My Friend Valery has just become Sister Kittinani (one who deserves respect through her knowledge)
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
Can anyone tell me why does some Burmese art make the Buddha looks like a butterfly on the head? Is it Mandalay?
Can anyone tell me why does some Burmese art make the Buddha looks like a butterfly on the head? Is it Mandalay?
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Lovely to hear about - lovely to see! Sadhu!
with metta
Chris
with metta
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Cittasanto,
Please pass on our hearty congratulations!
with metta,
Ben
Please pass on our hearty congratulations!
with metta,
Ben
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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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Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Congratulations to her!
Is that Amaravati she is staying at?
Is that Amaravati she is staying at?
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Sadhu!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
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Awesome news!
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Gday.cittasanto,
Very.happy.to.hear.this.joyful.news!
metta
Very.happy.to.hear.this.joyful.news!
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Ayya is staying at Amaravati or Chithurst to my knowledge, she became an Anagarika just after me.
I havn't spoken to her since leaving but I will pass on your Best wishes via a friend who frequents regularly.
I havn't spoken to her since leaving but I will pass on your Best wishes via a friend who frequents regularly.
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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plwk wrote:Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
Can anyone tell me why does some Burmese art make the Buddha looks like a butterfly on the head? Is it Mandalay?
The "butterfly" on either side is technically known as a "flange" by the specialists. This form is typically known as the Jambupati, after the legendary king whose arrogance caused the Buddha to appear as a crowned figure. Quite possibly (i) the result of older Mahayana influence, or (ii) Pala iconography being imported by pilgrims. A theory by Dorothy Fickle was that the standard explanation of this iconography as part of the Jambupati legend was concocted to white-wash the Mahayana origins of the form.
I've seen similar Lopburi examples being catalogued as Vajrasattvas.