[Buddha-l] Tibetan word for "meditation"

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

jkirk schreef:
> Interesting picture----------thanks. Would you mind spelling out the 
> entire
> illustration? what do the clouds stand for? the monkey? one figure seems
> to be carrying a double whip.
> JK
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> ----- Original Message -----
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>     *From:* Michael J. Wilson <mailto:michaeljameswilson at yahoo.com>
>     *To:* buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com <mailto:buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, November 22, 2006 9:08 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Buddha-l] Tibetan word for "meditation"
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>     Here is the picture.  It is found in my Tibetan temples.  A
>     similiar story is told in Zen, with an Ox, not an elephant.
>
>     michael j wilson
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>     http://www.andyweberstudios.com/s_samatha.html
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>     While I found the list you sent of stages of Samatha of potential
>     personal use, I wonder about the mixed metaphors in this part. Was
>     this an extended explanation of a picture? Without the picture it
>     seems rather incoherent.  
>     (I also have trouble imagining a monk mounting an elephant--sorry,
>     the expression evoked a guffaw.)
>     Joanna
>
Joanna, maybe you can get hold of a copy of 'The Diamond Light' by Janice Dean Willis - Simon and Schuster 1972 - SBN 671-21526-4

Erik


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