[Leica] India, via Tibet, to China

[leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

And yet, She's one of the best friends you could ever want.

Something profound here.  Not sure what.

Quoth the Nathan Wajsman :

> Not the kind of se?orita I would attempt to chat up at the tapas bar
> ;-)
> 
> 
> On Jan 23, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Richard Man wrote:
> 
> > Today's cultural lesson, from the Asian Art Museum
> <http://asianart.org/ > 
> > online gallery, object ID: B60S600. Text copyright (C) by the
> Museum
> >
> > Simhavaktra Dakini, an enlightened Goddess of the Gelug order of 
> > Tibetan
> > Buddhism, clears obstacles from the paths of those who seek  
> > enlightenment
> > and provides inspiration and knowledge. The dancing Goddess's hair
> > blazes
> > upward with the fire of wisdom. Her lion head indicates
> fearlessness  
> > in
> > confronting all obstacles to liberation. Her cape is made of
> freshly  
> > flayed
> > human skin, signifying her transcendence of the limitations of the
> > human
> > condition. The bone ornaments on her chest indicate that she has 
> > passed
> > beyond the cycles of birth and death; the tiger skin around her
> waist
> > symbolizes victory over all harmful passions and deeds. This
> figure  
> > once
> > held a chopper, a skull cup, and a staff. This image of
> Simhavaktra  
> > Dakini
> > was produced under the patronage of the Qianlong emperor and would
> > have been
> > worshiped in a temple in Beijing or its vicinity.
> >
> >
> > Pic at: http://rfman.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/india-via-tibet-to-
> > china/
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