tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post884218465563215564..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: BUDDHACARITA 1.17: Tough Guys Bearing Golden LotusesMike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-46472437231557105422012-05-18T11:00:32.643-07:002012-05-18T11:00:32.643-07:00Dear Bhavanathjha,
Thank you for the link.
&quo...Dear Bhavanathjha,<br /><br />Thank you for the link. <br /><br />"According to I-tsing, the Chinese Buddhist monk, who travelled India in the seventh century, had found the daily recital of this Sanskrit-epic [Buddhacaritam] in Indian Buddhist temples."<br /><br />That is very interesting information. <br /><br />For me the Buddha is in itself a kind of honorific title for the Buddha. So when I read you or others referring to the Buddha as "Lord Buddha," (or for another example to the Dalai Lama as "His Holiness the Dalai Lama) I object to it as sounding too religious. <br /><br />In the final verse of MMK, Nagarjuna writes: "I bow to him, Gautama." I feel in this verse Nagarjuna's reverence for the Buddha as a human being, the Buddha -- not "Lord Buddha."<br /><br />Anyway, thanks again for the link to your work.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-13079243958159404972012-05-17T22:07:04.835-07:002012-05-17T22:07:04.835-07:00I have worked for the restoration of the doomed or...I have worked for the restoration of the doomed original text of the great epic Buddhacharitam and have done a poetic translation into Sanskrit maintaining the original style followed by Ashvaghosh. Please read more >> http://www.mahavirmandirpatna.org/Restoration%20of%20the%20Buddhacharita.htmlBrahmi Publication, Patnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685769758457664884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-32555061945802128492012-05-17T11:13:46.099-07:002012-05-17T11:13:46.099-07:00Thanks Jordan -- I agree that wranglers works:
An...Thanks Jordan -- I agree that wranglers works:<br /><br />An honour guard of yakṣa wranglers stood around him, with golden lotuses in hand.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-32510737989813737132012-05-17T05:32:48.241-07:002012-05-17T05:32:48.241-07:00Mike,
I have been playing with this since I made m...Mike,<br />I have been playing with this since I made my comment, and it is really hard not to make it sound churchy. What you have there is an improvement, but I came up with " honor guard of demon wranglers" and it made me smile. I like smiling.SlowZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589294912054724123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-31255004229727335202012-05-17T04:06:27.882-07:002012-05-17T04:06:27.882-07:00Hi Jordan,
How about:
Yakṣa bosses, bearing go...Hi Jordan, <br /><br />How about: <br /><br />Yakṣa bosses, bearing golden lotuses in their hands out of reverence, stood guard around him.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-70800523748614504162012-05-17T03:09:19.840-07:002012-05-17T03:09:19.840-07:00Hey Mike, The line A guard of honour of"Yaksa...Hey Mike, The line <i>A guard of honour of"<a href="http://www.bigbluetree.com/images/Yaksa-H1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Yaksa</a> bossing men</i> appears a bit unwieldy. I see what you are trying to do, but the way it rolls of the tongue it almost sounds like you are starting to church stuff up in your efforts to not church stuff up.<br /><br />Your Yaksa,<br />JordanSlowZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589294912054724123noreply@blogger.com