tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post1029409286415563616..comments2024-03-27T14:35:59.406-07:00Comments on The Outsider: Buddhism and Racism (Part 2 of 2: Internal Psychology)Paññobhāsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-34795896648926321472020-03-08T13:32:28.950-07:002020-03-08T13:32:28.950-07:00I think this comment may be of use here
I think ...I think this comment may be of use here <br /><br />I think this belongs here <br /><br />The Brahmin debating with the Buddha in the Sonadanda Sutta claimed that one of the hallmarks of being a Brahmin was fair complexion.<br /><br />Even the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, which stems from around 8th century BC Bihar, equates lighter tones of skin colour to knowledge of various Vedas and advise various rituals in order to obtain children of various levels of merit and skin-colour<br /><br />"<br />14) If a man wishes that a son with a fair complexion should be born to him, that he should study one Veda and that he should attain a full term of life, then they (husband and wife) should have rice cooked in milk and eat it with clarified butter. Thus they should be able to beget such a son.<br /><br /><br />15) If a man wishes that a son with a tawny or brown complexion should be born to him, that he should study two Vedas and that he should attain a full term of life, then they should have rice cooked in curds and eat it with clarified butter. Thus they should be able to beget such a son.<br /><br /><br />16) If a man wishes that a son with a dark complexion and red eyes should be born to him, that he should study three Vedas and that he should attain a full term of life, then they should have rice cooked in water and eat it with clarified butter. Thus they should be able to beget such a son."<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />So by 800 BC Ancient Indians were looking almost exactly as modern Indians....in the pre-Islamic times there were further invasions through the NorthWest by Persians,ALexander,Graeco-Bactrians,Scythians,Parthians,Kushanas,Huns (Hepthalites)....So it may be argued N.India got even more caucasoid over time <br /><br />There is also the argument that Buddha may be descedants of stray early Scythian migrants..give Shakya as a word is very close to Saka--the Sanskrit word for Scythians <br /><br />on top of that Buddha's family practiced incest like many Iranic Scythian tribes (Incest to preserve bloodline is highly praised in Zoroastrianism).---Stupas take on Kurgans of the steppes <br /><br />But Do you feel my theory of racial memory regarding Scripture interpretation holds true? Fair skinned ones among Indians and whites being better than others when it comes to understanding the Vedas,Buddhist scriptures,Early Upanishads etc..<br /><br />But to call upper caste Indians of 500 BC Eastern India white would be a bit of a stretch....<br /><br />This is me <br /><br />https://i.imgur.com/TzYyxAU.jpg<br /><br />I donot think I would be considered white in US as I am not considered one in Germany....though ones during a health check up my race was termed as Caucasian in the reportTurbolag Panjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588337373998480646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-7633223493143093942020-03-05T22:38:42.714-08:002020-03-05T22:38:42.714-08:00Thanks for your thoughts about reasons for the whi...Thanks for your thoughts about reasons for the whiteness of western sanghas. My Vancouver sangha has agonized about it's lack of diversity to no avail other than feeling guilty about something that has no cure. Rod Paynterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495970182513470570noreply@blogger.com