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Nihil hic, quod non dictum est;
Atque in arte componendi nullam habeo peritiam.
Itaque non arbitror hoc aliis multum prodesse.
Et scribo solum ut notum sit menti meo.
There is nothing here that’s not been said before;
And I have no skill in the art of composition.
Therefore I do not expect this to be of much use to others,
And write it only to acquaint it to my mind.
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Cum devotione, ego veneror Buddhae quod abiit ad beatitudinem.
Ad eorum Pietati Corpus, nobiles heredes, et omnibus reverentia dignis.
Iuxta scripturas, breviter iam describam.
Via adopta disciplinam omnium buddhae haeredum.
With devotion I pay homage to the Buddhas gone to bliss,
To their Dharma body(Piety Body), noble heirs and all worthy of respect.
In accordance with the scriptures, I shall now in brief describe
The way to adopt the discipline of all the buddhas’ heirs.
The Gods/Divine are symbolic and real, metaphysical and allegorical, metagenetic and archetypes, metaphoric, and cosmic. Legendary, and the reason there are legends.
Theological and logical.
Philosophical and factual.
Once you have this approach, many things become easier.
Hammer and Vajra!
Bahiya of the Bark-cloth never identified with nor was initiated into Buddhism, yet the Buddha confirmed his ultimate Nirvana.
"When Dionysus had projected his reflection into the mirror, he followed it and was thus scattered over the universe. Apollo gathers him and brings him back to heaven, for he is the purifying God and truly the savior of Dionysus, and therefore he is celebrated as the 'Dionysus-Giver'.
Like Kore, the soul descends into genesis, like Dionysus she is scattered by generation, like Prometheus and the Titans she is chained to the body. She frees herself by acquiring the strength of Hercules, gathers herself together through the help of Apollo and of Athena the Savior, i.e. by truly purifying philosophy, and she elevates herself to the causes of her being with Demeter."
Damascius, Commentary on Plato's Phaedo 1.129-130
Alone? More like all-One
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