[Buddha-l] The *** Problem, Revisited

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'Babyface' look can help black CEOs, study says

http://www.physorg.com/news160983537.html.







On 3 October 2010 17:23, Erik Hoogcarspel <jehms at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Op 03-10-10 17:00, R B Basham schreef:
>> Bangkok, Thailand -- Buddhists in Thailand are usually proud of their
>> faith - that the form of Buddhism they believe in, as one of the three
>> cardinal national institutes, is the purest and most orthodox school of
>> Buddhism directly passed down from the time of Lord Buddha over 2,500
>> years ago. It is also the land where Buddhist monks are following the
>> strictest interpretation of monastic rules.
>>
> They are not the only ones.
>> Therefore, the logic behind Buddhist donations is not for the purpose of
>> purity of the mind, but to have the highest yield from their donation.
>> Psychologically, the paternalist attitude of the lay Buddhists towards
>> their monks is born of the instinctive protection of their own spiritual
>> investment. Some psychoanalysts have taken further steps in analysing
>> that the paternalistic nature of lay Buddhists develops from the
>> "baby-like" innocent faces of monks: monks have to shave their heads
>> regularly and this tradition has made their faces look like babies', an
>> image which stirs the maternal instincts of lay women. This theory not
>> only explains why the majority of attendants of monks and monasteries
>> are women and not men, but also the maternalistic attitude of Thai women
>> towards monks.
>> ...
>>
> Well, we can prove this scientifically by having half of the monks
> wearing diapers while going around for alms. They should collect more if
> the hypothesis is right.
>
> erik
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