Went for Ajahn Brahm’s talk recently and it was funny as always. he is such a great storyteller.
anyhow, while i am studying for art history exam and Buddhist representations in South East Asian Art and well… the representations of religion and culture in the works of South East Asia has this same thread of syncretism in it (where the global influences from most notably, India and the indigenous cultures of the region is mixed into something like ‘rojak’… this makes me think of elections. :P)
and this brings me back to Ajahn Brahm who was talking about how all the different streams of Buddhism should come together and co-exist.
he jokingly says he practise his own kind of Buddhism where he takes the ‘H’ from Hinayana, the ‘aha’ from Mahayana and adds the ‘yana’ to get… ‘Hahayana’. imparting values and teachings through laughter. that is nice.
one last paper on thursday. i think after this i will sorely miss art history and my lecturer with his amazing ability to describe (with such vocabulary) and talk for 2 hours straight.
Ya know… i think i’ll miss him too.
🙂