[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: A boy loves his dog... Leave it to Vaj and Turq to completely miss the real meaning of the myth, namely, that the Kukkuripa went into the cave to meditate - that's the point. It really isn't just a story about a boy and his dog. And of course the 'Paradise of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-23 Thread yifuxero
--Nityananda says that to be granted access to Siddhaloka, one must have dissolved mortal awareness into the OM. Nityananda: http://www.cosmicharmony.com/Av/Nityanan/Nityanan.htm - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: A boy loves his

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: One of the greatest Mahasiddhas of India and Himalayas was a dog- lover, the saint Kukkuripa. . . . But his heavenly hosts urged him to stay, saying: How can you even think about returning to a dog in a dark cave when you are

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread TurquoiseB
Just to have more fun chasing this dog... :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: Renowned as Guru Kukkuripa, the Dog Lover, he returned to Kapilavastu, where he lived a long life of selfless

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: One of the greatest Mahasiddhas of India and Himalayas was a dog- lover, the saint Kukkuripa. If it's kukkuriipa, the name prolly means 'protecting'(-pa) a 'bitch' (female dog: kukkurii)...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread Vaj
On Mar 22, 2009, at 3:51 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Then she taught him how to achieve the symbolic union of skillful means and perfect insight. As an irreversible, infallible vision of immutability arose in his mindstream, he did indeed attain the state of supreme realization. Vaj, I'm just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread Vaj
On Mar 22, 2009, at 5:34 AM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: One of the greatest Mahasiddhas of India and Himalayas was a dog- lover, the saint Kukkuripa. If it's kukkuriipa, the name prolly means 'protecting'(-pa) a 'bitch' (female

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 22, 2009, at 2:51 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: While this is a neat story, and I applaud his decision to return to the dog in the cave rather than dwell among the full-of- self heavenly hosts, isn't the guy being advised here by Just Another Bitch? We're all over the place, Barry...get used

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:19 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: One of the greatest

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 22, 2009, at 5:34 AM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: One of the greatest Mahasiddhas of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 22, 2009, at 5:34 AM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: One of the greatest Mahasiddhas of India and Himalayas was a dog- lover, the saint Kukkuripa. If it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-21 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: One of the greatest Mahasiddhas of India and Himalayas was a dog- lover, the saint Kukkuripa. [Kukkuripa thanka] Kukkuripa, The Dog Lover Kukkuripa - Sanskrit meaning: Guarding from, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Dog-Lover Mahasiddha

2009-03-21 Thread Vaj
On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:19 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: One of the greatest Mahasiddhas of India and Himalayas was a dog- lover, the saint Kukkuripa. [Kukkuripa thanka] Kukkuripa, The Dog Lover Kukkuripa - Sanskrit meaning: