Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What's the story behind "throwing a pot of alcohol?" Doesn't sound like it should be a "destroy all life" kind of crime? On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> wrote: > http://thangkas.csd.net/ghantapa.html > > C&C welcome > > John > > Ghantapa refused to teach the local king, Devapala. In revenge, the king > conspired to corrupt him by having a young virgin repeatedly entreat, then > seduce him. > > Later, thinking he had succeeded, the king threw the guru's child and pot > of alcohol to the ground. In anger Ghandapa caused the earth goddess, > depicted in the upper left, to flood the kingdom. The repentant king was > rescued by Avalokitesvara, standing in the lower right, hand up to stop the > flood. The child and pot of alcohol were transformed into the bell and > vajra > in Ghantapa's hands. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]