Comments on: Buddhism: the Planet’s Whipping Boy? https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/ Postcards from the Edge Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:45:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: MummyT https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/#comment-12241 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:04:14 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=1831#comment-12241 In reply to Paul Franklin.

Yes. The Gazmonster rather hit the nail on the head, didn’t he?

]]> By: MummyT https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/#comment-12245 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:04:14 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=1831#comment-12245 In reply to Paul Franklin.

Yes. The Gazmonster rather hit the nail on the head, didn’t he?

]]> By: Paul Franklin https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/#comment-12240 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:32:39 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=1831#comment-12240 I don’t think it’s intentionally disrespectful of Buddhism, but I can definitely see how some might. I agree with the poster above, in that some Buddhists would have no problem being portrayed as yaks, pigs, or even cows. All things have Buddha nature, so we are no more or no less than any of our fellow creatures.

It probably wouldn’t hurt people from all nations of the world to learn more about their neighbors religion instead of the strict do’s and don’ts. A little understanding goes a long way.

]]> By: Paul Franklin https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/#comment-12244 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:32:39 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=1831#comment-12244 I don’t think it’s intentionally disrespectful of Buddhism, but I can definitely see how some might. I agree with the poster above, in that some Buddhists would have no problem being portrayed as yaks, pigs, or even cows. All things have Buddha nature, so we are no more or no less than any of our fellow creatures.

It probably wouldn’t hurt people from all nations of the world to learn more about their neighbors religion instead of the strict do’s and don’ts. A little understanding goes a long way.

]]> By: MummyT https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/#comment-12239 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:36:26 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=1831#comment-12239 In reply to gaz regan.

You might well be right! They may well be too mature to give a toss… Wish I’d thought of that explanation…

]]> By: MummyT https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/#comment-12243 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:36:26 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=1831#comment-12243 In reply to gaz regan.

You might well be right! They may well be too mature to give a toss… Wish I’d thought of that explanation…

]]> By: gaz regan https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/#comment-12238 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:04:00 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=1831#comment-12238 As one of the post-hippy new-age assh***s who enjoys burning a bit of sage and listening to Krisna Das of an afternoon, but who isn’t commited enough to actually subscribe to a religeon, I’d like to pass along the wisdom of my shaman who, at my first session with her, when I was just coming out of a decades-long agnostic phase, told me that yes, there probably is such a thing as God, but I needn’t take it all too seriously. I have a feeling that Buddhists might have a similar attitude to seeing their brother and sister yaks dressed as monks. Just a thought.

]]> By: gaz regan https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/07/18/buddhist-yak-monks-religion-disrespect-dance-mat-touch-typing/#comment-12242 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:04:00 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=1831#comment-12242 As one of the post-hippy new-age assh***s who enjoys burning a bit of sage and listening to Krisna Das of an afternoon, but who isn’t commited enough to actually subscribe to a religeon, I’d like to pass along the wisdom of my shaman who, at my first session with her, when I was just coming out of a decades-long agnostic phase, told me that yes, there probably is such a thing as God, but I needn’t take it all too seriously. I have a feeling that Buddhists might have a similar attitude to seeing their brother and sister yaks dressed as monks. Just a thought.

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