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This template was co-developed with User:TonyMPNS and User:Sacca. For more information, see Template_talk:Buddhism#Template:MahayanaBuddhism_prototype. Namaste, Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 22:10, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Don't the agama's belong in the section of scriptures, also?Greetings, Sacca 11:21, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
- Not really. They are not particularly important in Mahayana. The main article on Mahayana sutras ought to say Mahayana recognizes them, though. I'll check. Peter jackson 11:13, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
4th council is nothing to do with Mahayana. Peter jackson 13:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
It still shows up on the template, but I can't find it on the edit page to delete. Can someone explain this, and/or deal with it? Peter jackson (talk) 18:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I think I see the source of the problem. I came here from the talk page for the Buddhism template, where the 4th council was included. I clicked edit there, but found the edit page for a different version of the template. This seems odd, & might cause problems in other cases, tho' here it seems OK. Peter jackson (talk) 18:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] color scheme
hmm... if it's meant to look like a ingot, it should be more consistent (ie: 2 pixels of varying shades of yellow on the borders). It uses white and blue, it should use light gold and dark gold...--Esteban Barahona (talk) 04:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
- Hola Esteban -
- Thanks so much for taking this to the talk page. I very much appreciate your repeated kindness, in addition to your laudable aesthetic sense and sincere desire to improve WP.
- I know I used the term "ingot" in my Edit Summary — perhaps I erred. With this template, I was trying to create a trompe l'oeil image (or, perhaps "simulation" is better?) with my limited HTML skills to suggest a piece of engraved gold. (The use of gold here, in a sense, in part, is also meant to be juxtaposed with Template:TheravadaBuddhism where [with User:Sacca's sage guidance] I attempted to suggest a trompe l'oeil image of a stone stele. Gold here, stone there. In my mind, this reflects a historical evolution in Buddhism, akin to that from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age — and I write this as a Theravadin practitioner ;-) ) The techniques I used to attempt to create in this simulation included:
- Three surfaces/planes: The yellow square areas are meant to appear as if molded or carved out from the outer gold shape (headers and borders). The final "view * talk * edit" square at the bottom is meant to appear to be an intermediate plane between the closest plane of the headers and the farthest plane of the enumerated links.
- Perspective: I attempted to use borders to create a sense of perspective (graphical) and a vanishing point. Thus, the header has a white border on top and bottom to suggest that the "vanishing point" is the lotus flower; then, the lower "reflective surface" is echoed in the top border of the lower headers ("Lands", "Doctrines", etc.). Moreover, the color weakens (turns from blue to pink) as one progresses downward, thus meaning to soften the light above.
- Lustre/Sheen: By giving the inside borders various prismatic colors (blue, green, pink, etc.), I attempted to suggest the glow of light striking actual gold.
- Thus, for me, each color and border is meant to add to this overall simulation. Sure it can be simplified (vastly!) and be made more consistent, but such would — in my mind — significantly detract from the overriding goal which is to embody the luminous aspects of Mahayana Buddhism. (Again, I write this as a Theravadin practitioner ;-) )
- Also, admittedly, something greatly infusing my protectiveness of this template is that I created this template as a gift for User:TonyMPNS (see User_talk:TonyMPNS#Template:MahayanaBuddhism). Perhaps, if for no other reason then, I should let this go — in the spirit of WP? Well, at least I've further elaborated the story behind this. If you like, I'd be willing to disqualify myself from further comment here (and from reverts in this template's main space).
- May you be well, Larry Rosenfeld (talk) 05:29, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
