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Nicki Minaj’s disgraceful photoshoot in front of a Buddha statue."
DaltheJigsaw
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I don't think it's a big deal? As Buddha's we don't pray or give ourself to Buddha? Shouldn't we offer compassion and understanding? Thoughts?
http://www.bbncommunity.com/2013/10/10/nicki-minajs-disgraceful-photoshoot-in-front-of-a-buddha-statue/
http://www.bbncommunity.com/2013/10/10/nicki-minajs-disgraceful-photoshoot-in-front-of-a-buddha-statue/
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Sorry I was distracted . . .
Buddha be . . .
indifferent
Fortunately her 15 minutes of fame are coming to end. She is such a bad example to people of my generation. Even if it weren't in front of a Buddha or this would still be a disgraceful image.
As for being upset because someone is "mocking" a religion, I Ieave it to the Muslims and Christians to get all worked up about it. I doubt that's the real reason people are upset in this case, anyway. It's that their religious symbol is part of a sexual scene. I suppose your tolerance depends on if the woman offends you or not even without the Buddha. If she does, then the statue gives you an excuse to vent. If she doesn't offend you, then I doubt you even notice the statue. That's the way our minds work.
Take Buddhism in movies. How about that scene in Hot Shots where they're at the Buddhist temple and all the monks line up in front of a woman to show off, some even dropping their robes to pose for her? Nobody from the Buddhist side felt the least bit insulted from deliberate mocking.
The OUTRAGE! /sarcasm
The Buddha statue looked like a good background piece.
Her showing ass, is so 5 years ago. Just some fancy
hotel she was in that had a statue. :rolleyes:
Posed pics looked so staged....hahaha
I will say, however, that there have been many sacrilegious art pieces (etc.) done about Christianity, some even involving feces.
Thank god/buddha nobody started rioting like when the Quran/bible was burnt.
Free speech blah blah blah. Why are we still talking about this? I really think she just thought the statue was cool and wanted a picture by it since many people in the West tend to treat buddhist things as more 'art' and less 'religion'.
There's a difference between free speech and mindful speech.
Something so trivial and we're actually running a thread on this rubbish.
Really?
Is it that compelling, guys?
The most offensive part of the picture, IMO, is that they PUT Nicki Minaj in it.
Why was I at a girly bar in Thailand one might ask? I went with a friend of mine who frequents those places, to have a look at the scene at Soi Cowboy. Honest! I've never slept with a Thai, even though I'd have a hard time convincing anyone of that over there.
Anyway, I'm sure Buddha statues have been exposed to much more depravity than that.
"So, at a later time, while still young, a black-haired young man endowed with the blessings of youth in the first stage of life — and while my parents, unwilling, were crying with tears streaming down their faces — I shaved off my hair & beard, put on the ochre robe and went forth from the home life into homelessness.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.026.than.html
"Why wouldn't it have, Aggivessana? Before my Awakening, when I was still an unawakened Bodhisatta, the thought occurred to me: 'Household life is confining, a dusty path. Life gone forth is the open air. It isn't easy, living in a home, to practice the holy life totally perfect, totally pure, a polished shell. What if I, having shaved off my hair & beard and putting on the ochre robe, were to go forth from the household life into homelessness?'
"So at a later time, when I was still young, black-haired, endowed with the blessings of youth in the first stage of life, having shaved off my hair & beard — though my parents wished otherwise and were grieving with tears on their faces — I put on the ochre robe and went forth from the home life into homelessness.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.036.than.html
That does not mean not taking any wise action for sometimes the best thing is to actually do nothing.
C'mon guys! Get a life!
But if, as Buddhists, we believe in right action, then it seems reasonable to question the wisdom of sexually posing -- or is she taking a dump -- immediately adjacent to a religious statue...whatever religion it is. Even the article says, "it’s timely that we sign a petition among our community and others who are against any type of insults on any religion". And that, for me, is the point. I may disagree with Muslims about many aspects of their religion, but I don't disrespect their religion, because to do so is disrespecting a human being...same with a Christian, same with a Hindu, etc. Either we respect human beings, or we don't...and in my view there isn't a dimes worth of different between the concept of respect and the concept of compassion.
If it was a temple, it would indeed be more tactless, but the setting leads me to think that she's not the first scantily-clad person to turn their back to the statue at this venue.
Hotei:
Hotei - what a babe, nice earrings . . . :nyah:
Hotei is a Chinese folkloric deity often described as a version of Maitreya.
Her, the paper, or the OP.
Modesty should be taught/practiced more.
It is a fact that Buddha statues are used as ornaments in all sorts of places. I have one in my garden and it has seen some untoward things in its time, including being peed on by my dog.
Whether a Buddha statue is in a temple courtyard or a hotel, it's still an iconic religious figure that, in the eyes of millions, deserves a modicum of respect.
under the pine
dappled with bird droppings
a Buddha statue
It's strange how the image of the Buddha has been co-opted for aesthetic purposes, but images of Krsna or Jesus have not, at least not to the same extent.
In Thailand and Malaysia and Singapore I have visited a number of Hindu temples. I don't believe in Hinduism, and don't respect many aspects of Hinduism. But I respect the human beings that do.
The thong is the thing. The Buddha is a thong . . . look how we follow its thing.
[breaks into thong]
Thing.
Thing a Thong.
Sing out loud, sing out strong.
Sing of good things, not bad.
Sing of happy, not sad.
Sing.
Sing a song.
Make it simple to last your whole life long.
Don´t worry that it´s not good enough for anyone else to hear.
Just sing.
Sing a song.
La La La La La La
La La La La La La
Carpenters
This reaction is the best possible outcome that Nicki Minaj could have hoped for.
Way to reward her everyone.