tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post6184336916912572292..comments2024-03-29T04:21:18.218-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: Emperor Lost And FoundShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-53952651972285999732012-09-26T05:20:37.675-07:002012-09-26T05:20:37.675-07:00Thanks for the excellent information in B. A to Z!...Thanks for the excellent information in B. A to Z! I am somewhat surprised at the shrewdness of the first story. I'd further like to know if they had an other form of saving than "burying a treasure" in Buddha's time? Or an other form of pension than one's children?Yashashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531349728636182477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-42496088894198304562012-09-19T22:57:43.574-07:002012-09-19T22:57:43.574-07:00Dear Yaksha, please go to www.buddhisma2z.com and ...Dear Yaksha, please go to www.buddhisma2z.com and look up Entrepreneurial Skills, Interest, Livelihood, Money and Wealth. You might try to get a copy of Kumar and Desai’s comprehensive The Cambridge Economic History of India: Volume I (1983) you might have a look at S. K. Das’ somewhat dated but still useful Economic History of Ancient India which you can find at in PDF on the internet. Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-34773755458701986602012-09-17T01:10:43.752-07:002012-09-17T01:10:43.752-07:00Are there any signs of the economic theory that th...Are there any signs of the economic theory that the peoples in ancient India held? Are there words indicating economical thinking in the Tipitaka? For example: capital, investment, profit, accounting, inflation, interest, lending, etc...? Yashashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531349728636182477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-37625584878610105382012-09-04T23:42:11.733-07:002012-09-04T23:42:11.733-07:00Dear Blogger, I have read the preliminary report o...Dear Blogger, I have read the preliminary report of the most recent findings from Kanaganahalli. There is no mention of any inscription accompanying the sculpture of this royal figure and the surrounding females. Thus the claim that it is supposed to be King Asoka is, at best, highly speculative. Such wild and unsubstantiated claims often come out of India. Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-8523633916530996482012-09-04T04:01:32.332-07:002012-09-04T04:01:32.332-07:00Dear Venerable,
Googling, I came across a very in...Dear Venerable,<br /><br />Googling, I came across a very interesting link,a labelled image of Asoka was found at Kanaganahalli MahaStupa.<br /><br />http://web.archive.org/web/20051205041242/http://asi.nic.in/album_kanganhalli4.html<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanaganahalli<br /><br />RegardsBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271910141016847494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-41550291261167866282012-09-04T01:53:50.535-07:002012-09-04T01:53:50.535-07:00Some scholars say that Ashoka is depicted in a Bha...Some scholars say that Ashoka is depicted in a Bharhut carving (now in the Indian Museum) which shows a rather squat homely monarch on an elephant and holding a reliquary. It isn't a generic king, so it might really be what he looked like?Ken and Visakhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16713910044241151429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-15816646365157000012012-09-04T01:33:59.171-07:002012-09-04T01:33:59.171-07:00Dear Blogger, the sculpture is from Amaravati in S...Dear Blogger, the sculpture is from Amaravati in South India and depicts a ‘universal monarch, cakkavatti, the ideal Buddhist statesman. He is in the middle with his arm extended and surrounding him are his minister, wife, steed and jewel, some of the seven possessions of a cakkavatti, the others have been broken off. A wheel of justice (dhammacakka) appears in the sky when such a monarch rules, that is seen on the left of central figure. It is likely that Asoka saw himself as such a cakkavatti. Details about the cakkavatti can be found in the Cakkavattisihanada Sutta of the Digha Nikaya. No image of Asoka is known from ancient India. A better picture of the sculpture you ask about is found on page 89 of Allen’s book. Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-20675752798343277722012-09-04T00:11:56.209-07:002012-09-04T00:11:56.209-07:00Dear Venerable,
Is it Asoka on the books' cov...Dear Venerable,<br /><br />Is it Asoka on the books' cover page?Could you tell me about the two people,the pillar & the extended hand of the middle person?Are there any other depictions of Asoka?<br /><br />RegardsBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271910141016847494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-64409311046484654892012-09-02T23:14:41.394-07:002012-09-02T23:14:41.394-07:00So glad you have blogged this great read.
We can...So glad you have blogged this great read. <br /><br />We can't agree with you that that Allen "overemphasized the role of Brahman/Hindu hostility to Buddhism in the disappearance of Asoka from Indian consciousness for more than a thousand years." <br /><br />Having traveled and worked with educated and articulate Dalit monks, we don't think that orthodox Hindu hostility to Buddhism could be exaggerated.<br /><br />There is an interesting story about the Indian flag. Shortly before India gained its independence in August, 1947, the Constituent Assembly was formed, with prominent Hindu and Muslim members, and the father of the Indian Constitution, the untouchable, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. They proposed a flag that would be acceptable to all parties and communities, without communal undertones. The spinning wheel that Gandhi had favored was replaced by the Chakra from Ashoka’s Lion Capital. Gandhi apparently was less than pleased by the change, but had little choice but to accept it. <br /><br />Again thanks for highlighting this important history.<br /><br />Ken and Visakhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16713910044241151429noreply@blogger.com