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- How is it possible that they are benevolent protectors of the forest AND bloodthirsty cannibals? Not all Yakkhas (Yetis, Sasquatches, Bigfoot) are alike, as Himalayan Buddhist lore informs us today:
Buddhist texts are very familiar with this class of not-quite-human (but very humanoid) creature known as Yakkhas (female Yakkhini, possibly the etymological root of the word Yeti). Older Indian (Brahminical, Vedic, Hindu, Jain) texts predating Buddhism often speak of Rakshasas.
- The hundreds of Native American tribes in the U.S. (to say nothing of those in the rest of the Americas, north of Canada and south of Mexico) all have names for these very real creatures, who are known not to be limited to this dimension: They come in and out of our reality.
- If they are not from "here" (our reality on this plane or planet, which is but a tiny part of the human plane or manussya loka), where are they from?
- The texts seem to suggest they are from the "first heaven" or space plane above our world, known as the Realm of the Four Sky Kings (Catummaharajika deva loka), the quadrants in the sky (North, East, West, South) overseen by four regents who report to the next plane above that. So when Chewbacca or other prison planet detainees alight on this world, having come down on "a small moon" (UFO craft), it might be that they are being brought here from there. Of course, there being many types, they often enter through portals (stargates, anomalous wormholes, ancient passageways, or through superior technology than we are told about in Popular Mechanics and the mainstream press).
Their detailed descriptions divide them into three distinct types such that we should not classify all of them simply as "Bigfoot" or "Yeti" but specify, where possible, what type.
- Tibetan lore describes three main varieties of Yetis. The first of these is the Nyalmo, which has black fur and is the largest and fiercest, standing around 15 feet tall.
- The second is the Chuti, which stands about 8 feet tall and lives 8,000 and 10,000 feet (2,400-3,000 meters) above sea level.
- The third is the Rang Shim Bombo, which has reddish-brown fur and stands 3 to 5 feet (0.91-1.52 m) tall [12].
- Other terms used by Himalayan peoples do not translate exactly the same but refer to legendary and indigenous wildlife:
- Michê (Tibetan མི་དྲེད་, Wylie mi dred, ZYPY Michê) translates as "man-bear" [8, 13].
- Dzu-teh – dzu translates as "cattle" and the full meaning translates as "cattle bear," referring to the Himalayan brown bear [7, 10, 14, 15]
- Migoi or Mi-go (Tibetan མི་རྒོད་, Wylie mi rgod, ZYPY Migö/Mirgö) translates as "wild man" [10, 15]
- Bun Manchi – Nepali for "jungle man" that is used outside Sherpa communities where Yeti is the common name [16]
- Mirka – another name for "wild-man," as local legend holds that "anyone who sees one dies or is killed," this being taken from a written statement by Frank Smythe's Sherpas in 1937 [17]
- Kang Admi – "Snow Man" [15]
- Jungli Admi – "Wild Man" [18]
- Xueren (Chinese 雪人, Yerin) – "Snow Man" with a story from China about one who mated with a human woman to produce a giant boy of diminished faculties but great strength and hunger.
- Buddhist cosmology describes a plane of existence known as the World of the Four Great Regents or Sky-Kings, the Cāturmahārājikakāyika चातुर्महाराजिक or Cātummahārājika चातुम्महाराजिक (Tibetan རྒྱལ་ཆེན་བཞི་, Wylie rgyal chen bzhi, Vietnamese Trời Tứ Thiên Vương, Chinese 四大天王, Japanese Shidaiōshu-ten, Burmese စတုမဟာရာဇ်, Thai จาตุมฺมหาราชิกา or จาตุรมหาราชิกกายิกา).
- Virūḍhaka विरूढकः, king of the Southern Direction, ruler the kumbandas (dwarves);
- Dhṛtarāṣṭra धृतराष्ट्रः, king of the Eastern Direction, ruler of the gandhabbas (the lowest rank of devas, servants of superior devas, entertainers, "heavenly musicians");
- Virūpākṣa विरूपाक्षः, king of the Western Direction, ruler of the nagas (reptilians, dragons, serpents, reptoids, Draconians); and their leader
- Vaiśravaṇa वैश्रवणः, also known as Kuvera, king of the Northern Direction, ruler of the yakkhas (Yetis, Sasquatches, Bigfoots, ogres, djinn, genies, ghouls).
- They are the martial regents who guard the four quarters of the Earth. The Garudas (Avians, Birdmen, Harpies) and the devas (sky navigating "shining ones") who guide the Sun and Moon are also considered part of this world, as are the retinues of these four kings, composed of Kumbhāṇḍas कुम्भाण्ड (dwarfs), Gandharvas गन्धर्व (fairies), Nāgas नाग (dragons) and Yakṣas यक्ष (goblins).
- These devas also inhabit remote areas such as forests, hills, and abandoned caves. Though living in misery, they have the potential for enlightenment and can attain the path and fruits of the spiritual life just as humans can if they hear the Dharma. (This is why the Buddha is known as "the teacher of gods and men," which are the devas and humans).
- How far away is this world? The height of this world is from sea-level up to 40 yojanas (1 yojana roughly equaling 7 miles) above the Earth.
- Wild Assault, Dec. 23, 2024; Maximum Fear, Dec. 16, 2024; Dhr. Seven, Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly partial Wiki edit



