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This is the most militant Islamic state on Earth but it was once was peace loving and Buddhist. In the Bamiyan Valley north of Kabul the two largest statues of Buddha on the planet were carved in the third century. David Adams was the last Westerner to exhaustively film them before they were blown up in 2001.
Afghanistan is not so much a country as a series of shifting borders. A place with no easily definable physical or civil boundaries. A place where war is an everyday fact of life. A place where more children will learn to use a gun than will go to school. About 1.5 million have been killed during the past 20 years of war. Perhaps another 4 million have fled. Every major road has been torn apart by tank treads. Almost every major building left standing has been blown full of holes.
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Thank you for showing my country my home Afghanistan 🇦🇫 seeing this documentary really makes me cry 😔😔 We lost so much of our history to some stupid wars hopefully there will be peace in my country my beloved home Afghanistan/ mazar-I-Sharif 🇦🇫
Afgsn was a peaceful country until Satan came to create war.
Imagine how Afghanistan would have been before Islam, it was peaceful place during Buddhism, later every one knows what happened to this place..
@@bhushansoni2488 before and after Islam Afghanistan was beautifully place until we got neighbors like British India USSR and Pakistan they literally destroyed all of Afghanistan
@@erkinking5961 India, Pakistan always neighbor. Also, Soviet Russia always stay at the same place. Only Islam and Britain that came later.
@@newl55664 British-India (British raj) became neighbors in 18th century Russian tsar became neighbors in WW1 and Pakistan became neighbors in 1947 so yeah they weren't always there especially Pakistan
To all Muslims saying that “You can’t make God from Stone” Buddhists don’t consider Buddha as God. Buddhism doesn’t require belief in God. It’s about how you should live. It’s like a peaceful Philosophy.
Bro what's your problem we don't want to see that stupid statue on our country.
All countries Latest Songs It’s just art. Live and let live. Don’t destroy because you don’t like it. You didn’t build it or sculpt it, why do you destroy it
@@jehielhernandez8152 If I was the pesedent of Afghanistan of course I wouldn't let anyone to destroy. I would've put it in top 6 tourist destination in Afghanistan cause lots of Budist people would defently come and see it. For us its just a statue for Budist peoples it there GOD.
All countries Latest Songs You didn’t even read my original comment. Shows how ignorat you are.
@@jehielhernandez8152 Is just a statue You guys make it and you are praying for it. Why do you guys sell your own GOD on the market this shows that hindu religion is all Rubbish.
Buddha says everything will come and go , live and die. Which is a circle
Thank you (for putting it in words what I was thinking)...
Shalom, Salam, Peace. The original Buddha face was a western one. Quran [Last Testament] History will always repeat itself. [So each time we go round we gain wisdom]. The planets orbit in a circle as Muslims orbit the Kaaba [Mecca], all things testify one God.
@@omarlittle-hales8237 wtf
Hola Jimmy Jiang, Wheels, Rings, Sun, Moon For Example Are Circles, What If Buddha Observed The What Is Apparent. From The Creationist View, If Adam & Eve Were Sent From Heaven To Earth, Which Knowledge Of One God. As Time Pasted, Tribes Went Their Separated Ways To Form Buddhism & Hinduism And Other Polytheism Religions. The Original Has No Form Because He Is Above Any Form, Being Creator Of All Forms.
@@omarlittle-hales8237 No form, no religion, just people interpreting it in many different ways. Everything is part of it, nothing can exist without it, no one knows it's end or limitation. Evolution is part of it, it's constantly creating and destroying. It's truly without hate or fear.
The lion is blind and alive in the land of lost buddha. (Too emotional) 😭
In India, the lion would have been long raped and killed......lol
@@gullekaakh1602 this is not Pakistan where even goats are raped
@user nepali123 we feel the pain . I will suggest you a recent vlog made by an indian during his visit to Afghanistan. The channel name is " nomadic indian " . Unbelievable location and chosen by our grand grand fathers had constructed . A must watch video .
@@gullekaakh1602 good thing he is nepalese then ay
Feel sorry for the blind lion who know how many days it has gone hungry.
Very sad as a buddihist we respect all the religions all are humans why people not respect each other
And yet the Rohingyas killed by buddist you silence
@@sopinahtubi8780 maybe they were afraid thier country could become another Afghanistan.
@@sopinahtubi8780 unfortunately Islam cannot co-exist wth other religion.... Islam have problem wth all religion evry wher in the world.
@@sengherb except when you want to earnmoney from arabs, fyi slaves were forced to do hard labour in making those carvings on mountains, while the lamas and kings lived luxuriously.
@@sopinahtubi8780 you dare have the guts to say that being from a terrorist religion.
I cried when they blew up the Buddha's. Destroying your own heritage is extremely stupid and sad.
And Rohingyas peoples killed by buddist you just keep your mouth shut
Sopinah Tubi :: was it the Buddha's fault by what the Rohinga suferred? Was it the Muhamad's fault when radical moeslem blew up peoples? When you mix politic with religion, you got chaos everywhere.
D vdm it is what the people in that country want why bother.
Do you cry for the slaves who were forced to work on such humongous useless hard labour.
Please all budhhists, do not destroy ecology and nature, leave mountains alone, no need to carve statues in mountains, there is no need to make labourers suffer working like slaves carving your illogical ideas of budha, dalai lamas have put their subjects in abject poverty and hardships, lets wipe out these symbols of slavery so no u ever thinks of repeating these statues, a common man has every right to live as luxuriously as the budhist kings like ashoka and dalai lamas.
Imagine if Afghanistan is still a buddhist country, either they might look like Bhutan or some East Asian countries
imagine if people left afghansitan alone. and let them fix their own issue
get lost
But now afganistan is backward country Due to Islamic terrerisst
@lolololololo lolololol lol 😂 buddhism went to afghanistan from india by monks
@@ujjalshill6442 your wrong. Buhda was there way before Islam. Islam was brought from Egypt.
Namo Buddha. 🖤 Frm srilanka
How could we allow such sadness to continue in a country that’s suffered so much.. they literally have nothing else left to lose Thank you for the beautiful piece
Such a shame that the Buddhas of Bamiyan were destroyed by the Taliban.
@Khoshal-khan Neither do you have or will you have any power except by the will of Allah. All power is Only with the One Creator.
ADGHANISTAN IS A SOVEREIGN LAND. THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT!
@@salehfarman3879 China is a sovereign land , they can do whatever they want with Ughyurs , why the Muslims are howling then?.
@@Useruser-pe4my your allah was unable to protect his child rapist muhmd who was bewitched and controlled by satan
@Simple Girl / boy or whatever you are , please check that Saleh persons comment regarding Afghanistan, I replied accordingly.
Imagine if they remained as Buddhists all these years.how peaceful and nice place this would be.
Do you think it would have really mattered??? This was not the religion of Islam....it would be good to actually learn the agenda of the cult we we call civilized people!!
Look no further than the history of Vietnam and the entirety of Indochina in the 20th century for your hypothetical. If Afghanistan remained buddhist, it still would have been invaded by the Americans and Russians.
afganistan would have been prospouros and peacefull country had it remined as buddist country. now blood tears and sorrow are afganistans companions. how sad it is. this was the country mentioned in buddist texts as gaandara deshya(kandahar?) .
Had they been Buddhist, I think British would have incorporated it in British India and USSR would have never invaded it or it would have been invaded by USSR long before British even thought about it. The thing is, what ifs can be answered in either way.
It would be like Myanmar uuuuu soooo peaceful!
Hats off to David Adams! I loved this coverage and his story telling. Excellent!
They destroyed their own heritage and a livelihood for poor ordinary Afghans.
Such a shame that the Buddhas of Bamiyan were destroyed by the Taliban.
Partly Budhist fault. Never known for fighting against obvious evil! May be naive! Wishful thinking if we are nice others will be nice!
Most of that destruction occurred in the last few hundreds of years, probably around the same time that extremist Christians during the Renaissance and through the British civil war were denouncing all art as evil and sinful based on the EXACT same scripture. In fact, Puritans were so extreme in their iconoclasm that they destroyed masterpieces by the greatest painters in Europe (well, the ones they didn't sell to the Italians....for the money). Early Christians too tended to destroy pagan art they came across once they were the official religion of the Roman Empire (why do you think the pagan Greek and Roman sculptures were buried when Michaelangelo found them?). This is a very old problem: the victors wipe out the history and values they want to pretend never existed. Of course, Islam and Persia have a really vibrant history of arts, science and mathematics (although that didn't make them any less violent than the expansionist European Christian empires either - they were all pretty similar on that score). The irony is that it was only after the resurgence of Islam after the overthrow of the Russians, that Islamic regimes became so radical.
No they. Not. Only. Destroyed. Heritage. They ignore. There. Fore fathers. Culcure. Now the afgans. Paying. THE. EMI. To that. With endless
The earth is so beautiful its sad we are divided by man made borders. Thank you for these videos 👍
The Europeans mainly the British drew border lines all over the world and so many are in the wrong places. They created borders going by geography of land or water, but they forgot to make borders in accordance with tribes and communities.
@Gonorrhea DischargeYeah man, you'd feel violated and it would've been difficult to make them leave. Bloody colonizers huh! 😠 🤔
@Gonorrhea DischargeYeah man, you'd feel violated and it would've been difficult to make them leave. Bloody colonizers huh! 😠 🤔
@Gonorrhea Discharge LMAO! Love the name BTW!
@Gonorrhea Discharge LMAO! Love the name BTW!
This guy is like the Gordon Ramsey of travel documentaries. Brave man
Only the path of Buddha can make this world a peaceful and happy place... Nonviolence, love and rational thinking..
@skaiu So true which is very sad.
I pray for the peace of this troubled country. May it be that in time, this country will thrive and most of the people's dream are realized.
If our two idiot neighbouring countries Pakistan and Iran leave us alone .
Thank you for bringing the Afghanistan we know so little about. I am surprised by its beauty and sadden by their history.
Namo Buddha😢😢😢😢😢😢 Form India Tamil nadu state
I can understand the suffer, ancient tech and many statues of the indian subcontinent are lost due to terrorism
Thank you, one of the great documentaries I have ever seen.
Well done, so much destruction over the centuries still hasn't shattered how beautiful a country Afghanistan and it's people has to offer the world.
With out any doubts it is. I love afghans & Afghanistan.
Destruction through islam happening in 1000 year all native culture are being wipeout by Islam and culture and their practices are forbidden in Islam and they want only Arab God , Arabic and arab culture and dresscode.
@rshan It’s no different than any other civilization.... crush and replace
@@rshann10 i think you right. .if every body honest
Destroying These Idols has a background. One Swedish NGO which was working to protect these Bamiyan buddhas Came To Mullah Umar, And told him their cause, He Asked them that there are Afghan children dieing of hunger you give funds to those children but NGO refused so He destroyed those idols which were more important than lifes of Afghan Children.
There is a saying in hindi, " hitting one's own leg with a machete " and destroyed a heritage which has been built by the own forefathers.
Yre mogo
ନିଜ ଗୋଡ଼ରେ ନିଜେ କୁରାଢ଼ି ମାରିବା
That place was amazing. I'm really enjoying these series by David Adams
Thank you for sharing this video. It's full of humanity in your journey. I love what you did with people.
It's very sad !!! As rest of the world just watched it happen Japan was the only country that tried to negotiate rather pay the muslim militants not to demolish the statues of Buddha !!
And the place was beautiful.
Please all budhhists, do not destroy ecology and nature, leave mountains alone, no need to carve statues in mountains, there is no need to make labourers suffer working like slaves carving your illogical ideas of budha, dalai lamas have put their subjects in abject poverty and hardships, lets wipe out these symbols of slavery so no u ever thinks of repeating these statues, a common man has every right to live as luxuriously as the budhist kings like ashoka and dalai lamas.
I remember people of Rohingya was thrown by buddhists.I know people who are buddhist are good.why they let Rohingya suffered? We are all human we know how hard they live now.....
@@aamirkarim tf bro i saw the same comment again. I was not gonna reply but what the hell are you tryna say. Illogical. Then the pyramids are also illogical , The statue of Liberty is also illogical , All the statues all over the world are illogical ( Acc to you) . Nobody gave you the fcking right to trample on someone's religion and say it's illogical. Every statue , every scripture, every monument has a deeper meaning to it. So don't go and say if Buddhism idealogies are illogical. And a fun fact the budhhists scriptures you see were not carved by the Lamas. It was carved by the people who admired Buddha. Back in his time budhhism was not so widespread as other religions so they had little support but atleast loyal and trustworthy And see Buddhism's history is so far and widespread that so many idealogies of the High Buddhists Lamas clash against eachother. Pls don't point out towarss buddhism. Nor we Buddhists have pointed that Islam is bad or Christianity is bad or any religion. So you better not too. And Dalai Lama has his subjects in poverty ok. Lmao . Nothing is perfect bro. No matter whatever religion may it be people are gonna suffer. Muslims are suffering to , Christians are suffering too , Jain's are suffering, many more ,don't look at things with a narrow mindset. All we can do is help eachother during the sufferings. That's what my religion has taught me . Idk about yours.
Senpai Young Well said👏🏽 it is unbelievable what some ppl post, glad u took the time to put it right👍🏾
Lord Buddha inspired mankind to be creative Alla inspired mankind to be destructive
Amazing, fascinating, rich, sad, and beautiful! What wonders you have shown me! My heart breaks for the people though, who have almost never known real peace.
Great travelogue. Beautiful cinematography and smoothly edited. Informative narration. Would love to go there some day.
The Buddha taught detachment from worldly possessions, so in keeping with his teachings I shall remember and let go of the majesty of the Bamiyan Buddhas
That's a good way of thinking to let go of these things.
For non Buddhists? For historians?
Buddha taught the same things as Islam.... many people think he was a Muslim like Moses Isaac Jacob and the rest of the prophets...people do not understand the true religion of Islam, rather they listen to the news and propaganda which has an agenda and is organized to destroy the world. The workings of the 1% is more devilish than anyone who doesnt study can imagine.
U r wrong, it is a world heritage
Your not a historian so you did not feel the pain what world lost entire history of region.
The times of Taliban was just similar to horror movies, ,, the most of them were not Afghan, , But from another countries like Pakistan, Ozbakistan , Tajikistan, Arab countries, Bangladesh, , Some Jihadists from Europe and others,,,, with money of Rich Arabs and help Pakistan , ,,, Afghanistan and Afghan poeple've lost their everything in that scary times, ,, I hope and wish that Afghanistan and Afghan poeple will see their old time and pride again
Your ancestors was great who build such huge and beautiful monument, now today's day and with modern technology we can't able to build such sculptures.
The people and culture of these countries on Asia are beautiful. I wish they had a normal life too.
You re fukcing stupid
@@anggasinaga219 You too
@@youtubevideo7086 bro this ISI & Punjabi military establishment destroyed everything man , Bangladesh too was there shocking...I guess if Taliban comes too power much destruction will be done minorities Sikhs & Hindus r leaving to India in fear ...I hope & pray evils force ends there & Afghanistan return to glory & peaceful days
Watching from Oklahoma & taking a break from farming on this beautiful Sunday morning! There are lots of hateful statements and senseless arguing in the comments. Do not make the same mistakes of our ancestors and let pride and egos obscure your view of your fellow man! We all want the same things in life. Learn to respect other cultures, you don't have to agree with it or change it. Just be humble and realize in the eyes of God we have all fallen very short of his original vision of humanity.
Like this much
Wow thank you so much for this beautiful documentary. I never knew human form of Lord Buddha was created here. Thank you again.
fantastic doc, I really enjoyed it, I would love to see peace & more tolerance coming back to Afghanistan
and I would love to see you as a good muslim and in paradise
Peace will come if Islam will be eradicated from this world .
Thank you!
¡ Eradicate your hate !
You're a Great Documentary Maker...do more...Greeting from Our Team....
Thanks David, this is a wonderful piece of work.
David, you have to be admired for your patience, tenacity and daring....
Thank you for taking such a risk to produce this wonderful documentary. I never knew the Buddha's statue was 52 meters high. That is pretty incredible.
Broke my heart, when I saw that father crying ,over his children he lost. Why cant my country USA provide them with food and ROBOT remove these bombs.they need our help🙏
And you really expect me to believe that we have nothing to do with it? You are so heartless and ignorant
This was before 2000. There are more now.
Your contry help Mujahedin, who were the same as Taliban and ISIS. MUJAHEDIN were fighting against Soviet Union.
USA help thé mujahidin again Sovjet hypocriet
you know the documentary is good when you have tears in your eyes...
Thanks a lot. It's great to see the oldest statue of Buddha🙏
The Russians and Americans should reimburse Afghanistan for all of the damage caused by land mines.
Saudi Arabia must reimburse Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey for the hell they have brought.
Super powers are solely responsible for the creation of Taliban & alquaida.
The American military stopped using land mines since the 60s
Plant more
I'm so thankful I'm living on a land of Buddhism. I will sacrifice my life to protect Buddhism
So Where do you live?
No need to brag about it , all believers of any faiths would do that
@@ayushraj4554 India offcourse
Hey peaceful bodhs what about Rohingyas you have evicted....
@@jaffaraziz1410 : we don't care about terrorist... whatever happened, they deserve it !!!...
Such as amazing documentary I ever watched. Loved the way you respected all those people. You are right, you are the first person who filmed such beauties of Afghanistan that no one knows about. Keep up the good work!
This is a great documentary. Great stuff... What a place and what a world we live in.. It's very sad and beautiful at the same time..
30:36 the old man saying "3 of his 5 children died because of hunger" in Dari. You could feel the pain in his soul. Every man has the right to basic human needs :(
I know this will sound rude, but people need to stop having children in multiples when they are guaranteed to suffer from extreme hunger. It's not fair to these kids.
@Zazai king they have.... They can cut their own di..., they can stop fu... Thay can stop belive in their religion who says.... So, they have
That father crying that he lost his kids in the minefields broke my heart...
same
I really enjoyed watching this type of Documentary, the glimpse of the old Civilization and Religion fascinates me.
Incredible documentary, great courage needed by all involved. Sad to see the Bamiyan gone.
They are now sadly lost forever. This is fantastic documentary with historical significance because it was filmed shortly before destruction, and one of the rarest to be filmed in times when Taliban totally ruled Afghanistan, thank you for posting this
For me,WHAT A TREASURE!!!1976ish,, sitting around with an ex-team mate,He started showing mane pics from his brothers trip(THEGOLDENTRIANGLE) Supposedly a few months V Kay(ACTUALLY WAS SAYING V KAY BEFORE THIS)When they entered Afghanistan they could,nt believe the friendship and family dimensions that they stayed almost a year...I saw at least 200 pics of their time living among their new fond friends.It,s never left me etc etc.Another time
they filmed and shown to the world and taliban realised it should be broken
@Hamza Khan And that is why you and your kin are heavily disliked.
Thank you so much for this beautiful and great documentary Mr.David Adams on Afghanistan! I just like to mention one thing about Hazaras people of Afghanistan and elsewhere ; We , Hazaras are not descendent Of Ghengiz khan but some of Mongols mixed up with Hazaras in the past centuries. Hazaras in fact in thirteen , 13 century when Mongols invaded Khorasan now is called (Afghanistan ) fought with them in Bamyan ... probably you heard this from people and you just mentioned in your documentary. Thank you!
I have a Hazara friend that say that they descent of Gengis Kanh
Tricia Crowder that is not true what your friend says . You can make some research about it and you will find out the truth.
Brave man. Fantastic to see the images they managed to capture.
Beautiful documentary. Becoming a fan of your, Thanks. Would watch more of your video if which I would search now....
As a Bhuddist, I would love to visit this place one day.
Imagine losing 3 kids in 2 weeks, god bless you.
Truly an amazing documentary, thank you.
That was one of the best, most people never thought of history in this place.
I'm not teaching to make you my student I'm not interested in making you my student I'm not interested in breaking up your relationship with your old teacher I'm not even interested in changing your goals because everyone wants to be free from suffering try this what I have found and judge by yourself if it's good for you, accept it otherwise, do not accept it. ~ Buddha ~ Udumbarika Sutta-DN hatred should not be reciprocated with hatred, hatred must be returned with love. this is the eternal law ... Buddha ... very democratic, does not threaten to use weapons
The place where Buddhism is destroyed then you should know that this place is not peaceful & people will suffer very much because Buddhism is peace🙏🙏🙏 So people & Country which practices Buddhism are fortunate & lucky because place ,country & people of that country will b compassionate peaceful towards everyone because of following Lord Buddha's teachings.
Yea but Chinese followed zen bhuddism before and they had the most deadliest wars in human history . So in conclusion it doesn't mattrr which religion u have we just need to have a good mindset and try our level best to love one another ❤💕♥ peace..
You are absolutely right
@Ahmad sanjar yes indeed peaceful
@sharonpaul3398 Yes, religion is not the problem; people are the problem. *********** I'm surprised any of those Buddhas are left. One of those Muslim armies blew away several of them some years ago. It wasn't just some bullet holes and defacement resulting from target practice, either. The statues were eradicated!
Yea peaceful like Myanmar right?
one of best documentary i have watched after a very long time
An excellent documentary. Thank you
A blind lion..as a Kenyan,i find that sad😭😭😭
I also found that lion very sad.
@@cynthiadiaz7533 this lion is old
@@momak3103 This doesn't change the sadness of this poor lion. He died at 23 years of age which is very old for a lion.
"Theyve been in war for 2 thousand years".. Wow cant imagine.
i wonder if they will ever move forward as a country !
@@TheCashman007 we will...
Janith Dasunpriya if powerful countries let us to live our normal life so we will rebuild our country. But as long as Afghanistan remains in this world every superpower will invade our country and at the end they will never achieve for what they expected. Our mountains are good enough to freak them all.
@@sheikhsahab7502 I hope you'll become a great country again. You deserve to be ritch, healthy and happy, my dear Afghan people.
When god wants to destroy a nation so he send them to Afghanistan with hope.
One of the historical video. Thank you.
well done reporter 👍👍👍👏👏 I love Afghanistan and the many-country Afghan people give you patience and prosperity, fiery salam from Uzbekistan 🙋♂️🙋♂️🇺🇿🇺🇿
hope to see peace in this land one day...
No just believe in Allah SWT and don’t believe in bhuddism,because how can a human be the lord it doesn’t add up
ᜁᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜌ ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜒᜃ Very sorry for my misunderstanding.Also those terrorists are the blacksheeps of Islam and let’s be real every religion has blacksheeps so to assume those terrorist as the representer of Islam is completely wrong and that’s the media does.To clarify I don’t think any religion in the world spreads war,hatred,diversity and racism.Bonus= the word jihad comes from the Arabic word jihād meaning effort,struggling,striving oneself against sin and to struggle on behalf of God and Islam,you can search it in google but unfortunately the terrorist and the media turn jihad into holy war.In Arabic holy war = (حرب مقدسة).You can translate holy war to Arabic and see it for yourself.I am not very knowledgeable of Islam but I tried my best good night and nice to meet you may peace be upon you and your family by👍🏻✋✋🙂
Not until islam exist
I don’t even want to hear “the will of allah,” or “god willing.”
Last I checked, you cut our heads off if we don’t want to hear it.
why not?
God is great ALLAH ☝🏼❤️❤️❤️
Yes that Islamic stupid slogan made them lazy useless people! Don't work it's Allah's wish!
49.33 For people who is wondering, the tank is still there. Located at a stop in Serobay between Kabul and Jalalabad, it's a half way stop for travellers and with a beautiful view looking down at the small village across the river, a shot before. Also there is sometime seasonal fruit market for the travellers, to buy gifts for relatives or hosts or family. Last time I was there i purchased some delicious pomegranates, I believe from Kandahar not exactly sure as there was a few different types. BEST Feeling when there and visiting these places in person.
Thanks for your documentry video about Afghanistan. I have been there for 3 years in Kaul, Mazaishrif , Herat and Kandhaha .
Great Documentary ❤
he needs to do a follow up doc
Great work guys n gals much appreciated video
Very scenic one can only imagine what it must have looked like when it stood in full glory hundreds of yrs ago I salute the artisans determination to create such masterpieces
Can Buddhism have a chance to return there and transform it into a peaceful country again?
There is No chance Afghanistan history says we don’t accept others to come our country.
@@TheAbdulmalik999 , sir, the Buddhists were there BEFORE you, before Muhammad, before the creation of Islam.
Please all budhhists, do not destroy ecology and nature, leave mountains alone, no need to carve statues in mountains, there is no need to make labourers suffer working like slaves carving your illogical ideas of budha, dalai lamas have put their subjects in abject poverty and hardships, lets wipe out these symbols of slavery so no u ever thinks of repeating these statues, a common man has every right to live as luxuriously as the budhist kings like ashoka and dalai lamas.
@@pali_aha2781 islam was followed by adam, the first human being, may peace be on him
@@aamirkarim, the fairy tale of islam wasn't created before the christians who weren't imagined before the Jews.
This is heartbreaking.
Very well made documentary... sad to see so much destruction.., seeing those innocent eyes made me cry for Afgans... my ancestors come from Hindu Kush once upon a time... it must have been such a beautiful and flourishing country with peace and now see what’s happened 😣
I enjoyed lots thx lots for incredible videos and the history
I'm surprised that there are very few remains of hindu temples in Afghanistan, even though hindu kings ruled Afghanistan most of the tribal people may have been outside the caste system of Hinduism and may never had access to hindu temples .
Hindu is a geographical reference of people who live in an area called hind, its not historically a religious reference.
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic I don't know explicitly what he is talking about. There have been many wars in that area where people from all faiths died, so that is a bias statement by him, to ignore the deaths of others. With my little knowledge i understand the word Hindu predates the word Hinduism by 1000s of years. The word Hindu historically denotes people who live in Hind, a geographical area of central and southern asia. Hindu Kush is a valley along the Himalayas. So it seems that the word Hindu is actually not a religious identity but a geographical identity that has been hijacked by a religion. So thats is how i try to understand how an area called the hindu kush lies in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. You can look at old maps to verify. Thanks Keep well
Some texts refer to Hindu(geographical context) from Indus river, some from hindukush mountains itself. But as you rightly point Hinduism is basically derived from Hindu. Most hindu temples under rulers like Kanishka were probably demolished in war and communal intolerance of centuries. The Era where art flourished and has a history to tell, is lost among the man made borders and our failure to appreciate & cherish ancient heritage. It is sad but we are blessed to see what remains.
No wonder they don't give a damn about that history. It was the religion of kings, not of them. Just like Spaniards don't care about Islam. It was the religion of the rulers, and the people never held a status in it, even if they may have been forced to convert.
This status was build by my ancestors kanishk the great but radical islam destroyed all the idols and all historical places
@arcticnorth one of your ignorant friend show up 🤣
@Shaz B. lol this people were not even in existence when kushan empire was ruling over this region islam is responsible for all this destruction and killings
@arcticnorth ask any muslim(not taliban and isis) they will condemn this and you say muhammad pbuh was wrong in many ways and he didnt know how to read and write, yet he was the first person documented to give minority rights, the documents still exist in arabia to the christians of medina, theres so much i could write like for example he gave women rights in arabia when people were burying there daughters alive, i could write so much more, but i have a question have you ever anything even close to that?
@@miheersinghgurjar3717 we dont associate with this type of islam my friend, and majority of the muslims won't.
@arcticnorth read about the prophet muhammad(pbuh) look at the amount of prophecies he made and look at the amount of good he did and then talk
Wonderful work. Thank you.
I never knew what amazing land and deep in time culture this Country has. I feel sorry for all those kids who had to be born in such horrible times. I hope one day it will be everywhere peace and I could travel to find and learn more about the beautiful Afganistan. Peace! 🌼
This man deserves respect
I am feel sorrow and sad for my back home and my people 😭😭
Thanks for this!
beautiful narration and very well filmed..10/10. Sad for the buddha
Too painfull to watch. Thanks anyway for a brave (or insane ?) way of exposing the madness.
Eugenio Try Cowspiracy
Just like in the Dhammapada, when the bikksus tattled in Dhammarama for being aloof and away from the Buddha, similarly as is said of Buddha's of Bamyan's circumstance "They destroyed statues of depicting The Venerable one! It's such a shame, how stupid and sad they are!". Dhammarama explained why he had not come to see the Buddha and also reported that he had been striving his utmost in Insight Meditation Practice. The Buddha was satisfied and was very pleased with the explanation and conduct of Dhammarama and he said, "My son, Dhammarama, you have done very well. A Bhikkhu who loves and respects me should act like you. Those who made offerings of flowers, scents and incense to me are not really paying me homage. Only those who practice the Dhamma are the ones who truly pay homage to me." At the same time that the statues added an awesome representation of human's ability to create to world culture and heritage, what good are statues doing for Buddhism when the Buddha himself saw no value in them?
Superb documentary about Bamian and Kabul. First time I saw these cities which are so many times referred in old literature. Like Kaihbar pass,Hindkush.
Thank you David Adams for sharing this beautiful documentary. It is so sad to see Afghan suffer from wars causing by people from other countries.
Wow the greatest documentary ever i seen beautiful afghanistan
i wasn't paying attention for a while, but looked up when he said "the spectacular hindu kush"
This is a great documentary. It gives me a good understanding of the Afghan people, culture, and history. Wonderful documentary David of such a beautiful and troublesome place.
Thank's a lot from deep heart
My respect for all Buddhists people An example or kindness Peace and Compassion to al religions in the world
That's what they want you to think.
🙏🙏🙏 Great Salute to Lord Gautam Buddha! Its unfortunate that fanatic Talibanis destroyed Bamiyan's statues of Lord Buddha!!
Fascinating! Great doco!
Mr Adams my absolute favourite documentary host 👍👍
We Afghans wish that you visit again to Afghanistan to capture the changes . Unfortunately still it's not like what we want and how we want our land . Thanks regards .
Peace be upon you.
As-salamu alaykum
Destroying These Idols has a background. One Swedish NGO which was working to protect these Bamiyan buddhas Came To Mullah Umar, And told him their cause, He Asked them that there are Afghan children dieing of hunger you give funds to those children but NGO refused so He destroyed those idols which were more important than lifes of Afghan Children.
@e p is this your logical question?
@@kamranmisri2366 these are the rumors to divert their wilderness . We afghans suffered directly from Mula's brutalities. How someone who has brought up on the slices of the people can understand politics and ruling? They were the most fundamentalist and extremist people on earth .
I love afghans & Afghanistan for ever .
Wats their to love communist religion
@Karma Tse what's communist religion?
Keep the good work you doing
Really appreciate the documents and feel the empathy to those Afghan poeple