Buddhist Sets Himself on Fire in Ancient Greece? March 16, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient
Say it quietly, but there is a strong case to be made that, a score of years before Christ was born, a Buddhist monk came to Greece and set himself on fire in a public display of piety. Sources c. 20 BC an Indian embassy made its way into the Mediterranean to pay tribute to […]
A Medieval Buddha at St Pancras Station? December 16, 2010
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval, Modern
Beachcombing is rapidly coming down with flu at the moment and so will have to satisfy himself with a short post today. He will, in fact, take the reader to nineteenth-century central London, at a time when St Pancras Station (opened 1868) was being built up and connected. Beachcombing – sick or well – loves stations because they are vortexes of anarchy and […]
The Buddha Converts to Catholicism August 31, 2010
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Medieval
Dream last night in which Beachcombing was forced to sit and write an exam by his (terrifying) secondary school science teacher. The subject? Krishna naturally. Taking this as an omen of sorts Beachcombing has determined that today he will delve into Eastern religion and tell the scandalous story of the Christian saint Josaphat and his […]
The Buddha in Viking Sweden August 20, 2010
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
Beachcombing thought that today he would revisit a classic anomalous archaeological find: the Helgö Buddha. Knowing though his personal weaknesses, he first did some deep breathing exercises before the mirror repeating a score of times: ‘be nice about the Vikings’, ‘be nice about the Vikings’, ‘be nice […]
