tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post380494394735742725..comments2023-11-19T23:18:59.966-08:00Comments on Mud Ghecko: THAT FIRST GREAT FEMINISTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-52696412859290906892008-05-16T06:20:00.000-07:002008-05-16T06:20:00.000-07:00chaarmax welcome back...what is this tagging busin...chaarmax welcome back...<BR/>what is this tagging business?<BR/>oh no, its a sign of old age, I yam not understanding your new fashioned terminology , does it mean i have begun the inexorable slide into regions of tech unsavvy grandmother hood?<BR/>and did I just hear you say "what dyu mean *begun*?"aljuharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590170015987321465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-89929200219513935092008-05-16T06:18:00.000-07:002008-05-16T06:18:00.000-07:00its good to see you have been analysing things so ...its good to see you have been analysing things so deeply,but I dont think you have got it quite right; Sovan, Sakurdagami, Anagami and Arhat are not hierarchy but are stages of perfection. You have to climb these stages to finally get to Nirvana. its all about hard spiritual work in cleansing defilements and not about being worshipped as divine beings. If the Buddha clearly said not to waste time worshipping statues of himself, then I doubt any other stage of sainthood or what ever, is relevant. He just said there is a problem (craving)which leads to suffering, and you need to find a way out of it as quickly as possible, while respecting your fellow man along the way.aljuharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590170015987321465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-1839705155261518012008-05-15T21:11:00.000-07:002008-05-15T21:11:00.000-07:00Theravada Buddhism is perhaps the only religion th...Theravada Buddhism is perhaps the only religion that promotes inequality even at the level of supreme bliss.<BR/><BR/>Every other religion, no matter how they treat people worldly, after reaching the supreme level take them as equal. Christianity or Islam do not have separate heavens. Hinduism takes everybody to same Maha Bramha, irrespective of his/her caste.<BR/><BR/>But in Theravada Buddhism there is a hierarchy even at the level of Nirvana. One can be a Buddha, Pachcheka Buddha or Arhat. There is hierachy in the approach too. Sovan, Sakurdagami, Anagami and Arhat. There is no equality.<BR/><BR/>Mahayana Buddhism, opposed to this, rejects this hierarchy and assumes everybody can be a Buddha at the end.<BR/><BR/>So don’t think this is what Gauthama preached. Might have been added by Theravadi mullas to maintain the hierarchical structure of the Sanga society to ensure their own survival.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-8943710946346780622008-05-15T12:15:00.000-07:002008-05-15T12:15:00.000-07:00nice piece indeed. And that is the only point of c...nice piece indeed. And that is the only point of contention I have too. It just doesn't add up. The other great thing about Lord Buddha, he gave the right to ask questions and clarify doubts in stead of blindly following. If not what we were doing here, maybe considered wrong in another religion.<BR/><BR/>Anyways you my dear have been <A HREF="http://chaarmax.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/ten-things-that-make-the-world-go-round/" REL="nofollow">Tagged</A>. So go ahead and spread some Tag Love. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-35253822746732852272008-05-14T01:40:00.000-07:002008-05-14T01:40:00.000-07:00and as an afterthought, scholars agree that Buddha...and as an afterthought, scholars agree that Buddha never required any one to worship anyone in the first place, just to understand the Noble Truths, that was the whole point.aljuharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590170015987321465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-45639150370826556232008-05-14T01:38:00.000-07:002008-05-14T01:38:00.000-07:00thanks for the interesting feedback, yes I was awa...thanks for the interesting feedback, yes I was aware of that little clause and I found it very uncharacteristic. <BR/>He has said that the "Mother is the Buddha in your home" and then its implied that a nun of any age should be considered lower in rank than a monk of any age. <BR/>Contradictory, if you picture a scene of a mother and son being ordained , I cant picture Him requiring the mother to workship the son.<BR/>There may have been some ghostwriting involved, dont you think...aljuharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590170015987321465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-43562565030769550002008-05-13T21:08:00.000-07:002008-05-13T21:08:00.000-07:00As far as the record goes Gauthama was hardly a fe...As far as the record goes Gauthama was hardly a feminist. He was a man who ordered a 100 year old nun to stand before a one day ordinate male Bhikku.<BR/><BR/>But yes, we have to judge him by his times, not ours. Probably he imposed this rule to address the Brahamin hostility to the idea of creating the order of nuns.<BR/><BR/>It is also probable that the Theravadi mullahs who wrote Vamsa kathas distorted the reality for their advantage. (From the very beginning the so called Buddhist monks never liked the idea of having nuns. They know that challenges their position in society)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-14786018858427844272008-05-13T13:43:00.000-07:002008-05-13T13:43:00.000-07:00Hi, it's a nice article. Your site is cool.Hi, it's a nice article. Your site is cool.Innocenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096182094964566977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21424034.post-43648001665589949852008-05-13T13:00:00.000-07:002008-05-13T13:00:00.000-07:00wow great piece! very true indeed! great insight t...wow great piece! very true indeed! great insight too!Tavish Gunasenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153127734442347092noreply@blogger.com