#mudras
i knew that this was going to happen sooner or later so i’m just going to rant here and let it all out. i know that the type of people i will be ranting about isn’t decent enough to understand no matter how much proof i show them so i’m not even going to waste my time on that. however, i’m tired of this.
i was on tiktok and there was a video of this guy talking about how a trend was disrespecting Hindu Gods. since he is a Hindu, he definitely has the right to talk about his feelings, etc. most people agreed, i did too, but of course there were negative comments too. non-Hindus were like ‘yeah but they might not know, it’s just a trend, just for fun’ see, if we make a trend about their God, we’d be lynched. and that’s not the only thing.
internet is a big place. you can learn shit ton of stuff from it. the fact that the most popular people didn’t know how they did mudras and namastes doesn’t make any sense, at least to me.
i read this rude comment, they were obviously defending the people on the video. i told them that it was rude, and that it wasn’t their place to talk. we then started arguing. they told me that i believed in marvel characters, loki, and shit once i refered how i worshipped multiple gods and got called ‘extremely religious’. now, i’m not even a follower of Loki, nor do i believe in marvel characters. they also said that Loki gave kids bone cancer up in the sky and i just–
i’m sorry but they were contradicting with themselves. now, i’m not even talking about christian witches, this is about my religion. what i believe in. and i don’t like it. how the fuck is it possible to blame shit on other people’s gods when you don’t even believe they exist in the first place. now, i don’t believe in the christian god and, when something bad happens to me, i don’t say “omg it’s probably the christian god who did this, not the ones i believe in” see that makes no fucking sense.
anyways, thank you for reading.
Scroll of Mudras 11th–12th century
This handscroll depicts hand gestures known as mudras in Sanskrit, the Indian language in which many early Esoteric Buddhist texts were written. In Japan, the gestures are called insō, the Japanese term for a Chinese word that combines the characters for “seal” and “form.” In Esoteric Buddhism, mudras are physical enactments of ultimate truths revealed through the buddhas and other deities. Practitioners of Esoteric Buddhism in Japan form mudras during meditation and rituals and use them to interpret the meaning of painted and sculpted Buddhist images. This scroll was passed down in the Kyoto temple Shōren-in, a Tendai School temple traditionally administrated by imperial princes who had taken religious vows.
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The Buddha Statue in the Fire Sages’ Temple
is Thai style Buddha statue. It’s hands are in the a mudra (gesture) of Leisure and Charity. (source)
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I made a comparison post of the different Buddha styles used in different countries, but tumblr is refusing to upload the picture. Seriously, I’ve tried for more than FIVE HOURS now.
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