Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "Buddha's Family Tree" video.

  1. No he's right, that's how we address him because "Buddha" is a title so we say "the Buddha".
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  2.  @LeedsunitedNepal  Aryan isn't a race, it's a term that means "noble" in Sanskrit.
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  3.  @LeedsunitedNepal  "Arya" and "Aryan" are the same thing, they're variations of the same word. "Aryan" is the English translation for the Sanskrit term "Arya". They're the same. Like I said, "Aryan" is a term used by ancient Indo-Iranian speaking tribes, it is not a race, never was. Hitler appropriated an indigenous Asian term used in Central-South Asia and associated it with White Europeans disregarding the fact that ancient Indo-Iranian speaking tribes in Iran and northern India are the ones who used. It is not a race.
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  4. He existed. The Buddha was never seen as a legendary figure with supernatural powers or god-given powers, nor did he intend to create a religion. He was just like the other sramana men who wandered ancient South Asia and engaged in meditation. There are many other sramana men in ancient India like Mahavira. None of these sramana men were seen as supreme beings. The West is only aware of the Buddha (when it comes to ancient Indian teachers, philosophers, gurus and sramana men) and thus conflate him with Abrahamic religious founders as if he is similar. The thing is he is not, the Buddha came from a very different cultural context and lived hundreds of years before Jesus or Muhammed.
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  5. I should also add that the Buddha was merely a prince who decided to give up his royal title and become an ascetic (sramana man).
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