Buddhist Denominations Explained | Theravada vs Mahayana

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SOURCES:
Skilton, A. (1994). A Concise History of Buddhism. Cambridge: Windhorst.
Strong, J. S. (2015). Buddhisms: An Introduction. London: Oneworld
CREDITS:
Charts & Narration by Matt Baker
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Audio editing by Ali Shahwaiz
Theme music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from incompetech.com

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@neiljoshi8425

As a Buddhist person I feel that you covered every school of Buddhism really well. Love from the land of the Buddha ❤

@Ramlausa

Would be cool to have one about different schools of philosophy. How Neoplatonism is a form of syncretism of Platonism and other Greek philosophies. How Pyrrhonism likely was influenced by Indic philosophy. How Islamic and Christian philosophy related to each other and where they took their inspiration, etc. From our frist written history till today's New Age philosophies.

@tanned06

Generally you have done a good job from a prof. teaching history of Indian Buddhism at a Buddhist university in Southeast Asia. A few things to add - although coming from the same linguistic root, Pāli, the scriptura language of Theravada, is known to be one or combined vernacular form of Middle-Indic languages called Prakrit, quite distinct from the modern Sanskrit which is literally a synthetic Indic language originated from the older Vedic Sanksrit. Another region where Vajrayana takes on a stronghold is Mongolia from which this branch of Buddhism spread to several Siberia regions in Russia such as Buryatia, Tuva, and Kalmykia.

@parthaprotimbarua603

As a Buddhist, I thank you for making this video. Buddhism is such a vast and complicated religion that even many of us Buddhists barely know its teachings and history. Videos such as yours help us to learn more about our own religion.

@Gulitize

One thing missing is that Tibetan buddhism is also practiced in Mongolia, which is quite intresting

@Lankanbeats

As a Theravada Buddhist, I feel like you forgot an essential aspect of Theravada Buddhism: The Lokas. We definitely believe in gods (devas) more like spiritual deities who have collected lots of good karma to be a step closer to enlightenment. They live in the deva realms (heavens). In Buddhism there are realms of existence (lokas) there are hells, where demons and malevolent spirits who have collected bad karma live, and are furthest away from nirvana, animal realms, human realms (in the middle) and upper realms for gods. We worship gods to receive blessings from them because they are so close to enlightenment they can bless us, but we cannot ask for specific things from them. We offer flowers and incense as a sign of respect, not as a literal offering. There are also realms of non-existence, and atmospheres. These lokas are categorized into 30 something realms of existence, where the entire universe can be found. So therevada Buddhists definitely believe in gods. During an Almsgiving in Sri Lanka, we place a small stand made of coconut leaves outside the house, with flowers and lamps, for gods to come and listen to the sermon given by the monks.

@fakhruddinnalawala5451

Swetambara Jains don't only wear the masks for keeping ritual items pure, but also because they try their best to avoid harming other creatures (which is why most Jains are vegetarians), and this includes harming creatures by inhaling them in by mistake. They also carry a small broom to brush aside insects in their path while walking.

@keetaya801

Thanks for this video, and was waiting for it since the Christian Denomination series. I am from Sri Lanka originally and as a youngster been to Matale Rock temple multiple times, where the complete Pali Canon first written on palm leaves (in the 1st Century BCE). We dint pay much attention to it back in those younger days, just visited the temple as buddhists.

@zurielsanmartin1714

Something about the Middle Way: In the Mahayana Buddhism school of thought, beyond moderation, the middle way is the declaration that you can only achieve spiritual enlightenment as a human being. You can’t do it as a Deva (beings of the higher worlds), they are too happy, and you can’t do it as a being from the lower worlds, they are too miserable. On top of being the most difficult life to achieve, to be human is to be the middle way, where the two extremes merge and create an opening for one to experience the truth.

@Daniel-fu7jb

it’s really cool how we live in a time where we can watch and learn for free

@julianpflugmann2485

As a so called Buddhist I think you did a pretty good job, this is by far one of the best if not only video i have seen on KZbin explaining Buddhism. Very nice.❤

@FearlessVid1

Thank you for your continued work in the religious field. These videos have been wonderful!

@worstedwoolens

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@Idk-ys7rt

I am so excited for this episode like the Hindu, Islamic and Christian denominations!

@KalebPeters99

I was excited for this one, amazing as usual, Matt 🙏💖

@ihatespam2

Another enjoyable and informative vid/chart. You always manage to fill in gaps which spark my interest.

@TB-dw8gz

Excellent video- as a clarification, I would like to say that the word "Hinayana" does not necessarily imply a "lesser," as in "inferior," vehicle to nirvana, but simply "smaller" vehicle. The metaphor used is that of a raft in which an arhat transports themself to nirvana through their own effort (with the help of the sangha's instruction, of course). The "Mahayana," or "larger" vehicle, is portrayed through the metaphor of a ship piloted to nirvana by a buddha or bodhisattva, carrying many passengers at once, who depend upon the efforts of said buddha or bodhisattva to get to nirvana. I hope in the future you will expand your chart to include all schools of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism (Theravada is generally less sectarian).

@qwertyiou9

Sikhism then Taoism and Confucianism is my guess. But I'd really like a wrap up of all the Indo-European Religions and how they are related to each other.