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Detach fantasy from Dhamma for survival of Buddhism – By K K S Perera<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Nathasha: Annoying though; Thought-Provoking<\/span><\/h2>\n

Source :\u00a0dailymirror<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to disentangle religious hard truths from myth, or truth from lies.We have a tendency to \u201cshoot the messenger,\u201d \u2013don\u2019t be angry with the person who makes disrespectful expressions intended to offend or hurt you; instead look\u00a0 for the obscured message in it. Let the authorities conduct investigations to detect any violations of the law, and also expose any hidden agenda by interested parties in Nathasha\u2019s\u2018Modabhimanaya\u2019 [Fool\u2019s Pride]. The terminology used in Nathasha\u2019s script is irritating no doubt, but the unintended implicit \u2018message,\u2019\u201cDetach Dhamma from Fiction,\u201d is thought- provoking, and therefore it needs to be addressed with a positive mind.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Buddhism<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Unless we revise or delete outdated \u2018divine manifestations\u2019 that would prompt future Nathashas from staging comedic gigs, soon all of us would appear as \u2018Fools with Pride\u2019<\/big><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are only approximate truths in everything around us, nothing is absolute; let it be belief systems, \u201cIsms,\u201d or even mathematics and science for that matter. About the existence of absolute truths in religious dogma\u2014I reserve my comments. Buddhists are familiar with the \u201cBuddha Charithaya\u201d [biography]. It appears to have progressed or evolved over time and was mostly compiled by commentators, observers, and critics. The writer\u2019s seven-year-old grandchild, delighted after learning the text in school, described how Baby Siduhath immediately after he was born, walked on lotuses that blossomed under his feet and then uttered some stanzas too. I was not surprised at the unknown author\u2019s skills in creating fantasy. The girl was convinced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The canonical transcripts do not present a methodical biography of Siduhath. The commentarial versions contain quite a few inaccuracies, exaggerations, and inconsistencies as well. The Sutta-pi\u1e6daka and the Vinaya-pi\u1e6daka contain just a few facts relating to the life of the Buddha.\u00a0 The commentaries on the previous births of the Buddha, the J\u0101taka-nid\u0101na,and Buddhavamsa present accounts of the biography of the Buddha from his birth. The commentators give additional facts on his Biography because the observations there have been written about ten centuries after the parinibbana [passing away] of the Buddha. Most of the other canonical texts do not speak on this. There are inconsistencies in the early canonical texts and later texts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Buddhist and P\u0101li scholars hold various opinions concerning the life of the Buddha. Dr Rhys Davids says,\u201c\u2026. The followers during and immediately after the time of the Buddha did not feel a necessity of compiling the Master\u2019s biography, perhaps since everyone at that time was conversant with it and was admonished frequently by the Buddha that the Dhamma be first emulated. The Buddha in the course of giving sermons refers occasionally to his personal life\u2026.\u201dMasutani, another scholar wrote,\u201c\u2026 the Buddhists had a distinct but unofficial tradition of amassing events and tales associated with the biography of the Buddha from the earliest times…\u201dHerman Oldernberg said: \u201cA biography of the Buddha has not come down to us from earliest times, and we can safely say no such biography was in existence then. This is, very easily understood. The idea of biography was far-off to the mind of that age. To take the life of a man as a whole, its progress from beginning to end as a combined subject for literary treatment had not befallen to anyone yet in that age.\u201dThe Buddha\u02bcs teachings as signified in the Canon could be viewed as the most authentic source of the memoir of the Buddha because there he mentioned the facts regarding his home life and the ascetic life in numerous sermons.<\/span>
\nThe biographer continues, \u2018\u2026 when they took the royal baby to ascetic Asita, suddenly to the amazement of the ascetic Asita and all present, the feet of the baby Siduhath turned and rested on the intertwined curls [head] of the ascetic\u2019. The teacher missed that part of the story, for the writer\u2019s granddaughter, who is intelligent, would have demanded an explanation.<\/span>
\n\u201cKalamas, of course, if you are in doubt; when there are reasons for doubt, uncertainty is born. So Kalamas, don\u2019t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, \u2018This contemplative is our teacher.\u2019 Question, confront and challenge most basic beliefs and convictions, even those we may have about the Dhamma itself;encourage the spirit of inquiry, the spirit of critical assessment.-Lord Buddha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The late Prof Carlo Fonseka, who once publicly ridiculed religious miracles as a\u00a0 young man, contradicted his own stance in his advanced years by asking, \u201cIs it the right thing to make a disrespectful expression or an act intended to offend or hurt the feelings of millions of believers? We must be cultured enough to respect their dogmas.\u201d<\/big><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Classical miracle stories intended to move people emotionally, stimulated fear and amazement, prompting worship and admiration. They were projected to support the growth and expansion of religions. David Hume, the Scottish philosopher pointed out that every religion proclaims its miracles as indications of the truth of its message: \u201cAn Enquiry concerning Human Understanding\u201d\u2014 p\/ 178.<\/span>
\nFrom Sepala\u2019s utterings about Dalada Maligawa up to Natasha\u2019s antics, they wrote, \u201cfreedom of expression a fundamental right\u201d\u2014\u201cyour right to swing your arms ends just where the other man\u2019s nose begins\u201d. \u2013 \u201cQuestioning religions is a right\u201d.\u2014\u201cCourts should defend the Right to satire etc.\u201d The late Prof Carlo Fonseka, who once publicly ridiculed religious miracles as a\u00a0 young man, contradicted his own stance in his advanced years by asking, \u201cIs it the right thing to make a disrespectful expression or an act intended to offend or hurt the feelings of millions of believers? We must be cultured enough to respect their dogmas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Unless we revise or delete outdated \u2018divine manifestations\u2019 that would prompt future Nathashas from staging comedic gigs, soon all of us would appear as \u2018Fools with Pride\u2019.\u00a0 Apart from American and British forms in the early 20th C, other nations did not create standup comedy scenes until decades later. But they are not new to Sri Lanka; five to six decades ago, it was a common feature at Sunday fair [pola] by skilled street performers who mocked prominent politicians to attract crowds while selling vitamin\/iron tablets and \u2013\u2018Tip top\u2019 dental powder.<\/span>
\nThose demanding new laws to ban and impose severe punishment onStand-up Comedians lack knowledge of the ineffectiveness of such attempts amid a flow of falsehoods in thriving social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are only approximate truths in everything around us, nothing is absolute; let it be belief systems, \u201cIsms,\u201d or even mathematics and science for that matter. About the existence of absolute truths in religious dogma\u2014I reserve my comments<\/big><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Include \u2018Comparative Religions\u2019 in Curriculum !<\/span>
\nAs a child grows up in our society, he or she will be deemed to belong to a particular nationality religion, and race. The child who is incompetent in rational thinking, cannot differentiate fact from fiction and lacks the ability to judge, compare and contrast, would naturally tend to believe selfishly and mistakenly that nationality, religion, race, and caste as facts.\u00a0<\/span>
\nIn their edited volume, \u2018Religion and Education: Comparative and International Perspectives\u2019, –Sivasubramaniam and Hayhoe present a historical analysis of three transformative experiences of inter-religious interaction. Taking Christianity as her focal point, the author describes the positive historic interaction between Christians, Daoists, Buddhists, and Confucian adherents- (p. 146). It might be a nice idea to introduce \u2018Comparative Religious Studies\u2019, strictly doctrinal aspects\u2019, as a subject into the school curriculum, instead of teaching a particular religion. The lack of such a subject leaves a moral vacuum that can become a space to be abused by religious extremism. Eventually, students will develop critical thinking providing essential knowledge of traditions embedded in religious teachings. Leave the responsibility of teaching parents\u2019 religion to Sunday schools!<\/span><\/p>\n

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