[Buddha-l] Beyond Hope

[curt]

Thanks! With that information I was able to do a google search on "snake 
pig tail wheel of life buddhism" and found lots of information, 
including this very nice wikipedia article on the wheel of life: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_Life.

- Curt

Mike Austin wrote:
> In message <445DFD32.1050100 at cola.iges.org>, curt <curt at cola.iges.org> 
> writes
>> Is "hope and fear chase each other's tails" really an old Buddhist 
>> saying? Maybe one of the old Buddhists on this list can verify that 
>> for us?
>
> Attachment and aversion, depicted as the cock and the snake on the 
> wheel of life,  chase each others' tales via the tail of the pig of 
> ignorance. But on some depictions, they both come from the mouth of 
> the pig and are thus side by side.
>