tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post3364492676750586118..comments2024-03-22T07:35:09.284-07:00Comments on Books in the City: Saturday Snapshot: March 3, 2012Booksnychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197753056299399065noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-75014667373376072132012-03-05T11:59:37.318-08:002012-03-05T11:59:37.318-08:00Such a great shot!Such a great shot!Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511122937603890352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-2423379798970173792012-03-05T11:34:58.357-08:002012-03-05T11:34:58.357-08:00I love the colors too. I could see why you kept ph...I love the colors too. I could see why you kept photographing them.Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-469104634986170692012-03-04T08:55:09.054-08:002012-03-04T08:55:09.054-08:00Thanks for the research, Jill! It is interesting ...Thanks for the research, Jill! It is interesting that there might be a difference between the colors of the robes for city and country monks!Booksnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197753056299399065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-23364715495054875872012-03-04T08:37:42.958-08:002012-03-04T08:37:42.958-08:00How very very cool. I love this picture.How very very cool. I love this picture.Tales of Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938494589922620170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-82097508805205371432012-03-04T02:47:47.691-08:002012-03-04T02:47:47.691-08:00They are striking coloured robes.They are striking coloured robes.Louisehttp://astrongbeliefinwicker.blogspot.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-66248557127732621802012-03-03T21:14:42.753-08:002012-03-03T21:14:42.753-08:00I was curious about color, too. This is what I fou...I was curious about color, too. This is what I found...<br /><br />"This finally brings me to color, back to the concept of kashaya – broken or variegated color – which probably was in a spectrum from yellow to a reddish brown from being washed and dyed with plant materials, sometimes saffron or tumeric. Because the materials and dyestuffs vary, colors are not consistent. They also fade and become soiled. According to Seung Sahn Sunim, the Korean Zen master, during the Buddha’s time, the monks wore yellow robes, because that was the color of the dirt and didn’t show soil when the wind was blowing.<br /><br />In modern times, monastics of the Theravadan tradition in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand or Laos usually continue this tradition of saffron or ochre robes. One source I encountered claimed that forest monks wear ochre while city monks wear saffron, but concluded that this is not always the case."<br /><br />Whatever the meaning or non-meaning, I love the photo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-830717830107104432012-03-03T19:35:38.786-08:002012-03-03T19:35:38.786-08:00What wonderful colors! I used to see monks occasi...What wonderful colors! I used to see monks occasionally when I was in San Francisco, and they always looked so bright in their robes. I imagine you can see far more in Cambodia!Cheryl @ Tales of the Marveloushttp://marveloustales.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-49852363123441943092012-03-03T17:48:20.974-08:002012-03-03T17:48:20.974-08:00I know the blue and red in the flags are part of t...I know the blue and red in the flags are part of the Cambodian flag but I was never able to tell if the different color robes meant there were at different points in monkhood or different orders. I should try to find that out!Booksnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197753056299399065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-76945338518283917802012-03-03T16:58:37.340-08:002012-03-03T16:58:37.340-08:00Beautiful colours.
Here is my Saturday
Snapsho...Beautiful colours. <br /><br /><br />Here is my <a href="http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.in/2012/03/saturday-snapshot-march-03-2012.html" rel="nofollow">Saturday <br />Snapshot</a> post!gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-67381068245215409642012-03-03T12:38:15.420-08:002012-03-03T12:38:15.420-08:00Love all the colors, especially the orange!! Wonde...Love all the colors, especially the orange!! Wonder if the robes colors or the red and blue of the flags have a specific meaning?<br /><a href="http://ratb2.blogspot.com/2012/03/saturday-snapshot.html" rel="nofollow">MY SS</a>Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974471357928655315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-4598005471469302732012-03-03T12:29:01.555-08:002012-03-03T12:29:01.555-08:00Their robes are fantastic colors! I had no idea th...Their robes are fantastic colors! I had no idea they wore such bright robes. A very cool photos, thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866342436745173619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-67217553743507843522012-03-03T11:57:00.920-08:002012-03-03T11:57:00.920-08:00Wow, very colorful; cool picture.Wow, very colorful; cool picture.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-12978520148365592012-03-03T10:07:52.185-08:002012-03-03T10:07:52.185-08:00I love all of the symmetrical patterns of the arch...I love all of the symmetrical patterns of the architecture against the color ribbons and the monks' clothes!Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-63881707846009390742012-03-03T09:31:50.184-08:002012-03-03T09:31:50.184-08:00Oh wow, that's interesting!Oh wow, that's interesting!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128837662718618636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-62956430198967963432012-03-03T09:31:38.028-08:002012-03-03T09:31:38.028-08:00I love the one with the umbrella. Great shot!I love the one with the umbrella. Great shot!Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282803815704229945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206029274559460902.post-60458967974697602842012-03-03T08:23:35.774-08:002012-03-03T08:23:35.774-08:00I love the color of their robes and wonder how the...I love the color of their robes and wonder how they manage to keep them from falling off.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.com