Re: pa.tipatti

--- In palistudy@..., "Gayan Karunaratne" <asterix7@...> wrote:
>
> dear amara and tadao,
>
> >
> > Dear Tadao,
> >
> > Would that be even before he enlightened the pancavaggiya or his
> > family?  What do you think, Gayan?
> >
>
> well the sri lankan chronicles say that Buddha came 3 times to sri
lanka.
>
> 1. to calm a dispute between different tribesmen which happened in
> 'Mahiangana', (an area to the center of SL)
> 2. to calm another dispute between different tribesmen which
happened in
> 'Nagadipa' ( North of SL)
> 3. By invitation of a tribal king , in 'Kelaniya' (near the west
coast, near
> Colombo)
>
> All three of these locations have stupas built.
>
> Well according to the chronicles these happened much after the
initial
> roaming of Buddha.
>
> On one of these journeys Buddha has set his SriPaada foot print in
Mount
> Samanala.
> (Another print was set in Saudi Arabia, in Mecca, where now Islamics
> worship, but I dont remember the full story)
>
> But these informations do not come in Tipitaka.
> And of course, theres no rule that tipitaka should contain
'everything' that
> happened.
>
> But personally I give the Uppermost position to tipitaka, and what
is
> outside of it gets a lower position.
> I know that it is the same with you amara.


Dear Gayan,

Very much so, indeed!!!


> > Oh, yes, Tadao, may I introduce my young friend Gayan from Sri
Lanka!
>
> hi Tadao!
>
> >  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.
> >
>
> of course , that would be very helpful.( provided that you like to
share
> ,Tadao)
>
> > 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.
>
> my imagination too!
> Well he is the most worthy role model for any being.
> I remember , may be a year back, in India a place or a building was
> discovered where the Buddha's body was cremated.
> With Caskets of Dhatus which were exactly like the ones which were
described
> in chronicles.(outward appearence)
> It was again a strange but pleasant feeling to get to know again and
again
> that this great 'helper' was a reality.
> Buddha himself has said the places where a buddhist can visit and
feel
> 'pahan samvega'.


And don't you feel that as long as the dhatu and the Dhamma are there,
he is somehow still with us?

Amara

> >   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.
> >
>
> exactly
>
> > Just my opinion, my friends,
>
> looks like mine too,
> >
>
>
> regards
> gayan