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Journey to the West!

ajani_mgoajani_mgo Veteran
edited August 2006 in General Banter
Well I can bet almost anything that it's a common folklore that all Asian Chinese regardless of religious inclination will know, famous in Asia among races even if I must say...

But I sorta was wondering, while I was watching a TV adaptation of the novel today... How many non-Asian Buddhists have heard of this beautiful epic before? :rockon:

Comments

  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited August 2006
    I'm lost, d00d.

    Can you give me a better question? What are we talking about?

    -bf
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited August 2006
    Hey, BF...It's friday! Whaddya want? Come monday,he'll have sobered up, have a massive hangover, but start making sense again.....:nonono: D
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited August 2006
    It's good to see you back out here, stinker :)

    -bf
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited August 2006
    The whelk has landed!

    :bigclap::bigclap::bigclap::bigclap::bigclap:
  • ajani_mgoajani_mgo Veteran
    edited August 2006
    OK oh no... Look I'm not drunk but really I swear it's all about this very interesting monkey with his fellow disciple a pig and a croc escorting their teacher this very kind monk to India to collect the Scriptures back to China.

    Hmmm... Sounds drunk? LOL... But yes, it's a classical legend on how the first Buddhist scriptures were ever spread from India to China.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited August 2006
    ....Fiction or Non-Fiction....?:wavey: :lol:
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited August 2006
    I remember Monkey!!

    Loved it! Watched it with my boys! My wife hated it!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)/
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited August 2006
    Not familiar with it, Simon.

    Perchance you were thinking of the famous

    Lancelot Link!?!?!? http://www.70slivekidvid.com/lancelot.htm

    The International Monkey of Mystery!

    -bf
  • MagwangMagwang Veteran
    edited August 2006
    Simonthepilgrim wrote:
    I remember Monkey!!


    Loved it! Watched it with my boys! My wife hated it!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)/

    If the link doesn't work, try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)

    Never heard of it, but it looks interesting!

    ::
  • ajani_mgoajani_mgo Veteran
    edited August 2006
    Fiction! (But don't let the Monkey God worshippers know I said it!)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West

    The complete tale... Wow, it looks like it's really little known around Westerners...
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited August 2006
    Simonthepilgrim wrote:
    The whelk has landed!

    :bigclap::bigclap::bigclap::bigclap::bigclap:

    Simon, what's a "whelk"? I did look it up but I don't think I got the right definition...
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited August 2006
    Brigid....he's referring to me...It's one of those long stories best reserved for the 'Dark and Stormy Night' moments Snoopy was so fond of..... :rolleyes: :crazy: :lol:

    I'll fill you in during the week, I'm nearly out of time at the library just now.....

    I'll pop into the "How wuz yer day?" thread, too, for an update for all my good friends in here.... :thumbsup:
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited August 2006
    Okay, Fede. Thanks!!
  • AmaraAmara
    edited August 2006
    I love the show!! I love the Monkey!!

    I have the TV series... the hong kong one! :)
  • ajani_mgoajani_mgo Veteran
    edited August 2006
    I heard that the novel form was actually a satire of Taoism, how Buddhism was able to do things (like taming the monkey) which Taoism absolutely couldn't!
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