Buddhism
7 videos • 134 views • by DAWAH TALK - TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA: A. Noble Truths: The principal teachings of Gautama Buddha can be summarised in what the Buddhists call the ‘Four Noble Truths’: First – There is suffering and misery in life . Second – Cause of this suffering & misery is desire. Third – Suffering & misery can be removed by removing desire. Fourth – Desire can be removed by following the Eight Fold Path. B. The Noble Eight Fold Path: (i) Right Views (ii) Right Thoughts (iii) Right Speech (iv) Right Actions (v) Right Livelihood (vi) Right Efforts (vii) Right Mindfulness (viii) Right Meditation C. Nirvana: Nirvana’ literally means “blowing out” or “extinction”. According to Buddhism, this is the ultimate goal of life and can be described in various words. It is a cessation of all sorrows, which can be achieved by removing desire by following the Eight Fold Path **PHILOSOPHY OF BUDDHISM IS SELF – CONTRADICTORY: As mentioned earlier, the main teachings of Buddhism are summarised in the Four Noble Truths: (i) There is suffering and misery in life. (ii) The cause of suffering and misery is desire. (iii) Suffering and misery can be removed by removing desire. (iv) Desire can be removed by following the Eight Fold Path. This Philosophy of Buddhism is self-contradictory or self-defeating because the third truth says ‘suffering and misery can be removed by removing desire’ and the fourth truth says that ‘desire can be removed by following the Eight Fold Path’. Now, for any person to follow Buddhism he should first have the desire to follow the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path. The Third great Noble Truth says that desire should be removed. Once you remove desire, how can we follow the Fourth Noble truth i.e. follow the Eight Fold Path unless we have a desire to follow the Eight Fold Path. In short desire can only be removed by having a desire to follow the Eight Fold Path. If you do not follow the Eight Fold Path, desire cannot be removed. It is self contradicting as well as self-defeating to say that desire will only be removed by continuously having a desire. - Mohammad (PBUH), The Maitreya: Praised and Prophesized by Buddha in Traditions and Scriptures: C. According to the Gospel of Buddha by Carus pg. 217 and 218 (From Ceylon sources): “Ananda said to the Blessed One, ‘Who shall teach us when thou art gone?’ And the Blessed one replied, ‘I am not the first Buddha who came upon the earth nor shall I be the last. In due time another Buddha will arise in the world, a holy one, a supremely enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths, which I have taught you. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax and glorious at the goal. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect and pure such as I now proclaim. His disciples will number many thousands while mine number many hundreds.’ Ananda said, ‘How shall we know him?’ The Blessed one replied, ‘He will be known as Maitreya’. i. The Sanskrit word ‘Maitreya’ or its equivalent in Pali ‘Metteyya’ means loving, compassionate, merciful and benevolent. It also means kindness and friendliness, sympathy, etc. One Arabic word which is equivalent to all these words is ‘Rahmat’. In Surah Al-Anbiya: “We sent thee not, but as a mercy for all creatures.” [Al-Qur’an 21:107] Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was called the merciful, which is ‘Maitri’. The Word Muhammad is also spelt as ‘Mahamet’ or ‘Mahomet’ and in various other ways in different languages. The word ‘Maho’ or ‘Maha’ in Pali and Sanskrit mean Great and Illustrious and ‘Metta’ means mercy. Therefore ‘Mahomet’ means ‘Great Mercy’.Here are some other links regarding Gautama Buddha’s Prophecy about Muhammad being another Buddha (Maitreya Buddha) For all our Dawah activities follow our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ireaofficial To follow the guest speaker Waseem Razvi please like his page https://www.facebook.com/waseemrazviirea To donate towards making more videos Commbank IREA BSB 063240 ACC 10677307 REF : Dawah Talk If you have any queries, or you want us to discuss any subject in particular, then feel free to comment or send an email to info@ireaworld.org Like and share our channel DAWAH TALK for all the latest videos to engage in Dawah and boost your emaan.