tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post7450761983924072720..comments2024-03-15T16:22:02.806-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: How Did That Get There!Shravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-27878743888046797432008-12-02T16:14:00.000-08:002008-12-02T16:14:00.000-08:00Dear Terrance,Perhaps he's tired!Dear Terrance,<BR/>Perhaps he's tired!Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-52888940625106357072008-11-17T18:48:00.000-08:002008-11-17T18:48:00.000-08:00Just out of curiosity - why is the one for the Tib...Just out of curiosity - why is the one for the Tibetan painting not "pointing" straight up like the rest? Most lingams do.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183407664456597891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-25654657100932283922008-11-17T15:15:00.000-08:002008-11-17T15:15:00.000-08:00Dear Yamizi,Both!Dear Yamizi,<BR/>Both!Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-60874814356402931242008-11-16T19:48:00.000-08:002008-11-16T19:48:00.000-08:00i have seen in the movie "travellers and magicians...i have seen in the movie "travellers and magicians" (which is shot in Bhutan and directed by a Buddhist monk)a really giant phallus being brought into a house, during a house blessing ceremony. and this ceremony is being dismissed by the main character of the movie.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265290974590821666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-80072209080412272262008-11-16T18:39:00.000-08:002008-11-16T18:39:00.000-08:00Which is worse:-1. phallic worship or;2. tantric s...Which is worse:-<BR/><BR/>1. phallic worship or;<BR/>2. tantric sex?Ser Minghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08989807476028991938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-37836016721046844132008-11-16T11:55:00.000-08:002008-11-16T11:55:00.000-08:00Bhante, tomorrow I am going to leave. I will be ba...Bhante, tomorrow I am going to leave. I will be back in December, and I will be able to read any comment of yours only then.<BR>Bye,Alessandro S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09143290602945068445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-42768869824399205032008-11-16T11:29:00.000-08:002008-11-16T11:29:00.000-08:00Hello, Bhante.I read these words of yours: «Despit...Hello, Bhante.<BR>I read these words of yours: <BR>«Despite the widespread assumption to the contrary, the Buddha adopted very little from the religions or the folk beliefs of his time and included nothing at all from them into his essential teachings.»<BR/>I recently run into Ms. Durga N. Bhagvat's book, "Early Buddhist Jurisprudence", New Delhi, 1939. While she agrees that <BR>«the peculiarity of the rules lies in the structure and formation, which are so distinct from any ecclesiastic laws [like the Hindus' and the Jains']» (p. 46-7), she argues that <BR>«we cannot disregard the root of legal institutions merely because they happen to be embedded in antiquity. Tradition is a great storehouse of the unwritten historical material from which many ideas can be drawn. The laws of the Vinaya, also owe a good deal to tradition, as the laws suiting any sane and practical institution must needs do <I>[sic]</I>. Buddhism and Jainism are different in their ethical and religious outlook from Brahmanism, yet no religion in the world is in the real sense of the term so original, as to break off completely from the beaten path. Especially, in a conservative and past-loving country like ancient India, even the idea of smashing the tradition seems improbable. The Buddha himself never wished it. He never meant to find a new way to salvation; he only remodeled customs which were worn out and out of place. [...] The Hindu laws are known for their sole dependance on custom; but the laws of the Vinaya also have mostly their antecedents in nothing else but custom. The Hindu law-givers, looked upon three things as the sources of the law, viz. (1) Veda, (2) Smriti, and (3) Ācāra (custom) [1]. But since the Buddha did not believe in the former two sources, custom was all the more important in the formation of the Vinaya-laws, and that is one of the reasons why public censure and recommendations had so much effect in on the origin and evolution of these laws.<BR><BR>«After a close scrutiny of the Vinaya-laws one find out that the framework of these rules is essentially based on tradition, while the details and the legal methods are the inventions of the Buddhists. The rules as a fact are taken from the ancient law-codes, the Upaniṣads, topical environment etc. The rules borrowed from the Dharmasūtras are generally taken from the injunctions of the two institutions, viz., the Brahmacarya and ascetism.» (p. 48-9) The following pages, sections <I>Contribution of Brahmacarya</I>, <I>The influence of the institution of Yatis</I> and <I>Uposatha in older literature</I>, give many of the details Ms. Bhagvat assets prove her point.<BR>I am only a commoner and a layman, but I would like a comment of yours on these opinions.<BR>With kind regards,Alessandro S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09143290602945068445noreply@blogger.com