Māra makes fun of the Buddha for taking a nap. SN 4.13, Sakalikasutta, Bodhi translation #Buddhism
“Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought: ‘What’s the gratification (assāda), the drawback (ādīnava), and the escape (nissaraṇa) when it comes to form … feeling … perception … choices … and consciousness?’
Blowing my mind that Thai + Lao, Vietnamese + Khmer, and Burmese + Chinese are from three completely different language families.
Buddha statue and supplicants - Edmund Schaefer, Wood engraving on Japan paper, circa 1920 #Buddhism #Art
Then it occurred to me: ‘The pleasure and happiness that arise from form [feeling, perception, etc]: this is its gratification. That form is impermanent, suffering, and perishable: this is its drawback. Removing and giving up desire and greed for form: this is its escape."
SN 22.26, Assādasutta
There are *a lot* of languages in Southeast Asia
"philosophy is just plato vs aristotle" would be a very cool dichotomy to posit in a world where india and china never existed
