from the depths of the unconscious, having passed through the Shadow,
gone beyond.to the very depths,
"After seven nights the Buddha has risen
from the sea where leviathans dwell
from the palace of the Serpent King, Sagara
happily he has come to this shore."
Lankavatara sutra
"The Buddha thereupon conjured mountains
peaks covered with jewels
beautiful scenes of every sort / adorned with countless gems
And on each jewel-covered peak
the Buddha could also be seen
and standing at his side
Ravana the yaksha appeared...
And after they had spoken
these buddhas and bodhisattvas vanished
only Ravana the yaksha remained / standing inside his palace...
”Where did those cities go
those radiant buddhas, those sugatas
were they a dream or an illusion?"
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more guardians of the depths.
"Sagara was one of eight serpent kings who acted as protectors of the Dharma in ancient India. His residence was at the bottom of the ocean."
"On the Indian subcontinent, temples have been dedicated to the worship of serpents since the dawn of civilization.
Both Buddhism and Hinduism adopted nagarajas and naginis (serpent kings and their consorts) as
protective divinities and depicted them like human beings."⏬️
