Talk:The Buddha/Archive 2

message: Somebody changed the translation of "Buddha" to "lit. 'Awake'". "Buddha" is the past participle of the root "buddh" (to awake, be enlightened), thus the previous translation of Buddha as "the enlightened one" is quite correct. I took the liberty of reverting the revision. Perseus 04:49, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite so. However "awakened one" or "one who has bee awakened" would also be acceptable, if the intention was to emphasize the root from which the term is derived rather than to change the grammar. -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽ 23:22, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally, I think it would be better not to say "one", because "one" is not really etymologically part of the word.  I would have said "awake" is good enough for government work, because the actual functional meaning of "awake" and "awakened" is pretty much identical.   But I'm okay with simply saying "enlightened or awakened" or "the enlightened ... etc." - Nat Krause 04:32, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation

message: Gautama Budhha's passing away is described incorrectly, the mention of "pork" is incorrect and    
blasphemous; One of the most important teachings of Buddha/ism is Ahimsa or "non-violence. The 
passing away of Buddha is described very well at 
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/kusinaga.htm and I suggest updating the article 
with the same and please remove the mention of "pork".
Also, I would suggest that since He is a God figure for a large population of the world of 
Buddhists and Hindus and it would be a good idea to mention this in the article. 
--Abahuguna 20:01, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Maha-parinibbana Sutta (accesstoinsight.org link), the last meal of the Buddha was of Sukara-maddava.  According to the note (number 38) attached to this word in the text, this is either the meat of a tender pig (i.e. pork), or that which is eaten by pigs (i.e. mushrooms).  I belive that the text in the article is quite right, and I see nothing offensive about it.  It is well known that the Buddha himself was not a strict vegetarian, and that he did not prohibit eating pork.  See e.g. the Vegetarianism#Buddhism article.  Andkaha(talk) 21:19, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Regarding your comment about the Buddha being a "God figure";  This might be the way he is portrayed by some, but probably not by most Buddhists (although we greatly respect and honor him).  There's an interesting text on Buddhism and the God-idea on the accesstoinsight.org web site: . See also the answer to the question "Was the Buddha a god?" at buddhanet.net: .  Andkaha(talk) 21:54, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of passing away of BUDDHA incorrect

message: I understand that there are no reliable historic sources in this matter, but it might be worth mentioning the dates on which the various sects of Buddhism commemorate the birth and death of the Buddha.  April 8 seems to be the most commonly celebrated birthdate, and I've seen February 15 cited as the date of his death; a more complete list should be added if we're going to include it.  --Theodore Kloba 16:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates of birth and death 

message: The image at the bottom of the article depicting the dasha avatar has a caption saying that
the picture at the centre is that of Vishnu. It is actually a picture of Krishna again. Vishnu is never depicted playing a flute and has four hands, whereas Krishna has two.
I've edited the image caption --203.199.213.131 14:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Image of Dasha Avatar

message: The following text comes from Buddha, whereas it should have been in this article—but, it's redundant with a comparable section that already exists, and the below looks kind of iffy, so I'm moving it to talk. - Nat Krause(Talk!) 21:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed from [[Buddha]]