The Buddhist statue in Afghanistan. (Buddhism, America, Almighty, mercy)

[Christopher Krajewski]

If somebody flushed a Koran down the toilet in Ghuantanamo, I see no reason for the complicated reactions Americans make. Whatever...

I personally enjoy finiding a statue in the Chicage Museum of Natural History. I mix it's name up a lot. She was a saint of chinese folk-lore. Is it the same person as Boddittsvha (that was Godess from Tibet the way the computer talks about that). It had in both cases to do with the releaving of Kharma suffering. I know that the saint figurene in Chicago represented that she wanted no relief from the kharma in a sense for all of us to attains the balanced condition in life and come to union with the almighty.

So what. They blew that large relic in the Afghany mountains. There just no accounting to knowing how to respect other religions. I am applying some form of the Golden rule here, NO?:canadian:

[anders]

Originally Posted by Christopher Krajewski

I personally enjoy finiding a statue in the Chicage Museum of Natural History. I mix it's name up a lot. She was a saint of chinese folk-lore. Is it the same person as Boddittsvha (that was Godess from Tibet the way the computer talks about that). It had in both cases to do with the releaving of Kharma suffering. I know that the saint figurene in Chicago represented that she wanted no relief from the kharma in a sense for all of us to attains the balanced condition in life and come to union with the almighty.

The male Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara ("the mercifully looking down Lord") was and is very popular. When Buddhism spread to Tibet and further to China, he was getting increasingly feminine, and ended up as the Chinese godess of mercy, GuanYin. So she didn't come from Chinese folklore. You find her in Japan as Kwannon.

http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/chen-re-zig.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalokitesvara

[BUDDY]

Originally Posted by Christopher Krajewski

If somebody flushed a Koran down the toilet in Ghuantanamo, I see no reason for the complicated reactions Americans make. Whatever...

As was stated in another thread, the reaction was over the fact that the story was false. A retraction has been made by Newsweek. It never happened. And because of this faulty, incorrect reporting, at least sixteen people have died. So the "complicated reaction" as you put it, is that people have died because a newpaper wanted to sell more newspapers. I see no reason to apologize or feel bad about being angry about that.

[Engyo]

Originally Posted by anders

The male Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara ("the mercifully looking down Lord") was and is very popular. When Buddhism spread to Tibet and further to China, he was getting increasingly feminine, and ended up as the Chinese godess of mercy, GuanYin. So she didn't come from Chinese folklore. You find her in Japan as Kwannon.

http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/chen-re-zig.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalokitesvara

I haven't viewed the Wikipedia entry; but in the Lotus Sutra, Chapter 25 is about Avalokitesvara/Quan Yin/Kannon [Perceiver of the World's Cries]. This Bodhisatva can take on 34 different forms in order to make those he/she is helping feel comfortable and at ease; a number of these forms are female, some are gods, and some are nonhuman.