On 5/16/2012 @ 1:46 PM, Cody Bahir doth schreibble:
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> Circumambulation is a very widespread practice in Buddhism. I have never
> looked deeply into the practice, nor surveyed the nuances of different
> traditions, but from my *extremely* limited experience with Tibetan
> Buddhism, circumambulation is performed clockwise (scholars of Tibetan
> traditions may be able to illuminate exceptions to this).
Hi, Cody!
Dr. Alex Wayman pointed out the contributions/incorporation of
Aristotelian philosophy and Ptolemaic astrology to/into Tibetan
Buddhism during the course of several lengthy conversations I
enjoyed with him during my residency at Weiser's warehouse back
in the '70s. I have discovered very little mention of this in
his published work - his *Buddhist Tantras: Light on Indo-Tibetan
Esotericism* is the only text that touches on any of this, so far
as I know.
Cors in Manu Domine,
~ Khem Caigan
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"Heat and Moisture are Active to Generation;
Cold and Dryness are Passive, in and to each thing;
Fire and Air, Active by Elementation;
Water and Earth, Passive to Generation."
'Of the Division of Chaos'
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