Buddhism: The Religion Of No-Religion

Buddhism: The Religion Of No-Religion, A Non-Religious Religion.
The religion of the Buddha is not a religion in the conventional sense because it lacks a system of faith, dogmas, and sacred texts. It does not believe in God, souls, or any kind of heaven. It does not require faith, yet it remains a religion. This is a unique phenomenon in the history of human consciousness.
No One Can Compare to the Buddha.
He said that God is merely a search for consolation, safety, a refuge. You believe in God not because there is a God, but because you feel vulnerable without that belief. Even if there were no God, you would invent one. That belief stems from your own weakness.

[rainbowvlogs]

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

[AnicettoBiyok]

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

[guadaluperivas]

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

[wagnersilvalds]

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

[statisticsforinformation]

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

[deejay.trader]

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

[Arahansannihilation]

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

[panyanattaarmeniave]

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

[kurtiswichmann]

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

[suvendroseal]

This video is brilliant; this writer is exceptional.

[sonievkay]

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

[tnvqqzs]

Yes I believe Buddhism is a more natural depiction of nature

[terrencewijeratne]

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

[jonathanj.]

The explanation at the beginning of this video is the reason why I've strayed away from Christianity and Catholicism and have favored Buddhism and Taoism instead.

[chafuby]

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

[MoeYT.]

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

[borisnahalka]

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

[JuanHernandez-bdun]

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

[jaclynrichmond]

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

[RandyAguero]

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