[Buddha-l] Nakedness

[Richard Hayes]

On Wednesday 28 March 2007 13:45, Dan Lusthaus wrote:

> When monks arrived
> in China with their "exposed" shoulders, the uptight Chinese accused them
> of wandering about "naked" and shameless, threatening family values and all
> proper civilized codes of decency. 

Nakedness was only the tip of the iceberg. The Buddhists also had shaved 
heads, a direct violation of filial piety. And they were celibate. It's a 
wonder they were allowed into the country at all.

-- 
Richard P. Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes