Thanks, Peter! My wife and I have been Buddhist for 20+ years, but we’re sharing your videos with our kids for some of these topics because of your warm and inspired talks, plus you explain it better than we could! Thank you so much!
@PeterBolland
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh what a lovely compliment! Thank you so much. Glad I could help. 🙏🏼
@TheRoyalBavarian
Жыл бұрын
These presentations are so broadening. It's like getting little visions beyond our own stumblings.
@PeterBolland
Жыл бұрын
I'm stumbling along too...and we all see a different facet of the landscape by the light that we each bring. All our perspectives matter.
@tenloa
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Peter! I've come upon your videos firstly through gospel of thomas and have been enjoying them since. Your interpretations are simply brilliant. May the bliss be upon you, always!
@PeterBolland
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Mert for your kind words, and for watching and commenting.
@candycandy5810
23 күн бұрын
I experienced 'Satori' Sudden Enlightenment---it was unexpected and quite a trip and happens in a place and time that isn't during meditation altho I think if I hadn't taken up meditation it wouldn't have happened---anyway--it is EXPERIENTIAL and I hope everyone gets there---now I'm trying to deepen my practice in the yogic sciences--
@PeterBolland
22 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience. And I like the line-through approach to writing. I might try that. Like, I'm saying this stuff, but I'm also not saying it.
@kunkrishna6890
3 жыл бұрын
this is so interesting; i know so little about world religions beyond the 1 i was raised in: christianity (i've been learning the last 3 months, though!); thinking on "enlightenment," i am reminded of a line from the tao te ching: the name that can be named is not the universal name;
@PeterBolland
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) is my go-to book for wisdom that never fails. And that opening line, which you cite, is EVERYTHING.
@Newfoundmike
Жыл бұрын
Anytime we name something ( or put a label on it ) it loses a certain part of it's ESSENCE ❤️✌️
@Newfoundmike
Жыл бұрын
WOW Nirvana= STILLNESS, CLARITY 🤗💓✌️ p s I love one word POEMS . Less is More 😉
@PeterBolland
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Thank you! Right? I love one-word poems too. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
@Newfoundmike
Жыл бұрын
@@PeterBolland you are the Best at explaining things Peter , I think it's because you're not pushing any particular DOGMA 💓🤗✌️🌍
@streettalk4thesoul
5 ай бұрын
hi, peter. my question is, did socrates actually say, "the unexamined life is not worth living?" as stated in plato's apology? i understand that it is a philosophy that, in principle, he may have stood for, regardless of whether he uttered those exact words. thank you, and thank you for all of the great videos!!
@PeterBolland
5 ай бұрын
There are few layers to unpack here, but essentially, yes, he actually said it. First of all, Socrates wrote nothing. Everything Socrates "said" was written by his student Plato a few decades after Socrates's death. So let's call it a paraphrase. It is certainly consistent with his teachings.
@streettalk4thesoul
5 ай бұрын
@@PeterBolland thank you.
@rockydj1000
Жыл бұрын
As usual, simply wonderful!! Thank you.
@PeterBolland
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@erinmilitello7748
Жыл бұрын
Peter, would you how would you compare the Buddhist's idea of enlightenment or nirvana with the Hindu's idea of samadhi? Same thing?
@PeterBolland
Жыл бұрын
Erin, I think you're asking the right question, but I fear it can never be answered fully. It seems to me that when a wisdom tradition, any wisdom tradition, starts trying to describe its peak experiences, the words lose all power and the best we're left with is metaphors, images, analogies, similies, and, in a word, poetry. As Elvis Costello famously said regarding music critics, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." So in a way, the Hindu concept of samadhi, the eighth and ultimate stage of Ashtanga Yoga (Eight-Limbed Yoga), where one attains "union with the Lord," is deeply (it seems to me) analogous with the Buddhist concept of enlightenment or awakening. Why not? But for me it's enough to notice this alignment, and then leave it at that. Any further attempt to specify or codify the issue only pushes us further and further away from its realization. Sometimes I think the mind and its incessant hunger for conceptualization is our greatest hindrance. I keep going back to the flower sermon of the Buddha, when instead of talking he simply held up a flower. Yeah. That.
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