[Buddha-l] Canonical satire, parody and whimsy

[Bankei]

Hello Richard

There is also this paper on Humour in Buddhism:


Morrison, Robert G.     2003    "Did the Buddha have a Sense of Humour?"
ARC, The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill          Vol 31
pp. 75-98.


Regards

Bankei



On 21/11/06, Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
>
> The claim was made a while back that the compilers of the Pali canon
> included
> some satirical pieces. Someone requested that I provide some examples.
> I've
> dug up a very old (1991 or so) post to buddha-l (back when it was still
> hosted in Japan!) and formatted it for your reading pleasure (or
> displeasure,
> if you prefer to see the Buddha as a grumpy old fart). The result can be
> seen
> by following this link:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~dayamati/humor.html
>
> --
> Richard Hayes
> Department of Philosophy
> University of New Mexico
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