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A Picture That Defines ‘Ignorance’.

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by Anura Guruge
on November 11, 2022

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Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Facebook’. Appeared on my timeline.

MODERATION. MODERATION. MODERATION.

Moderation was Buddha’s byword. He advocated moderation in everything — the Middle Path. Overeating was one of the indulgences that he often railed against.

So, forget everything else. Do you think the Buddha would eat 9 Donuts in one go. Remember, he was the Buddha, NOT Donald J. Trump.

This is so INSULTING.

Insulting to the Buddha, insulting to Buddhism & insulting to the Buddhist who know something about Buddhism.

I am not even going to harp on about the ignorance of making food offerings to a person who made it extremely clear that he will cease to be — cease to exist — in any form — after his death. I have already done multiple posts on that — quite recently too. See here & here.

This post is about stupid, mindless EXCESS.

What we see in this picture is VANITY. Pride. The need to show-off. Extravagance. A love of food, i.e., gluttony. ALL things that the Buddha was AGAINST.

Ironically, a few minutes earlier I had see this post also on Facebook. This one made me VERY HAPPY (& humble).

Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Facebook’. Appeared on my timeline.

The Buddha would have been so happy with that. That is all so much in line with HIS teachings.

This post talks about 100 hungry kids. In a country of 22 million (& yes, they can’t keep it in their pants either), undergoing severe economic hardship, there has to be tens of thousands of kids going HUNGRY.

Don’t make stupid food offerings to an image of the Buddha. Use that money to feed hungry kids. Jesus!

Not The Best Picture To Highlight Hunger & Food Shortages In Sri Lanka — ‘The Washington Post’.

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by Anura Guruge
on April 17, 2022

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Click to ENLARGE. From the article above talking about food shortages. Image of ‘Hasun Peiris’ (left) shown in full size below.
Click to ENLARGE. The image of ‘Hasun Peiris’ (above) shown in full size. Image copyright belong to ‘The Washington Post‘. Used to illustrate point.

Yes, I am aware of, & I do follow, what is going on in Sri Lanka right now. I have even proposed a solution.

I happened to see this article in the esteemed ‘The Washington Post‘ today & I had to smile when I saw this picture. Aahhh!

He doesn’t look exactly undernourished. If anything I would wager that he is obese! Well, he should be cutting back on what he is eating — and definitely so on the ‘coconut milk‘. In Sri Lanka what we call coconut milk is NOT the clear, healthy coconut water which has become a health fad in the West.

Click to ENLARGE. From Amazon.
Click to ENLARGE. From ‘WebMD.com‘.

So, to be fair, in his case, the food shortage is doing him a favor. Might extend his life.

You would think that The Washington Post could have found a better subject to interview & use in a photo. Worst case they could have used MY picture. SMILE.