oṃ, āḥ, hūṃ
+..not Faust +..in praise of ice (Wim Hof - not the other un-kind) +..Motorik-Drone Slights Still Unspoken (Selected Recordings 1978-1979) by Voigt/465 + Seed Weed Freed Breed Lead Deed Greed by Some Became Hollow Tubes + In E by Water Damage To next consider the degree to which Tibetan art is “symbolic,” one might begin by telling a Tibetan tale. As a young merchant is about to set off for India, his aging mother asks him to bring her back a relic of the Buddha. The son sets off on his journey, but forgets her request until he is almost back home. Coming upon the skull of a dog, he extracts a tooth, wraps it in silk, and presents it to his grateful mother, who worships it fervently, doing prostrations and making offerings daily. Soon the tooth begins to produce small pearls (ring bsrel) and emanate a rainbow light, as authentic relics do.57 The story is thus told as an illustration of the power of faith. But a variation on the story (provided by Thurman and Rhie in...
