[Buddha-l] Seduction of a holy man

[jkirk]

Hmmmm--that's a daunting interpretation. But maybe the dogs were  
frustrated disciples. Perhaps why some sages chased them away with
sticks or brooms and hid in caves.
Joanna
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> 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.
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