1) THE BUDDHA (Siddhartha Gautama, or Sakyamuni, Tathagata, had a sense of humor!
The Dalai Lama often jokes about incarnations, monks, yaks!
Buddhists joke!
2) MONKEY is FUN. Its satire! Not countercultural - accepts system but says Dont take yourself too seriously!
Not a text book for learning profound Buddhist or Daoist
teachings but notheless a WINDOW into Chinese religion.
a wonderful example of the mixing and mingling of traditions that produces MULTIPLE RELIGIOUS IDENTITY.
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