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Descendent of Shakyamuni Buddha

BunksBunks Australia Veteran
in General Banter

So it turns out there is a girl in my office called "Karuna Shakya" from Nepal - she is apparently descended from the Shakya family.

I have yet to be introduced to her but when I am I'll have to hold myself back from prostrating at her feet! ;)

lobsterKundoJeroenyagr

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  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran

    The Grail legend ... Buddha style =)

    personBunksBodhiTzu
  • KundoKundo Sydney, Australia Veteran

    That's so cool

  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran

    As Buddhism proves, names never meant much.

  • JeroenJeroen Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter Netherlands Veteran

    It's still a cool name to have or come across though.

    Kundo
  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran

    The Buddha was my dad. My mum is the dharma. Sangha are my siblings. ;)

  • KundoKundo Sydney, Australia Veteran

    @lobster said:
    The Buddha was my dad. My mum is the dharma. Sangha are my siblings. ;)

    I'm the PITA younger sister ??

    lobsteryagr
  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran

    @Kerome said:
    It's still a cool name to have or come across though.

    I thought so too...almost as Buddhist as Metta World Peace!

    elcra1go
  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran

    I thought pitta was a type of bread ... :o

    As in, 'Give us this day our Daily PITA' o:)

    We live and unlearn ... B)

    elcra1goBunksKundo
  • DavidDavid A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First Nations Veteran

    Neato!

  • ShoshinShoshin No one in particular Nowhere Special Veteran

    @Bunks said:
    So it turns out there is a girl in my office called "Karuna Shakya" from Nepal - she is apparently descended from the Shakya family.

    I have yet to be introduced to her but when I am I'll have to hold myself back from prostrating at her feet! ;)

    It sounds like you're being moved by compassion @Bunks (pun intended) :winky:

    It would seem she's got a lot to live up to, this might well be why her parents gave her such a name...to keep her on track, so to speak...

    However, Karuna is from what I gather quite a complex term and not easily translated into English ( even though it is mostly translated as "compassion", but it goes beyond the mundane sense of the compassion that we have come to understand in everyday life)

  • KundoKundo Sydney, Australia Veteran

    @lobster said:

    As in, 'Give us this day our Daily PITA' o:)

    Careful what you wish for........ ?

    lobsterBunksyagr
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