Comments on: Little Forest – Little Honour (少林-少光) http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/little-forest-little-honour-%e5%b0%91%e6%9e%97-%e5%b0%91%e5%85%89/ I'm a dad, designer, China expat and blogger Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/little-forest-little-honour-%e5%b0%91%e6%9e%97-%e5%b0%91%e5%85%89/#comment-4151 Ryan Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:32:52 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/12/03/little-forest-little-honour-%e5%b0%91%e6%9e%97-%e5%b0%91%e5%85%89/#comment-4151 @John: You've inspired a new section to LLW - The Ten Most Overrated Sites In China. And yeah, that Issa bit is a little odd. Meh. Actually, what I was trying to find was the transcript of Penn&Teller's Bullshit show that dealt with the issue of Mother T. Ah well. @不好意思: Well, I hear the Hindus are a bunch of cow lovers. Oh, I'm getting a Shiva The Destroyer kick in the pants for that one. @John: You’ve inspired a new section to LLW – The Ten Most Overrated Sites In China. And yeah, that Issa bit is a little odd. Meh. Actually, what I was trying to find was the transcript of Penn&Teller’s Bullshit show that dealt with the issue of Mother T. Ah well.

@不好意思: Well, I hear the Hindus are a bunch of cow lovers. Oh, I’m getting a Shiva The Destroyer kick in the pants for that one.

]]> By: buhaoyise http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/little-forest-little-honour-%e5%b0%91%e6%9e%97-%e5%b0%91%e5%85%89/#comment-4144 buhaoyise Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:24:14 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/12/03/little-forest-little-honour-%e5%b0%91%e6%9e%97-%e5%b0%91%e5%85%89/#comment-4144 I loved reading about the Monks beating up the journalist too. That's Islam, Christianity and Buddhism down. Which one's next? I loved reading about the Monks beating up the journalist too. That’s Islam, Christianity and Buddhism down. Which one’s next?

]]> By: John http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/little-forest-little-honour-%e5%b0%91%e6%9e%97-%e5%b0%91%e5%85%89/#comment-4142 John Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:00:38 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2006/12/03/little-forest-little-honour-%e5%b0%91%e6%9e%97-%e5%b0%91%e5%85%89/#comment-4142 One of the deepest, most lasting impressions ever made in my travels in China was in Shaolin Temple. I entered a chamber of the temple covered in a beautiful Buddhist mural. I stared at it for a long time, taking in the art, trying to figure out what event was being portrayed. An old monk in the corner beckoned to me. I was really happy because he apparently could tell I was really interested in learning about Buddhism and wanted to tell me about it. So I went over to him, and that's when he tried to sell me a crappy plastic bracelet. I was more disappointed in Shaolin Temple than I have been at any tourist destination in China. Lastly, that Mother Theresa article was a hoot. Disapproving with some of her sources of funding makes sense, but making the "fact" that Jesus the historical figure studied in India under the name Issa a central part of your argument is just too <em>cute</em>. One of the deepest, most lasting impressions ever made in my travels in China was in Shaolin Temple. I entered a chamber of the temple covered in a beautiful Buddhist mural. I stared at it for a long time, taking in the art, trying to figure out what event was being portrayed. An old monk in the corner beckoned to me. I was really happy because he apparently could tell I was really interested in learning about Buddhism and wanted to tell me about it. So I went over to him, and that’s when he tried to sell me a crappy plastic bracelet.

I was more disappointed in Shaolin Temple than I have been at any tourist destination in China.

Lastly, that Mother Theresa article was a hoot. Disapproving with some of her sources of funding makes sense, but making the “fact” that Jesus the historical figure studied in India under the name Issa a central part of your argument is just too cute.

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