tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post435236591073419532..comments2024-03-22T14:47:42.501+02:00Comments on Tibeto-logic: Padampa Site Sighted in YunnanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-59518323535075435392016-11-22T12:30:47.185+02:002016-11-22T12:30:47.185+02:00Dear SP,
If I am hearing you right, I take it yo...Dear SP, <br /><br />If I am hearing you right, I take it you mean to ask, Is there any justice behind the linkage that was made by those 18th-century Mongours in Peiping by identifying the one with the other?<br /><br />Well... both were Indians abroad and serious meditators, both taught Buddhism and ended up heading a version of if with a brand name they didn't know existed yet. So, yes, They did have a few similarities. (Some think Padampa's teaching style is Zen-like, and this may be so somehow.)<br /><br />I do know of a few Chinese (all of them academics) who are aware Padampa existed. Very few, even if numbers may be increasing. So few it explains why where Tibetans see Padampa, Chinese see Bodhidharma. Visiting this cave, they go with what's familiar to them. Since Padampa doesn't ring any bells for Chinese, they find Bodhidharma there. It's more of an either-or than a both-and situation. Those few 18th-century people who identified the two were rare examples of both-and.<br /><br />I'll think about it some more.<br /><br />Yours, D.<br />Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-418744081995094842016-11-20T18:32:53.798+02:002016-11-20T18:32:53.798+02:00Perhaps, one day, we will know how Padampa and his...Perhaps, one day, we will know how Padampa and his practice managed to so impress the peoples of what we now call Mongolia and China.<br /><br />I, myself, don't see how Padampa could be linked to Bodhidharma. Any thoughts on this?Short Personnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-88478160553483282102016-11-19T10:11:29.897+02:002016-11-19T10:11:29.897+02:00Oh yes, S.P.,
I think that he did go to China is...Oh yes, S.P., <br /><br />I think that he did go to China is historically verified enough, even if the stories told about what he did there may have been borrowed from other biographies (that's a blog I haven't gotten around to yet). But yes, as the crow flies, it's about 2,700 miles (4,358 km) from his home in S. India to Wutaishan, this being just about 20 miles more than the breadth of the continental US. He did it by foot with a food bag over his shoulder, and he did it in anything but a straight line (it seems he circled India at least once). I've looked for and found no evidence he ever rode on anything, not even a boat. Well, a ship is a possibility. You can easily imagine his father would have taken him for a ride in his in his early days. So no, no exaggeration, none at all. <br />Yours, <br />DDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-10755636956846595402016-11-19T02:22:38.521+02:002016-11-19T02:22:38.521+02:00What an astounding feat, Padampa having an impact ...What an astounding feat, Padampa having an impact over so much of Asia! Remind me. Are we talking about from Andhra Pradesh to China (historically verified to boot), or do I exaggerate?Short Personnoreply@blogger.com