What Is the Pali Canon of Buddhism?

Could you please do a video on the authenticity of the Abhidharma, as there are a lot of debates on this topic ? How likely that the Bhudda really taught Abhidhamma , Traditionally some commentaries says that it was taught to Deva first then to the disciple Sariputtta.. Thanks

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Quite insulting writing Buddha's teachings.

I am interested in finding out what the Buddha said about the practice and types of meditation. Where is the best place to find this? I have no idea where to even start looking. Let me add these are such wonderful videos!

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Maybe starting over would help. India seems be a completely male dominated place. Was it different back in the days before recorded history, possibly within smaller, more shamanic influences that were not male dominated? I wonder if this domination is the reason that - despite the existance of many great teachings and practices, India remains an unenlightened place - still male dominated and stricken with extreme poverty and presently under the rule of a fascist dictator - the effects of climate change looming? Perhaps, because of the male domination of literally everything on the planet - India has made no progress spiritually and the planet is in severe crisis. Could the nature of hierarchical male domination and the exclusion of women in the dialogue be contributing to this sad state of affairs? Perhaps our dear mother earth is sick and tired of it. This male domination can only be so successful beginning with the application of brute force. Of course India is only one country. The entire planet suffers from make domination. an asthma

Can you please describe if Buddhist texts can be categorised as scriptures.

Dough, I've a simple question: Why do some scholars call Siddhartha 'The Buddha" and not just Buddha? Like Jeshua is called Christ and not "The Christ". Of course, I understand that there were other Buddhas before Siddhartha just like there were other Christs before Jeshua (or Jesus).

Buddha's work memorization has nothing to do with Hindu Vedic caste of brahmin. They are not related here. It's normal for monastics to learn thier chants. It's human ability.

How can I make my practice intentional, and how do I wake up with virtues in sight?

In this case , what we buddhists beleive is all three pitakas are 84000 teachings and 82000 are words of buddha himself, 2000 are words of diciples that were agreed by Buddha. Nothing is older and after added. All teachings were collected in councils very first, in the first council that was 3 months right after the Buddhas passing away.

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Can I buy the Pali canon book somewhere?

And as srilankan buddhists we believe that arahath maha mahinda was arrived to sri lanka in a june month and we celebrate that day.

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Great research on Pali canon as a foreigner........Thanks for your insightful contributions on Buddhism.

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Sir, if you are claiming something please provide evidence for the same : 1) How pali is a dialect of sanskrit
2) how veda came before buddha

Thanks for your videos Doug! You are doing a great thing by providing clarity and insight on a topic so vast and oftentimes confusing. Greatly appreciated.

Thanks Doug; I am learning a lot from your videos and loving them. I am originally from Nepal and my first inclination to learn about Buddhism arose while reading - the undefeated Mind, my Alex Likerman who practices Buddhism . And my journey continues

Are you doubt about Pali Canon?

I am doubtful what you said.

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Well explained … an essential understanding for all Buddhists!

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Thanks for your candor. 🙏🏼

Where can I find the most authentic version of Pali Canon with Hindi translation? Also, are the Jataka stories part of the Pali canon?

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and fire huge Dharma Bombs designed to hit
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If you're going to refer to the Pali translation the term Dhamma is used, not dharma. Dharma is the sanskrit version.

May I know, how you concluded that Sanskrit is the older language and Pali is a part of it and not the other way around?

Pali is older than Sanskrit

another misinformation 😏 pali isnt a part of Sanskrit

Hi Doug, is it the time of King Ashoka, Sangha started to record the sutta by using text ? I heard the first Pali text is written down in Sri Lanka. However, i wonder is it any sutta recorded by text before that , and how about sutta in text that recorded as Agamas, is it recorded in text earlier that pali by Sri lanka ?

Can you please post the link for video on Asoka

Pāli seems closely related to the Old Indo-Aryan Vedic and Sanskrit dialects but is apparently not directly descended from either of these.

“A history of Pali literature”
Foreword by Wilhelm D Geiger.
(You can download a pdf version)

The above publication was the effort of a large team of researchers. Their conclusion is completely different from what you say. It concludes that Pali was brought to India from Ceylon. It says that it is a pure invention of the theras of Ceylon, if not exactly that of “Buddhagosa. “Sanskrit is of latter origin. “There are no foreign elements in Pali.”
Please download this research and study it. You will understand that Pali did not originate in India and was never used there.

Pali,written in the Dhamma script, and the Buddha are older (600 bc) than the Brahmanism, the Buddha is mentioned in the unwritten Vedas/Mahabharata etc.

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Almost 90% of facts, teachings related dhamma, Language chronology, Lord Buddhas birth are WRONG. Birth - 623 B.C.

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This video is very interesting, but Pali is NOT a dialect of Sanskrit! Both are Indo-Aryan languages but are better described as sister or cousin languages. Phonetically and grammatically, Sanskrit is incredibly conservative compared to Proto-Indoeuropean, while Pali is much more innovative — and in a sense, 'simpler' than Sanskrit — as long as declensions and conjugations are concerned, though I would not call it 'easier' than Sanskrit. The extremely close kinship between Pali and Sanskrit made it very easy to translate the earliest scriptures into Sanskrit, and that is why many sutras were preserved in Sanskrit, though Sanskrit never really was a lithurgical language for Buddhism.

How do Theravada monks dry off after showering?
“Canon Towels”. Lmao