Re: Ill Bethisad (was Re: Rant: Defending Indonesian)

Steg Belsky scripsit:

> What does that chant mean, btw?
Why did the Bodhidharma come from India to China?   :-)

A flatfooted literal translation is "Wonderful Karma Lotus Sutra", where
"sutra" means one of the discourses attributed to the Buddha.

You can find a lot of religiously-tinged pages about it by googling
for the phrase.

John Cowan  jcowan@reutershealth.com  www.reutershealth.com  ccil.org/~cowan
Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos          --Lithuanian proverb
Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem             --Latin version thereof
Deity donated dentition;
  deity'll donate doughnuts                     --English version by Muke Tever