Tantric Buddhist Mantra

A very powerful mantra.

May all beings be liberated.

Talking

A stupid person talks about other people
A smarter person talks about events
An even smarter person talks about ideas

But a wise person knows when to keep silent

Just a thought: schizophrenia

Today some homeless pondered aloud during our short walk to get some sandwich downtown.

Why is there no cure for mental disease? Like for flu, you know… after a couple of days you get better, but not schizophrenia…

I do not know the answer dear Sir… ask your shrink.

P.S.: by the way, there is no medicine for flu, either.

Is this really a mask?

The idea that people play different roles in different situations (dramaturgy) is popularized by Erving Goffman in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.

While you might think that the booming of reality TV shows is the antipole of dramaturgy, it is not as simple as it seems. The ‘real life’ in those shows is as real as decaf coffee. They still engage in dramaturgy, namely they play themselves.

Sometimes there is more truth in the mask than there is in what we assume to be our ‘real self.’ *

* Žižek, S. (2005). Iraq: the Borrowed Kettle. London: Verso.

Jinapanjara Gatha

Just want to share a beautiful chanting by Thai monks. May all beings be happy.

JINAPANJARA GATHA
(The Victor’s Cage)

Self-Chant:
Namo tasak pakawato arahato sama samput tasak x3
(Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Rightly Self-awakened One.)x3

Start:
Jayasanagata Buddha Jetva(Jet-to-va) maram savahanam
Catu-saccasabham rasam Ye pivinsu narasabha
(The buddhas, the noble men who drank the nectar of the four noble truths,having come to the victory seat, having defeated Mara together with his mount)

The Javanese Kris

Lewat tengah malam, saya keluyuran di internet cari buku (semangat karena baru gajian heheheh). Maksudnya mau cari buku sastra, eh malah nemu ini:

Groneman I., & van Duuren D. (2009). The Javanese Kris. Leiden: KITLV.

Di sample ada dipamerkan foto keris-keris ciamik, mana tahan…

Selamat tinggal sastra, saya prioritas kejar yang ini dulu karena seperti biasa semangat belanja dibatasi isi kantong.

Serat Centhini: bukan melulu pedoman seks orang Jawa

Judul: The Centhini Story: the Javanese journey of life
Oleh: Soewito Santoso
Penerbit: Marshall Cavendish Editions (September 13, 2006)

Saya baru selesai membabat habis Serat Centhini dalam 2 hari, versi singkat, terjemahan pula… jadi jelas keindahan serat aslinya hilang lenyap ditelan bahasa Inggris.

Kata penerjemahnya, Bapak Soewito Santoso – muridnya Poerbatjaraka – ini sudah dipotong kanan kiri hingga tinggal 10% dari aslinya . Apa boleh buat karena keterbatasan tidak mengerti bahasa aslinya, saya coba lihat saja serat ini mau omong apa.

Dalam buku di atas saya hanya menemukan beberapa cerita adegan kama, yang rasa-rasanya lebih waahhh dalam versi aslinya, apalagi bagian terakhir yang menurut alkisah ditulis sendiri oleh Pakubuwono V .