[Buddha-l] New pagoda with relics being built in Mumbai

[Stuart Lachs]

Bankei wrote:

"When I questioned a Burmese about this, he said it related to menstration."

It seems menstruation played a significant part in Chinese Buddhism too,  with the Story of Mu Lian and the apocryphal Blood Bowl Sutra. Alan Cole's "Mothers and Sons in Chinese Buddhism" is a fascinating take on Chinese Buddhism's "mining" gender relations. 

Stuart

 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bankei 
  To: Buddhist discussion forum 
  Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 6:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] New pagoda with relics being built in Mumbai


  Hello Joanna

  Thank you for the article. This both interesting and strange that women are prohibited. On a trip to Burma I noticed a few pagoda also prohibitted women in certain areas. When I questioned a Burmese about this, he said it related to menstration. 
   
  Also interesting is that this structure cost $22,000,000 to complete!

  Regards

  Bankei
   
  On 03/11/06, jkirk <jkirk at spro.net> wrote: 

    Excerpts:
    "The site where the relics are kept is out of bounds for women."






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