#buddists

[ironmaidenhead]

but daddy i love him

[moonssugar]

i love when people say you can't examine the jedi order's flaws or discuss them or ever portray them as bad because that would be misrepresenting buddhism and would be bad because thats a minority religion (in the west) as if real life buddism isnt as flawed as every single other religion in existence. people also forget two other important things: first that theres another religion that starts with a c the jedi are also partially based off of and secondly the reason the jedi has buddist influences in their worldbuilding is because of this pesky thing called orientalism that star wars happens to be full of to the brim. also the idea that examining the jedi critically 1:1 equals slandering its influences is such a example of the inability to distinguish fiction and in universe things from actual reality

youre defending a half assed orientalist idea of actual religion in its poorly executed fictional amalgamative form...why?

[alenagerashchenko]

TOKYO, JAPAN

Gotoku-ji Temple

[yongzs1218]

📍寒山寺及楓橋

P3: 俞樾書《楓橋夜泊》詩碑

月落烏啼霜滿天，江楓漁火對愁眠。 姑蘇城外寒山寺，夜半鐘聲到客船。 ——（唐）張繼《楓橋夜泊》

P14: 唐寅《游楓橋有感》詩碑

金閶門外楓橋路，萬家月色迷煙霧。 譙閣更殘角韻悲，客船夜半鐘聲度。 樹色高低混有無，山光遠近成模糊。 霜華滿天人怯冷，江城欲曙聞啼烏。 ——（明）唐寅《姑蘇八詠·其六：寒山寺》

📍Hanshan Temple (Hán Shān Sì 寒山寺) & Maple Bridge (Fēng Qiáo 楓橋)

P3: Poem Stele of “Mooring by Maple Bridge at Night 楓橋夜泊” in Handwriting by Yú Yuè 俞樾

At moonset cry the crows, streaking the frosty sky; Dimly lit fishing boats’ neath maples sadly lie. Beyond the city wall, from Temple of Cold Hill; Bells break the ship-borne roamer’s dream and midnight still. –Zhāng Jì 張繼 “Mooring by Maple Bridge at Night 楓橋夜泊” (Tang Dynasty), translated by Xǔ Yuān-chōng 許淵衝

P14: Stele of Táng Yín 唐寅’s Poem “Thoughts on visiting Maple Bridge 游楓橋有感”

Outside the Jīn and Chāng gates (“Jīn and Chāng gates” here refers to “Suzhou”), on the Maple Bridge Road; the lights of myriad homes shimmer faintly with the moonlit mist. In the lingering sound of the watchtower's night watchman’s drum, the mournful bugles echoes in the ears; the ship-borne roamer hears the midnight tolling bells from Cold Mountain Temple. The outlines of trees are staggered high and low, indistinct; the mountain scenery in near and far distance, becomes blurred. Frost covers the sky, chilling people to the bone; as dawn approaches the River City (“River City” here refers to “Suzhou”), the distant cawing of crows can be heard. –Táng Yín 唐寅 “Eight Poetic Odes to Gusu - Part Six: Cold Mountain Temple 姑蘇八詠·其六：寒山寺” (Ming Dynasty), translated by Copilot, Gemini and YongZS永值生

[emmyinjapan]

Byodo-in (平等院), Uji, Kyoto

I visited Byodo-in Temple in Uji, a charming town just a short hop from Kyoto. My adventure began at Kyoto Station on the brown Nara Line—a 20-minute ride that felt longer than it should have, probably because I was crammed into a train that seemed to double as a mobile sardine can. After arriving at Uji, it was a pleasant 12-minute walk to the temple, where the scenery was as inviting as the thought of finally stretching my legs.

Byodo-in, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a masterpiece of Heian Period architecture, originally built in 1052 as a villa for a Fujiwara noble. The iconic Phoenix Hall, reflected perfectly in the serene pond, looked so majestic that I half expected it to flap its wings and take off. Every breath I took on that sunny, crisp day felt like it revitalised my soul—a much-needed detox after the morning train chaos. There’s also a fantastic museum filled with artefacts and treasures, though no photos are allowed. Not being able to take snaps? A small price to pay for feeling like I’d wandered into a painting. Plus, let’s face it—my phone wouldn’t have done it justice anyway.

 

—Emmy

[jupiterovprsten]

Wat Sawang Arom, Chaweng Koh Samui

[theeyeofeverything]

Out of curiosity with the jieyi (long live jieyi hehe) what would they do if they lost each other? Would Yi move on or grieve when he's alone or drinking? Would Jiequan seek revenge depending on how he lost Yi or claim Yi had an honorous death by the Jie clan? How would they react if it was sudden? Or would they stick to the other's side if it was inevitable over time?

Do you have any takes or anything to add on the topic?

Love your Jieyi analysis with each ask! :D

We saw how Yi grieves. I believe he would try and throw away everything related to Jiequan, except, maybe for the couple of things. I think he would stop at some point, keeping small amount of memoribilia. Yi strikes me as a person who has a really hard time dealing with loss. He start to slowly close from the outside world, has a high risk of ruining this social links. He probably would drink heavily for months, but suddenly stop. The next year he will return to his normal self. Like there was no Jiequan in his life. He will endure. He will survive, live and thrive. Visit grave once a month. Keep home altar clean. Tho, if there is ShuanShuan and Kuafu around i think, he would survive his greif period more healthy. Yi probably would blame Jiequan for his own death, even if it was Tianhuo what took him. It is easier that way.

Jiequan, well... he is also not good at processing loss. He probably would become more recless, it would look like he deliberately trying to end his life and join Yi in The Great Tao. He will become more serious, gloomy and quiet. For a while he even stop his usual ramblings about Jie Clan. He will build a glorious home altar for Yi. It will always had a fresh fruit, the strongest insense and a cup of baiju left. No one will ever see him pray. Yet, he will sit hours, drinking and talking with Yi's portrait.

He will never throw away any of Yi's stuff. He will keep it close to the heart. His obsession with Yi will never end

If Yi...If Yi dies in the battle he will avenge him. He will dismantle this person. It will be a gore fest, act of pure hatred and rage. No one can take away Yi's life except for him. No one can harm Yi.

Will he blame himself for not being there to save YI? Probably. He will switch between blaming Yi for his weakness and praising him for his glorious death as a warrior.

They both will have a hard time of surviving each others death. Jiequan would probably prefer to die from Yi's hand. Yi would prefer mutual destrustion, but would be horrified by existance of this thought in his head.

So, they try to enjoy the moment while it last and pretend they are immortal.

[vellichorom]

fun fact I am slowly being pulled more and more into the hatoful pipeline never to return

and the worst part is I don’t know how to draw birds:dead:

playing holiday star while writing this (with no prior context)

I’m recognizing some of the names so far but aOh god what are those what birds dont have arms I know that those are not doves wh at is going on help

NOOOOOO PEBBLE YOU'RE PLAYING THEM OUT OF ORDER !!!!! NOOOOO YOU GOTTA PLAY THE FIRST HATOFUL BOYFRIEND TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THE SECOND !!!! PEBBLE NOOOOOO

but good. another one pulled into the flock. my influence,,, THANK YOU FOR GIVING IT A TRY! hatoful is a game everyone should look into at Least a little bit, it's incredible

I WILL SAY THOUGH you're missing a LOT of prior character knowledge & context if you don't play the first game. first, but hey- it should be an even more interesting experience for you doing it this way(?)

[pulpsandcomics2]

Buddist Monks

[pluralhottakes]

hot take is idfk whether or not to use the word tulpa. i hear people saying that buddhists have said its racist and ive also seen a buddhist tulpamancer be fascinated and happy about western tulpamancy. i hear people say the culture is open and that the culture is closed. WGAT!

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[laura-in-calernia]

Funny stuff, accoding to the wikipedia list of "deities of love and lust", there are just 7 male gods of actual romantic love.

[naivety]

you keep saying teen wolf bardo..... i do not think it means what you think it means......

[yongzs1218]

📍 Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji Temple

P1: Kaminarimon

P4: Hōzōmon

P5: Main Hall (Kannondo Hall)

P6: Five Storied Pagoda

P9: Yogodo Hall

📍金龍山淺草寺

P1：雷門

P4：寶藏門

P5：本堂

P6：五重塔

P9：影向堂

[sukainaalhaidari]

What if people who are born differently than the average person are gifted by God to see things from a different perspective and feel, hear, and smell things differently than others?

[the-monkey-ruler]

I was reading The Monkey King's Daughter (you can read the whole book for an hour) and apparently the protagonist is also Guanyin's grandchild? Can Guanyin be shipped?

I mean I can’t say like what are like the moral implications of shipping GuanYin itself cause that is so not my place but I’m still going to answer this cause it kinda of interesting when it comes to modern media. First off saying that like I have never really seen romance done with GuanYin. At least in a serious way. But if I had to take a guess it can be seen as 'possible' as much as like shipping anyone in Chinese mythos, in that isn't really taken seriously at all. In a lot of modern fan spaces there are a variety of crack ships for more humorous or hypothetical situations like I have seen literally the Star of Venus shipped with Jade Emperor just cause. But I don't see much with buddhas or bodhisattvas in either post-modern media nor in fan spaces. At least that isn't Wukong or Sanzang since they are both Buddhas. And I have done a whole thing about how Wukong for decades wasn’t seen as a romantic figure until like there was a huge character reconstruction, but that isn’t usually the case for most characters.

I would say that the most mainstream instance I can think off the top of my head is The Lost Empire (2001) where it had the main character has a romantic plot with Gaunyin herself. Of course, that wasn't really a masterpiece within itself but this was considered like a 'bad choice' more so that it was just a very strange and awkward romance at that.

Funny enough I think I see more romantic for humor's sake on Guanyin in comic books or games as likes gags at most. Like in Westward comics (later a tv series) Guanyin has a celestial-turned-demon trying to pursue him that he always rejects. Another is more play for laughs but Guanyin in the Fei Ren Zai where people just don't know it's Guanyin and think she is so attractive.

I've seen some games that have Guanyin as like a pretty boy/girl but otherwise nothing even close to a romance plot. Those are more just for like aesthetics of making every character look overly attractive to sell it.

The best I can say is that is just kinda strange and a little strange personally but I can't say that it can be taken seriously. I mean Wukong is supposed to be a Buddha by the end of the novel, so if The Monkey King's Daughter has it that a buddha can have a daughter then there wouldn't be anything stopping the author from having a bodhisattva having kids.