I’m Too Sexy for my Kesa

[Mp]

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Hunky Monks? *lol* too funny ... sounds like a Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavor.

Gassho,
Michael

[Risho]

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Damn I didn't even see Myozan's awesome lyrics at first... definitely MC Myozan. lol

[Myoshin]

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What is the most shoking is the place and cloths worn, a beautiful monk don't need this way to attract if he wants to, the simplicity of the robe, a beautiful face are enough.
to be attracted by a monk is natural I think, he is like another human, but he does not need to attrack by the physical aspect, and does not need to attract girls for religious reasons.
It is like a teacher seducing a student, even if he's cute, both have to understand that it's simply impossible.
For example I knew a monk going out with a girl (his student) (not on Treeleaf), when the lovestory is broken, the disgut of the Dharma can appear also.
Sorry for my primitive english ^^
I hope that I don't say anything non ethical

[Hoyu]

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Great rap Myozan! :lol:

Gassho,
Hoyu

[Dojin]

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I Guess you sometimes have to make a little fun of yourself.

Gassho D.

[Kaishin]

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Wow... Wasn't too long ago that you posted about a Japanese Zen fashion contest and monks working as bartenders--what's going on?

[Jundo]

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Wow... Wasn't too long ago that you posted about a Japanese Zen fashion contest and monks working as bartenders--what's going on?

Well, this ain't all a bad thing or wholly what meets the eye.

For example, the great Bodhisattva Vimalakirti would head into barrooms to teach ... for where better to perhaps reach folks who could benefit from the Teachings? As some Sutras point out, it is sometimes necessary to bend or break a Precept (such as the one on selling intoxicants) in order to keep it, and to save sentient beings. The bartending monks make much the same assertion ...

http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/drink/buddhist-bars-700027

The monk's fashion show was actually a kind of commentary on ordinary materialism and "fashion" ... pointing folks to both the beauty of Buddhist artforms little understood by much of the general public, and a "higher calling" in fashion. Certainly, around Treeleaf, we have some deep appreciation of the beauty of the Kesa, even if the Nyoho-e style practiced here is not as colorful and fancy as the ornate Kesa worn in that show ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22273859/ns ... 7mVyUVYzmM

All was an attempt to attract some folks to Buddhism who wouldn't be caught dead in a temple (or rather, only in a temple when dead). :wink:

I don't think that I am being just the "devil's advocate" here ... and more "Buddha's advocate". 8)

Gassho, J

[Rev R]

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(anybody want to see me and Taigu in a calendar? ops: )

I just gouged out my mind's eye.

[Dosho]

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You know, no one said anything about them being naked in the calendar...man some of you have dirty minds!

G, D