Origin of

The yellow of Ca Sa

" For centuries, a distinct innate knowledge of inorganic chemistry has allowed the Buddhist monks of the coffee produced marijuana, convenient, reasonably bright yellow glowing fast. So what they used substances to dye? " The gold-colored robes separate gender-specific Buddhist monks are mostly made ​​of cotton fabric dyed in a special liquid from the timber "Jak "- English Vietnam called jackfruit tree.

* Paramita and giving full:

"Jak" - a Sanskrit word - is a very useful plant. It is a source of fruit to a green light, rough bark is sold in all markets in Asia. "Jak" or "Mit" is derived from India. Made In India, religious but give it a plant nicknamed "Paramita". Then, this tree planting in China and other Southeast Asian countries. As to Vietnam, by way of saying that the Vietnamese off from "Paramita" turned from "Mit" to this day. Indian language, the word "Paramita" (Ba-la-confidential) means "the other side," and this word is linked to intellectual Prajna bring liberation and the path by means of Contents paramitas to achieve liberation. The reason the Indians called the plant "Jak" trees "Paramita" because nature "providing completely" or "giving full" of the crops. The British do not understand is the wrong word "Jak" or not, but it left a meeting is called "Jackfruit" - perhaps to refer to "the full supply" their compound word Jack in the phrase "Jack of all trades" - a versatile, all-purpose, can do anything from fruit-with the "Jackfruit". Since "nature providing complete" tree "Paramita" for shade, fruit boiled alive made the dish, ripe for the zone as sweet as honey, nuts cooked food such as bread "snack", latex glue, composting leaves, timber houses, temples, pagodas ... Long hard core, if handled according to the ancient technique first curved beams will long centuries.

* Yellow dye from jackfruit wood

Monks use huge jackfruit wood shredding branches out, put in large pot of water on the tunnel processing techniques for the yellow dye melts and then chopped up boiled in a pot bring another. Y dyeing process consists of 20 separate steps, including several times dipped into a solution of soluble colored impurities are different. These substances but there are many different local names, but the geology is called stone city-block-mi-O (magnesium limestone and crushed-bo-), red soil and similar substances. Chemists define them as functions of drugs and staining of filters. Mixed dye as will make the color does not fade after the first few washings. Then it uses technical fabrics to smooth, clean hair with fabric softener to your skin during no monks wear it.

In view of the East, yellow represents wisdom and love. But behind the facts about the color yellow y lies a culture and extraordinary history. Buddhist perspective, the dye y is a symbol meaning of non-value. Y yellow is the color of intellectual freedom, beyond any earthly idea of ​​the color world. It is the color of any damage to determine for the secular that the wearer does not evoke a certain value of the attraction of the earth. These forms and rituals of the robes is a special method to determine the system of someone's faith is derived from the "Sramana" - the first increase momentum du ascetic of ancient India. Y tradition built on the Buddha Shakyamuni took the cloth to dress the cemetery mean limiting material desires to reach the sublimation of the spiritual and immortal. In many cases, these pieces are stitched into the cloth cloaks a rudimentary with only tendon fiber of coconut leaves alive. Wear this shirt feels like sandpaper to wear with it.

Over time, the world gradually became monks would settle in a monastery or monasteries instead of wandering life of freedom, we set a standard color and structure of fitting the pieces of fabric to determine hierarchy or religious sect which depends monks.

Today, in addition to y yellow color that people everywhere, there are reddish-brown y mainly the hermit monks of the default. In Thai, and particularly in Cambodia share the ordained nun dressed all white which Khmer called "Daun-chi".

When the Buddha advocated abandoning worldly desires and proposed middle way, His cherry shine as noble and serene colors of yellow robes.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).