tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post235122107164072218..comments2024-03-22T14:47:42.501+02:00Comments on Tibeto-logic: Buddha's Life Relics Found in AntwerpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-10493335037238974972023-12-17T18:17:05.291+02:002023-12-17T18:17:05.291+02:00The Dialogos Ensemble's performance is introdu...The Dialogos Ensemble's performance is introduced here: https://youtu.be/yWtRo0dcDJ8?si=PAqE-PtBhIiAdpmf<br />I tried to embed a video, but failed, I guess.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-82637819320758475712015-01-23T16:48:55.079+02:002015-01-23T16:48:55.079+02:00I hope to one day see THIS performance by the Dial...I hope to one day see <a href="http://www.ensemble-dialogos.org/en/programmes-en/barlaam-et-josaphat" rel="nofollow">THIS </a>performance by the Dialogos Ensemble for Medieval Music.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-16867506979386806982010-02-08T11:17:43.742+02:002010-02-08T11:17:43.742+02:00Oh, sorry. Should check my facts before typing, bu...Oh, sorry. Should check my facts before typing, but Jacobs' Barlaam & Josaphat was published in 1896, not 1898, and his The Fables of Bidpai was done by the same London publisher David Nutt, in 1888. My badly bound copy of this last one has a bookplate that reads "Vita Virtus Amor — Ex Libris W. Walter Germann." There are a few pencil marks, and the cover would have fallen apart if it weren't for a big piece of cello tape. Sorry, no. It's not for sale! Ever!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-50338313426535615292010-02-02T13:24:26.472+02:002010-02-02T13:24:26.472+02:00Dear S.P.,
Is this small world you talk about the...Dear S.P.,<br /><br />Is this small world you talk about the one small persons come from? Heh, heh. Anyway, you have a broad mind and a big heart. That's what matters most to us.<br /><br />It's an odd fact that already in the early 17th century a Portuguese named Diogo do Couto wrote that Josaphat was "the Buddha of whom they [in India] relate such marvels." Apparently nobody paid much of any attention to this idea until the middle of the 19th century when comparative studies of the narratives began. And they weren't only Christian scholars. Joseph Jacobs was Australian-born English and Jewish. He begins his wonderfully written introduction to his book Barlaam and Josaphat (1898), the one that touched off my own quest, like this: "Buddha and Christ, it may be said, represent the two highest planes which the religious consciousness of mankind has hitherto reached." For this strong-minded person, at least, there was 'neither east nor west.'<br /><br />Jacobs did quite a few books, but for myself the 2nd most interesting is the Fables of Bidpai. I located an original edition with a scotch-taped cover in a local used bookshop, and I've been dipping into it, along with 20-some other unfinished books lining my desk. Bidpai is, I'm sure, a Prakritic 'contracted' version of Sanskrit Vidyapati. It's really the Indian story collection Pancatantra, that became Dimna & Kalilah, etc. Another example of bunches of stories traveling together across the globe. It was a small world, not as fragmented and isolated as we imagine... but really difficult getting about in it. People didn't think so much about taking the trouble to ride 3 months on horseback to get from Peking to Lhasa. Or a few months of serious seasickness to get to Calcutta or Tonkin. Nowadays we complain about jetlag like it's such a big deal! No ascetic streaks here, or if you do notice them they're very minor stains on an otherwise unblemished record of spoiled self-indulgence.<br /><br />Sorry about descending into rants about the degenerate age. Thanks for writing. As always.<br /><br />Your,<br />D.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-880748468736449272010-02-02T01:56:48.422+02:002010-02-02T01:56:48.422+02:00Greetings.
I believe everyone can see that Christ...Greetings.<br /><br />I believe everyone can see that Christian scholars were quick figure out what was going on. What held everyone's fascination was not so much the rigorous ascetical theme; Christianity has a very strong ascetical streak (West and East) which developed very early in its history. The real fascination is with how this little ditty from India made its way all the way to Europe. That's what captures Christian scholarship's attention. Perhaps the answer is simple enough: it was a small world even in the old days.Short Personnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-72935244928206619722010-01-25T22:12:32.943+02:002010-01-25T22:12:32.943+02:00Thanks for Marme Mönlam!
(And for everything!)
Yo...Thanks for Marme Mönlam!<br />(And for everything!)<br /><br />Yours, <br />Tan-tanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-63993584208034731872010-01-10T16:24:31.922+02:002010-01-10T16:24:31.922+02:00Breathtakingly beautiful.Breathtakingly beautiful.Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607443504553459238noreply@blogger.com