brahma1945 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The skill represents "Impermanence" i guess, meaning "everybody will die someday".

DiamondSutraPress (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This motherfucker belongs to the I lluminati. Look at the skull in the back.

po3a8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

^phrased all wrong, but you know what I mean. I just woke up.....

po3a8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ok, that doesn't mean the language he spoke only became written 100 years later, which is why it was passed down orally. I did study history and that's what I found out. Just b/c there are some texts doesn't make my whole thought false.

SupportBurmasMonks (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Re written texts at Buddha's time there were cosmology writtings amongst others e.g. Laws of Manu, from which comes our word manuscript. And numerous other writtings, if one studies history one will find these things out.

SupportBurmasMonks (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sorry but that is incorrect.India had written traditions at that period e.g. veda's, astrology texts etc and it seems when Buddha first introduced Patchidasampuda he was actually quoting from a written vedic astrology text. Sorry to contradict you.

po3a8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

There was no written version of the language he spoke until later. That is why it was passed down by oral tradition until there was a way to write it.

TheMorningCoffee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

May you also find the cessation of suffering! :)

Devilockjesus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

life is great! may happiness come to you all!

ramidudu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

1) its mahavansa with a "n" argh! 2) mahavansa is a part of sri lankan history. if you really dont know goto wiki. part of whats written in wiki is right. 3)Tripitakaya was written ~2100 years ago. 4)There is a thing called Sri lankan society 5)There is a thing called Buddhism 6) Society and Religion are different 7) A monk is a monk is a monk. who does not have a race or class. and they can go and sit on the kings chair if they want to. and they have.READ THE TRIPITAKAYA!! LOOL