An outline of the iconography of Buddhism
Show Notes
This talk was in Katoomba in 2011
What the vajra means, what a phurba is | 0.00
Vajrakila Heruka statue, and the motivation behind the buddhist art | 2.00
What is it that makes a yogi? Tapas (austerities) ritual and meditation and group love | 5.08
Freedom from the personal I vs imprisonment Joy and bliss cleansing our karma | 10.27
The 'bell sound of the group serving, what the bell symbolises | 13.30
The makara on the bell and the phurba, what the three blades represent | 15.17
The figure on the top of the phurba (Mahakara) | 16.56
The 5 levels of the phurba | 17.46
The deity of the phurba statue (Vajra kila haruka) | 18.11
The brain is not the organ of thought! | 24.37
How to we transform this matter into light and fire? Your physical body is not the real you! | 31.46
Energy is all that there is | 28.21
Darmapala - protective deities | 29.06
The capala (skull cap) | 32.14
The lotus blossom imagery - it relates to the chakras | 34.57
Back to the symphony analogy | 42.21
Always to help the other is what is symbolised in the buddhist art and what is our service work | 43.00
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