before you speak about Hinduism with lack of facts. You are just copy pasting the comments from 6 hours
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsYuvraj Sharma II , Read my previous comments. However I repeat the answer. You said: "Many verses Yajurved and rigved says about vishnu Avatar and about his role in rescuing Dharma."
But you can't find the word Avatar in older surviving scripts. And If the Vedas are written in Sanskrit language then those Sanskrit scripts can't be older than 500 BCE. I thought that the scripts of the Vedas are older than 500 BCE, but I could find from Wikipedia that it is not older than 500 BCE. I thought maybe there are some surviving Vedic texts in Brahmi scripts, but if the Vedas are written only in Sanskrit scripts, then it can't be older than 500 BCE. There was a Vedic Sanskrit language, but we can't find Vedic Sanskrit scripts before 400 BCE. Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, but Vyasa wrote the epic Mahābhārata which is not much older than around 400 BCE. So maybe the Vedas are not older than 500 BCE. "'The Vedas were likely written down for the first time around 500 BCE'. 'However, all printed editions of the Vedas that survive in the modern times are likely the version existing in about the 16th century AD.' 'However, there are a number of older Veda manuscripts in Nepal that are dated from the 11th century onwards.' 'Surviving manuscripts rarely surpass an age of a few hundred years'" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas. Does UNESCO has 4000 Year Old Vedas Manuscript? : https://youtu.be/2nsxPIl4mOI Christianity Vs Hinduism Fully Exposed: https://youtu.be/NnG-_RsKJ0Q
"'The word avatar does not appear in the Vedic literature, however it appears in developed forms in post-Vedic literature, and as a noun particularly in the Puranic literature after the 6th century CE. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar)" "'Kalki and the remaining nine avatars of Vishnu is not found in any of the Maha-Puranas.' 'Kalki concept was likely borrowed "in some measure from similar Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian and other religions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki)."
Ashwin Vithal DandekarSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs Well making a few videos about 'how World Trade Center Bombing of 2001' was a controlled demolition exercise by the US govt, did not hide the truth that hardcore Islamists carried out the attack. You first study philology and the scientific way of deciphering the languages to find their root words. Some Tamils claim, Rajinikanth style that their language is more ancient than the Earth itself and even original African languages have sprung from Tamil, but such people can be excused for being blinded by Tamil Nationalism. However, science does not support nationalistic claims. A deeper comparative study of ancient languages will help you more than just a video. You know people can make fake claims in videos and there is hardly any counterclaim entertained therein. Have you seen trick photography videos by some to show giant skeletons as was mentioned in some ancient texts? They may be entertaining on social media but hardly to be taken seriously.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsAshwin Vithal Dandekar , Yes, I agree with you about the evolution of the languages, but If you can show me a word similar to the word Avatar which existed before the word Avatar in Hinduism, then I can accept that it was there earlier. 'Kalki is the tenth avatar of Hindu god Vishnu', but 'Kalki concept was likely borrowed "in some measure from similar Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian and other religions' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki)". However, Sanskrit scripts are not older than 400 BCE, and the Sanskrit Vedas can't be older than maximum 500 BCE. I could find from Wikipedia that it is not older than 500 BCE. If the Vedas are written only in Sanskrit scripts, then it can't be older than 500 BCE. There was a Vedic Sanskrit language, but we can't find Vedic Sanskrit scripts before 400 BCE. Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, but Vyasa wrote the epic Mahābhārata which is not much older than around 400 BCE. So maybe the Vedas are not older than 500 BCE. "'The Vedas were likely written down for the first time around 500 BCE'. 'However, all printed editions of the Vedas that survive in the modern times are likely the version existing in about the 16th century AD.' 'However, there are a number of older Veda manuscripts in Nepal that are dated from the 11th century onwards.' 'Surviving manuscripts rarely surpass an age of a few hundred years'" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas.
Ashwin Vithal DandekarSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs Bro, You are confusing between language and script. Vedas were composed orally and committed to memory and later handed down through oral recitations only. Philology establishes the correct chronology of words, their relation to other contemporary languages. Pali and Prakrut are a corrupted form of Sanskrit. though the script in which Pali and Prakrit came to be written had come into existence by 5th or 6th BCE. Most of the modern Indian languages have descended from Prakrut and not Sanskrit directly. Sanskrit had no script of its own till very late when the script contemporarily being used by Pali and Prakrut was adopted. 'Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. It is one of three ancient documented languages that arose from a common root language now referred to as Proto-Indo-European language: Vedic Sanskrit (c. 1500 – 500 BCE).' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrit
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsAshwin Vithal Dandekar , Yes I 100% agree with you. I'm just saying that we can't prove that the Oral Sanskrit Vedas were 100% same as the Written Sanskrit Vedas which was written after 500 BCE. I'm not saying that there were not any Written Sanskrit Vedas before 500 BCE, but we don't have any evidence to prove that Written Sanskrit Vedas existed before 500 BCE, because we can't find the original copies of the Written Sanskrit Vedas before 500 BCE. So you can't prove that the word Avatar and the Avatars of Vishnu in Vedas existed before 500 BCE, and I'm saying that they added it into Vedas after 500 BCE. But I can accept that there were many other Oral Sanskrit Vedas (knowledge) before 500 BCE. "'The word avatar does not appear in the Vedic literature, however it appears in developed forms in post-Vedic literature, and as a noun particularly in the Puranic literature after the 6th century CE. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar)" "'Kalki and the remaining nine avatars of Vishnu is not found in any of the Maha-Puranas.' 'Kalki concept was likely borrowed "in some measure from similar Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian and other religions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki)."
Giullare di Dio: There does appear to be a growing interest in Buddhist thought amongst analytic philosophers, e.g. the group calling themselves the 'Cowherds' (Jay Garfield, Graham Priest, Mark Siderits, etc), but they mostly seem drawn to the later Madhyamaka tradition. Why do you think the earlier material tends to be overlooked - perhaps because the Buddha himself avoided getting too far into the elaborate metaphysical/epistemological disputes on which modern academic philosophy thrives? Doug's Secular Dharma: Great question, it's one I've wondered about myself. I think a great deal of the problem has to do with the subject of this video: the early material is severely understudied in the West, and poorly known in academic circles generally. It has virtually no profile in the US for example. Instead most high profile Buddhist scholars are involved in Tibetan Buddhism, which means Madhyamaka. This I think is the major reason. The minor reason is that the later material is more rigorously logical in its argument structure, more systematic and organized. It deals more overtly with the philosophical issues you mention. The early material is more dispersed, dialogic, and sketchy as philosophy. This is rather as we might compare the Platonic dialogues to works of neo-Platonism in the West. In both cases I think the early material is the more fruitful, even if somewhat harder to grasp in a systematic fashion. Suresh Madusanka: Yes sir, your channel explain the importance of studying about the early Buddhism more deeply. I think there are a lot of smart people who are watching your videos. So they will learn about early Buddhism from you and then they will take necessary actions to protect early Buddhism. I have made a blog to share my knowledge about Buddhism too.. Thank you for your videos.
Reading maha satipatthana sutta english translation (VRI)
norbu dhundup: Mahasatipatthsana Sutta The great discourse on the establishing of awareness. This english translation was first published 1985 by Vipassana Research Institute(VRI), Igatpuri, India. It is for the use of participants in a meditation course on the Satipatthana Sutta, as taught by S. N. Goenka. This is an independent reading from a pdf document that I acquired for free on www.pariyatti.org This website has the book and other translations available for purchase. If the publishers or related organizations have any objection to this youtube post, please message and it will be taken off. Suresh Madusanka: Norbu Dhundup, Thank you very much for making the full version of the Satipatthana (being mindful) Sutta. It is the most important Buddhist Sutta, which we must use to practice mindfulness everyday. "This is the one and only way, for the realization of nibbana" (the end of the cycle of death and rebirth). This is what the Lord Buddha said about the Mahasatipatthana Sutta: The Results of the Establishing of Awareness: ----------------------- "Indeed, monks, whoever practices this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for seven years, he may expect one of two results: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner. It is for this reason that it was said: “This is the one and only way, monks, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the extinguishing of suffering and grief, for walking on the path of truth, for the realization of nibbana: that is to say, the fourfold establishing of awareness.” ----------------------- Mahasatipatthana Sutta: https://store.pariyatti.org/Mahasatipatthana-Sutta-PDF-eBook-br-spanVipassanaspan_p_4733.html I have already downloaded and listen to another short version of this Sutta, and I made a very shorter video by myself to listen to it almost everyday or every week. I downloaded your video in MP3 format to listen to it from muslic player of my phone. I like to share the links of the other short versions of the Satipatthana Sutta to here: 1.) Satipatthana Sutta read by Sally Clough (English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zUCcu-NXF0 2.) The Quick Way Of Mindfulness (My Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQsxovCJR4M 3.) Satipatthana Sutta part 1 to 46 - The direct path to liberation by Joseph Goldstein (English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VstzwcmhOns&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFCHBwohynCg8IdASm5xWOjD 4.) Samyutta Nikaya - Maha Vagga 47 Establishment of Mindfulness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_2Hqx4rWpo Mahasatipatthana Sutta in Pali: 1.) Sathipatthana Sutta (Pali) - 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WtQI0O1mu4 2.) Sathipatthana Sutta (Pali) - 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FcfdlvoKCM 3.) Sathipatthana Sutta (Pali) - 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE8CZl-qZGg Mahasatipatthana Sutta in Sinhala: 1.) Sathipatthana Sutta (Sinhala) - 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNUm5RYX7P0 2.) Sathipatthana Sutta (Sinhala) - 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLTuMHyp6Tg 3.) Sathipatthana Sutta (Sinhala) - 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WABRIZ1NBAw ---------------------------------------------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzzaiINlXTU Suresh Madusanka:
Vipassana Meditations are based on the way of thinking. And that 'way of thinking' should be a habit. Then we don't need much extra time to meditate. But we should give enough time for Samatha meditation. I think Vipassana Meditation is more important than Samatha meditation. If we have time to think, then we don't need an extra time to practice Vipassana meditation. So it will not disconnect us from the world. And then if we are not busy, then we can give time for Vipassana meditaion only.
Mindfulness and investigation of the nature of reality helps us to convince the process of life to accept it as it is. And the kindness of ourselves and others help us to reduce the stress too, but sometimes we should use tricks to remove stress from the body. As an example, if my mind says that "I can't sleep now because of stress", then first of all I should go to bed and try to sleep within around 30 minutes. When I stop thinking on the bed then my mind can't deceive me saying that I can't sleep on stress. It helps me to sleep at night, and then I can meditate much better to reduce the stress more. Our mind makes habits, but our body maintain our habits, so sometimes we should try to make the body relaxed first.-----------------------------------------------------------
your question has nothing to do with gods, whether or not there is a god has no bearing on people getting born. Ask your mother how you were born, I bet there wasn't anyone apart from her and your father involved, maybe some help with the delivery in hospital, but nothing they could not have done themselves anyway.
Pradeep MahatExactly!!! How can he create so many people, just to suffer in poverty and hunger and why is he spreading these diseases like ebola, aids and corona. The God must be crazy 😜
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsJames Titheridge , Time is a dimension (search from google). Time is the forth dimension. If you check the video I have explained how there can be four dimensions. 6 directions made 4 dimensions, so no need a creator to create it.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsJames Titheridge , because the dimensions can create atoms, planets, stars, galaxies and etc it doesn't require any creator to create living beings. The reason for billions of births is directly connected to the atoms, time, evolution and etc.
Joe McKennaIt's very clear that consciousness is a result of brain chemistry and physiology. How can it be otherwise. What is not clear is the nature of consciousness, the self, free will.
Joe McKennaSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs This is called a Gish Gallop. I am not going to sit here and refute each of these bull shit points. Pick your best evidence and lets have it out.
Joe McKennaSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs If any of this was compelling, one good piece of evidence is all that is needed to show that your hypothesis of a soul could be valid.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsJoe McKenna , Stupid people don't do research. Go and do a research about the power of mind and etc. You behave like a God believer. I didn't post those facts only for you stupid idiot, there are more people here reading comments.
Joe McKennaSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs ill-informed people rely on other people’s opinion and are unable to articulate one of their own. You are making an assertion of fact with no evidence. That’s called an opinion. An acquired opinion it appears at that. Ad hominem attacks are not a replacement of reason. If you can’t defend any of your evidence, maybe you don’t understand it yourself.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsJoe McKenna , I was a Roman catholic, I didn't want to believe rebirth. Now I'm a Buddhist, and an Atheist. First of all you should take time to investigate my facts. Near Death Experiences are clear evidence. When our heart stops then our mind can go out and see the things around us. And then they can tell it to others. More than 30% Cardiac arrest NDEs told about it. I don't want to explain more about it. You should check all my links first. If you don't have time for it, then it is a your problem. We can't make a telescope to check the mind, so use your brain to understand the evidence. Just because you don't like to investigate don't use words to attack me.
Joe McKennaThe only thing that you evidence shows is that people who are dying have similar experiences. Meanwhile those experiences differ across cultural lines. Everything beyond that is a leap in faith.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsJoe McKenna , Don't show your stupidity, I know what you said. They see different things too, but they could describe the background of him without seeing it. And that is not tha only fact I showed you. It is waste of time speeking to a stupid person like you. You are rejecting a reseach which was done by the University of Virginia. I don't have time to explain everything to a careless person. Use my links to do the research first.. Don't reply me without checking those details.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsBrandon D'Arcangelo , Stupid people are stupid. Atheist say Theist are stupid, but Atheist don't like that word when others use it to show their stupidity. It is funny. We use the word terrorist to address terrorist, as same as I use the word stupid to address the stupid people, because they just ignore details and just try to defend their believes. Atheism is also a belief. If they think that there is no Mind that survives after the death, then that is a belief too. So I think those who reject modern science of mind on their stupid beliefs then I call them stupid. You can take any action you want. I don't mind.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsPeter Wolty , Stupid people are stupid. Atheist say Theist are stupid, but Atheist don't like that word when others use it to show their stupidity. It is funny. We use the word terrorist to address terrorist, as same as I use the word stupid to address the stupid people, because they just ignore details and just try to defend their believes. Atheism is also a belief. If they think that there is no Mind that survives after the death, then that is a belief too. So I think those who reject modern science of mind on their stupid beliefs then I call them stupid. You can take any action you want. I don't mind.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsBrandon D'Arcangelo , Delusion. ha ha. Mind is the most small thing in this universe, but you don't think that it can survive after the death. I don't tell anyone to believe my facts. Just investigate it and then reply to me point to point. But stupid people don't do that. And they think that they know everything, because they think they know everything about atoms and bio chemistry and etc. Did you investigate my facts? Now they reject reseaches of Universities. Rebirth is a problem, so face it. Don't try to ignore it. If I don't tell you about it seriously you will enjoy with your delusion without even thinking about it. I don't like to use good words with stupid people, because stupid people don't take good words seriously. If you didn't investigate it then you are ignorant. Did you check all these things:
3.) Hypnosis or Past Life Regression (eg: Phenomenological list of experiential and transformative elements (Spontaneous and under hypnosis) i.) Xenoglossy (ability to speak a language unknown to speaker. Eg: http://www.iisis.net/index.php...) ii.) Birth marks/scars/congenital malformations related to significant or fatal wounds of past life iii.) Similar choice of jobs, hobbies to past life iv.) Inexplicable knowledge of places, locations, buildings related to past life v.) Preference for unusual foods, tastes, fashions similar to past life vi.) Phobia linked to problems/manner of death in previous life vii.) Recognition of family members/friends/favorite toys or objects from past life https://www.eternea.org/Past_Life_Recall_definition.aspx)
4.) Ghost or spirit of a dead person (eg: Searchers for Paranormal Activity: Analytical View of the Supernatural: http://spaweb.tripod.com/theories.html)
6.) The existence and the power of mind, concentration and Meditation. (eg: i.) At advanced jhana levels, one may be able to see one’s past lives and even of others. (The jhanas are altered states of consciousness which are produced from periods of strong concentration) https://dhammawiki.com/index.php/9_Jhanas ii.) Dreams and Spontaneous thoughts about some past and future events)
Peter WoltyWarning for preaching Suresh Ranrahas Forexsigs. And stop posting your crap links. They are all bullshit. Provide peer reviewed evidence for your assertions.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsPeter Wolty . You can find evidence from those links. They provide peer reviews and evidence. You are asking evidence without looking at the links to evidence.. It is funny ..😂😂 Don't you think that you are just promoting Atheism to ignore the life after death too? I don't believe an existence of a creator God, but there are scientific facts and evidence to prove the existence of the life after death. Don't just ignore those observable scientific evidence without pointing out the errors in it. If someone is flying in Sky you can't reject it by saying that he doesn't have wings to fly, so he didn't fly in the Sky. But you can try to show what he used to fly. And until you can't show it, you have to accept that some people can fly without having wings too.
Peter Wolty"They provide peer reviews and evidence."
Provide the peer reviews or get another warning Suresh Ranrahas Forexsigs. You do not get to drop links here and tell people to find what you are asserting.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsPeter Wolty , I know about 'Peer Review' and science journals. You are ignoring the 'Peer Review' team of the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine. Don't you think you have a faith about science too. Ignore basic science and start to investigate the science of mind which is connected to the baby too..
Peter WoltyLast chance Suresh Ranrahas Forexsigs. Provide the peer review for your assertions. Or I will remove you on the very next post for lying and making things up. If you had the peer review surely you wouldd provide it?
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsPeter Wolty , I didn't make anything. You are making a thing saying that you are sure that there is no life after the death. So think, you are the person who ignore the science without watching the facts yet. How much you people ignore science now
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsPeter Wolty , Ha ha. I just post conversations like this to show stupidity of people. Some Atheists are stupid too. Don't you know that Still most christian countries don't like to accept evolution too.. It shows how they follow the Christian and Islamic faith, as same as you follow your old science faith.
If someone reject life after death, then sometimes I call him stupid idiot, because he doesn't have enough facts to reject it. but I don't tell them to believe the life after death. I scold them not because they reject the life after death, but because when they reject the life after death it can give bad results to him after the death. Our mind is creating our existence, and when we reject the process of the mind, then the mind will not be able to help us to have a good rebirth. And some people reject the existence of Good and Bad too. According to Buddhism when we reject those things then if we have a bad rebirth then it can take a longer time than others to have a good rebirth. So sometimes we should not let others brainwash us and delude us by accepting or ignoring the things which are against our understanding of the reality.
Matt PetersThen by all means explain what a soul does and how it functions and interacts with the body. We have evidence that shows all emotional states are chemical. We have evidence that the thought process is chemocal. So, please explain to me what a soul is and what it does.
Do you have emotions as just a soul? Can you think?
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsAccording to Buddhism there are 6 types of consciousness: The six types of consciousness are eye-consciousness (that is, consciousness based on the eye), ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness and mind-consciousness.
Mind is a process, and it can survive even with only one consciousness, so that is why after the death it can travel from one body to another body.
It requires five things to survive a mind after the death. And so the clinging to those 5 Aggregates cause to continue the mind after the death.
According to Buddhism there are '5 Aggregates Of Clinging' which cause to continue the mind:
i.) Matter or Form (rupa)
ii.) Sensation or Feeling (vedana)
iii.) Perception and/or cognition (sanna)
iv.) Volition or Mental Formation (sankara)
v.) Consciousness/mind (Vinnana)
It started from Matter or Form (rupa) and ended with Consciousness/mind (Vinnana), but the Consciousness/mind (Vinnana) rearrange the Matter or Form (rupa) as a cyclic process which cause to continue the Consciousness/mind (Vinnana).
Those five Aggregates made something like a soul, but it is not a permanent soul or a self, and it is just a process, which survives after the death too.
According to Buddhism when we are too much attached to those five aggregates, then those five aggregates can use quantum particles like heat and etc to continue that process until it goes to a new body. We know that the the Gravity of Black Holes can pull the light too. So it is obvious that the gravity of our mind also can pull the quantum particles to continue the process when the mind is so much attached to the material things, so that is why we should not cling to those five aggregates.
Suresh Madusanka: An interesting story. Doug's Secular Dharma: Yes, isn't it? Suresh Madusanka: @Doug's Secular Dharma , Yes, I was surprised. I guess the middle east (Islamic countries) was a reason to those misunderstandings. Middle east (Islamic countries) was a barrier which disconnected the west from east. I guess still a lot of western people don't know about Buddhism well.
Suresh Madusanka: Still most Buddhists don't practice the most important Buddhist teaching. Buddhism is not only to be a kinder and a wiser person, but also Buddhism is about ending the suffering forever. Buddhism is the Universal answer to the Universal problem called the 'Rebirth'. Some people reject rebirth, but rejecting rebirth is not a solution. This is the most important teaching in Buddhism: 1.) Satipatthana Sutta read by Sally Clough (English) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zUCcu-NXF0 2.) Reading maha satipatthana sutta english translation (VRI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM0ZF3zEcd8 3.) Satipatthana Sutta part 1 to 46 - The direct path to liberation by Joseph Goldstein (English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VstzwcmhOns&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFCHBwohynCg8IdASm5xWOjD 4.) Satipatthana Vipassana meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQsxovCJR4M ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Buddha’s “first atoms” are, therefore, 4 centimeters divided by 7 ten times, which is 0.04 meter x 7 to the minus 10 or 0.00000000001416 meter, which is more or less the size of a carbon atom.
Rob TurnerSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs yes im sure you can interpret it in that way. one can do the same with the christian bible or the quran or the bagivad gita...
it is just you using modern science to reinterpret the old writings and saying it meant that.
"Between every three world systems there is one world interval, which is like the space in the middle of three cart wheels or petals placed so that they touch one another. This world-interval hell (lokahtafikanirayo) measures eight thousand yojanas in size.'"(Anguttara Nikaya 819) (*It sounds like that there are minimum 3 Habitable Solar Systems in a Galaxy around a Black Hole)
"Even in those world intervals, vacant and abysmal, regions of gloom and impenetrable darkness where the light of the sun and moon, so powerful and mighty, does not reach,819 there too a measureless glorious radiance becomes manifest, surpassing the divine majesty of the devas." (Anguttara Nikaya 127 (1))
"A world that is a thousand times a thousandfold minor world system is called a thousand-to-the-second-power middling world system. 514 (3) A world that is a thousand times a thousand-to-the-second-power middling world system is called a thousand-to-the-third-power great world system. Ananda, the Tathagata can convey his voice as far as he wants in a thousand-to-the-third-power great world system." - The Tathagata (The Buddha) (Anguttara Nikaya The Numerical Discourse 277 |Page:314)
"There is also a larger universe, consisting of a thousand of these small universes, called the middle universe. [In addition,] there is a great universe that consists of a thousand middle universes. This is called the triple thousand–great universe (sanqian taqian shijie). All of the great universe [that comprises many thousands of middle and small universes] undergoes the cycle of creation and destruction, and each locality where sentient beings reside is called a buddha land (buddha-kṣetra)." (LengthyDiscourses Page: 152)
A yojana, the Buddha said, is equivalent to: Four krosha, each of which was the length of One thousand arcs, each of which was the length of Four cubits, each of which was the length of Two spans, each of which was the length of Twelve phalanges of fingers, each of which was the length of Seven grains of barley, each of which was the length of Seven mustard seeds, each of which was the length of Seven particles of dust stirred up by a cow, each of which was the length of Seven specks of dust disturbed by a ram, each of which was the length of Seven specks of dust stirred up by a hare, each of which was the length of Seven specks of dust carried away by the wind, each of which was the length of Seven tiny specks of dust, each of which was the length of Seven minute specks of dust, each of which was the length of Seven particles of the first ATOMS.
When it is midday on the continent of Jambudvīpa, the sun is setting on the continent of Pūrvavideha in the east and rising above the continent of [Apara]godānīya in the west, while it is midnight on the continent of Uttarakuru in the north. When it is midday in [Apara]godānīya, the sun is setting in Jambudvīpa and rising in Uttarakuru, while it is midnight in [Pūrva]videha. When it is midday in Uttarakuru, the sun is setting in [Apara]godānīya and rising in [Pūrva]videha, while it is midnight in Jambudvīpa. When it is midday in [Pūrva]videha, the sun is setting in Uttarakuru and rising in Jambudvīpa, while it is midnight in [Apara]-godānīya. Here when Jambudvīpa is in the east [at sunrise], [Pūrva]videha is in the west. If Jambudvīpa is in the west [at sunset], [Pūrva]videha is in the east. If [Apara]godānīya is in the west, Uttarakuru is in the east. If Uttarakuru is in the west, [Apara]godānīya is in the east. (Page #: 295-296 https://www.bdkamerica.org/.../dBET_T0001...)
Rob TurnerSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs when it says "This is the first translation into English of the original text used by Bodhidharma, which was the Chinese translation made by Gunabhadra in 443 and upon which all Chinese Zen masters have relied ever since."
the words used in the english text could be a range of words from the original text and may not have the same meaning. translations of translation of translations are very difficult to rely upon.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsRob Turner , Buddhist Tipitaka is older than Christian bible. It was written 100 BCE. And the Buddhist Tipitaka was prepared 3 months after the death of the Buddha. They chanted it to remember it. So the Buddhist Tipitaka is older than 5th Century BCE.
We still have the original Buddhist Tipitaka. You can check the original Pali language to understand the meaning. There are Pali language experts all around the world, Tipitaka was written in Sri Lanka, but we never used Pali language to communicate, because Pali language is not a Sri Lankan language, and it is an Indian language. And I guess the Tipitaka was translated into English in India. So you can't say that we can change the translation of the Tipitaka.
Rob TurnerSuresh Ranrahas Forexsigs so this assumes this is true. also it assumes that the translations of translations of translations can even come with the same concept. im sure the buddha had no understanding of what we call an atom. i suspect he was referring to the smallest thing he could imagine. which is actually the plank length which is a bit smaller even than an atom.
this is what i mean a modern interpretation of what is said and even translated. as im pretty sure until we discovered atoms people didnt use this word to mean the smallest thing which could exist as no one had thought of an atom before.
Suresh Ranrahas ForexsigsRob Turner , No, the Plank length is not a thing, It is just a very small length. You can check the pages of this Sutta to learn more about it. Buddha said about 'Yojana' which Buddhists usually used to messure the distance, and then Buddha said about sizes of some other things too. I found this article about it first: https://www.npr.org/.../10/07/130408706/the-buddha-counts and then I found this Sutta online: The Lankavatara Sutra:https://books.google.lk/books?id=OGw7rcVzC1EC Page 56 to 57 I couldn't investigate more about it, but I'll try to find more about it.
I don't have time to argue or discuss with you more about it.
Rob TurnerNope sorry this is just preaching a religion. i am closing this post. Jaron Bowden please be warned that preaching of this religion or any other is against the rules.
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