turquoiseb: > As a person of the Buddhistic persuasion, I've always been > fascinated by advertising. > One of the last things the historical did Buddha before he passed away was to instruct Ananda to raise a stupa at the crossroads in order to remind people of Enlightenment. Apparently the idea' worked in your case. Go figure.
Does outdoor advertising work? Just did! <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa> > It is, after all, the intentional attempt to "implant desire" > in people, and as most know, many Buddhists tend to believe > that desires -- or at the very least the attachment to one's > desires -- is ego-binding, and thus not completely desirable. > Let's note here that a desire to be rid of desire is a desire. The answer to this riddle is the Buddha's Middle Way; don't desire to not desire to extremes. A stupa is a circular dome with a series of fences surrounding it, arranged in traditional patterns with a harmika and an umbrella on the top. For example, the Great Buddhist Stupa at Sanch:. Edifice architecture and the Axis-mundi: http://rwilliams.us/archives/analogia.htm <http://rwilliams.us/archives/analogia.htm> > Still, ya gotta appreciate the creativity with which some ad > people implant subliminal messages into seemingly innocuous > ads, to hopefully trigger equally subliminal desires, and > thus sell more of the product. > The posters you put up for MMY and Rama should have said something about this instead of promising enlightenment in 5-7 years or instant enlightenment. LoL! You are only going to get as much enlightenment as you are going to get. > As an example, have you found yourself eating at Wendy's > more often these days? They don't have them here in France, > but as I remember, they actually had salads and foods that > even a vegetarian could enjoy. But is their cooking *really* > like Mom's? > Now that's better!
