Oldest depiction of Creation discovered

A relief from the Ain Samiya goblet depicts cosmic order emerging from chaos (Regular Sigg)

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World’s oldest depiction of Creation discovered

(The Telegraph) The earliest depiction of the creation of the universe has been found on a 4,300-year-old silver goblet discovered in the West Bank, Palestine.

The vessel shows “before and after” scenes with a human-chimera figure confronted by a monstrous snake [naga in Buddhism], before the snake is subdued and the Sun takes its place in the sky, held aloft by two deities.

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Archaeologists say the images are an allegory for Order triumphing over Chaos at the beginning of time. The Sun is shown moving across the heavens in a celestial “boat of light.” It is the oldest known depiction of the formation of the cosmos and predates the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish – which was recorded on stone tablets – by more than 1,000 years.

“The goblet does not tell of a violent struggle between gods [devas and asuras], but of a peaceful process of cosmic ordering,ˮ said Daniel Sarlo, co-author of the paper about the discovery for the Luwian Studies Foundation, a non-profit research group based in Switzerland.

“It shows how the Sun is born, banishes chaos, and renews the world.”

Order over Chaos

The artifact, which is 3.1 inches (7.9 cm) high, is known as the Ain Samiya goblet, and was found in the 1970s near Kafr Malik in the West Bank.

It dates from 2650 to 1950 BC and until now, experts thought it was linked to the Enuma Elish, which recounts the struggle between the younger gods and the monster of primordial chaos. More

Pagan origins of Adam and Eve story

(Historical Rabbit Hole)

Adam and Eve as kundalini energy (Artofit)

Is there a Buddhist parallel to this popular Western story of a Garden, a first human couple, a Wisdom Tree, and a tricky shapeshifting Serpent? There is. One need only look at the Agganna Sutta, "A Buddhist Genesis," a discourse given by the Buddha "On Beginnings."

But first it may be better to question the Sumerian, Jewish, Christian version -- made silly by its oversimplification over the millennia. The Christian version makes next to no sense, the Jewish interpretations a little more sense, and the much older Sumerian roots from texts like the Epic of Gilgamesh the Enūma Eliš. All of these are creation myths rooted in some kind of history.

Sadly, many readers misunderstand the Buddhist version of "Genesis." The Buddha is in no way explaining how life began. It is preexisting. He is merely explaining how it came to Earth and how karma (deeds) impacts the environment. As people become so, too, the world declines. We are not evolving so much as devolving from a Golden Age (Satya Yuga), and it is all cyclical. It happens again and again.

This is an echo of the older Vedic (Hindu) and Shramanic (Jain) versions, and that is because "Buddhism" does not begin with the historical Buddha. He is constantly referring back to previous buddhas (Great Heroes or Ford-makers as Jainism calls them, avatars and sages in the Old Vedic Religion that became Brahmanism and much later Hinduism).

But here's some insight in these themes from Urgyen Jigme (Mel Pine) in Melting Pot Dharma inspired by Amie Zor in Adam & Eve (& the Self):

Adam, Eve, and Mara (Buddhist story)

Don't touch that fruit! - But I need wisdom!!

At their pure inner core, all beings know that they are not separate from one another. In that state of mind, it is as if they live in a Garden of Eden, where they have no need for shame, no need to differentiate friend from foe, good from evil, and no need to imagine a creator god to oversee their behavior.

They have no expectations that their lives should be other than they are. 

It's all me. I created everything. - Even us?

But something in our nature likes to delude us into forgetting this oneness [or unity] of all things and into believing that life should be fairer than it is.

We give that demon a name, Mara [Death, the Obstacle to Enlightenment], to help us identify it.

Suppose that, a very long time ago, the first two human beings evolved from earlier beings. We’ll call them Adam and Eve. Their inner core, or Buddha-nature [or natural state of only dreaming and soon to awake], was pure, and they had no fear of other beings, no sense of good and evil, no self that was separate from other beings and from whatever force brought them into being.

Adam and Eve did have a sense, though, that one of the trees in their garden bore intoxicating [entheogenic] fruit that they should stay away from.

That was the Tree of Duality. Looking for an opportunity to trick Adam and Eve into believing they were distinct separate beings, Mara [the Deceiver] took the form of a snake to talk with them.

No beings had ever lied to Adam and Eve, and they had no way of knowing that the snake was not really a being, so they listened as the demon Mara told them how much fun it would be to become intoxicated on the fruit of the Tree of Duality.

Zarathustra, Iran (Persia)

So Adam and Eve ate the fruit and became drunk with duality. They began to see the world as a conflict between good and evil [as taught in the novel Near East religion of Zarathustra called Zoroastrianism].

They decided that only a cruel god would create such an unfriendly place, so they invented the god of the Old Testament and then hid from him.

Because Mara had taken the form of a snake, they feared and despised all snakes. They made distinctions everywhere: friend and foe, human and animal, smart and dumb, handsome and ugly, strong and weak, rich and poor. They began to see old age, sickness, and death as unfair, as burdens, as suffering.

Four prophets: Mani, Zoraster, Buddha, Jesus

They thought child-bearing was punishment. So that was how Mara, for thousands of years to come, deluded human beings into forgetting that they could return to the Garden of Eden.

Every parable is supposed to have a moral. I’d say the moral is: Some believe in an original sin that requires salvation. Other believe in a delusion that requires awakening. — Mel Pine (Urgyen Jigme)

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(Jupitar Star) British theologian and Christian Bible scholar Prof. Francesca Stavrakopoulou (Centre for Biblical Studies | University of Exeter) challenges conventional views on the authorship of the Judeo-Christian holy book, the Bible.

She explores the idea that many of its texts were written by men grappling with complex relationships with authority figures — particularly father figures.

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Drawing on her deep knowledge of ancient history and religious studies, Dr. Stavrakopoulou delves into how these "daddy issues" (androcentric psychological mental aberrations) may have shaped the narratives and theological themes within the Bible.

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Wendigo...Werewolves: 'W' flesh-eaters

This is a real Texas security cam image showing a witch skin-walker? Wendigo? Hoaxer? Dogman? Werewolf/wolfman cryptid with odd gait for a man in a costume? (magazine.todo)

Nothing to see here. Oh, that? That's just light and shadow illusion. Tree stump? Loose bark?

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The Buddha reasons with abusive Alavaka.

What does Buddhism know about cryptids? Buddhism, like the other older Dharmic religions Vedic Brahmanism (now morphed into Hinduism) and Jainism, have long history of acknowledging non-human creatures in, on, and above the earth. There are monsters, ogres, reptilians, shapeshifters, gnomes, fairies, avians, and giants (maras. yakkhas, nagas, petas, kumbhandas, bhumi-devas, garudas, and asuras respectively). Among these, the cannibal ghouls known as ogres (yakkhas, yakshas, rakshasas, yakshis, yetis) are very smart humanoid creatures.

Ancient Greek Dolon lycanthrope (lekythos)

They are able to communicate with humans, take human "wives," and be reasoned with except in their ferocity and rapacity. They are sometimes in possession of advanced ET technology and dwellings, with psychic powers and preternatural strength, fierce emotions and lust. They are very dangerous and liable to attack humans. The most famous one found in Buddhist sutras is the Yakkha Alavaka. Others dwell in the Himalayas and in woodland, forests, and wilderness areas.

Some Natives not only saw them, they interacted and sometimes intermarried. They're human.

Is the cryptid Yeti ("Asian Bigfoot") a man or a bear? It is a meh teh (a "man bear")

Joshua Cutchin/Timothy Renner

Dogmen (lycanthropes, humanoid wolves) are real, and the wendigo goes by many W names, according to different Algonquin tribes. Others may have the Sasquatch tribe (hominin cryptids) to contend with, some of which are cannibal rapists and skin-walkers. Not all Bigfoot are bad, just it seems the unattached juveniles wilding and running rampant in the forest, stealing food and violating boundaries.

Not simply an animal species

The elder yakkhas and rakshasas ("forest guardians," "nature protectors") -- with fierce females of the species, the yakshis and yetis -- can't always rein in the youths entering puberty or their rutting season and must cut them loose. They then violate a cardinal rule to avoid human tribes.

Because these creatures are not strictly flesh and bone but in possession of technology or the paranormal ability to transform into orbs, alight in the middle of a field after a long set of footprints or enter the earth through crevices, caves, caverns, tunnels, or straight into rock (as with the rock-dwelling Tahquitz), tracking them is dangerous and confounding. Search parties become cases of high strangeness.

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(Storied) This cannibal monster (yakkha, yakshi, rakshasa, naga, yeti, sasquatch) hunts during the coldest time of the year, traveling with the snow to terrorize humans with its insatiable hunger.

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Armed with sharp claws and teeth and capable of running with incredible speed, the wendigo, or windigo, is a lesson in excess and a manifestation of the anxieties that emerge in the harsh realities of winter — to survive it.

Explore the symbolic interpretations of the wendigo with Dr. Emily Zarka, who explains how this Native American legend can teach us about the spiritual beliefs and social values of the early indigenous peoples of North America.

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Bigfoot and the Tripwire

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  Reptilian (naga) control of media?

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Buddhist EXORCISM: The Jewel Sutra

Ven. Piyadassi (trans.), Ratana Sutra (Sn 2.1); Dhr. Seven, P. Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION

Ven. Ananda, the Buddha's attendant

The occasion for this sutra, according to the Commentary, is that in the city of Vesali there was a famine afflicting everyone, particularly the poor. Due to the presence of decaying corpses, unclean or "evil" spirits begin to hang around the city. What follows is a pestilence. Plagued by these three fearful things -- famine, unclean spirits, and pestilence -- the citizens seek the help of the Buddha, who is residing in Rajagaha.

Bringing a large number of monastics including his attendant, Ven. Ananda, the Buddha goes to Vesali. When he arrives, there come torrential rains that sweep away the decaying corpses. This purifies the atmosphere and makes the city clean. Then the Buddha delivers this "Jewel or Treasure Discourse" (Ratana Sutra) to Ananda.

He then gives him instructions as to how to tour the city with the Licchavi citizens reciting the sutra as a mark of protection (paritta) to the people of Vesali.

Ananda follows the instructions and sprinkles the sanctified water from the Buddha's own alms bowl. As a consequence the unclean spirits are exorcised and the pestilence subsides. Thereafter, Ananda returns with the citizens of Vesali to the Public Hall where the Buddha and his disciples have assembled awaiting his arrival.

• [NOTE 1: Ratana means "precious jewel, gem, treasure." Here the term is applied to the Triple Gem, Three Guides, or Three Jewels of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.]

There the Buddha recites this Jewel Sutra to the gathering:

The SUTRA

1. "Whatever (non-human) beings are assembled here, terrestrial or celestial, may they have peace of mind, and may they listen attentively to these words:

2. "O, beings, listen closely! May you all radiate loving-kindness to those human beings who, by day and night, bring offerings to you (offer merit to you). Therefore, protect them with diligence.

3. "Whatever treasure there be either here or in the many worlds beyond, whatever precious jewel there be in celestial worlds, there is none comparable to the Tathagata (the Perfect One, the Wayfarer). This precious jewel is the Buddha. (Literally, in the Buddha is this precious jewel.) By this (asseveration of) truth may there be happiness.

Unclean spirits (Hieronymus Bosch)

4. "That Cessation, that Letting Go, that Deathless State (nirvana) supreme, the calm and collected Shakyan/Scythian Sage (Shakyamuni the Buddha) realized. There is nothing comparable to this (nirvana) Dharma. This precious jewel is the Dharma. (Literally, in the Dharma is this precious jewel.) By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness. 
 
5. "The supreme Buddha extolled a path of purification (the Noble Eightfold Path) calling it the path that unfailingly brings coherence (samadhi). There is nothing comparable to this coherence. This precious jewel is the Dharma. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

6. "The eight persons extolled by virtuous people constitute four pairs. They are the disciples of the Buddha and are worthy of offerings. Gifts given to them yield [exponentially] rich results. This precious jewel is the Sangha. (Literally, in the Sangha is this precious jewel.) By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

7. "With a steadfast mind and applying themselves well in the dispensation of the Buddha Gautama, free from (defilements), they have attained to that which should be attained (the stages of enlightenment culminating in arhatship) encountering the Deathless. They enjoy the peace of nirvana freely obtained (i.e., obtained without payment, avyayena, KhpA). This precious jewel is the Sangha. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

8. "As a post deeply planted in the earth stands unshaken by winds from the four quarters so, too, I declare is the righteous person who comprehends with wisdom the Four Noble Truths. This precious jewel is the  [Noble or Arya] Sangha. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

9. "Those who realized the Four Noble Truths well taught by the one profound in wisdom (the Buddha, the "Awakened One"), even though they may be exceedingly heedless, they will not take an eighth rebirth* (in the realm of sense spheres). This precious jewel is the Sangha. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

• [*The reason it is stated that there will be no eighth rebirth for a person who has attained the stage of stream entry, the first stage of enlightenment, is that such a being -- now cleansed of some of the defilements (kilesas), taints (asavas), bonds (samyojanas), and corruptions (upakkilesas) that bind one to rebirth -- can at most only be reborn seven times (in the realm of sense spheres, according to Ven. Piyadassi but nowhere corroborated by the texts that we can find) before attaining full enlightenment and complete and final liberation from all rebirth and suffering.]

10. "With his gaining of insight one abandons three states of mind, namely: self-illusion, doubt, and clinging to mere rites and rituals as a means of trying to gain enlightenment (sīlabbata-parāmāsa), should there be any. One is also fully freed from the four states of woe and is, therefore, incapable of committing the six major wrongdoings.* This precious jewel is the Sangha. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

• [*Six major wrongdoings: i. matricide, ii. patricide, iii. the murder of arhats (fully enlightened beings), iv. the shedding of a buddha's blood, v. causing a schism in the Sangha (anantarika karma), and vi. pernicious wrong views or false beliefs with fixed destiny/results (niyata micca ditthi).]

11. "Any harmful action a stream-winner* may still do by deed, word, or thought, one is incapable of concealing it since it has been proclaimed that such concealing is impossible for one who has seen the Path (to Nirvana). This precious jewel is the Sangha. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

• [*A stream-entrant (sotapanna), the first stage of enlightenment.]

Woodland terrestrial-devas gathered round.

12. "As the woodland groves though in the early heat of the summer months are crowned with blossoming flowers, even so is the sublime Dharma leading to (the calm of) nirvana that is taught (by the Buddha) as the highest good (blameless and beyond the reach of any further suffering). This precious jewel is the Buddha. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

13. "The Peerless Excellent One (the Buddha) the Knower (of Nirvana), the Giver (of Nirvana), the Bringer (of the Noble Path), taught the excellent Dharma (Teaching, Doctrine). This precious jewel is the Buddha. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

14. "Their past (karma) is spent, their new no more arises [an arhat makes only kriya not karma], their mind/heart to future becoming no longer clings. The seed (of rebirth-consciousness) has evaporated; they have no more craving for rebirth.

Those wise beings fade out (of this "continued wandering on" of samsara through rebirth and suffering) as the flame of this lamp (which has just faded away). This precious jewel is the Sangha. By this (asseveration of the) truth may there be happiness.

• [9:  These last three stanzas are recited by Sakka King of the Devas (KhpA).]

Sakka is Indra is St. Michael.

15. "Whatever (non-human) beings are assembled here, terrestrial or celestial, come let us salute the Buddha, the Perfect One (Tathagata), honored by devas and humans. May there be happiness.

16. "Whatever beings are assembled here, terrestrial or celestial, come let us salute the perfect Dharma, honored by devas and humans. May there be happiness.

17. "Whatever beings are assembled here, terrestrial or celestial, come let us salute the perfect Sangha, honored by devas and humans. May there be happiness."