Stupid curiosity...
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jcsuperstar
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Re: Stupid curiosity...
i know some east asian buddhas have facial hair to show that the buddha is from the west, most of the time it's amida buddha with the facial hair though( like in your picture of the dai butsu in japan who is amida)
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the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
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Re: Stupid curiosity...
Speaking of 'facial hair' . . . some Sri Lankan monks even shave the eyebrows!
Bhante Gunaratana is a member / leader in the Siam Nikaya sect of Theravada and those monks shave all facial hair, including the eyebrows. But I am pretty certain that is just cultural, as the Vinaya mentions nothing about eyebrow shaving.
Bhante Gunaratana is a member / leader in the Siam Nikaya sect of Theravada and those monks shave all facial hair, including the eyebrows. But I am pretty certain that is just cultural, as the Vinaya mentions nothing about eyebrow shaving.
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appicchato
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All Thais as well...started a couple hundred years ago to differentiate themselves from Burmese 'spy' monks...TheDhamma wrote:Speaking of 'facial hair' . . . some Sri Lankan monks even shave the eyebrows!
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So why does it continue? Are there still Burmese spy monks?appicchato wrote:All Thais as well...started a couple hundred years ago to differentiate themselves from Burmese 'spy' monks...TheDhamma wrote:Speaking of 'facial hair' . . . some Sri Lankan monks even shave the eyebrows!
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Re: Stupid curiosity...
pink_trike wrote:So why does it continue? Are there still Burmese spy monks?appicchato wrote: All Thais as well...started a couple hundred years ago to differentiate themselves from Burmese 'spy' monks...
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appicchato
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Beats me...I pretty much ask the same question every time I'm shaving them...pink_trike wrote:So why does it continue?
Wouldn't think so, but who knows?...not me...Are there still Burmese spy monks?
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A mustache would be handy for me here in Thailand. It would serve as a way for the endless stream of sweat from my head to drip off of the corners of my mouth. I like it here but in this one respect I do miss my snowy mountain home.
But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}