Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies
Guanyin
Re: Guanyin
No worries, Justsit!Justsit wrote:Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies
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Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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Re: Guanyin
Nothing to apologize for. Honestly, if one finds Mahayana moving, there really is not a problem with that.Justsit wrote:Sorry, being unmindful, sincere apologies
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Guanyin
At the risk of continuing to be off-topic, I'm going to be bold anyway as I think there's an amusing and slight dhamma related point in it:
I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.
I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.
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And it was with The Buddha's cousin, Nanda:Anders Honore wrote:At the risk of continuing to be off-topic, I'm going to be bold anyway as I think there's an amusing and slight dhamma related point in it:
I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.
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>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Guanyin
tiltbillings wrote:And it was with The Buddha's cousin, Nanda:Anders Honore wrote:At the risk of continuing to be off-topic, I'm going to be bold anyway as I think there's an amusing and slight dhamma related point in it:
I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.
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Way I was told was that this was the experience of the Australian bhikkhu in question.
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Well, being an Australian bhikkhu, it is probably a true story. She probably protected him from a drop-bear or a bunyip. Probably a good thing I have never seen a devatā.Anders Honore wrote: Way I was told was that this was the experience of the Australian bhikkhu in question.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Re: Guanyin
Although now I'm a Theravadan, I owed a lot to Guanyin whom I regarded to be almost like my mother in my quest of discovering Buddhism. He/she is the first 'being' that I meet, or otherwise maybe today I'm not a Buddhist at all. I started getting interested in Buddhism after I read about Guanyin and her description in the Lotus Sutra Chapter 25 (a famous Mahayana sutra). Beginning from that point of time, I started learning more and more about Buddhism and in the end ventured into Theravada where I finally found my path. And yes, there have been shifts in my perception about Guanyin overtime. When I first knew her, I considered her a Bodhisattva, then a manifestation of a past Buddha, then as a concept that represents the ultimate selfless love and compassion, a deity, etc, but now, I could only be satisfied with the last two. She could be a Bodhisattva or even a past Buddha, I certainly don't know and can't be sure about that, but I need to express my gratitude to her for bringing me into Buddhism
With metta,
Dhammanucara
With metta,
Dhammanucara
Re: Guanyin
The image posted by OP is actually from the oil paintings series "Dunhuang Flying Series" (敦煌飞天, i.e. "Gandharvas of Dunhuang") by a modern Chinese artist Zeng Hau(曾浩).
"Guanyin" in Chinese tradition is definitely not a Gandharva (Pali: Gandhabba). Anyway, in popular culture, it is not uncommon to compare beatiful female image with Guanyin.
"Guanyin" in Chinese tradition is definitely not a Gandharva (Pali: Gandhabba). Anyway, in popular culture, it is not uncommon to compare beatiful female image with Guanyin.
Re: Guanyin
When I was a Mahayana believer, I always going to a temple praying to her (him?).... Well, none of my prayers work.
Chinese Guan-Yin
Thai Guan-Yin at Chinatown, Yaowarach (BKK)
Japanese Anime Guan-Yin
Chinese Guan-Yin
Thai Guan-Yin at Chinatown, Yaowarach (BKK)
Japanese Anime Guan-Yin
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
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sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false