Re: pa.tipatti

--- In palistudy@..., ppp <miyamoto@...> wrote:
> Hi, Amara:
> But Sri Lankans FIRMLY belive that Gotama Buddha flew to Sri Lanka
> with his supernatural power to spread the Dhamma (immediately
> after his elightenment).  Please ask you Sri Lankan friend(s) if
> they belive the story or not. (It is quite likely that
> they would say "YES".)
> tadao


Dear Tadao,

Would that be even before he enlightened the pancavaggiya or his
family?  What do you think, Gayan? 

Oh, yes, Tadao, may I introduce my young friend Gayan from Sri Lanka!
  Gayan, Tadao teaches at the University of Victoria, in Canada, was
ordained in Thailand some thirty years ago; and also stayed in Ceylon
for a time.  As I remember you once said you were interested in
ordination, perhaps you would like to ask Tadao about his experiences,
and about his lay life afterwards.

To go back to our discussion, I must confess that the idea of the
Buddha flying to different areas of future Buddhist countries, in most
of which he left footprints, somehow pleases my imagination; it would
be in keeping with all Buddha having special trees, geographical
locations, the moon, footprints and stones, to remind people of the
Dhamma and all the beneficence of Buddhahood.  Yet these seemingly
'valueless' reminders transcend all else in their qualities of evoking
the memory or even awareness of the Dhamma, as well as represent the
greatest teacher that ever walked the earth. 

Just my opinion, my friends,

Amara