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Can you remember these words with ease?

 
 
Reply Wed 11 May, 2011 09:40 pm

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The doctrines of the various Mahayana sects played an important part in the development of philosophical ideas in China. Mahayana Buddhist influence is seen in the thousands of Chinese classics. Many of these are of high literary value. The Vimalakirti, Saddharma-pundarika-sutra (Lotus Sutra) and Surangama-samadhi-sutra have always been special favorites of scholars.

Buddhism brought to Chinese literature new conceptions, literary style, and techniques of wording and phrasing. The first Chinese woodblock printing was a series of pictures based on the Tripitaka in Chinese. Buddhist paintings and sculptures have left a rich material for the study of Chinese art and history. Whether it is the murals of the Dunhuang caves or the stone carvings of the Long men, Yungang, and Dazu grottoes, the works highlight a brilliant chapter in China’s cultural history. China’s pagoda architecture and statue art are mostly the work of Mahayana Buddhist designer.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Thu 12 May, 2011 06:43 am
Do you mean:
Can you understand these words with ease?
or

Can you easily understand this?

There are a few grammatical adjustments that I would suggest:

. . . is seen in thousands of Chinese classics.

. . .brought to Chinese literature new concepts . . .

The first Chinese woodblock printing are (or were) a series . . .

Buddhist paintings and sculptures have left rich material . .

. . .are mostly the work of Mahayana Buddhist designers.
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Reply Thu 12 May, 2011 07:55 am
@oristarA,
Nope, not at all.
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talk72000
 
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Reply Thu 12 May, 2011 12:14 pm
@oristarA,
Most of Buddhists at that time were Tocharians or Eastern Celtics who lived mostly in the Tarim Basin. Many migrated to Shantong Province. The Muslims who came into power defaced many Buddhist images in the Buddhist caves in the Taklamakan desert.

Most of the words are of Sanskrit origin. Hindi would be the closest modern equivalent.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2011 05:58 pm
@PUNKEY,
PUNKEY wrote:

Do you mean:
Can you understand these words with ease?
or

Can you easily understand this?


I meant "commit them to your memory." That is, with a glance at a word and you will recite it/remember it/pick it up from your memory/ later.
talk72000
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2011 06:52 pm
@oristarA,
It is difficult if you don't know the language. Write down each word fifty times and pronounce it. That may help.

Break it to syllables. Dharma means work or achievement in Hindi. Sutra is a saying or recital.
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2011 09:10 pm
@talk72000,
talk72000 wrote:

It is difficult if you don't know the language. Write down each word fifty times and pronounce it. That may help.

Break it to syllables. Dharma means work or achievement in Hindi. Sutra is a saying or recital.


Thanks.

Just take a look and let it go when we encounter such stuff.
talk72000
 
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Reply Sat 14 May, 2011 11:17 am
@oristarA,
The Buddha stutues in Afghanistan that the Taliban destroyed were made by the Kushans who were descendants of the Tocharians as they migrated out of Sinkiang or the Tarim Basin in China even to India and ruled India for a while.
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