Comments for Michael Saso http://www.michaelsaso.org Asian Art and Religion Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:21:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Quanzhen Mijue manual by Michael Saso http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388&cpage=1#comment-1327 Michael Saso Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:21:09 +0000 http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388#comment-1327 Thank you so much, Ven. Hong Yang! Yes, I hope we can meet, and talk more of Daoist texts to translate, and compare with Tantric Buddhist mijue. The Daoist Beidou Fa 北斗法，and Qingwei Wuleifa 清微五雷法 have parallel texts, mudra, and mantra with Tendai and Shigon Buddhism, dating from the late tang dynasty (before 845, when Tang Wuzong outlawed Mikkyo practice). Thank you so much, Ven. Hong Yang! Yes, I hope we can meet, and talk more of Daoist texts to translate, and compare with Tantric Buddhist mijue. The Daoist Beidou Fa 北斗法，and Qingwei Wuleifa 清微五雷法 have parallel texts, mudra, and mantra with Tendai and Shigon Buddhism, dating from the late tang dynasty (before 845, when Tang Wuzong outlawed Mikkyo practice).

]]> Comment on Quanzhen Mijue manual by Ven. Hong Yang http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388&cpage=1#comment-1326 Ven. Hong Yang Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:55:03 +0000 http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388#comment-1326 Dear Dr. Saso, It's been a long time since I contacted you. Just by chance I thought of you and googled you. I downloaded the text too and I will take a look at it this fall. I'm a translator of Buddhist sutras now of only 9 years. I have considered translating some Daoist texts to help out. But I'm not sure where to start and that would be along side my usual efforts at assisting in the translation of the Mahayana Chinese Triptitaka. I'm interested in the daily recitations in the Daoist community and I have some texts from another site that I have worked on. Perhaps I need to travel to China to meet with the masters themselves... I recently talked to Ven. Yifa who mentioned her interest in having all the sections of the Vinaya translated and may do that for fun. I've been asked to join the translation efforts of the Yogacara Bhumi Shastra, if I remember right it's massive. I did only the food offering service as it's most commonly offered in temples, it took me 3 months on that. Hope your Labor Day was peaceful. Keep in touch Ven. Hong Yang Dear Dr. Saso,

It’s been a long time since I contacted you. Just by chance I thought of you and googled you. I downloaded the text too and I will take a look at it this fall. I’m a translator of Buddhist sutras now of only 9 years. I have considered translating some Daoist texts to help out. But I’m not sure where to start and that would be along side my usual efforts at assisting in the translation of the Mahayana Chinese Triptitaka. I’m interested in the daily recitations in the Daoist community and I have some texts from another site that I have worked on.

Perhaps I need to travel to China to meet with the masters themselves…

I recently talked to Ven. Yifa who mentioned her interest in having all the sections of the Vinaya translated and may do that for fun. I’ve been asked to join the translation efforts of the Yogacara Bhumi Shastra, if I remember right it’s massive. I did only the food offering service as it’s most commonly offered in temples, it took me 3 months on that.

Hope your Labor Day was peaceful.

Keep in touch

Ven. Hong Yang

]]> Comment on Dr. Michael Saso, Ph.D. by Michael Saso http://www.michaelsaso.org/?page_id=5&cpage=1#comment-1291 Michael Saso Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:58:31 +0000 http://michaelsaso.wordpress.com/about-2/#comment-1291 Hi, Gerardo! congratulations on new baby, your MA, and great life! I left macao long ago, have been in China, and kyoto, research and other work. Am giving a Vipassyana retreat here in Honolulu, return to LA on the 16th, hope we can meet up soon. Hi to Miranda and your artist brother Nick as well! Hi, Gerardo! congratulations on new baby, your MA, and great life! I left macao long ago, have been in China, and kyoto, research and other work. Am giving a Vipassyana retreat here in Honolulu, return to LA on the 16th, hope we can meet up soon. Hi to Miranda and your artist brother Nick as well!

]]> Comment on Dr. Michael Saso, Ph.D. by gerardo salinas http://www.michaelsaso.org/?page_id=5&cpage=1#comment-1290 gerardo salinas Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:29:02 +0000 http://michaelsaso.wordpress.com/about-2/#comment-1290 Hello Michael, it's Gerardo your old student from CSUMB. i hope all is well with you, i have been doing great. i now have a young daughter married and just finninshed my masters in social work. i'll be heading to your old playing ground of hawaii for a break in the next week. over all life is pretty good. how are you, and the old crew. i see you still in Makau, i hope the weather is a little cooler than the last time i visited. LOL. Gerardo Hello Michael, it’s Gerardo your old student from CSUMB. i hope all is well with you, i have been doing great.

i now have a young daughter married and just finninshed my masters in social work. i’ll be heading to your old playing ground of hawaii for a break in the next week. over all life is pretty good.

how are you, and the old crew.

i see you still in Makau, i hope the weather is a little cooler than the last time i visited. LOL.

Gerardo

]]> Comment on “Gyantse Kumbum,” Tibet’s Sistine Chapel by Michael Saso http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=524&cpage=1#comment-1281 Michael Saso Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:02:13 +0000 http://michaelsaso.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-1281 John, great to get your e-mail. I am trying to set up something now, and am awaiting a response from Lhasa, it takes a certain number of people to go together, in order to get the Lhasa travel permit, while Kham and Amdo did not require this. There aren't enough of us at this moment (only 3) so I have asked Kunga-la in Lhasa if we might be appended to some other group. Gyantse is incredibly rich in imagery, neither Tucci or Lobue covered it in depth, the 3rd floor murals above the Pelkor Temple are equally stunning, seldom pictured, showing 3 entire walls covered with rarely seen or studied Mandala -- perhaps rivaling the (now destroyed) Ngor images. Let us communicate by e-mail, so much more to say: michael_saso@yahoo.com John, great to get your e-mail. I am trying to set up something now, and am awaiting a response from Lhasa, it takes a certain number of people to go together, in order to get the Lhasa travel permit, while Kham and Amdo did not require this. There aren’t enough of us at this moment (only 3) so I have asked Kunga-la in Lhasa if we might be appended to some other group. Gyantse is incredibly rich in imagery, neither Tucci or Lobue covered it in depth, the 3rd floor murals above the Pelkor Temple are equally stunning, seldom pictured, showing 3 entire walls covered with rarely seen or studied Mandala — perhaps rivaling the (now destroyed) Ngor images. Let us communicate by e-mail, so much more to say: michael_saso@yahoo.com

]]> Comment on “Gyantse Kumbum,” Tibet’s Sistine Chapel by John M. Lundquist http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=524&cpage=1#comment-1279 John M. Lundquist Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:49:02 +0000 http://michaelsaso.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-1279 Michael, I'm so happy to find your site! It is now ten years since we were in Cham together. I think about it so often. I would love to go back to Tibet with you! Please ad me to your list. With best wishes. John Michael,

I’m so happy to find your site! It is now ten years since we were in Cham together. I think about it so often. I would love to go back to Tibet with you!
Please ad me to your list.
With best wishes.

John

]]> Comment on Quanzhen Mijue manual by Michael Saso http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388&cpage=1#comment-1270 Michael Saso Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:58:14 +0000 http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388#comment-1270 谢谢您的问题，所谓全真秘诀科仪秘旨就是廣成輯要來的，又叫做全真科儀三朝密旨，鄙人手裡沒有您替的那本書，是不是一樣，或不一樣，我無法說。關於古代靈寶科儀，請看陳國符老師寫的“道教源流考”，原來靈寶科儀，觀念就是古緯書來的，靈寶五符，靈寶五真文就是跟明堂禮儀大同小異；靈寶得來源就是河圖緯，河圖絳想象，請看Anna Seidal寫的文章，為說明。按三山滴血派的傳統，靈寶有十四籙，三五都攻“仙官”收之；正一盟威有二十四籙，五品“仙卿”用之，沒收籙的學者無法了解道教的秘訣傳統。佛教影像在各種科儀，金籙醮，黃籙齋，都有很要緊的音像。道教用的“懺經” 就是了。 谢谢您的问题，所谓全真秘诀科仪秘旨就是廣成輯要來的，又叫做全真科儀三朝密旨，鄙人手裡沒有您替的那本書，是不是一樣，或不一樣，我無法說。關於古代靈寶科儀，請看陳國符老師寫的“道教源流考”，原來靈寶科儀，觀念就是古緯書來的，靈寶五符，靈寶五真文就是跟明堂禮儀大同小異；靈寶得來源就是河圖緯，河圖絳想象，請看Anna Seidal寫的文章，為說明。按三山滴血派的傳統，靈寶有十四籙，三五都攻“仙官”收之；正一盟威有二十四籙，五品“仙卿”用之，沒收籙的學者無法了解道教的秘訣傳統。佛教影像在各種科儀，金籙醮，黃籙齋，都有很要緊的音像。道教用的“懺經” 就是了。

]]> Comment on Quanzhen Mijue manual by 敬辉 http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388&cpage=1#comment-1269 敬辉 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:54:42 +0000 http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388#comment-1269 师傅好！ 非常感恩！ 有个问题想向您请教，这个《全真科仪秘旨》与《全真正韵》是否一致？如有差别在哪里？ 另外，我最近开始查阅中国四川的吕鹏志和法国的John Lagerwey关于唐朝以前道教仪式的内容，看到他们都在反复强调灵宝科仪在一开始就大量借鉴了佛教的仪式。 您认为这样的提法，是否有充分的依据？ 祝您一切吉祥如意！ 师傅好！
非常感恩！

有个问题想向您请教，这个《全真科仪秘旨》与《全真正韵》是否一致？如有差别在哪里？
另外，我最近开始查阅中国四川的吕鹏志和法国的John Lagerwey关于唐朝以前道教仪式的内容，看到他们都在反复强调灵宝科仪在一开始就大量借鉴了佛教的仪式。
您认为这样的提法，是否有充分的依据？

祝您一切吉祥如意！

]]> Comment on Tangkha Gallery by James and Maureen brill http://www.michaelsaso.org/?page_id=583&cpage=1#comment-1262 James and Maureen brill Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:21:09 +0000 http://www.michaelsaso.org/?page_id=583#comment-1262 Dear Michael: We hope all is well with you. Hopefully you received the two additional photos of our Tangkha. If Again, if you visit the Monterey area please contact us. Regards, Jim and Maureen Brill Dear Michael:
We hope all is well with you. Hopefully you received the two additional photos of our Tangkha.
If Again, if you visit the Monterey area please contact us.
Regards,
Jim and Maureen Brill

]]> Comment on Quanzhen Mijue manual by william http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388&cpage=1#comment-1242 william Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:03:33 +0000 http://www.michaelsaso.org/?p=1388#comment-1242 Thank You so much for sharing this sacred manual; looking forward to second part. Much appreciation...William Thank You so much for sharing this sacred manual; looking forward to second part.
Much appreciation…William

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