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[edit] Hinduism???

The website says that in the Ramayana, the monkey king Sugriva says about his "monkey mind". Linking this to the origin of the term "Monkey mind" is WP:OR. The article needs an explicit reference saying clearing that "monkey mind" is Hindu. --Redtigerxyz (talk) 13:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I mentioned this in Wikiproject Hinduism and they said they hadn't heard of it either. There was a reference, but they looked at it and said the reference wasn't very good. ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 22:17, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Have you seen the article by Carr ("'Mind-Monkey' Metaphors in Chinese and Japanese Dictionaries," International Journal of Lexicography 6.3)? It says (1993:155) Chinese xinyuan first appears in Kumarajiva's translation of the Vimalakirti Sutra (citing a note in Dudbridge's Journey to the West translation 1970:168). Can someone check into the original? Keahapana (talk) 01:59, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Title?

I'm wondering if this "Monkey mind" title should be moved to "Mind monkey". Although "monkey mind" has more Google hits (92,300) than "mind monkey" (11,400), some of the contexts are irrelevant (like the famous Darwin quote under Evolutionary argument against naturalism). "Mind monkey" reflects the word order in the Chinese and Japanese (心猿, 意猿, and 情猿) and specifically refers to this Buddhist metaphor. What do you think? Keahapana (talk) 02:03, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Holy moly

Somebody did a lot of work. There is definitely way too much Chinese, but for those of you who added stuff, good job! ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 02:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that was me. I've heard of "TMI" but not "TMC". Many thanks for the Barnstar. Keahapana (talk) 21:34, 8 May 2008 (UTC)