[Buddha-l] Seduction of a holy man

[curt]

Then there is the famous story of Acteon, the hunter who accidentally 
(or maybe not so accidentally) caught a glimpse of the Goddess Diana in 
all Her glory while she was bathing. Diana turned Acteon into a deer, 
and sicked his own dogs on him - who then proceeded to tear him to 
pieces and consume him. One take on this story (favored by the 
Renaissance philosopher Marsilio Ficino) is that it describes the desire 
(or "hunt") of the human intellect for Divine Wisdom - and what happens 
if the intellect ever actually catches sight of what its looking for.
- Curt

jkirk wrote:

> There's a similar story from the Sufi tradition of a Sufi sage falling 
> in love with a woman and following her to the ends of the earth,  
> pining until half-dead from hunger and distraction, when he finally he 
> gets the realization.
> Joanna K.
> ==========================================
>
>> Stan,
>>
>> There is an excellent story by Mishima (the title escapes me at the 
>> moment)
>> that fits none of the types you spell out. A Buddhist ascetic catches a
>> glimpse of a court lady going by in a pallaquin, and follows her a great
>> distance to the palace, camping out outside her palace with little 
>> hope of
>> actually seeing her, pining for her. I won't give away anything else, 
>> since
>> it is a great read. Anyone remember offhand the title of this short 
>> story?
>> (I seem to remember it is something like "the old sage and the lady" 
>> but I
>> don't think that's it)
>>
>> Dan Lusthaus
>>
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