Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "Buddhist Denominations Explained | Theravada vs Mahayana" video.

@rizkyadiyanto7922 The Myanmar conflict has no connection to Buddhism. There are ethnic minorities like Shan and Karen that face persecution and they're Buddhists too. Not sure why you're even saying this. Just a few weeks ago we saw how Indonesian Muslims were saying hateful things about Rohingyas Muslims, violently storming their shelter in Aceh and saying some of the most hateful things I've ever heard, not even Burmese Tatmadaw had said such things and now suddenly you want to talk about Myanmar and its problems? Stop pretending like you care.
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@rizkyadiyanto7922 They're Bamar and their religion has NOTHING to do with what's happening. Do you even understand what's going on in MYanmar? If it's due to religion, why would Tatmadaw be genociding Shan people who are also Buddhist? It's all due to ethnicity. These groups are ethnically different to Bamar and Tatmadaw believes in Burmanisation. This is why Muslim groups like Kaman and Bamar Muslims are treated with respect because they are culturally very similar to Bamar and the language they speak is Burmese or Arakanese (in the case of Kaman which is related to Burmese). Please do some research on your own neighbourhood. So much support for Palestine and yet so much hate for Rohingyas but pretending to care about what's going on in Myanmar.
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@realtalk6195 Firstly, why did you like your comment minutes after you posted the comment? Secondly, not a single Buddhist monk has actively waged violence against the Rohingyas. If you commit violence as a Buddhist monk, you're de-robed. The very first precept that monks must follow is not to harm any living creatures. Don't conflate pro-Bamar Buddhist nationalist speeches with violence, which is what the Tatmadaw are doing.
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True but Boddhisatvas are also popular in the Theravada countries which all practiced Mahayana before. Popularity of Avalokitesvara, in both male and female forms, happens to transcend all schools of Buddhism as their depiction is seen across Asia.
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That's because it's of the Sanskrit influence, the same word is used in many other South and Southeast Asian languages to mean "religion"
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Maybe you should understand that Buddhism, like all other Eastern religions, have been syncretised with local beliefs and Hinduism is a sister religion to Buddhism and one of the main forms of cultural influence on other parts of Asia before the emergence of Buddhism.
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The same thing across Asia, not just Southeast Asia. Buddhism was syncretised with local beliefs and Hinduism. It's very fluid.
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@ikeshkumar9246 Ashoka sent his son to Sri Lanka and Ashoka sent two monks to Myanmar. Mon people of Thailand adopted early forms of Buddhism from India. Later, Shin Uttarajiva of the Pagan kingdom of Myanmar introduced the Theravada school from Sri Lanka into Myanmar and Thai monks travelled to Sri Lanka to be ordained in the Theravada tradition which subsequently spread Theravada to Thailand and other parts of mainland Southeast Asia beyond Myanmar.
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Lol why do some people in Nepal, Myanmar, India and other Asian countries always claim they related to the Buddha?
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It's all Sanskrit influence
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@batissta44 They're not Europeans
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@ikeshkumar9246 Sri Lanka traditionally held close ties to Myanmar and Thailand and Myanmar still remains one of Sri Lanka's closest connections. There was intermarriage between Sri Lankan and Burmese royalty in the past so the spread of Theravada Buddhism from Sri Lanka to mainland Southeast Asia was inevitable.
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@sahilsingh6048 South Asia is a huge place so it would not be possible for starters. Secondly, the Buddha has no direct living descendants and as to what happened to those of the Shakya clan are unknown. People to claim to be their descendants, including entire ethnic groups in Nepal like Tharu people but there is actually no confirmation to these claims. I'm not surprised, I'm merely being pragmatic. I'm a South Asian Buddhist, I know how people love to claim association with him but care very little for his teachings.
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@sahilsingh6048 The Shakya clan does not exist anymore. Please be serious for a second and read about the Buddha's life and his family.
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