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**yazetaw** · 05-25-2012, 07:19 PM

At my regular meditation group last week, we were treated to a visualisation called "The Victor's Cage". I must say I found it hard going, it all seemed very artificial to me.

Has anyone else come across it, and can anyone explain the significance of it? Apparently it's very popular in Thailand.

Here's what the visualisation contained:
28 Buddhas on the head,
The Buddha on the head,
Dharma in the eyes
Sangha in the chest
Anuruddha in the heart
Sariputta on the right
Kondanna behind
Moggallana on the left
Ananda and Rahula in the right ear
Kassapa and Mahanama in the left ear
Sobhita at the back of the head shining like the sun
Five more elders as auspicious marks at the middle of the forehead
80 more arahants on all the limbs.

(That's not from memory. I looked it up here .)

Woodscooter.

05-25-2012, 07:19 PM	#1
yazetaw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 373 Senior Member	Jinapanjara Gatha At my regular meditation group last week, we were treated to a visualisation called "The Victor's Cage". I must say I found it hard going, it all seemed very artificial to me. Has anyone else come across it, and can anyone explain the significance of it? Apparently it's very popular in Thailand. Here's what the visualisation contained: 28 Buddhas on the head, The Buddha on the head, Dharma in the eyes Sangha in the chest Anuruddha in the heart Sariputta on the right Kondanna behind Moggallana on the left Ananda and Rahula in the right ear Kassapa and Mahanama in the left ear Sobhita at the back of the head shining like the sun Five more elders as auspicious marks at the middle of the forehead 80 more arahants on all the limbs. (That's not from memory. I looked it up here .) Woodscooter.
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