Buddha's skin colour

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Sovatthika wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:35 am [Ven. Sujato] also makes the argument i've been told that devas are only literary devices.
Source for this?
Sovatthika wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:35 am no, what really distresses me is the fundamental misunderstanding one can have regarding the ability of an arahant to lie.....
People who don't believe in the 32 Marks don't believe that any arahant lied, they believe the suttas or the portions of suttas mentioning the Marks to be inauthentic or non-literal.
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Nicolas wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:49 pm People who don't believe in the 32 Marks don't believe that any arahant lied, they believe the suttas or the portions of suttas mentioning the Marks to be inauthentic or non-literal.
Sovatthika was referring to another topic, the 4th precept and was posting off-topic when he made that remark. He was referring to an article I wrote where I suggested the Buddha might have used skillful means, regarding Nanda. He was stating that he is "distressed" to use his words about that, apparently more so than the 32 marks issue. I have merged several 4th precept threads and bumped that thread up for anyone interested.

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The Buddha in the Pali texts does not say he has 32 marks to monks.

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thomaslaw wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:44 am The Buddha in the Pali texts does not say he has 32 marks to monks.

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Does anyone else here gets the creeps when they see all the threads about the Buddha's "race" "skin color" and "appearance"? While the 32 marks are interesting, who really cares what color Buddha's skin was? Part of my concern is racists probably care the most obsessing about his "aryan" stock. Not trying to highjack this thread but the number of posts about this is quite jarring.
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:goodpost: Dharmacops.
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Modern people are so fearful of being perceived as Racist ( there, I mentioned the elephant in the room), that any mention of skin colour is whispered only with extreme sensitivity. But there is absolutely nothing wrong with being curious of how the founder of our religion looked like. Yes, he's Asian, and probably looked like many north Indians today. If anyone has difficulty picturing that, google Shah Rukh Khan. :tongue:
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pilgrim wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:05 pm Modern people are so fearful of being perceived as Racist ( there, I mentioned the elephant in the room), that any mention of skin colour is whispered only with extreme sensitivity. But there is absolutely nothing wrong with being curious of how the founder of our religion looked like. Yes, he's Asian, and probably looked like many north Indians today. If anyone has difficulty picturing that, google Shah Rukh Khan.
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Khan doesn't have "blue eyes" and he's only 5'8".
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People claiming to be Sakyas still live along the southern edge of Nepal and in small communities in India, around Sankasia for eg. But I think intermarriage down thru the centuries have largely diluted physical features of their ethnicity.
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Ven Metteya Sakyaputta of Lumbini, the last name means a Sakyan son
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Coëmgenu wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:05 pm
thomaslaw wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:44 am The Buddha in the Pali texts does not say he has 32 marks to monks.

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The text does not state the Buddha has the 32 marks. The text only states about the great man's marks.
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pilgrim wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:48 am People claiming to be Sakyas still live along the southern edge of Nepal and in small communities in India, around Sankasia for eg. But I think intermarriage down thru the centuries have largely diluted physical features of their ethnicity.

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Phra Anil Shakya, an ethnic Sakyan of Nepali nationality living in Bangkok.
If Phra Anil Shakya is the same ethnic Sakyan of the Buddha, his ethnic language should be the same language of the Buddha. Good news indeed!
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thomaslaw wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:44 am The Buddha in the Pali texts does not say he has 32 marks to monks.

Thomas
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn14
there's a whole long discourse about the marks as well https://suttacentral.net/en/dn30
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race isn't skin color
"Just as the ocean has a single taste — that of salt — in the same way, this Dhamma-Vinaya has a single taste: that of release."
— Ud 5.5

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