The Twilight Language by Roderick Bucknell Martin Stuart-Fox

The Twilight Language by Roderick Bucknell Martin Stuart-Fox

Author:Roderick Bucknell, Martin Stuart-Fox [Roderick Bucknell, Martin Stuart-Fox]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Ethnic Studies, General, Regional Studies
ISBN: 9781136774409
Google: ESDeAAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13T04:06:09+00:00


Table 9. Correspondences between principal sets, with meditative stages included.

The Elements and Colours

The positions of the elements and colours in the maṇḍala are as shown in Fig. 5. Of the elements, all but air would be remarkably well suited as symbols for the meditative stages. For example, a meditation master could very aptly refer to the transition from concentration to the thought-stream as a movement from earth to water, and so on. The likelihood that such symbolic language was actually used will be discussed shortly.



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