No conflicts… just some sleeping monkeys?
Picture: Malaysian National Art Gallery.
According to Buddhist teachings when the Buddha was resting at the “Parileiya” forest, a monkey
looked after him providing food & protection. May be some monkeys in the picture have similar
bonds towards the Buddha.
Some seem to be listening to the clowns & some are sleeping. Tibetan
monk Ven. Mahinda if alive may write new lines about the sleeping monkeys.
The clown with blue hair seems to be chairing the discussion sitting firm on the blue chair.
There are other clowns taking cover behind the blue screen. The clown in green pants seems to be watching every move carefully.
There are beautifully wrapped gifts behind that clown.
Will he offer the gifts to the ordinary monkeys from this jungle? If not who will get them?
Were the monkeys fooled by the clowns just by offering but not delivering their bananas?
If the bananas are not offered will there be a conflict between monkeys & clowns?
Trees in the picture seem to be dead. Will the monkeys work towards obtaining the bananas? There
can be plastic bananas. So the monkeys will have to be careful.
© Dr. Samitha Hettige, July 2017
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