tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post4243962448760846659..comments2024-03-25T17:38:01.020+08:00Comments on Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar: Cuckoo for CommentaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-43879027621500314122010-08-06T06:40:39.427+08:002010-08-06T06:40:39.427+08:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drofW-ELc-0&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drofW-ELc-0&feature=related<br /><br />"The Alchemyst's Clocktower" <br />Automaton by Thomas Kuntz<br /><br />clocks and towers <br />nothing but mechanical <br />wheels bent to control<br />empires -laughing-o-noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-87812585515846151442010-08-03T22:30:02.204+08:002010-08-03T22:30:02.204+08:00Wonderful post - thanks. I wonder how does the sym...Wonderful post - thanks. I wonder how does the symbol of the cuckoo in Dzogchen relate to the old folk story told around Asia of the prince who became a cuckoo? He was trapped there in the body of a cuckoo by his best friend who went to usurp his throne. In his fragile state he met the Buddha in the forest and gained insight. He became the king of the birds by explaining the dharma to the other birds and by night went to sing at the window of his former princess. There are versions of this story from Tibet, India and SE Asia.Joe F. https://www.blogger.com/profile/08598234156748106335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-70331911100150547882010-08-01T22:37:21.466+08:002010-08-01T22:37:21.466+08:00True enough there can be birds and commentaries bu...True enough there can be birds and commentaries but they stay ordinary until somebody like you puts them together and makes them immortal. Thank you so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com