Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "Buddhism Has a Lot of Hells" video.

  1.  @nogrammer  You mean Theravada Buddhism. The language associated with Theravada Buddhism is Pali.
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  2.  @chendaforest  South Koreans still celebrate festivals like Daeboreum and Chopail, festivals of Buddhist origin, because they are part of Korean culture. This is why North Korea, which is officially atheist, is lenient towards Buddhism compared to other religions because Buddhism is a traditional part of Korean culture. To erase Korean Buddhism is to erase an aspect of traditional Korean culture. The same thing applies to Japan. A lot of traditions like the New Year tradition are rooted in Buddhist practices and Buddhist festivals like Bon are celebrated in Japan. The influence of Buddhism is still widespread in Korea and Japan. Buddhist iconography like Daruma doll or concepts like karma and reincarnation are engrained in these cultures so you will see these things appear in society or in pop culture like anime. Doesn't matter if you are Buddhist or not but you will be aware of these things because they are part of the local culture. They're just aspects of Korean and Japanese culture with Buddhist origins.
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  3. Also South Asian Buddhist and Southeast Asian Buddhist too
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  4.  @vikramaditya6812  The East is less developed? Some of the most advanced nations in the world are in the East: Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau etc. Also, in the ancient era China and India were among some of the most developed regions in the world.
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  5.  @prashantlakhera6156  Which person thinks Apsaras are "dancing virgins" who exist as rewards to humans? It's a clear example of trolling.
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  6.  @mattisvov  Yeah if you commit violence as a Buddhist you are breaking the first and most fundamental teaching that the Buddha taught which was to not take the life of any human or animal.
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  7. The stereotype of "freewheeling journeys of self-discovery" in relation to Asian cultures is rooted in the gurus, sadhus and monks you find meditating in the Himalayas or across other parts of Asia and those who partake in Eastern religions. Not to mention the Asian wellness practices like yoga and mindfulness.
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  8. Well to be fair, the emphasis on visiting a religious institution is not stressed in Eastern religions like Buddhism. So people don't visit Buddhist temples on a weekly basis like a Christian would visit a church every Sunday or a Muslim would visit a mosque every Friday because visiting a Buddhist temple is not the root of the Buddha's teachings. In fact, the Buddha never intended to create a religion. What emerged after his death is the syncretism and spiritualism that existed in Asian societies at the time that eventually developed into rituals and traditions that now form a big part of "cultural Buddhism".
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  9.  @gentleboyier4518  Ok
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  10.  @vikramaditya6812  Yes this is why syncretism exists among all Eastern religions, people blending Hindu and Buddhist practices or blending Shinto and Buddhist practices or blending Taoist and Buddhist practices and so on.
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  11.  @nonameronin1  It has nothing to do with "Western-style modernisation movements". The dominant school of Buddhism in Taiwan is Humanistic Buddhism and is quite influential in the country. The rise of Humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan is not connected to the Western world but due to the fact that the majority of Taiwanese are ethnically Chinese. Humanistic Buddhism emerged from Chinese Buddhism. It's a sub-school of Chinese Buddhism.
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  12.  @nonameronin1  Yes but it is not directly related to Western-style modernisation movements which is what I'm saying. You're saying it is but that's not the case. Humanistic Buddhism emphasises the living which is the opposite to the East Asian emphasis on the Buddhist beliefs focused on the dead.
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  13.  @nonameronin1  Okay thank you for sharing your experience but I guess what I'm trying to say is that the emergence of Humanistic Buddhism as a powerful force in Taiwan started with Yin Shun, a Buddhist monk, who undertook heavy research into Buddhism and established the principles that exist in Humanistic Buddhism by focusing on the "human realm" of Buddhist cosmology rather than the realm of the deceased. I know this may not have been your intention but your initial comment made it seem like Asians were unable to understand Buddhist philosophy and humanistic values without the help of Westerners or Western thinking, which is not true. The very basic teachings of the Buddha (The Five Precepts) is that of a philosophy and not a religion and at a basic level is devoid of the cosmology that surrounds Buddhism and other Eastern religions like Hinduism, which Buddhism absorbed many cosmological and mythological elements from.
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  14.  Siyovaxsh En-sipad-zid-ana  Yeah it's because of colonialism and missionary work.
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  15.  @Turkic2223  Eastern religions" means religions developed in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia and are based on the concepts of Dharma and Tao. Eastern religions can be divided into two separate categories: Dharmic religions which originated in India and Taoic religions which originated in East Asia. Both of these subgroups interacted with each other heavily through syncretism so they are collectively described as Eastern religions.
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  16.  @Turkic2223  Islam is a Western religion or more specifically an Abrahamic religion, it is fundamentally different to the beliefs of Eastern (Dharmic and Taoic) religions.
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  17.  @Turkic2223  Yes West Asian cultures were heavily orientalised and still are.
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  18. Now why would you spread lies?
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  19.  @gentleboyier4518  I don't know what you think you're achieving by trolling.
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