[Buddha-l] angels

[jkirk]

Sorry--Garuda is a vahana (vehicle or transport), a half man-half bird
vehicle of Vishnu. He is not an angel.
Garuda is also Hindu not Buddhist, although he was appropriated by the
Mahayanists, along with lots of other Hindu stuff, eventually.
Joanna

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From: "Bernie Simon" <bsimon at toad.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] angels


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> On May 24, 2005, at 11:44 AM, buddha-l-request at mailman.swcp.com wrote:
>
> > I never saw any Buddhist image of any sort with wings, which come to
> > think
> > of it is an interesting lack considering that divine creatures with
> > wings
> > were known to cultures surrounding or interpenetrating Buddhist areas
> > from
> > the beginning.
>
> Garuda?
>
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