Dear Stefan and Thomas,
According to the Lakkhana sutta of the Digha Nikaya he was tall and
handsome with all the 32 marks of a great man.
Robert

In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Detrez" <stefan.detrez@...> wrote:

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> He must've been small according to Western standards, thin, and if

we

> retroject the Indian mentality of nowadays, pretty loud,too. I

assume he

> looked like a Nepali.
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> Stefan
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> 2006/5/7, thomaslaw03 <thomaslaw03@...>:
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> > I wonder any one in this group knows the Buddha's racial

appearance

> > according to the Pali texts. He was born in the Nepal region. The
> > inhabitants in the region at that time may be closer to the

Himalayan

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