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Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone had encountered any symbolic associations of the coyote in Tibetan Buddhism.
Peace,
Matt
I was wondering if anyone had encountered any symbolic associations of the coyote in Tibetan Buddhism.
Peace,
Matt
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Re: Coyote in Tibetan Buddhism
Sun, October 18, 2009 - 11:21 PMOne of the two medical text protectors has a coyote head, four-arms (holding kartika, hook, severed head, and skullcup.) and rides a nine-headed white parrot. Cheers!
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Re: Coyote in Tibetan Buddhism
Mon, October 19, 2009 - 1:49 AMHowdy,
Actually, I'm pretty sure that is not possible, as the coyote is a New-World species and only found in the Americas.
However, canids like wolves, wolf-like dogs, and jackals are Old-World species and were known to Tibetans. They certainly appear in religious contexts such as the _ma mo yi rgyud lce spyang_ (the Jackal Tantra of the Matrka), and among the many theriocephalic deities of Tibet, there were several of the lupine variety.
a few links that might interest you:
books.google.com/books
himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/coll...2.pdf
himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/coll...s.pdf
Warm Regards,
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Re: Ryan is a machine! Yeah must be a jackal.
Mon, October 19, 2009 - 3:29 AMI guess the she-jackal is not riding a parrot either. -
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Re: Ryan is a machine! Yeah must be a jackal.
Mon, October 19, 2009 - 3:40 AMTibetans draw guys with saggy breasts so who knows!? They seem to have a hard time drawing pectorals on men. Or maybe they really had boobs! Ah or maybe it is neither, just trying to show androgenous nature of buddha. Or maybe not that either who knows? -
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Re: Ryan is a machine! Yeah must be a jackal.
Mon, October 19, 2009 - 10:18 AMAs somebody rapidly approaching 40 and in the early stages of man-boobitis, I'm not so sure how humorous this is. No wait, I guess it is pretty funny. ;-) -
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Re: Ryan is a machine! Yeah must be a jackal.
Mon, October 19, 2009 - 10:36 AMDon't worry, youngster, man boobs are sexy to us elderly.
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I will never have boobs or a gut like these tibetans
Mon, October 19, 2009 - 7:42 PMWhatever floats your boat. Too much yak butter and static tantric sex in long retreats I suppose. I have read that tibetan innards are genetically quite different from living in high altitude. If you don't live on a mountain you have no exscuse for man-boobs except too much mcdonalds or perhaps it could be the most polluted thing in our drinking water..... female hormones! I heard medications being excreted cannot be filtered and female hormones are the highest volume. Drink two glasses of tap-water and let me know what happens to your boobies.
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Re: I will never have boobs or a gut like these tibetans
Wed, October 28, 2009 - 10:32 AMi wonder if we can explain hipsterism by this rise in female hormones in the water. however, maybe it is also why we men don't just go around killing each other as much these days... -
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Wed, October 28, 2009 - 11:33 AMActually female hormones make normal men insane! I don't see any slow down on men or women killing! I don't see how female hormones can make a guy more hip except in the physical sense! And I am sorry I lost topic and couldn't find your tibetan coyote!
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