[Buddha-l] Earthquake

[Ngawang Dorje]

Hi,
 
> Was the Buddha also a flat-earther who believed Mt. Meru was the
center of the earth-disc?<
 

Donald Lopez has a chapter on Meru in his book, Buddhism and Science:A Guide for the Preplexed.
 
Meru, too, is an interesting topic.
 
I wonder if you have entertained the viewpoint that text described the earth in the context of descriptive geometry (representation of 3D objects in 2D)?
 
Mount Meru as North Pole?
 
http://wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com/2008/10/mount-sineru-axis-mundi.html
http://wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com/2008/10/nasa-photograph-of-mt-sineru.html
 
As Mt Kailash? Or as Antartica?
http://sdhammika.blogspot.com/2009/11/mt-kailash.html
 
 
Best wishes,
Rahula