China, Buddhism & Mammon
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:33 pm
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The Shaolin franchise will perhaps emerge with action figures, t-shirts and exclusive MMORPGs.Nemo wrote:Mammon has won in both of those cases. In few years the "Buddhism" they teach will be unrecognizable.
Did any of these monks say maybe we don't have to be bigger and make more profits? That is not why you became monks. It was not a path to success that you measure by how many Yuan are in your begging bowl. Capitalism is a revolutionary force that devours everything if you haven't noticed.
Yup. The other I ran into a bottle of this:Huseng wrote:The Shaolin franchise will perhaps emerge with action figures, t-shirts and exclusive MMORPGs.Nemo wrote:Mammon has won in both of those cases. In few years the "Buddhism" they teach will be unrecognizable.
Did any of these monks say maybe we don't have to be bigger and make more profits? That is not why you became monks. It was not a path to success that you measure by how many Yuan are in your begging bowl. Capitalism is a revolutionary force that devours everything if you haven't noticed.
In many ways Buddhism has already been commodified.
No silly, that's Hotei beer.catmoon wrote:Lucky Buddha Beer is here.
Actually, they use this image to represent Maitreya. It's only westerners that know a couple things about Buddhism that find objection with this.dharmagoat wrote:No silly, that's Hotei beer.catmoon wrote:Lucky Buddha Beer is here.
Buddha beer is the one with the skinny Indian on the bottle.
While the West confuses images of Hotei with those of the Buddha, it is only the name of the Buddha that can be exploited.
No thats actually the name of the beer - Lucky Buddha. Tho why a Buddha would need luck sorta beats me.dharmagoat wrote:No silly, that's Hotei beer.catmoon wrote:Lucky Buddha Beer is here.
Buddha beer is the one with the skinny Indian on the bottle.
While the West confuses images of Hotei with those of the Buddha, it is only the name of the Buddha that can be exploited.
It turns out that the couple of things I know about Buddhism don't include the fact that Hotei is a representation of Maitreya. So Hotei as Maitreya is a buddha, but not the Buddha, and is therefore a "lucky buddha" after all.tomamundsen wrote:Actually, they use this image to represent Maitreya. It's only westerners that know a couple things about Buddhism that find objection with this.
And here was I thinking that you were using an adjective in place of an adverb, just like the young folk do a lot these days. Deary me, where's me specs...catmoon wrote:No thats actually the name of the beer - Lucky Buddha. Tho why a Buddha would need luck sorta beats me.
Because a lot of Buddhism in China is "farmer Buddhism" and all people want is his good luck.catmoon wrote:No thats actually the name of the beer - Lucky Buddha. Tho why a Buddha would need luck sorta beats me.dharmagoat wrote:No silly, that's Hotei beer.catmoon wrote:Lucky Buddha Beer is here.
Buddha beer is the one with the skinny Indian on the bottle.
While the West confuses images of Hotei with those of the Buddha, it is only the name of the Buddha that can be exploited.