Did the Buddha Exist?

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@yorkshirepudding9860 3 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to add that I appreciate you making the effort with your subtitles. KZbin's auto generated subtitles can be a nightmare when it comes to historical content and all the names it doesn't automatically recognise.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

I am happy to hear they have helped. There are still many of my videos I haven't done them for, but I plan to!

@harishthethird 3 жыл бұрын

I double that!

@mnomadvfx 3 жыл бұрын

Seconded, I use subtitles to assist as I can't read lips anymore due to poor central vision - so accurate subtitles can be a godsend on the more tricky names/words.

@bobwilson7684 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity I wouldnt trust that much these kind of people that can convince thousands to come to the temples with their pockets full of money....the same as with some youtubers...the fake political white correctness of these days is stopping us for having the same public debate as there is with Mohammed and Jesus, Buddha was just another fairy tale, anyone who claim these people existed, will have to confront the divine historic side of it, no matter what...again the problem is history in itself and historians....are we realy supposed to trust you?, hundreds of years ago, those guys writing those sacred books, where taken as much especialists as you today David... ...is such a paradox, hstorias of civiliyation that is not stopping finding entire new civiliyations they never knew existed.... what the fuck do historians know hahahahaha fairytellers

@davidmurphy563 3 жыл бұрын

6:20 _"I can't tell you for a fact this is so and nor can anyone else at this point"_ In matters of religion and politics, my experience is that there's always someone who will proclaim something with absolute certainty. You know, the sort of person you should be very, very cautious about listening to. Such a great question. I haven't asked one, the others have been just too good and I don't want to bring down the level..

@tHiNk413 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Dogma is the mindkiller...

@burritodog3634 3 жыл бұрын

ok david murphy thanks for the feedback

@wfcoaker1398 3 жыл бұрын

The opposite of faith is certainty.

@bobwilson7684 Жыл бұрын

ask David about Kufu and Djoser hahaha

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

. Please allow me to interrupt. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. In Pidhauli (Vaishali) the local deity is Bardiha Baba. Bardiha means the Baba who didn't allow us to stay where he was staying. Bardiha Baba is the Buddha no doubt because he didn't allow the crowd of Lichavies to stay with him in Bandagama. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to Buddhists.

@wickedsamurai3323 3 жыл бұрын

I love hearing smart people like you explain seemingly simple questions like these and giving them the due diligence and thought to come up with a great answer. The channel toldinstone does a lot of similar stuff with ancient roman history questions

@MrAchile13 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a collaboration between world of antiquity and told in stone

@jayarava Жыл бұрын

The information here is not very reliable and needs to be factchecked.

@gregorynixonAUTHOR 5 ай бұрын

@@jayarava Nonsense. Let's see what you've got instead.

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

How about you listening to me on this subject. . Please allow me to interrupt. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. In Pidhauli (Vaishali) the local deity is Bardiha Baba. Bardiha means the Baba who didn't allow us to stay where he was staying. Bardiha Baba is the Buddha no doubt because he didn't allow the crowd of Lichavies to stay with him in Bandagama. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to Buddhists.

@martinvanburen4578 2 жыл бұрын

I think a factor to consider is there is a sincerity for Buddhism and lack of need for fabrication. Which you point at 3:39 and the other matter is the Buddha was not to be worshipped and the Buddha was a man who wanted others to reach enlightenment. In contrast, Christianity has one Christ and no one else can be or become a Christ.

@TheLastOutlaw-KTS 6 ай бұрын

Buddha story sounds far more realistic and down to earth. Jesus story sounds too fantastic. Jesus doesn't even say much in the bible itself. Literally just the gospels...which are just copies of each other lol

@JayProphetunderYahweh 4 ай бұрын

@@TheLastOutlaw-KTS You both are wrong 😂you do know there were other chosen ones in the Bible who performed miracles. Paul for example. Some were able to perform extraordinary miracles that Yahweh gave them. Jesus Christ’s story was just more enhanced and he was the most perfect out of all the miracle performers. The way to perform miracles is to become pure, obey Yahweh and Jesus, and you shall then receive the Holy Spirit. It does say in the Bible that once you receive the Holy Spirit, you will be able to speak other languages. Isn’t that a miracle itself? In retrospect, I’d like to say Omnism is the true “religion” (not necessarily religion, just can’t find the word) to reach earths highest dimension (3D to 5D). So a little bit of every belief in planet earth.

@magnushorus5670 3 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of sincere and stringent approach we need .... I remember when I was younger and reading “historical” new age books from Costco of all places and wondering about .... none sense. I wish I never wasted time on any of that. So thank you! This kind of concise analysis based on academic standards could help prevent more people from falling down that lazy magical thinking rabbit hole. Love all the vids btw. Hope your having a lovely good sir

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I appreciate your kind words!

@texanfilms 3 жыл бұрын

Love these shorter runtime videos! Great job as always.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying them!

@craigbhill 5 ай бұрын

I was sorry it ended so soon.

@johnny196775 3 жыл бұрын

You are so perfectly scrupulous in your language that it is a joy to watch your videos.

@dazuk1969 3 жыл бұрын

That is a great question, and as always David boils it down to point that makes sense...peace to ya.

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

@happierabroad 3 жыл бұрын

There's a famous quote: Even if the Buddha never existed, everything he said is still true. Not the same with the modern fundamentalist Christian religion.

@jayakrishnan26 2 жыл бұрын

Other religions are much worse than Christianity

@Dystisis 2 жыл бұрын

Both your views of Buddhism and Christianity seem false. Buddhism has specific religious/ritual teachings, and Christianity has universal moral truths.

@prathameshawachar1395 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dystisis No that's false.

@Emotion-3642 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dystisis Moral of what desperately trying to convert people and marketing religion like a salesperson.

@stephentoons 2 жыл бұрын

is it nescessary when raising someone up that some else is knocked down?

@pepushein1350 3 жыл бұрын

Piyadasi ( Priyadarshi) was Ashoka's official royal titled-name ( regnal name) as his other title 'Devānaṃpiya'.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I understand that it is commonly assumed that Priyadasi and Ashoka are one and the same. Others believe that Priyadasi preceded Ashoka.

@pepushein1350 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity Thank you.

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

@pepushein1350 Ай бұрын

@@buddhaexhumed9922 very interesting. Thank you.

@prajnadeva 9 күн бұрын

@@buddhaexhumed9922 very interesting. If there are more evidence, please share.

@MustAfaalik 5 ай бұрын

BTW, the Buddha did mention that he lived in luxury with different dwelling for each season & clothed in the finest silk from Benares. And later, many members of his Royal family joined followed his way of the noble & spiritual path.

@henrimourant9855 3 жыл бұрын

Wow I loved this. Thank you! Do you think you could at one point do a video on the historicity of Zoroaster? I have a hard time finding books about that.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! I may do that at some point.

@PraveenJose18551 3 жыл бұрын

Zoroaster's existence is an amazing question. Zoroastrians say he lived during 500s to 400s BC, but linguists examining the Gathas date to pre-1000s BC and the cultural clues seems like it is hinting at a conflict between very Ancient rig vedic style religion and a proto zoroastrian religion. It's one of the first times I seen a religion claiming their prophet/icon is much younger than historical consensus.

@willmosse3684 3 жыл бұрын

@@PraveenJose18551 Ha - that is fascinating

@JAlanne 3 жыл бұрын

thanks man, this a really nice video!

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@be1tube 3 ай бұрын

3:14 deliberate fraud is not the only option. For example, Buddha means the enlightened one. Maybe mendicants had visions/insights and attributed them to "an enlightened one." Characteristics of this enlightened one accepted over time until his originally visionary character was obscured by the tales. Since these details came from a certain historical period and area, they reflect the toponyms and material culture of that time. I'm not claiming this to be the source of the Buddha, I made it up as I wrote this and personally suspect he existed. But it, among many other hypotheses, should be weighed against the truth or deliberate fabrication hypotheses presented in the first part of this video.

@michael4250 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see common sense articulated so lucidly. Thanks.

@sylvias.7048 10 ай бұрын

A very reasonable conclusion to an ineffable but important question. Deep bows of thankfulness.

@protectork9831 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 100k subscribers

@welcometonebalia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I especially appreciate this point, although it does not in itself is a proof of the historicity of the Buddha: there must have been someone after all who initiated the movement. It may have been someone quite different than the mythical figure depicted in later texts, it may have been actually several people, it may have taken some time, and we always need to establish, as much as we can, what is historical and what is mythical in the mostly secondary sources telling the story of such people, but the historicity, at least in some aspects, of the supposed founder seems a far more reasonable assumption than the complete forgery of a mythical founder... by people who in this case would actually be such founder(s). It's only removing a step (or adding one, I don't know actually). I must say I have had some discussions of the sort with friends arguing for the non-existence of the historical Jesus. I fear it's bending towards conspiracy stuff. I'm not less an atheist as they are, but you don't have to assume the non-existence of the historical Jesus to justify not believing in christianism. Actually, I tend to think that giving such importance to this argument... makes all the following discourse more... shaky? Of course, the gospels should not be taken as historical accounts. Same for those texts you mention regarding the Buddha. But some parts of it, and at least the idea of someone initiating some movement, and in part ressembling the (first) canonical accounts of the life and deeds of such a person, seems a reasonable assumption. And I don't think we could go further than that while not having a time machine, absolutely. When facts cannot be established with certainty (so, most of the time?), probability and plausibility are the only tools we can use in such matters. And we can hope to know more as science progresses.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard about any ex-Buddhists trying to prove the Buddha didn't exist, but there may be. It is interesting, though, that quite a number of ex-Christians feel such a strong urge to disprove the historicity of Jesus.

@welcometonebalia 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity It is indeed.

@willmosse3684 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity I think when it comes to Jesus, because people have been raised to believe that the Bible is ultimate truth, and then they come to realise that it is full of invented nonsense, there is then a tendency to think that every single thing in the Bible is nonsense. Which can quite obviously stretch to the very existence of Jesus. I was actually raised as an atheist by my parents, and was certainly very open to this idea. Two or three years ago I stumbled across the Mythicist writings and lectures of Dr Richard Carrier, and his arguments to this effect seemed very well made. However, looking into it further, I was convinced that by others - notably the writings of Professor Bart Ehrman - that Carrier’s arguments do not hold water, and that there is strong evidence for the historicity of Jesus, even if the stories told of him in the gospels evolved and added mythical elements over time.

@mahaaryaman7088 Ай бұрын

Hi dr. I would like to know what were the religious traditions of his people did they practiced the vedic religion or not?

@Alkis05 10 ай бұрын

3:00 Saying that the fact that the texts seem to have a place and time some what consistent with that region of india makes the historicity of buddha the most parsimonious explanation for its historicity is like saying that The fact that stories about Jason and Hercules makes their historicity the most parsimonious explanation for the fact that they have a place and time consistent with Greece. No, you don't need for people fabricate stories to fool and defraud people. That is not how myths or stories work. That is like saying that Rowlling was trying to deliberately trying to defraude people when she told stories about Dumbledore. Or that Dan Brown was trying to defraud people when he said Jesus married Mary Magdalene and left a linage that survived to modern days.

@WorldofAntiquity 10 ай бұрын

Jason and Hercules don’t fit the historical context.

@straightfrom 3 жыл бұрын

My day is better with education like this.

@zoomedout 3 жыл бұрын

There is an increasing hypothesis by Harvey Kraft and others that Buddha was the same person as Smerdis Gaumata Bardiya the son of Cyrus the great of Persia who later travelled to the Indian subcontinent. A video exploring this topic would be quite fascinating

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. That's the first I've heard of that!

@kishankumargupta7125 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity buddha was the king of kapilavastu.

@danielhopkins296 Жыл бұрын

Gaumata , or Komedes, lit " bull-sacrifice", is a personal name and tribal name of the Kambojas whose name is littered throughout Cyrus' family ( Cambyses / Kambojas). The Buddha's first two merchant missionaries were said to have converted the Kambojas during the reign of Cambyses. The archeologist Flinders Petrie unearthed an Indian Buddha at the Memphis Ptah temple where Cambyses was dated to the time of Cambyses. Interestingly, the name Cambodia is said to have been a rendering of Kambojas. The name Gaumata, or Cow-Sacrifice is interesting because it shows the Vedic Indians before the horse sacrifice replaced the cow or bull. This supports that Herodotus was wrong about why Cambyses killed the Apis bull who, like the Vedic bull sacrifice, was resurrected after his death

@danielhopkins296 Жыл бұрын

@raydavison4288 3 жыл бұрын

You had me convinced of the Buddha's existence by 4:28. 😉

@Cgl3g3nd 3 жыл бұрын

Great work man keep it up, feel like I’ve seen you some where else, maybe on the SOMA channel

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Never been on SOMA, but thanks!

@nachiketakumar9645 2 жыл бұрын

Sir I have a question "Why Magesthenes never wrote about Gautum Buddha?"

@yours_ash 7 ай бұрын

Because buddha wasn't very popular at his time, his dhammachakra only gained speed after ashoka's conversion

@50centgamer65 4 ай бұрын

Buddha is named termed from a greeko bacterian king kanishka "boddo" and there is no evidence of Buddha before asoka.

@utkarshninawe97 3 ай бұрын

@@50centgamer65 How do you know it's named exactly after boddo?

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

@carymartin1150 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mandy28887 2 жыл бұрын

Magadha Piyadasi in Pali or Priyadarshi in Sanskrit was actually Ashoka. It was his official title.

@WorldofAntiquity 2 жыл бұрын

It's an interpretation, but it is not known for certain.

@ivokolarik8290 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@tracymcgeachie7525 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your video.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@willmosse3684 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent concise summary of the arguments. Are there any writings on the scholarly analysis of the Pali Canon researching which Suttas may be the most historical that you can recommend? I believe Stephen Batchelor has written on this, but as a practitioner of his own interpretation of “Buddhist Atheism”, he may have ulterior motives for selecting the passages he does (though maybe he is more impartial than I worry)?

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

About the historicity of the Buddha. Heres something. . Please allow me to interrupt. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. In Pidhauli (Vaishali) the local deity is Bardiha Baba. Bardiha means the Baba who didn't allow us to stay where he was staying. Bardiha Baba is the Buddha no doubt because he didn't allow the crowd of Lichavies to stay with him in Bandagama. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to Buddhists.

@willmosse3684 Ай бұрын

@ Oh, that is very interesting, thank you. I have taken a screenshot of that information. Forgive me, but I am not familiar with the geography, or other terminology, related to Bihar. What is “the real Vaishali”? Is that a place? Many thanks 🙏🏻

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

@@willmosse3684 Yes. That is a place.

@willmosse3684 Ай бұрын

@ Okay. Thank you again

@willmosse3684 Ай бұрын

@@buddhaexhumed9922 I just subscribed to your channel. I will watch some of your videos 👍🏻

@BazNard 2 жыл бұрын

Every video is perfect

@4mahesh 3 жыл бұрын

Good explanation :)

@kaushalendramanav9209 3 жыл бұрын

Please provide a video about armies of ancient indian empire

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Which empire?

@kaushalendramanav9209 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity Gupta and Gujjar pratyahara or you can give me direction towards the source

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaushalendramanav9209 I'm not sure what you want to know about the armies.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

You can leave me a question at speakpipe.com/DavidMiano

@themaskedman5954 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity yeah that will be interesting to see

@MustAfaalik 5 ай бұрын

To know whether the Buddha did exist, one has to practice what he taught (Dhamma). As it is said, "When you see the Dhamma, you see me". And only a truly enlightened being is capable of formulating a creed & code of ethics that is both universal & valid for all beings regardless of race, culture, creed or gender.🙏

@INSEARCHOFPURPOSE23 Жыл бұрын

We (Archeological surveys of India) have ashes of Buddha from Piparhwa site. There is detailed records and documentaries on that. One such documentary is "The Bones of the buddha".

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

There is dispute about the date of the inscription. It seems to come from after the time of the Buddha. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piprahwa But thanks for bringing this up. I should have included a discussion of this in my video.

@INSEARCHOFPURPOSE23 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity Sir, Thank you for the reply. The link you provided is from Wikipedia and it is not a reliable source of information for history and archeology as anyone can change contents on it (Just as they did in adani saga in india). From my research based on official documents of ASI, the language (Sanskrit in bramhi script) on the earn is from period of Asoka. And there is no denying in that, also the two burial sites were found, First one By W.C. Pepe in 1898 and the second one beneath the first one in 1970s by ASI. Later one is the original burial site from the period of buddha. I hope that you will take deeper look at that. There are official excavation documents on ASI website (my comment is getting deleted after i put link).

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

@@INSEARCHOFPURPOSE23 Wikipedia is not a source of information. It PROVIDES sources of information. Those little numbers you see are citations, and they refer to the scholarly literature.

@INSEARCHOFPURPOSE23 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity Yes i am aware that wikipedia provides sources of information. But sometimes they provide wrong info in their main article about the topic. So, that main article is not reliable. That is why i prefer official sources. And it takes time to go through them which is worth it if one wants detailed and valid info. I hope you go through those official sources and update your video or make another one on the topic, it is a humble request.

@cristiano2741 Жыл бұрын

Those bones of budha are not his bone 😂those were bones of some animal ....... Jhant bhar baat na kar bhimvadi

@Chris.Davies 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@RLekhy 11 ай бұрын

I am busy in other things but your videos are compelling me to watch. Just now I've watched 'Did the Buddha exist?', you are reflecting my stake. Even King Menander once suspected if Buddha was historical but any how he was convinced and became the patron of Buddhism. Indo-Greek Buddhists dated the age of Buddha same to the age of Heracles. In many iconographic artifacts, Heracles is shown personal guard of the Buddha. At least, he might have existed before Cyrus II's occupation of Gandhara/Taxila because in the Buddha time Gandhara was a part of greater India (Jambuswip), and Buddhism says about the ancient Ionians, Babylon but not about Achaemenid empire. I would like to support Prof Robin Coningham than Prof. Gombrich

@yellenaresh5542 8 ай бұрын

Other than budhist scriptures and Ashoka books, were there any other nations parallel historians that mentioned Budha.

@themaskedman5954 3 жыл бұрын

Buddha was infact a real historical personality This video is good you nicely addressed this question

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, but of course, you cannot say it is a fact. You can say only that it is probably true.

@annepoitrineau5650 5 ай бұрын

Also, you do not suppress the part of the buddha's life before he becomes enlightened, because it is the very evolution of Buddha that makes the story. As one says, the journey, not necessarily the final station. Buddha invites us on a journey, personal progress.

@iammrbeat 3 жыл бұрын

You broke it down very well. Now you might as well do Jesus. 🙂

@abid5087 3 жыл бұрын

If you’re interested in that question, I recommend this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2WUhaBre6l-pNU. It takes a secular, scholarly approach to the question and thoroughly examines historical evidence

@usergiodmsilva1983PT 3 жыл бұрын

You think? Wink wink, nudge, nudge.

@developeronthego Жыл бұрын

It is very simple. The only and earliest person to claim that Buddha existed is Emperor Ashoka. The problem is that he was a great promoter of this religion. So it's not very reliable. There is nothing about Buddhism between Buddha's death and him. Genuinely nothing. However, there was a similar religion at that time, which is historically confirmed, called Jainism. And you won't guess. There is strong connection between Ashoka family and Jainism religion..

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

Ashoka did a wonderful job. Please allow me to interrupt. I do research on how Buddhism disappeared in Bihar. I realized it never disappeared from Bihar. Buddhists simply failed to research Indian Buddhism. They looked at Buddhism through the sphere of their own cultures searching for only the Buddha. Buddha had a myriad of names in different villages according to his teachings there. Example. His favorite teaching was 'Lust and desire causes pain. Remove lust and desire, and pain is removed'. Translated into Bihari (where the Buddha story took place) it is DHUKH HARAN meaning to remove dukha. Three dozen villages pray to DUKH HARAN Baba. Its clear that DUKH HARAN Baba is none other than the Buddha. Problem is Buddhists are searching only for the Buddha. In the real Vaishali the Buddha begged for alms. The locals there pray to 'BHIKHAINI' Baba (Beggar Baba). Bhikhaini was mispronounced by Buddhists as Bhikshu. Who is BHIKHAINI Baba. The Buddha no doubt. But people are searching for a man called Buddha. In the real Vaishali, in Beluha the Buddha suffered a sickness and felt he had grown old. The locals pray to 'BURHA' Baba (Old Baba). Who is BURHA Baba. The Buddha no doubt. In the real Vaishali the Lichavies pressurized Buddha not to die. They trailed him to Bandagawan pressurizing him not to die. To put pressure in Hindi is DABESHWAR. Three dozen villages around the stupa where Buddha gave the Lichavies his patra, the villagers pray to Baba 'DABESHWAR NATH' meaning the man who won the pressurizing game. It was the the Buddha no doubt as he gave the Lichavies his patra and succeded in sending them back. But Buddhists are searching for the Buddha. In Pidhauli (Vaishali) the local deity is Bardiha Baba. Bardiha means the Baba who didn't allow us to stay where he was staying. Bardiha Baba is the Buddha no doubt because he didn't allow the crowd of Lichavies to stay with him in Bandagama. Forgive me for commenting out of the topic. I just wanted to impart this information to Buddhists.

@prajnadeva 9 күн бұрын

That's wrong. We can infer several things: 1. Early buddhist text is locked in mahajanapada era. This is the ancient 16 city states of India. Not long after Buddha's death, there is period of urbanization and unification, and India was united under one kingdom. At the time of Piyardasi, the kingdom already rule for some time and the memory of ancient kingdoms would have faded. If someone invent a story at this time, it would be in the setting of the one united Kingdom. 2. The places. There are many sites in India that correspond to the story in buddhist text. They are all centered in one small area, never going beyond. Just like how a walking wandering monk can only reach certain distance. Unlike the later kingdom of Asoka. Also, why put minor unimportant places like Lumbini, or a tree in the middle of nowhere in a forest of Gaya, as sacred sites? It's more reasonable to think that the monks pointed these sites to Asoka, and then Asoka put inscription there. 3. By the time of Asoka, the monks existed in such a number that he can send them as missionaries to many places, including Greece, Srilanka, Persia, and others. These missionary establish themselves in the region, recruit more monks, translate and write down the scripture. After being separated by time and distance, the corpus known as Early buddhist text exists in language of Pali, Chinese, Khotanese, Tibetan. They are the same, 98%. 2200 years and they are still preserved. If Asoka invented this religion, how can he create thousands of sutta with unique and diverse content, but coherent and consistent teaching, and then recruit monks to remember them and send them away. There was simply no time to fabricate it. Rather, there is no need to do that much for a religion he invented for political purpose.

@ervishal21 2 жыл бұрын

Plz make video on pali vs sanskrit....which came first?

@Bhuvanfire 3 ай бұрын

Pali

@devangsingh6778 3 ай бұрын

Sanskrit he says in reg veda video

@jayarava Жыл бұрын

Piyadasi *was* Asoka. Same person, not "an earlier king". Also note, not Priya but Piya (Prakrit not Sanskrit), and on the same theme Aśoka is Sanskrit, a language the Emperor did not use, and Asoka is Prakrit, a language he did use. Scriptures are religious texts. They are not reliable guides to history. For example, none of the people in the Buddhist stories have ever been linked to historical events or facts. Yes, the cities are/were real cities, and some of the other details like fauna and flora are accurate, but the people are not. The people are invented characters, who often have supernatural powers. Moreover, as Greg Schopen has demonstrated, where we do have archaeological evidence, it almost always contradicts the texts rather than supporting them. That the Buddha existed is not parsimonious at all. It only seems that way because of bias. The most parsimonious explanation is that we *don't know*. Historians are divided between secularists who don't believe we know (or can know at this remove), and religieux for whom belief in the Buddha is not really optional. I gave up at this point. There is a too much misinformation here, too much that is only dealt with in the most superficial manner, for this video to be considered a useful contribution. Only the most naive students of Indian history will find this presentation interesting. I only hope that lazy misinformation by a non-specialist does not swamp the ongoing work some of us are doing on the history of early Buddhism.

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

*Piyadasi was Asoka. Same person, not "an earlier king".* Maybe. Maybe not. There is more than one interpretation. *I only hope that lazy misinformation by a non-specialist does not swamp the ongoing work some of us are doing on the history of early Buddhism.* I know you are an independent researcher, who is producing a revisionist history of Buddhism. Of course you are going to say that.

@mandy28887 2 жыл бұрын

It is estimated by some Indian analysts like Nilesh Oak and Raj Vedam that the Buddha or Siddharth Gautam existed about 1800 BC or 3800 years ago.

@celsus7979 2 жыл бұрын

They have corrupt motives to push the date of indian civilization back to the poiknt that it is the first civilization on earth

@mandy28887 2 жыл бұрын

@@celsus7979 I think recent archaeological evidence at Gobekli Tepe and other places has ruined the current historical model. The Church of Progress has made wrong assumptions of how history has existed

@OneAndOnly-S9 4 ай бұрын

What about Buddha relics bones,teeth,statues etc. Everyone should read Kalam Sutta which is the path shown by Buddha.

@utkarshninawe97 3 ай бұрын

It cannot be proved that they are the teeth or bones of real Gautam Buddha not any other person. Statues are not at all a credible source that he was real. I think he was a real person but got mythified a lot just like Jesus and Shri Ram.

@OneAndOnly-S9 3 ай бұрын

Science Journey Channel is the best for world of antiquity for real Indian.If you visit this channel, you will find not just one but many authentic proofs.from many sources,You will also know who is real and who is mythified.

@utkarshninawe97 3 ай бұрын

@@OneAndOnly-S9 That is a bullshit channel. His claims have been debunked by sanatan samiksha. His claims are also inconsistent with each other.

@OneAndOnly-S9 3 ай бұрын

@@utkarshninawe97Yes,You are wrong. SJ has never been exposed or debunked by anyone named Sanatan Samiksha.And yes SJ never made any claim.Rather SJ has exposed and debunked Brahminical religion and its dogma aka Hinduism and its people's claims.Like brahmans people, maharaj, baba-dhaba, professor, writer, doctors, scientist, youtubers etc. I think SJ would have exposed and debunked any Sanatan Samiksha one as well.By the way SJ is much bigger than that SS and even beyond So that SS should come to debate with SJ.SS will also get promotion from SJ.

@OneAndOnly-S9 3 ай бұрын

@@utkarshninawe97 Yes,You are wrong. SJ has never been exposed or debunked by anyone named Sanatan Samiksha.And yes SJ never made any claim.Rather SJ has exposed and debunked Brahminical religion and its dogma aka Hinduism and its people's claims.Like brahmans people, maharaj, baba-dhaba, professor, writer, doctors, scientist, youtubers etc. I think SJ would have exposed and debunked any Sanatan Samiksha one as well.By the way SJ is much bigger than that SS and even beyond So that SS should come to debate with SJ.SS will also get promotion from SJ.

@samisiddiqi5411 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I knew him in my past life.

@themaskedman5954 3 жыл бұрын

🙄

@andreaarchaeology 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@swagatochatterjee7104 3 жыл бұрын

Is there any evidence that the Sarnath sermon happened? Because that is first sermon recorded, and is still a major archeological site.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

There is no corroborating evidence.

@PraveenJose18551 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Professor Miano What do you think about the controversy between the major vs minor edicts/rocks of Ashoka? Major edicts seem to reference a more general dharmic religion and never talks about the Buddha explicitly. Also Ashoka never calls himself Ashoka in major edicts/rocks. While minor edicts has Ashoka referencing himself as "Ashoka" and the Buddha. This has lead some historians to conclude these are two different figures and Mauyran historiography is very flawed, what your personal thoughts?

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

It may be that Ashoka is not the author both, but from what I understand, the edicts are still from the Mauryan period.

@walterulasinksi7031 5 ай бұрын

William Peppy discovered a reliquary with Sanskrit from the period of Ashoka . On one vessel that had bone fragments and ashes was inscribed “ this contains the ashes of the Buddha”. Due to interference from an official German archeologist, who was found to be a fraud, the find at Piprawa was not announced and the ashes were haven to the then king of Siam, to get them out of India. This is the closest we have to the historicity of Siddhartha Sacamuny, the Buddha.

@MrShankaPerera 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video 👍🙂

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😀

@danielpaulson8838 Жыл бұрын

The Buddha, Lao Tzu, Jesus! Same, same. They even teach the same things as each other once one figures out how to read them properly. Someone is behind the curtain feeding these to humanity.

@lesscott4301 Жыл бұрын

I would disagree that the Buddha's teaching are the same as Jesus. There are fundamental differences. Jesus" teaching is all about him, whereas Buddha's teaching is all about the parh. Jesus encourages his followers to hate their families. Buddha does expect his monastic followers to leave their families but not in a hateful way.

@danielpaulson8838 Жыл бұрын

@@lesscott4301 Remember this part of my comment. "once one figures out how to read them properly" There are not multiple realities. Just multiple ways of spreading it around.

@borgholable 3 жыл бұрын

you need to make a series on these topics , did 'historic figure' exist , i know other channels have already made this kind of series but it would be interesting to hear it from an actual archeologist point of view

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Or, in my case, historian's point of view. 🙂

@samiamtheman7379 2 жыл бұрын

Metatron has pretty good videos on historical Jesus. I highly recommend giving them a watch.

@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 3 жыл бұрын

Minor off topic question(maybe an inspiration for a new video (if the topic wasn't already covered): did in your opinion the Thera-Eruption have a part in the bronze age collapse?

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Well, it probably had something to do with the Minoan collapse at least, but it keeps getting redated, so it is tough to say.

@bouseuxlatache4140 Жыл бұрын

Hi Doctor, can we apply a triangulation technique to test whether the Bouddha really existed? There are a lot of different sources from different author and background who wrote about Julius Cesar, Alexander the Great and other. But for the Buddha not much. Thank you

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

Triangulation technique?

@bouseuxlatache4140 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity i believe i am not using the right concept. What i meant is since there are not many texts at the time of the Buddha, would it be possible to use sources from other cultures/languages during the same time to see if the Buddha was defined with different words and concepts?

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

@@bouseuxlatache4140 Oh, I see. Well, this all has to be done according to the historical method (primary sources vs. secondary sources, etc.) But I am not aware of any foreign sources about the Buddha from near his time.

@danielpaulson8838 Жыл бұрын

I have interpretive work up which may point to another theory. The Buddha, Lao Tzu and Jesus are all figures from history that have based their local teachings on a template called the monomyth. There is something more going on behind the scenes. They play out in the human psyche and are simply different analogous terms to carry the same metaphors. (Karma, The measure you mete... - Seek emptiness, Be poor in spirit, etc) Interpreted as literal they fit in the greater population and compete with other religions in the same manner that the masses of people do. They conflict like people do. Inwardly they are all the same, for the wise to self heal. The teachings are the boxes for the masses. The Ark. The lessons are nested in a technique. It isn't history though. It is from a inward turning, spiritual understanding. In the end I see this, it doesn't matter if any of them truly existed, this body of work is identical and that template is what we're actually looking for. I invite people to look. It is rare to find people who can see it.

@sahandfamily01 Жыл бұрын

2:06...want to correct.. Priyadaasi is not another person or historical figure... ASHOKA was also known as Priyadaasi.... Its a honorific epithet of Ashoka in ' brahmi script' in barabar caves... Also in lumbini minor pillar edict... Information available in Wikipedia also BTW your explanation is amazing

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

Some scholars think Priyadasi preceded him.

@sahandfamily01 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity I mean I will not say you are wrong but Bhabru inscription, Rajasthan, India where Ashoka was referring himself to be ' Priyadaasi'... There are several other inscription.. And rarely any solid proof that ' Priyadaasi' was to be another king or historical figure before Ashoka who have ruled such a vast empire.

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

@@sahandfamily01 I tend to agree with you.

@adisura9904 3 жыл бұрын

Iv heard that one of the last meals buddha had was a pork based dish. Also could make a brief video on Mahajanapadas? Iv heard some people say it may have funtioned as a republic. Would like you to enlighten me if you could!

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

I will keep that in mind!

@adisura9904 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity i know I'm being greedy but thank you so much!

@patrickohooliganpl 3 жыл бұрын

Pork with mushrooms. Yummy! Probably this time pork was rotten (and full of botox) or mushrooms were poisonous. Sakyamuni is told to die then from severe indigestion and diarrhea in fair age of 80. So we know that the Buddha ate, (pardon my Anglo-Saxon) shat, and died - thus he was rather a real person than a mythical figure. Especially the part that he used to go to the john. Mythological entities are not supposed to go to the john.

@parveenchahal1 2 жыл бұрын

Buddha never eat non vegetarian food nor he ever preached about eating non vegetarian food . He was strictly against the killing of any sentiment beings. Buddha eating pork is even against his own philosophy of non-violence. Some colonial historians tried to deliberately portrayed Buddha in a diminished light. They did the wrong translation of the text and manipulated The facts related to Buddha, which were challenged by producing the right translations and facts. So it was not pork but a forest vegitable which usually pigs loves to eat. So don't go with the colonial distorted history which they r still preaching in the public domains.

@craigbhill 5 ай бұрын

I've come to deflect inquiries about the guy by referring to him right off as the Legendary Buddha. That way the Whodunnit ceases to be the point, as it is not, and concentration returns on the dharma. When his (assigned?) name Gautuma Siddhartha is inevitably invoked, the phrase "or so we are told" follows to remind it is "legendary". Still, David is as usual the unsung archeological mind pinpointing the unalterable fact Someone came up with the thoughts the legendary buddha spoke, humanizing him or her as the actual unknown somebody who had to have had the experiences required to conclude the whole shebang is experiential, which is the point it's not just an adventure story about a magician, as it is laid out the process is scientifically repeatable, as millions of people prove to themselves every day. He did not fail to become known as "the first psychologist" for no good reason, famously curing people of the deadly killer anxiety as they learn through experience "there is Nothing to worry About."

@Critical_Capybara 3 жыл бұрын

What do you think about Barlaam and Josaphat? Did they exist? 🤔

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

I never heard of Barlaam. And do you mean Jehoshaphat?

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, I just looked it up, and you seem to be referring to the Tale of Barlaam and Josaphat. I hadn't heard of it. It definitely looks like a fictional tale.

@Critical_Capybara 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity, there are people today who think those two saints were real people. There are feast days for them too

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

@@Critical_Capybara Ah, interesting!

@bobwilson7684 Жыл бұрын

I like the beginning of your video, so you can never be truly certain...except when it comes about pyramids and egypt, then you know it aaaaaalllllll

@swagatochatterjee7104 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Priyadassi Ashoka himself? Because he would call himself to be "Devanampriya" at some of the edicts, most of the edicts would talk of one "Devanampriya Priyadarshi" and Dipavamsa mentioned Priyadassi to be the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

There is a difference of opinion about that. Some say Priyadasi is Ashoka. Others think he was another person.

@swagatochatterjee7104 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity I'm curious was he a later Mauryan ruler, or some pre Nanda ruler?

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

@@swagatochatterjee7104 The theory is that he is a Mauryan ruler before Ashoka.

@WCHPff 5 ай бұрын

Sir, we had requested the Government of India to provide the bones and contemporary evidence of buddha through RTI (Right to Information Act). They responded in that report and in it the ASI said, "We have no contemporary archaeological evidence of Buddha's birth or death and of his existence"

@WorldofAntiquity 5 ай бұрын

Yes, this agrees with what I said. Thank you for sharing.

@akira357 4 ай бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity so is this implying that the Buddha never existed?

@WorldofAntiquity 4 ай бұрын

@@akira357 No.

@CChissel 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve read that he was born in 526 BC? Or sometime in the 6th century BC. Not saying that’s true, but it is interesting that such a specific date was given and I remember vaguely that it stated something else about the date, that it was either well known and most recorded or accurate date in religious history. I can’t be sure if it was one of those things or none of them, but I read it in an interesting book called Living Religions of the World by Frederick Spiegelberg, which I really enjoyed and I’ll need to read it again obviously as I’m having trouble recalling it. I’m not very religious, if at all, but I find the stories and history fascinating, but I do not hold faith in their verity. I’d be interested to hear an experts take on that supposed date of Siddhartha Gautama’s date of birth.

@alcosmic 3 жыл бұрын

In the stories, his mother WAS named Maya...

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Did she change her name?

@alcosmic 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity I think she dies a little while after giving birth to him. What I mean is that in Sanskrit 'Maya' roughly means 'illusion,' or 'the transitory world of appearances'. It might be a wink from the story teller to the audience that this might not all be totally true or as part of an allegory.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

@@alcosmic Ah, I see. Yes, I don't recall her name being in the earliest accounts.

@Anshulhe 2 жыл бұрын

@@alcosmic Maya is very common name in India for women even today

@Alkis05 10 ай бұрын

If you would ask Christian church fathers who lived 150 years after the gospels were written, they would also have no doubt saying that the gospels were written by Mark, Luke, John and Matthew. So Ashoka's certainty that those Buddha teachings were written by Siddhartha doesn't add to much.

@luizr.5599 7 ай бұрын

We can only know he probably existed, had a surname Gotama and was some kind of ascetic teacher. All else is legend and conjecture.

@truthseekerhuman Жыл бұрын

There are archeological evidences like their bones which recently Narendra Modi gave to Mongolia as a gift that proves buddha existed.

@Man_663 6 ай бұрын

Don’t get me wrong, I do believe that Buddha existed. But how can you be so sure that the bones are buddhas bones? And not someone else’s bones?

@50centgamer65 4 ай бұрын

@@Man_663it was pig and gaot bones

@utkarshninawe97 3 ай бұрын

How can you be so sure that those are Buddha's bones and not someone else's

@KaiserOfAryas 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make a similar video on historical existence of Krsna (Avtaar of Vishnu)?

@Revivalism23 2 жыл бұрын

Buddha probably existed but krishna no there is no non-hindu sources

@WCHPff 2 жыл бұрын

@@Revivalism23Krishna really existed,Krishna's city of Dwaraka submerged in the sea was discovered by SR Rao. Heliodurus pillar 113BCE mention name of krishna and balrama Agathocles of Bactria coins image of krishna and balram 180BC Karoshti inscription 100BC Hathibada goshundi inscription most scholars accept His historicity. Guy L. Beck says: Most scholars of Hinduism and Indian history accept the historicity of Krishna - that he was a real male person, whether human or divine, who lived on Indian soil by at least 1000 BCE and interacted with many other historical persons within the cycles of the epic and puranic histories. - (Alternative Krishna, Suny press, pg 4-5) Horace H. Wilson said: Rama and Krishna, who appear to have been originally real and historical characters… - (The Visnu Purana. Nag Publishers. 1989, pg. ii) Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins, 1978: From a strictly scholarly, historical standpoint, the Krishna who appears in the Bhagavad-Gita is the princely Krishna of the Mahabharata... Krishna, the historical prince and charioteer of Arjuna. - (Five Distinguished Scholars on the Krishna movement in the West. Groves Press, N.Y. l983, pg. 144.) Rudolf Otto opined: That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable. - (The Original Gita, cit. for Majumdar Bimanbihari, ot. cit. pg. 5) The New British Encyclopaedia: Vasudeva-Krisna, a historical Vrisni prince who was presumably also a religious leader levitated to the Godhead by the 5th century BC. - (The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1984, vol. 7 Micropedia, pg.7) Dr. R. C. Majumdar: There is now a general consensus of opinion in favour of the historicity of Krishna. Many also hold the view that Vâsudeva the Yadava hero, the cowherd boy Krishna in Gokula… were one and the same person. - (The History and Culture of the Indian people, vol. I, pg. 303) Dr. Bimanbihari Majumdar, 1968: The western scholars at first treated Krishna as a myth... But many of the Orientalists in the present century have arrived at the conclusion that Krishna was a historical ksatriya warrior who fought at Kuruksetra,... . - (Krishna in the History and Legend. University of Calcutta. 1969, pg. 5)

@Revivalism23 2 жыл бұрын

@@WCHPff bruh that city does not prove the existence of Krishna i mean do you have any carbon dated prove of Krishna existence or any non vedic sources etc and there are multiple cities around that abandoned or are submerged in water etc

@Revivalism23 2 жыл бұрын

@@WCHPff and right now historians from around the world only accept that Buddha‚Jesus Christ and Muhammad as historically real like they actually existed and that they preached

@WCHPff 2 жыл бұрын

@@Revivalism23 A statement of the Mahabharata and Harivamsa is the seal bearing the motif of a 3-headed animal representing the bull, unicorn and goat. The HarivamSa says that every citizen of Dwaraka had to carry a mudra as a mark of identifications The seal (mudra) found in the excavation belong to 2000BC. Dwarkadisha Temple of Krishna is 2500 years old.

@keithkarnage 3 жыл бұрын

What about JC? Was JC real? I like to tell people he'd be rolling in his grave if he knew what the church was doing with his name. Nobody ever gets it. That's just a joke though. I've seen no convincing evidence he was real.

@andreaarchaeology 3 жыл бұрын

🌿👀🌿 same

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Julius Caesar probably existed.

@andybeans5790 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah there's nothing I'm convinced by either and lots of other messianic figures around at the time. I used to watch a lot of mythicism content but it always tends to go full conspiracy mode, however Dr Bob Price is always entertaining to listen to.

@MarkVrem 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity You know what would be interesting.. This might not be your field specialty at all, but I'll throw it ou there anyways. Examples in recent times --- last 1,000 years I guess. Of where we know for a FACT - That a person did NOT exist, that was somehow utilized for propaganda or religious purposes. Basically looking at the usual question in reverse sorta LOL. Sort of to show that people have a habit of making people up. I suppose l. I guess the actual question would be. Do people actually do that?

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkVrem Yes, people have done that on occasion (see my Hermes Trismegistus video, for example).

@kemvichet3185 6 ай бұрын

There is historical sites discovered when they did escalation on sites.

@Alkis05 10 ай бұрын

We have example of people putting their teachings on the lips of more authoritary figure, like the epistoles that claim to be written by Paul. That was a common practice in antiquity. It is not far fetched to imagine that siddartha buddha started as a story of a enlightened dude that a teacher invented to pass on his teachings. Probably what happened to Moses. Probably all of the Moses story is not historical, very unlikely, but nobody says the authors were trying to defraud people. That isn't how this work.

@WorldofAntiquity 10 ай бұрын

Nobody is doubting that writings put words into the mouth of the Buddha, just as with Paul. But Paul was a real person.

@Alkis05 10 ай бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity Yes, Paul is a real person. The point is, one person had a teaching and she didn't write them as if it was the person saying, but put in the mouth of another character (historical or otherwise). Namely, someone who would be seen as more authoritative. Another point is that they didn't see it as fraud or trying to mislead people (like you claimed in the video). On the contrary, they believed the message and believed to be preaching something that Paul himself would have preached (which is not necessarily the case). Or believe he did preach it, but the letters were lost. For these people, that the message is good and that it be accepted is more important than claims of historicity to be accurate.

@WorldofAntiquity 10 ай бұрын

@@Alkis05 Yes, this happened all the time. But don't try to convince a historian that historical accuracy does not matter. 🙂

@MarkVrem 3 жыл бұрын

Ghenghis Khan is also a god, on par with Hercules I believe. He existed. So it happens sometimes. Probably Buddha as well, altho Budda is regarded way above Hercules level.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Genghis Khan's existence is generally accepted.

@prithwishroy 6 ай бұрын

Bhim army is angry 😡😡😂😂

@ritesharora6032 2 жыл бұрын

why cannot be same logic be applied to Mahabharat ? Therea are inscriptions dating back to 2000 years which says Mahabharat war happened around 3000 BC

@WorldofAntiquity 2 жыл бұрын

That’s 3000 years later.

@ritesharora6032 2 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity what about geneologies in Puranas. they do push back vedic period

@WorldofAntiquity 2 жыл бұрын

The genealogies of the Puranas don't match up with each other. Plus the Puranas were written a long time later too.

@ritesharora6032 2 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity Why cannot IVC be type of Vedic period ? afterall there is evidence of Yoga, Shiva etc in there. hOw will the Jains, Buddhists list of kings, Tirthankaras fit in such short period from 1500 BC -

@utkarshninawe97 3 ай бұрын

@@ritesharora6032 We are yet to figure this out and we should rely on researches more than assumptions. I believe that indus valley people were either Vedic or ancestors of Vedic people. Our dating of Vedas of 1500 BC seems wrong.

@cookiecruncher3260 2 жыл бұрын

A very rational and thoughtful presentation. Could you please make a video like this on Krishna?

@rubin6202 2 жыл бұрын

Was buddha an indo-aryan or east-asian looking guys, i have watched many tv shows and he is depicted differently in Different shows? What do you think, i would love to hear your thoughts.

@chrism4008 3 жыл бұрын

That was a good ass video, fascinating!!

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ianhawkes2901 3 жыл бұрын

you ask the question and my answer is yea man buddha existed. every man knows buddha was a huge stoner, sat in bliss under a tree. back then, in times of less congestion, men were lauded for smoking top shelf resin and how it made them feel. back then, man starts hallucinations in the desert starts a conversation with a dry bush that he's just set on fire and he gets put in the bible...try that on these days mate and one's looking at 5 hard years prescription medication was i there, yes and no, in spirit i was (kinda there right now). did buddha exist yes. had buddha walked through the hindu kush with his collecting bucket 100%

@jimmer1047 2 жыл бұрын

My wife is happy you got me to stop signaling the night sky with a powerful flashlight in an effort to make contact with the aliens Bright Insight had me convinced built the pyramids. 😂😂😂😂 LOL

@CChissel 2 жыл бұрын

Man, that guy really frustrates me. It’s easy for him to get people to believe the stuff he says, he’s very charismatic and a good speaker, it’s easy to see why people would believe him.

@saddha1 7 ай бұрын

And yet only Buddha and his disciples have relics! No other religious figure in history has this tradition.

@Man_663 6 ай бұрын

I personally do believe that Buddha existed, but relicts attributed to religious figures exist, but we can’t actually figure out if these relics were actually theirs or not without doing something that is considered to be very disrespectful.

@joydeeproy1580 7 ай бұрын

priyadarshini was Ashok himself

@zam6877 Жыл бұрын

As a Buddhist, I really enjoyed this😁 What if there was shadowy group that developed this kind of practice? The dang works, making me less miserable and a meanie! Thanks shadowy group! 😘

@SuperRobinjames 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks. How about doing the same with Jesus? I would like to hear your opinion of the 'Flavian hypothesis', could any of it hold water?

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

I have had numerous similar requests. I will add it to my list of possible subjects.

@unicyclist97 3 жыл бұрын

If you're going to address the historicity of Jesus, it's probably necessary to address Atwill's version because of its popularity, but I think it would be more important to address the academic literature on this question (i.e. Raphael Lataster, Richard Carrier, Shirley Jackson Case).

@henrimourant9855 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity If you are doing research on this topic I recommend checking out New Testament scholar and historian of early Christianity Bart Ehrman's book on this topic, if you haven't already. It's called "Did Jesus Exist?". From what I understand his book is basically in line with the scholarly consensus.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

@@henrimourant9855 I've heard him speak about it, but I haven't read the book. Yes, his view is in line with the consensus.

@henrimourant9855 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity It might also be worth reading Tim O'Neill's ongoing series on Mythicism. It tries to deal with all the Mythicist arguments and defends the scholarly consensus. Although to be clear Tim O'Neill is not a scholar himself but he is very well read on the topic (and history in general). Also he is not a Christian so he can't really be accused of bias in that regard: historyforatheists.com/jesus-mythicism/

@TheLastOutlaw-KTS Жыл бұрын

It’s very likely he existed 👍🏿

@Man_663 6 ай бұрын

Correct

@Socialrebel2023 3 жыл бұрын

There is no historical or excavational evidences for Jesus Christ's existence .Only the book called Bible believe to be holy book written by recipes as he said.no tangible proofs.Thats true for Alla ,sriRama and krishna of Bagavathi geetha too. The preachings too by human being only not god in person .its a belief up to the believers.

@sav7568 3 жыл бұрын

Word has it that he wasn't really the son of god, he was just a very naughty boy.

@Revivalism23 2 жыл бұрын

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@bruhaspati560 Жыл бұрын

Is shroud of Turin not enough?

@Man_663 6 ай бұрын

@@bruhaspati560the shroud of turin doesn’t actually date back to his lifetime, it actually dates back to the Middle Ages and it’s been proven, however the majority of scholars do believe that Jesus existed as a historical figure, and he’s mentioned in one 1st century historical source written by flavius Josephus, in his antiquity of the Jews, he’s also mentioned in the annals of Tacitus which was written in around 116 AD.

@helenamcginty4920 Жыл бұрын

There are also those who wonder if Jesus, as an individual, actually existed.

@parveenchahal1 2 жыл бұрын

I think here you made a mistake by not including the "bone relics of the Buddha" discovered from many archaeological sites. we founds the bone relics with many other proofs like inscriptions attached with it, it becomes clear that the existence of the Buddha is very evident , only the time period of the Buddha is debatable i think , when he existed is still not very convincing. Anyway , did you forget to include the Buddha's relics in the proofs or you deliberately missed it bcs it is not worthy as an evidence?

@WorldofAntiquity 2 жыл бұрын

It's a bit like relics of Christian saints. They don't start appearing until long after the death of these individuals. I don't know of any bones of the Buddha that can be established to be from his time.

@wisdomtutorskolhapur Жыл бұрын

Buddha existed ,ashes found in India

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

Please provide the archaeological report that is the source of your information.

@sukritdubey2630 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquityjournals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/download/8511/2418 I think this can be a start. The site Piprahwa is where William Peppe found human remains inside inscripted containers. There's considerable agreement that these were probably Buddha's corporeal remains.

@Commonsense1020 Жыл бұрын

Jesus existed, mohammad existed, krishna existed, taalmat existed, everything thats related to faith existed, but archeological proofs of a buddha are there but he wasn't existed. I love this logic, even buddha is laughing in corner

@sukritdubey2630 Жыл бұрын

Where does he claim Buddha didn't exist?

@srijanbhattacharya8858 Жыл бұрын

There is no archaeology evidence contemporary to buddha so he is right he doesn't existed and Lord krishna existed because there is dwarka which is contemporary to him

@floptaxie68 Жыл бұрын

Dont be like that, Christians say similar things.

@alucardhellsing7435 11 ай бұрын

@@srijanbhattacharya8858poor Pajeeet. No one cares about his religion

@miguelatkinson 6 ай бұрын

@@srijanbhattacharya8858no the buddha most likely existed

@harishthethird 3 жыл бұрын

Beard >>> no beard XD

@numberninja6335 8 ай бұрын

Conclulsion : i don't think he existed but MABYEE MAYBEEe

@buddhaexhumed9922 Ай бұрын

@Buddhapsy Күн бұрын

@@buddhaexhumed9922 tu fir agya buddhe

@buddhaexhumed9922 Күн бұрын

@Buddhapsy what fir as gaya. I haven't interacted for three months

@user-nn9wf8fn2f Жыл бұрын

Do look into the resources from Sri Lanka and other neighboring countries from the same era :) You'll be able to find corroborative evidence

@WorldofAntiquity Жыл бұрын

I have searched thoroughly and not found anything from the time of the Buddha.

@prashantjadhav71 Жыл бұрын

please see national geographic you will get your answer. you believe in abraham religion??☺️ So many archeological evidence are related to Buddha exist.. Jesus exist???

@pasinduwickramanayake4289 4 ай бұрын

* Gothama Buddha never existed in the land we call India today ! * A king named "Ashoka" never existed in the land of India ! * Emperor Ashoka is a cocktail of 2 foreign kings who lived in the same land about 100 years apart (in Dambadiva) & a legacy Jain Queen lived in India who is related to the last thirthankar ! * The last thirthankar in Jainism, Wardhamana Maha-Veera and the Niganta Natha-Puththa in Buddhist texts are two different people with two different backgrounds and backstories ! * All these characters are imported from another land that is called "Dambadiva" in Buddhist texts. * None of the places that are said to relate to the Buddha match the details in Theravada thripitaka, or its atta katha, or in wamsa katha ! * misunderstanding of British civil service officials and Germans have led to this mess, and this is a hot topic in SL today !

@BlossomWhite877 Ай бұрын

What so, buddha was not a real person??

@liltick102 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like no matter what - after how long it’s been, in the same manner I guess to the original purpose of the Colosseum being forgotten in Rome for a while- and imo especially within a faith / belief system, the facts, even if guarded- and say, as for Buddhism, closely studied (hypothetically speaking, ceaselessly).. The facts will be misconstrued, especially from any person, especially one highly idealistic in a position of influence - new countries, new interpretation’s put on a society, or individual biased, self-deifying, delusional, idealistic etc To suit their law’s, to settle religion based social disruption, which I can imagine was madly common - facts had to have been veered I mean even to someone back then not afforded, or permitted education who was introduced to buddhism - if their live’s were miserable, as it is with Christianity to “slayeth this, and slayeth that”, or the kind of shit you read in Leviticus- how likely is it, that just like a scientology theetan test, that person might for example find an enemy through it. And if they’re an influential, and idealistic narcissist - what was either originally something not written in the text that inspired them changed- suited to culture, interpreted through a person’s existing core beliefs, good, or bad, a chance to rise within it’s widespread ill actions of misconducted ‘upholding god’s will’ aside, we cycle lesson’s generation, to generation that have been wholly understood, written.. I would say even most buddhist’s in simple, unhindered, menial family life, through hundreds year’s in societal flux drew the universal S through small, seemingly mundane interventions- another hypothetical, an angry father, far removed at home from any metropolis/pivotal hearsay farmer- uses the same “or you will be punished by-“ to his son. Just as people are basically accustomed to now in religion- from scripture that is both to be interpreted for use beneath their own inherent character - traits that reflect their experience, scripture to confirm their prejudice maybe.. and no doubt a system with which they frequently contradict, down to those the closest to the ‘facts’.. Now imagine the kids father dies, leaves him with resentment (or in religious value’s, an opinion in effigy of it’s teacher) - and although he didn’t like his father- that subconscious corner will likely always have a significant voice back seating their conscience - if they themselves become a figure of relevance~~~ - a misunderstood mentally unstable person in decades of non-stop meditation taken by their quotes particularly in a timeline when cows were hung for sorcery in one of the largest cities on Earth, their word taken even if it’s so absurd as “a figure appeared to me” type shit - They too will stir in a new frame to interpret And so on, and so on Not to say ‘I am right, and religious history couldn’t possibly be very well near to it’s basis upon inception’ - but is it massively likely that those truth’s (especially my guess) had changes- whether down to the drastic individual, from irrelevantly minimal to ‘catchy’, unto truth even, necessary politically, mandated to whatever uniform, or misconstrued culturally by nature - permanent, or impermanent, lost, found, reevaluated - You get me, I feel it’s utterly impossible for us to draw a separation anyhow after over a thousand years, and then some.. no matter what beneath all human factors - I might parrot back the information from this video to one person and say it all wrong, or say it right, and make that person become a devout buddhist, or even kill me - the more hands to touch the window, the more obscure the outside become’s, especially one stained to begin with - hence half the war in the world This probably sounds overall negative - and I’m sure there were innumerable chroniclers fixed to each written actual ‘fact’ of buddhism (if any to be truthful), and some educated by them, who were nearest historically in their understanding of it as the buddha himself, had the same ripple effect - but cycle that down a thousand years and change.. immense differences in humanity, the pivotal point between morality, and religiosity, population growth even Idk, no matter the evidence, I feel that misrepresentation of any belief systems basis being lost, culturally redressed, or misunderstood is an inevitable consequence to humanities development, and infinite factors over time down to the individual

@jamisojo 2 жыл бұрын

That is a lot to write, to not have it easy to read. That is, it felt like you were rambling. Understanding it is difficult.

@liltick102 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamisojo Appreciate the criticism g. Yeah, I do tend to go up in the air a lot - I’d gotten that criticism a lot in school. I’ve been working on that. Not that this was anything worth taking seriously being an opinion on yt. Being up 4 / 5 days on opiates & coke when I wrote this comment though.. I know that for sure. It looks like a lot of unfinished points.. I don’t feel like reading it all. I feel like I soort of said what I was trying to say, maybe.. besides that I’m wired out of my mind in what we have here lmfao idk.

@TheMoneypresident 3 жыл бұрын

Did the buddha inspire the Jabba? Big bald guy lounging. Eh? You decide 🤔

@vassily-labroslabrakos2263 3 жыл бұрын

More likely by Leto II.

@rstevewarmorycom 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't MATTER! Only what he said is at all important.

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

If you're not interested in history, this channel is not for you.

@rstevewarmorycom 3 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity I am, just not YOUR kind of "history".

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

@@rstevewarmorycom What kind of history are you interested in?

@TheGuiltsOfUs 3 жыл бұрын

Nonsense

@rstevewarmorycom 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuiltsOfUs Mu

@tHiNk413 3 жыл бұрын

I had some decent history and latin teachers, but I'd have listened the holy crap out of your stuff and probably would've made a much better examen Latinum... ;-)

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Aw, thanks!