[Buddha-l] Rice & Dragons

Artur Karp karp at uw.edu.pl
Sat Apr 14 00:10:45 MDT 2012


Dear Joanna and Dan,

no further points are necessary. I know a bit about the dragon-lore
myself --- what with one of the Polish kingdom's founding myths
involving a humble but nonetheless heroic dragon slayer.

What I find of interest here is the question of compatibility. Is
Buddhism better suited to flourish in the areas of wet-rice
cultivation, with its tradition of communal labor, or in the areas of
wheat (barley, etc.) cultivation, with its tradition of - mainly -
single homestead labor?

Artur


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