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| − | Cannabis (bhaṅga) is a tall herb with broad, spear-shaped, serrated-edged leaves and which gives off a strong odour. The plant is known to botanists as Cannabis sativa. In ancient India cannabis fibre was used to make ropes, mats and cloth (D.II,350; Vin.III,256). The Buddha commented that cloth made from this fibre was unattractive, rough, cheap and when worn out was used to scour pots (A.I,246), although he allowed monks and nuns to wear robes made out of it. Smoking dried cannabis leaves or ingesting the resin from its flowering tops, has a dramatic effect on the cardio-vascular and the central nervous systems. In small amounts it imparts a sense of well-being and relaxation and in higher amounts causes sensory distortion, an altered sense of time, short-term memory loss, hallucinations and sometimes toxic psychosis. For centuries, certain sects of Hindu ascetics have smoked cannabis believing that they are able to commune with Śiva while under its influence, although taking cannabis for its hallucinogenic effect is mentioned nowhere in the Tipiṭaka. From the Buddhist perspective, taking cannabis would be breaking the fifth Precept. | + | |
| − | Like many people before and since, the Buddha recognized the medicinal value of cannabis and he recommended it as a cure for rheumatism (aṅgavāta). The patient should be placed, he said, in a small room filled with steam from a tub of boiling water and cannabis leaves (bhaṅgodaka), and inhale the steam and rub it on the limbs (Vin.I,205). | + | |
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| + | [[Cannabis]] ([[bhaṅga]]) is a tall herb with broad, spear-shaped, serrated-edged leaves and which gives off a strong {{Wiki|odour}}. | ||
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| + | The plant is known to botanists as {{Wiki|Cannabis sativa}}. In {{Wiki|ancient India}} [[cannabis]] fibre was used to make ropes, mats and cloth (D.II,350; Vin.III,256). | ||
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| + | The [[Buddha]] commented that cloth made from this fibre was unattractive, rough, cheap and when worn out was used to scour pots (A.I,246), although he allowed [[monks and nuns]] to wear [[robes]] made out of it. | ||
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| + | [[Smoking]] dried [[cannabis]] leaves or ingesting the resin from its flowering tops, has a dramatic effect on the cardio-vascular and the central {{Wiki|nervous systems}}. | ||
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| + | In small amounts it imparts a [[sense]] of well-being and [[relaxation]] and in higher amounts [[causes]] sensory [[distortion]], an altered [[sense]] of time, {{Wiki|short-term memory}} loss, [[hallucinations]] and sometimes toxic psychosis. | ||
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| + | For centuries, certain sects of [[Hindu]] [[ascetics]] have smoked [[cannabis]] believing that they are able to commune with [[Śiva]] while under its influence, although taking [[cannabis]] for its {{Wiki|hallucinogenic}} effect is mentioned nowhere in the [[Tipiṭaka]]. | ||
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| + | From the [[Buddhist]] {{Wiki|perspective}}, taking [[cannabis]] would be breaking the fifth [[Precept]]. | ||
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| + | Like many [[people]] before and since, the [[Buddha]] [[recognized]] the {{Wiki|medicinal}} value of [[cannabis]] and he recommended it as a cure for rheumatism (aṅgavāta). The {{Wiki|patient}} should be placed, he said, in a small room filled with steam from a tub of boiling [[water]] and [[cannabis]] leaves (bhaṅgodaka), and inhale the steam and rub it on the limbs (Vin.I,205). | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:00, 5 January 2016
Cannabis (bhaṅga) is a tall herb with broad, spear-shaped, serrated-edged leaves and which gives off a strong odour.
The plant is known to botanists as Cannabis sativa. In ancient India cannabis fibre was used to make ropes, mats and cloth (D.II,350; Vin.III,256).
The Buddha commented that cloth made from this fibre was unattractive, rough, cheap and when worn out was used to scour pots (A.I,246), although he allowed monks and nuns to wear robes made out of it.
Smoking dried cannabis leaves or ingesting the resin from its flowering tops, has a dramatic effect on the cardio-vascular and the central nervous systems.
In small amounts it imparts a sense of well-being and relaxation and in higher amounts causes sensory distortion, an altered sense of time, short-term memory loss, hallucinations and sometimes toxic psychosis.
For centuries, certain sects of Hindu ascetics have smoked cannabis believing that they are able to commune with Śiva while under its influence, although taking cannabis for its hallucinogenic effect is mentioned nowhere in the Tipiṭaka.
From the Buddhist perspective, taking cannabis would be breaking the fifth Precept.
Like many people before and since, the Buddha recognized the medicinal value of cannabis and he recommended it as a cure for rheumatism (aṅgavāta). The patient should be placed, he said, in a small room filled with steam from a tub of boiling water and cannabis leaves (bhaṅgodaka), and inhale the steam and rub it on the limbs (Vin.I,205).
