Buddhism

[MrScott81]

A friend of mine teaches foreign students to speak English. Today someone brought a camera in and asked my friend for a photo with her. He asked some others to be in the photo as well and one of them replied saying that her religion (Buddhism) was against having photos taken of her because it "sucks the soul out of you", or something to that effect.

He was telling me about this today and I was intrigued by this....I tried searching google but came up with nothing.

Anyone ever hear of such a thing? I'm starting to think it's shenanigans.

 

[Turin39789]

uh. no.

 

[Crono]

That is (or was, don't know if any still hold to it) for (some) of the aboriginal peoples of Australia, IIRC. Never heard that about Buddhists.

 

[bonkers325]

its not a religious thing, its a superstitious thing

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I don't like getting pictures taken of myself because I think the same way.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

What a crackpot religion! Obviously the correct religion should involve a god who impregnates a woman with himself so he can be born and then killed as a sacrifice to himself to save you from the sin he gave you at birth. Duh.

 

[scott916]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I don't like getting pictures taken of myself because I think the same way.

You realize this is far worse than your parents believing the morning dew will give you arthritis, right?

 

[rudeguy]

I know the Amish aren't supposed to.

Maybe he is an Amish Buddhist?

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
What a crackpot religion! Obviously the correct religion should involve a god who impregnates a woman with himself so he can be born and then killed as a sacrifice to himself to save you from the sin he gave you at birth. Duh.

don't worry we got it already that you are atheist by your username

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
What a crackpot religion! Obviously the correct religion should involve a god who impregnates a woman with himself so he can be born and then killed as a sacrifice to himself to save you from the sin he gave you at birth. Duh.

not a completely unexpected[ected turn for this thread to take.

 

[irishScott]

I know some fundamentalist Arab groupls believe the same. Never heard about Buddhists thinking this way.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
What a crackpot religion! Obviously the correct religion should involve a god who impregnates a woman with himself so he can be born and then killed as a sacrifice to himself to save you from the sin he gave you at birth. Duh.

You've obviously studied it deeply.

 

[nace186]

think about it for second. Photography has only been invented this past century and Buddhism has been around a long time, how would they know it would sucks your soul out?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: scott916

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I don't like getting pictures taken of myself because I think the same way.

You realize this is far worse than your parents believing the morning dew will give you arthritis, right?

Wow. Just wow to fuzzy's post.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: nace186
think about it for second. Photography has only been invented this past century and Buddhism has been around a long time, how would they know it would sucks your soul out?

religion adapts

but no it's not a buddhism thing as far as I know, but it may be a cultural/regional superstition.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
What a crackpot religion! Obviously the correct religion should involve a god who impregnates a woman with himself so he can be born and then killed as a sacrifice to himself to save you from the sin he gave you at birth. Duh.

You've obviously studied it deeply.

Well, he did leave out the part where you have to be against gay marriage. Otherwise, however, it seems to be pretty accurate.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: scott916

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I don't like getting pictures taken of myself because I think the same way.

You realize this is far worse than your parents believing the morning dew will give you arthritis, right?

lol

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Digital and Video Cameras Moderator
I don't like getting pictures taken of myself because I think the same way.

Yarrr, I'm choking on irony!

 

[Psynaut]

No, Buddhists do not believe this.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I don't like getting pictures taken of myself because I think the same way.

and how many souls have you stolen and continue to steal?! you evil evil man :|

 

[RESmonkey]

LOL RELIGION

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I don't like getting pictures taken of myself because I think the same way.

Does this soul sucking work the same way with digital or film cameras? Where does the soul get stored? If I upload the picture to pics.bbzzdd.com, does the soul get downloaded to the computer of every single person who views the image? Do souls suffer when an image is compressed to JPEG? Can I power my PC with soular energy?


I think she's superstitious, or else severely ignorant about her religion. The Dalai Lama doesn't seem to care about having his picture taken, and if he's on NTSC interlaced video, he's getting his picture taken 29.97003 times per second.

 

[Perknose]

Buddhism, like Christianity, exists in several flavors accross a number of different cultures, so it comes as no surprise that this person's idea of their religion includes this, but is not by any means a central tenet of Buddhism.

There are relatively primitive Buddhists just as there are relatively primitive Christians.

There are Christians who believe in handling snakes as a basic part of their liturgy, an there are Christians who do not.

Lol, here in the West our view of what constitutes Buddhism is heavily skewed towards the more esoteric approach of Zen Buddhism, while in some isolated Himalyan llamasary it often leans WAY more towards a more simple and authoritarian, shut up and sit still and don't question the head monk, punk kind of thing, backed by liberal use of corporal punishment.

 

[Psynaut]

Originally posted by: Perknose
Buddhism, like Christianity, exists in several flavors accross a number of different cultures, so it comes as no surprise that this person's idea of their religion includes this, but is not by any means a central tenet of Buddhism.

There are relatively primitive Buddhists just as there are relatively primitive Christians.

There are Christians who believe in handling snakes as a basic part of their liturgy, an there are Christians who do not.

Lol, here in the West our view of what constitutes Buddhism is heavily skewed towards the more esoteric approach of Zen Buddhism, while in some isolated Himalyan llamasary it often leans WAY more towards a more simple and authoritarian, shut up and sit still and don't question the head monk, punk kind of thing, backed by liberal use of corporal punishment.

Not disagreeing with anything you said; Your comments are spot on.

I will add though, that I watch a lot of documentaries on Buddhism (Props), especially the ones filmed in isolated parts of the world, and I have never heard of any sect of Buddhism that believes this... which isn't to say it couldn't exist, just that it is definitely not a standard part of the religion.

 

[biggestmuff]

God loves you, Martin. He believes in you even if you don't believe in Him.