Pronouncing THE PERFECT NAME!
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:47 pm
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Bhikku Bodhi translates it as "the perfect name".
And how is this name is abused by being mispronounced!
Buddha is pronounced from everthing as "Booo-dah" to "budah"
In fact there is no "ooo" sound, it actually rhymes with "shoulda, coulda, woulda - buddha"
the DDH sound is not found in the english language!! However, the closest word that has this sound is "the".
Butha.
Some of these definitions I looked up in sanskrit and got their meanings!(*) p.486ff.; in the Sutta Nipāta (vv. 153, 177) and again in the Samyutta (i. 33) the Buddha is spoken of as Anomanāma.
Buddhaghosa (SA.i.67) explains this as meaning having no "defect," endowed with perfection
sabbagunasamannāgatattā avekalla - -nāmam; name possessing all virtues in perfection
paripūranāmam - the supreme name, also glorious name, perfectly whole.
Bhikku Bodhi translates it as "the perfect name".
And how is this name is abused by being mispronounced!
Buddha is pronounced from everthing as "Booo-dah" to "budah"
In fact there is no "ooo" sound, it actually rhymes with "shoulda, coulda, woulda - buddha"
the DDH sound is not found in the english language!! However, the closest word that has this sound is "the".
Butha.