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[khunking]

The truth shall set you free.
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[khunking]

Chapter Two

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[sir cum-a-lot]

buddha & buddhism came from the mother land of ahneh.

 

[khunking]

Please define motherland in the Indian context.

buddha & buddhism came from the mother land of ahneh.

 

[xyhan]

buddha & buddhism came from the mother land of ahneh.

Buddhism originated from India..not Motheland of Ahneh..

Cheers

 

[whoami]

Buddhism originated from India..not Motheland of Ahneh..

 

[vamjok]

this strange, i thought in the sutta it was mentioned he had blue eyes? how can he be of mongoloid race? its more likely for him to look more like those people in Iran or afghanhistan

 

[khunking]

Which sutta? The Kirats (Shakyans) were specifically mentioned as people with golden glow skin.

this strange, i thought in the sutta it was mentioned he had blue eyes? how can he be of mongoloid race? its more likely for him to look more like those people in Iran or afghanhistan

 

[drifter]

this strange, i thought in the sutta it was mentioned he had blue eyes? how can he be of mongoloid race? its more likely for him to look more like those people in Iran or afghanhistan

He is mix .. His mother is a SPG ...sari party girls ..

 

[vamjok]

Which sutta? The Kirats (Shakyans) were specifically mentioned as people with golden glow skin.

its one of the major 32 characteristic of the buddha.

The Digha Nikaya, Lakkhaṇa Sutta

other books do mentioned briefly on the 32 characteristic at times based on my memory

 

[khunking]

Gautama Buddha's real portrait at the age of 41

painted by Pûrna (Phú-Lâu-Na), a Buddha's follower [The original painting is in British Museum]

Purna Maitrayani-putra, also called Puṇṇa, was an arahant and one of the ten leading disciples of the Buddha.

 

[vamjok]

i must say that i do not really believe its possible for anyone to look like a normal human being with those 32 characteristic, its likely that this is a later addition into the pali cannon.


however certain characteristic mention are quite possible to have them, and one of them is having a blue eyes.

 

[khunking]

Buddha and Jesus images portrayed with blue eyes are an illusion.

i must say that i do not really believe its possible for anyone to look like a normal human being with those 32 characteristic, its likely that this is a later addition into the pali cannon.


however certain characteristic mention are quite possible to have them, and one of them is having a blue eyes.

 

[vamjok]

Buddha and Jesus images portrayed with blue eyes are an illusion.

between speculation of scholars of his ethnicity and black and white from the pali canon. i rather trust the latter.

 

[khunking]

Along the way, the Indian King Ashoka's image was perpertrated as the true image of Buddha.

The Pali canons were purely Buddhist teachings.

between speculation of scholars of his ethnicity and black and white from the pali canon. i rather trust the latter.