Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "How Hinduism Inspired Pop-Culture Avatars" video.

  1. That's not surprising at all. Apart from the spread of Hinduism to Southeast Asia, which influenced local culture, Buddhism also transported elements of Hindu origin to East Asia. It's part of the local culture. The use of the Avatar and these other elements in the West is more interesting because Eastern religions are not native to the West and they're not part of the local culture.
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  2.  @alternateunreleasedshellac505  cause not everybody is Christian
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  3.  @Aspirant24-uy3zp  Buddhism isn't a branch of Hinduism.
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  4.  @BhushanPatil-gz5fk  Buddhism isn't a branch of Hinduism.
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  5. It's a mix of several different religious and cultural elements.
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  6.  @daksh6388  The Hindu influences in Thailand, Cambodia etc. is because Hinduism was practiced in these regions before the arrival of Early Buddhism from India and later Theravada Buddhism from Sri Lanka. The Hindu elements did not come with Buddhism, they were already there and like elsewhere in Asia, Buddhism is syncretised with other beliefs so people blend Buddhism with Hindu and Tai folk religious practiced in Thailand.
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  7.  @VeganSanatani  We don't call ourselves "Sanatanis", I've never even heard of that term as a Buddhist.
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  8.  @Gauravondrugs  I'm a Buddhist, don't worry about them. Nothing that they have said is right. I'm shocked as to why they're saying all these things even though they don't follow the Buddha's teachings.
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  9.  @VeganSanatani  Tantra has existed long before Buddhism emerged. Tibetan Buddhism absorbed Tantric practices from Tantra-influenced Buddhism in India. Tantric worshipping didn't originate in Buddhism. Vajrayana schools absorbed Tantric practices. Please be serious for a second.
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  10.  @faithlesshound5621  Everything you said applies to Abrahamic religions as they're organised religions.
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  11.  @itsoblivion8124  Yes he did, the Buddha never claimed to be a representative of a god. Using tantric texts to back up your claims isn't suitable here because Tantric Buddhism is diverged from the early schools of Buddhism that developed from the teachings of the Buddha.
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  12. ​ @tiagocarioca  You're correct, the Buddha rejected the idea that he was an Avatar of any god. The other user is quoting passages from tantric texts, which is different to what the Buddha taught.
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  13. That's how I understand it, the concept of the Avatar in ATLA is a combination of Vishnu Avatar concept and the Dalai Lama.
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  14. The Earth Kingdom has influences largely from China but also South and Southeast Asia (India, Vietnam) and Korea. The dominant Fire Nation influences are from Thailand, not Japan and there are influences from other Asian cultures like China, India and Japan. All of the nations in ATLA are a combination of elements from real world cultures.
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  15.  @MisterCynic18  The only East Asian cultures represented at a large scale in the series are Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan. The bulk of the other cultural elements come from the Indian, Thai (yes, that's the dominant influence for the Fire Nation) and Inuit cultures with other elements from other cultures also present at various points in the series like Korean and Nepalese.
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  16.  @SerCrispinCole  I'm a Buddhist, Buddhism isn't a branch of Hinduism. The only reason why Buddhism even exists is because the Buddha rejected the Vedas as he didn't see it fulfilling his life as a member of the Kshatriya caste.
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  17.  @SerCrispinCole  So idk why you're saying "outsiders", because not a single Buddhist considers Buddhism a branch of Hinduism. I only ever see Indian Hindu males say this, never see Nepalese Hindus or Balinese Hindus say this.
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  18. You're just thinking about aesthetics of the Air Nomads. The very concept of the Avatar in ATLA comes from Hinduism.
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  19. Hinduism is one of those elements.
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  20. The entire concept of the Avatar is based on incarnations, without incarnating the Avatar wouldn't exist. Avatars are incarnations of a god. So I wouldn't call incarnation a "European concept", it's a concept that exists in so many different religions.
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  21.  @VeganSanatani  We don't worship Hindu gods. Nobody worships Hindu gods to gain something. It's a form of paying respect. There are statues of Hindu gods in Buddhist temples because of the influence of Hinduism on many South and Southeast Asian cultures. Go to Mongolia or Kalmykia in Russia which wasn't influenced by Hinduism and you won't see those types of Hindu gods in the temples or monasteries because they weren't influenced by Hinduism.
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  22.  @VeganSanatani  No, what they're saying is right. Buddhism is a Dharmic religion like Hinduism but it's not the same. The very reason Buddhism exists is because the Buddha didn't agree with the primary practices taught in the Vedas.
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  23.  @VeganSanatani  Nah, I do understand it. Buddhism is not Hinduism and we don't call ourselves Sanatanis - like I said, never even heard of it. Sorry but this is the truth.
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  24.  @VeganSanatani  What are you talking about?? I'm talking about Buddhism not Jains. Why would I be talking about Jains? I'm not a Jain.
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  25. ​ @VeganSanatani  Please don't lie. We all know you've never stepped foot in Mongolia. I never faulted Tantra Buddhism, I'm talking about basic teachings that the Buddha taught in his days. I'm not crying, it's actually you who is doing exactly that. Idk why Indian male Hindu nationalists are like this. Y'all are the reason why there is so much hate towards Hinduism now. I'm sickened.
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  26.  @VeganSanatani  YouTube, Twitter and Instagram should be banned in India, so we're free from all of this. TikTok is gone, we need those three gone too.
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