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Not sure if I understand the the passage below correctly, but it alludes that actors would go to hell. One thing I learned from Buddhism is that karma is generated by intention? And that one who upholds the five precept will will be reborn again as human? So, if an actor does not intentionally do anything that harm others as his actions on-screen would be scripted/fake, and/or that he's keeping his precepts, he shouldn't have to go to hell? On a related note, can't a lay Buddhist watch movies?

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On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Rajagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrel's Sanctuary.

Then Talaputa, the head of an acting troupe, went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: "Lord, I have heard that it has been passed down by the ancient teaching lineage of actors that 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas.' What does the Blessed One have to say about that?"

"Enough, headman, put that aside. Don't ask me that."

A second time... A third time Talaputa, the head of an acting troupe, said: "Lord, I have heard that it has been passed down by the ancient teaching lineage of actors that 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas.' What does the Blessed One have to say about that?"

"Apparently, headman, I haven't been able to get past you by saying, 'Enough, headman, put that aside. Don't ask me that.' So I will simply answer you. Any beings who are not devoid of passion to begin with, who are bound by the bond of passion, focus with even more passion on things inspiring passion presented by an actor on stage in the midst of a festival. Any beings who are not devoid of aversion to begin with, who are bound by the bond of aversion, focus with even more aversion on things inspiring aversion presented by an actor on stage in the midst of a festival. Any beings who are not devoid of delusion to begin with, who are bound by the bond of delusion, focus with even more delusion on things inspiring delusion presented by an actor on stage in the midst of a festival. Thus the actor — himself intoxicated & heedless, having made others intoxicated & heedless — with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in what is called the hell of laughter. But if he holds such a view as this: 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas,' that is his wrong view. Now, there are two destinations for a person with wrong view, I tell you: either hell or the animal womb."

When this was said, Talaputa, the head of an acting troupe, sobbed & burst into tears. [The Blessed One said:] "That is what I couldn't get past you by saying, 'Enough, headman, put that aside. Don't ask me that.'"

"I'm not crying, lord, because of what the Blessed One said to me, but simply because I have been deceived, cheated, & fooled for a long time by that ancient teaching lineage of actors who said: 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas.'

"Magnificent, lord! Magnificent! Just as if he were to place upright what was overturned, to reveal what was hidden, to show the way to one who was lost, or to carry a lamp into the dark so that those with eyes could see forms, in the same way has the Blessed One — through many lines of reasoning — made the Dhamma clear. I go to the Blessed One for refuge, to the Dhamma, and to the Community of monks. May the Blessed One remember me as a lay follower who has gone to him for refuge, from this day forward, for life."
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Karma is generated by intention?
Yes.
And that one who upholds the five precept will will be reborn again as human?
Not necessarily, but it certainly improves your chances. :smile:
So, if an actor does not intentionally do anything that harm others as his actions on-screen would be scripted/fake and/or that he's keeping his precepts, he shouldn't have to go to hell?
It seems to me that there wasn't much of a range of entertainers in the Buddha's society and that all actors/singers/dancers/magicians were popular entertainers offering whatever appealed to the lowest common taste.
These days we still have far too many such entertainers (I'm thinking especially of some of the foul-mouthed misogynist rappers) but we also have performers whose work conveys important truths about our world. As far as I'm concerned, it comes back to intention: an artist trying to make the world a better place will be fine. Others? :toilet:

On a related note, can't a lay Buddhist watch movies?
Of course. But the same applies, on a lower level. Watching Kundun or Life on Earth is good karma, watching zombie movies ... you work it out.
But remember that most karma is mixed, and don't stress too much about avoiding things which have the slightest taint of bad karma because it's nearly impossible.

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ydnan321 wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 6:25 am ... actors ...
Since now I am such a liar,
Once I must have been an actor


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Since we are at it, does anybody know any other scriptures talking about the Hell of Laughter? It doesn't seem to appear on the traditional list of the 8 cold and 8 hot narakas.
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ydnan321 wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 6:25 am Not sure if I understand the the passage below correctly, but it alludes that actors would go to hell. One thing I learned from Buddhism is that karma is generated by intention? And that one who upholds the five precept will will be reborn again as human? So, if an actor does not intentionally do anything that harm others as his actions on-screen would be scripted/fake, and/or that he's keeping his precepts, he shouldn't have to go to hell? On a related note, can't a lay Buddhist watch movies?

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We might need to allow for the historical context, i.e. several hundred years B.C.E., and culture and society was at a different stage of development. That said, however, Buddhist tradition generally has negative views of entertainment, the arts, dancing, theatre, music and so on; the Buddhism of the early texts is a renunciate religion and these are among the things which are renounced.

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Wayfarer wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 4:21 am
ydnan321 wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 6:25 am Not sure if I understand the the passage below correctly, but it alludes that actors would go to hell. One thing I learned from Buddhism is that karma is generated by intention? And that one who upholds the five precept will will be reborn again as human? So, if an actor does not intentionally do anything that harm others as his actions on-screen would be scripted/fake, and/or that he's keeping his precepts, he shouldn't have to go to hell? On a related note, can't a lay Buddhist watch movies?

Regards,

YN
We might need to allow for the historical context, i.e. several hundred years B.C.E., and culture and society was at a different stage of development. That said, however, Buddhist tradition generally has negative views of entertainment, the arts, dancing, theatre, music and so on; the Buddhism of the early texts is a renunciate religion and these are among the things which are renounced.

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How do you know that Buddhism has negative view on entertainment industry(I expect it though)? is there sutras were Buddha talk about it? I like many singers and I am interested to see what Buddha has said about them
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ShineeSeoul wrote: Thu May 31, 2018 5:02 am is there sutras were Buddha talk about it?
Read the OP!
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Wayfarer wrote: Thu May 31, 2018 5:44 am
ShineeSeoul wrote: Thu May 31, 2018 5:02 am is there sutras were Buddha talk about it?
Read the OP!
I mean on Singers, the OP talking about actors
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ShineeSeoul wrote: Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:27 am
Wayfarer wrote: Thu May 31, 2018 5:44 am
ShineeSeoul wrote: Thu May 31, 2018 5:02 am is there sutras were Buddha talk about it?
Read the OP!
I mean on Singers, the OP talking about actors
I don't think there was much separation between the two in the Buddha's time - I think they were all "entertainers" in our terms, singing, dancing, acting, juggling and whatever else they could do to put on a show, but I'm not quite sure how I arrived at that belief. Hints in the sutras and Jataka Tales, probably, plus knowing a bit about similar travelling groups in other pre-modern cultures.

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Kim O'Hara wrote: Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:45 am
ShineeSeoul wrote: Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:27 am
Wayfarer wrote: Thu May 31, 2018 5:44 am

Read the OP!
I mean on Singers, the OP talking about actors
I don't think there was much separation between the two in the Buddha's time - I think they were all "entertainers" in our terms, singing, dancing, acting, juggling and whatever else they could do to put on a show, but I'm not quite sure how I arrived at that belief. Hints in the sutras and Jataka Tales, probably, plus knowing a bit about similar travelling groups in other pre-modern cultures.

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does that mean we should quite listening to music? I know that music can be harmful but we can avoid that if we apply moderation from my personal experience
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Was not the Buddha's life theatre .
Theatre in the sense He was born and pretended to be a common mortal, left the palace for the forest where He indulged in rather questionable practice such as living on bowels of dirt or something....a cup of milk he drank and became shunned by His fellow forest people...

then the whole Lotus Sutra "I have not revealed the Truth and described when exactly He attained enlightenment in a period so long ago it is incalculable .

so theatre in the sense He pretended to be a common mortal who first attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree..but in fact was Buddha full blown since birth ,in fact even in the womb...

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Minobu wrote: Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:15 pm Was not the Buddha's life theatre .
Theatre in the sense He was born and pretended to be a common mortal, left the palace for the forest where He indulged in rather questionable practice such as living on bowels of dirt or something....a cup of milk he drank and became shunned by His fellow forest people...

then the whole Lotus Sutra "I have not revealed the Truth and described when exactly He attained enlightenment in a period so long ago it is incalculable .

so theatre in the sense He pretended to be a common mortal who first attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree..but in fact was Buddha full blown since birth ,in fact even in the womb...

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no, not really, being actor and entertainer is completely different thing, even modern entertainer is involved in worshiping demons, when I saw that I understand why Buddha said such thing
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ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:05 am
Minobu wrote: Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:15 pm Was not the Buddha's life theatre .
Theatre in the sense He was born and pretended to be a common mortal, left the palace for the forest where He indulged in rather questionable practice such as living on bowels of dirt or something....a cup of milk he drank and became shunned by His fellow forest people...

then the whole Lotus Sutra "I have not revealed the Truth and described when exactly He attained enlightenment in a period so long ago it is incalculable .

so theatre in the sense He pretended to be a common mortal who first attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree..but in fact was Buddha full blown since birth ,in fact even in the womb...

:popcorn:
no, not really, being actor and entertainer is completely different thing, even modern entertainer is involved in worshiping demons, when I saw that I understand why Buddha said such thing
The only point the Buddha is teaching here is that wrong view such as being reborn with laughing devas for being an actor on stage is the problem...
The buddha is dismissing the wrong view and the actor becomes free from superstitious views.

your battle with moderation to make something ok is missing the point and trapping you in wrong view...

this is not what the piece the Buddha is teaching is about...

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does that mean we should quite listening to music? I know that music can be harmful but we can avoid that if we apply moderation from my personal experience
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Minobu wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 6:22 am
ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:05 am
Minobu wrote: Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:15 pm Was not the Buddha's life theatre .
Theatre in the sense He was born and pretended to be a common mortal, left the palace for the forest where He indulged in rather questionable practice such as living on bowels of dirt or something....a cup of milk he drank and became shunned by His fellow forest people...

then the whole Lotus Sutra "I have not revealed the Truth and described when exactly He attained enlightenment in a period so long ago it is incalculable .

so theatre in the sense He pretended to be a common mortal who first attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree..but in fact was Buddha full blown since birth ,in fact even in the womb...

:popcorn:
no, not really, being actor and entertainer is completely different thing, even modern entertainer is involved in worshiping demons, when I saw that I understand why Buddha said such thing
The only point the Buddha is teaching here is that wrong view such as being reborn with laughing devas for being an actor on stage is the problem...
The buddha is dismissing the wrong view and the actor becomes free from superstitious views.

your battle with moderation to make something ok is missing the point and trapping you in wrong view...

this is not what the piece the Buddha is teaching is about...
does that mean we should quite listening to music? I know that music can be harmful but we can avoid that if we apply moderation from my personal experience
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Well, I think you are missing the point, I am saying moderation with music is the solution I have personally found, I am not saying this is Buddhism view.

and by the way, Buddha was clearly against actors entertainment, didn't you read the sutta above? it is understood by the way why Buddha is against it, show biz business is always dirty and bad, and it is never really give anything good to the people, I went through that so I understand, it was taking over my life at one point with its demonic power but I put an end to it one day, thanks God
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ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:50 am
and by the way, Buddha was clearly against actors entertainment, didn't you read the sutta above? it is understood by the way why Buddha is against it, show biz business is always dirty and bad, and it is never really give anything good to the people, I went through that so I understand, it was taking over my life at one point with its demonic power but I put an end to it one day, thanks God
actually if you read the Sutta Buddha clearly states..at the end of the discussion.
with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in what is called the hell of laughter. But if he holds such a view as this: 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas,' that is his wrong view. Now, there are two destinations for a person with wrong view, I tell you: either hell or the animal womb."
Buddha is concerned , as i referred to it as superstition..
he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas,' that is his wrong view.
The Sutta in no way is condemning the act of stage work or music or anything of the sort...

but if you are prone to
who are bound by the bond of aversion
or
Any beings who are not devoid of delusion to begin with, who are bound by the bond of delusion, focus with even more delusion on things inspiring delusion presented by an actor on stage
and so on ...than yeah it only enforces those qualities ...but if you are prone to delusion and are confronted with delusionary stage acting ...than yeah ...you are affected with such even more so.....but the actual stage acting is not evil or bad in and of itself...

buddha is more concerned with wrong view here...

So the actual act of the actors is not the problem...
so like NO! to this
ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:50 amit is understood by the way why Buddha is against it
i'm sort of concerned for your whole take on demonic power and the music industry as well...
ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:50 am show biz business is always dirty and bad,
ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:50 amand it is never really give anything good to the people, I went through that so I understand, it was taking over my life at one point with its demonic power but I put an end to it one day, thanks God
what god are you thanking ? and what demons are you referring to ?

i did not realize you had this view....never read you before...

then again everyone takes what ever from Suttas...i could be well off base myself....though i'm pretty sure this is the intent of the Sutta...

good luck ..and fare well fellow traveller...
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Minobu wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:39 pm
ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:50 am
and by the way, Buddha was clearly against actors entertainment, didn't you read the sutta above? it is understood by the way why Buddha is against it, show biz business is always dirty and bad, and it is never really give anything good to the people, I went through that so I understand, it was taking over my life at one point with its demonic power but I put an end to it one day, thanks God
actually if you read the Sutta Buddha clearly states..at the end of the discussion.
with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in what is called the hell of laughter. But if he holds such a view as this: 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas,' that is his wrong view. Now, there are two destinations for a person with wrong view, I tell you: either hell or the animal womb."
Buddha is concerned , as i referred to it as superstition..
he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas,' that is his wrong view.
The Sutta in no way is condemning the act of stage work or music or anything of the sort...

but if you are prone to
who are bound by the bond of aversion
or
Any beings who are not devoid of delusion to begin with, who are bound by the bond of delusion, focus with even more delusion on things inspiring delusion presented by an actor on stage
and so on ...than yeah it only enforces those qualities ...but if you are prone to delusion and are confronted with delusionary stage acting ...than yeah ...you are affected with such even more so.....but the actual stage acting is not evil or bad in and of itself...

buddha is more concerned with wrong view here...

So the actual act of the actors is not the problem...
so like NO! to this
ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:50 amit is understood by the way why Buddha is against it
i'm sort of concerned for your whole take on demonic power and the music industry as well...
ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:50 am show biz business is always dirty and bad,
ShineeSeoul wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:50 amand it is never really give anything good to the people, I went through that so I understand, it was taking over my life at one point with its demonic power but I put an end to it one day, thanks God
what god are you thanking ? and what demons are you referring to ?

i did not realize you had this view....never read you before...

then again everyone takes what ever from Suttas...i could be well off base myself....though i'm pretty sure this is the intent of the Sutta...

good luck ..and fare well fellow traveller...
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You need to read the OP, you got the sutta wrong, the Buddha was saying he is having wrong view for doing acting, the Buddha is against acting
"Thus the actor — himself intoxicated & heedless, having made others intoxicated & heedless — with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in what is called the hell of laughter'
read the full passage and you will get it
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ShineeSeoul wrote: Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:47 am
You need to read the OP, you got the sutta wrong, the Buddha was saying he is having wrong view for doing acting, the Buddha is against acting
"Thus the actor — himself intoxicated & heedless, having made others intoxicated & heedless — with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in what is called the hell of laughter'
read the full passage and you will get it
sorry dude read this...
But if he holds such a view as this: 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas,' that is his wrong view
your whole demonic music thing thanking gods you got over it sounds ....well...not right view...
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Minobu wrote: Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:33 pm
ShineeSeoul wrote: Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:47 am
You need to read the OP, you got the sutta wrong, the Buddha was saying he is having wrong view for doing acting, the Buddha is against acting
"Thus the actor — himself intoxicated & heedless, having made others intoxicated & heedless — with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in what is called the hell of laughter'
read the full passage and you will get it
sorry dude read this...
But if he holds such a view as this: 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas,' that is his wrong view
your whole demonic music thing thanking gods you got over it sounds ....well...not right view...
There is confusion over "reborn in the company of the laughing devas" and "reborn in the hell of laughter". These aren't the same places. In the dispensation to the śrāvaka the Buddha teaches against acting and musicianship, among other things.

It's all a part of the early radical framing of ascetic cutting-off from the world in the beginning of the teaching. There is a huge focus on sequestering yourself in isolating dhyāna heavens, etc.

This is the strata of the teaching, that teaches against acting, singing, dancing, etc, is the same strata that the bodhisattva prohibitions in the Sukhavihāraparivartaḥ (L.S., Ch. 14) (such as, "do not associate with jugglers") are echoing.
Then, the monks uttered this gāthā:

These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?

The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
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Coëmgenu wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:57 am
Minobu wrote: Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:33 pm
ShineeSeoul wrote: Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:47 am
You need to read the OP, you got the sutta wrong, the Buddha was saying he is having wrong view for doing acting, the Buddha is against acting
"Thus the actor — himself intoxicated & heedless, having made others intoxicated & heedless — with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in what is called the hell of laughter'
read the full passage and you will get it
sorry dude read this...
But if he holds such a view as this: 'When an actor on the stage, in the midst of a festival, makes people laugh & gives them delight with his imitation of reality, then with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in the company of the laughing devas,' that is his wrong view
your whole demonic music thing thanking gods you got over it sounds ....well...not right view...
There is confusion over "reborn in the company of the laughing devas" and "reborn in the hell of laughter". These aren't the same places. In the dispensation to the śrāvaka the Buddha teaches against acting and musicianship, among other things.

It's all a part of the early radical framing of ascetic cutting-off from the world in the beginning of the teaching. There is a huge focus on sequestering yourself in isolating dhyāna heavens, etc.

This is the strata of the teaching, that teaches against acting, singing, dancing, etc, is the same strata that the bodhisattva prohibitions in the Sukhavihāraparivartaḥ (L.S., Ch. 14) (such as, "do not associate with jugglers") are echoing.
Well this might seem like blasphemy...but i doubt very much if an enlightened being refutes music and dancing... :juggling: :jumping: :woohoo:

i don't know ...but this piece defo is pointing to it's ok.
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