Hello from a Buddhist

[IamBuddhist]

I have only just signed up

[Deaner]

Re: Hello from a Buddhist

Welcome. Can I ask you a question; what's the attraction to a fat chink? Wouldn't Jesus be a better choice?

[IamBuddhist]

Re: Hello from a Buddhist

I don't know what the attraction of a 'fat chink' as you say is because I don't worship one.

[Deaner]

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I don't know what the attraction of a 'fat chink' as you say is because I don't worship one.

Um, if you're a buddhist you worship a fat chink. A fat, lazy chink if you ask me who did nothing but sit there living on the donations of the working poor. How can you be proud of that?

[IamBuddhist]

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Um, only some Zen buddhsits in CHINA (or Japan) worship this deity. As for the other Buddhsits, it depends on which sect you follow and also which country the sect is from. I am a Tibetan Buddhist.

[Deaner]

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I am a Tibetan Buddhist.

Are you one of those people that chant incessantly while wearing dresses?

[VictoryOS]

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I am a Tibetan Buddhist.

A Beastie Boys fan, I'd wager...

[IamBuddhist]

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..........Er, no, I don't. I have no idea what you are talking about now.

[IamBuddhist]

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And I have never heard of the 'Beastie boys'.

[Brother Temperance]

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Um, if you're a buddhist you worship a fat chink.

When he said he didn't worship a fat chink I think it was supposed to be one of those demonic koan things that buddhists worship. A buddhist who doesn't worship a fat chink is a lot like the sound of one hand clapping.

..........Er, no, I don't. I have no idea what you are talking about now.

And I have no idea why you would choose to reject Jesus and worship a fat chink, so I guess we're about even. Well, except for the fact that I'm not going to Hell for worshipping a fat chink.

And I have never heard of the 'Beastie boys'.

They're a bunch of Jewboys who think they're negroes. Buddhists worship them. I think they think they're the reincarnation of Biggie and TuPac or some Oriental nonsense like that.

[IamBuddhist]

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I don't know any buddhists who worship the Beastie Boys...........

[JennyD]

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Um, only some Zen buddhsits in CHINA (or Japan) worship this deity. As for the other Buddhsits, it depends on which sect you follow and also which country the sect is from. I am a Tibetan Buddhist.

I see.

Zen buddhists don't worship a deity -- they're atheist -- and the Buddha was a person, not a god.

Tibetan buddhists, on the other hand, worship a whole pantheon of pagan demons.

Iconography of Wrathful Deities

The wrathful protective deities are depicted in sculptures, paintings and masks as figures with stout bodies, short but thick limbs, several heads and a great number of hands and feet. They have scowling faces, a third eye and disheveled hair, and they wear crowns of skulls or severed heads. They are often depicted treading on animals and in the company of a female consort.

The color of their faces and bodies is frequently compared with the characteristic hue of clouds, precious stones, or other natural objects. Thus we often read in the Sadhanas (canonical texts) that one or the other wrathful deity is black "like the cloud which appears at the end of a kalpa (aeon)", blue "like an emerald" or white "like a mountain of crystal". The yellow color is compared to that of pure gold, and the red color of some of them is supposed to be "like the hue produced when the sun rises and its rays strike a huge mountain of coral."

Their faces possess a typical wrathful expression: the mouth is contorted to an angry smile, from its corners protrude long fangs - often said to be of copper or iron - or the upper teeth gnaw the lower lip. A "mist of illnesses" comes forth from the mouth and a terrific storm is supposed to be blowing from the nostrils of the flat nose. The protruding, bloodshot eyes have an angry and staring expression and usually a third eye is visible in the middle of the forehead.

Tell me, which is your favorite demon? How many children did you sacrifice to it this month?

[Deaner]

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I see.
Tibetan buddhists, on the other hand, worship a whole pantheon of pagan demons.

They worship demons?? So chinks are so ugly & stupid because they pray to be like that?

[One-eyed Jack]

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Dern, I was hoping for a Zen Buddhist. I am fond of those Zen haiku thingies.

Frog sits on my shoe,
Raindrops tap my old bald head...
Then my pants fall down.

Or this one, given when Mikiko Wabasha was asked the meaning of death:

Old bones in a pot,
Void shouts with silent thunder:
Where are my car keys?

I especially like the ones with literary references in them.

I read Kafka and
fear comes: reincarnated
as a big cockroach!

Hopefully, IAmBuddhist, you will lighten our forum with some gems of Buddhist wit.

~~ OEJ

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

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Dern, I was hoping for a Zen Buddhist. I am fond of those Zen haiku thingies.

Frog sits on my shoe,
Raindrops tap my old bald head...
Then my pants fall down.

Or this one, given when Mikiko Wabasha was asked the meaning of death:

Old bones in a pot,
Void shouts with silent thunder:
Where are my car keys?

I especially like the ones with literary references in them.

I read Kafka and
fear comes: reincarnated
as a big cockroach!

Hopefully, IAmBuddhist, you will lighten our forum with some gems of Buddhist wit.

~~ OEJ

I too studied the great Koans Brother OEJ, that is before I found Jesus.

My favorate Koan:

"If you meet the Buddha along the road - kill him".