Pyramids found in the Grand Canyon (video)

G.E. Kincaid via Jayson, May 5, 2018; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Echoes of old Earth (Pyramids in the Grand Canyon)

The Phoenix Gazette in 1909 reported it. Did an ancient civilization live in the caves of the Grand Canyon? In the early 20th century, claims of an amazing discovery were made by two Smithsonian-funded archaeologists.

 

They spoke of a thriving civilization tucked within a series of large caverns carved into the side of a remote portion of the Grand Canyon. What did the archaeologists find? What evidence did they bring back?

Perhaps the most amazing suppression of all is the excavation of an Egyptian tomb by the Smithsonian itself in Arizona. A lengthy front page story of the Phoenix Gazette on April 5, 1909, gave a highly detailed report of the discovery.
 

It also details the excavation of a rock-cut [a hallmark of Buddhist cave temples in India, Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, and elsewhere, which seem to have been made by laser cutting advanced technology of space-faring devas] vault by an expedition led by a Prof. S. A. Jordan of the Smithsonian.

The Smithsonian, which is not one place but a consortium of quasi-governmental facilities, however, claims to have no knowledge of the discovery or its discoverers, namely the explorer G. E. Kincaid.

Kincaid's Cave FOUND!

Sir Joseph Voros, May 14, 2014

Marble Canyon Research: Sipapu, Kincaid's Cave (1909), Lost Civilization in Grand Canyon Found!
 

I have today (April 25th, 2014) located, using Google Earth, a cave and area previously discovered by Mr. G. E. Kincaid in 1909 and written about in The Arizona Gazette. [Phoenix Gazette?] This location holds several anomalies that I have marked in Google Earth. The coordinates are also marked. As of this writing I am still stunned by what I have seen at this location even on software. The discovery I have seen shows a figure, a giant stone (head) statue 100 feet tall. It's partially buried, yet I can see a bust in the likeness of something Egyptian, perhaps Incan.

A very mystical feeling came over me, and the spirit of the statue spoke to me, instructing me to search more closely, and this opened the way to the apparent entrance of the cave. I was also able to see a large cut stone area where many rocks of similar size were gathered. The entrance is seen almost exactly as described by G. E. Kincaid. A large deer carving also marks the area. (Here are my exact notes at the time of my revelation). It is entirely possible that this cave marks an origination of the ancient Mexicans called Toltec peoples, who then at a later date migrated southward to the city of Teotihuacan. Here is the Sipapu... More

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The Buddha under the Sea (photos)

Seven for Wisdom Quarterly; diver/photographer Robert Scales; Bhikkhu Bodhi

Statues of the Buddha photographed during a dive at an undersea temple, near Pemuteran, Bali (Robert Scales/Flickr.com)

TEMPLE GARDEN, Bali - At one time Theravada Buddhism extended throughout Indonesia, which has now become Muslim with the exception of Bali, which is largely Hindu and Buddhist.

There among the island wonders, not far from Permuteran, is a spectacular set of ruins -- Buddhas under the sea.

Sea Rovers Dive Centre describes the site: This spooky location consists of a small temple complex starting at 30 meters and works its way back to the temple wall. Statues of the Buddha, the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha, and sea turtles abound behind an ornate Balinese gateway.

Behind the central statue is an interesting little bommie with Buddha heads covered in cleaning shrimps. Up the wall and in the crevices behind one can find electric clams sparking away. At 15 meters one comes to an area of plinths and statue heads sitting in communion.

But no Buddhist discussion of worlds under the sea would be complete without making reference to a strange thing the Buddha's foremost disciple in exercising psychic powers, Maha Moggallana, once said.

In the Middle Length Discourses (MN 50, as translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi) human-hybrids (mermaids) are described as living in a luxurious underwater world:

In the middle of the ocean
There are mansions aeon-lasting,
Sapphire-shining, fiery-gleaming
With a clear translucent lustre,
Where iridescent sea-nymphs dance
In complex, intricate rhythms

Great Moggallana knew this to be true from direct psychic experience. In a previous life he reports having had he says, "My body had the same form as a human body, but my head had the form of a fish's head."

Buddhist cosmology is replete with humanoid creatures, terrestrial and extraterrestrial. The Buddha inherited a rich Indian cosmology which he adapted. Was this simply pedagogical (used to teach) or was it an accurate description of our hidden cosmos?

Devas ("shining ones" of many kinds from light beings to angelic aliens to elemental spirits and fairies), nagas (reptilian hybrids), asuras (rapacious titans), yakkhas (ogres), garudas (avian hybrids), kumbhandas (trolls, gnomes), petas (wretched phantoms), and others.

More importantly, there is a great "flood" that sweeps us away unawares, an ocean that overtakes us, a deluge that threatens to drown us in a pool of suffering: samsara.

• Happy Buddha (Jakarta, Indonesia)
  
• Beautiful Buddha (Sukhothai, Thailand)
  

Indonesia: Sculptures found

DailyGalaxy/Rebecca Sato 8/1/07

12th-century Buddhist Sculptures Found in Indonesian cave
A remote Indonesian cave has been found to contain previously undiscovered sculptures depicting the spiritual journey of Buddha.

The sprawling cave is a reminder of the rich Buddhist past in what is now the world's most populous Muslim nation.

The cave appears to have been a place of meditation for Buddhist monks. It was discovered more than two decades ago near Jireg village in East Java province, but had never been thoroughly explored because of its remote and difficult-to-reach location, said Dhamma Subho Mahathera of Sangha Theravada Indonesia.

"As far as I know it is the only Buddhist cave in the world for meditation of Buddhist monks," said Mahathera, who visited the site earlier this month. "There are reliefs representing four levels of meditations [phases of enlightenment], from Sotapana to Arhat."

The sculptures include depictions of an elephant, cow, monkey, and a lotus—one of Buddhism's most important symbols.

In Buddhism, the lotus represents peace and enlightenment. One interpretation for its significance is that although the lotus has its roots in mud, it blossoms into a beautiful flower. Symbolically, it represents the idea that although an individual may come from a state of impurity, there is the potential to achieve enlightenment.

Indonesia also has the Borobudur temple complex on the island of Java built more than 1,100 years ago—three centuries before the arrival of Islam—as a shrine to Buddha and a place for pilgrimages. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.

A main dome is located at the center of the top platform, and is surrounded by seventy-two Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa. It is believed the complex may represent Buddhist cosmology, as it appears to form an enormous mandala. Evidence suggests Borobudur was abandoned following the fourteenth century decline of Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam. The complex was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the 1980s.

The Mahathera said Buddhist caves have also been discovered in India and Sri Lanka, but those did not have reliefs depicting the stages of Buddhist meditation.

Siddhartha Gautama was born in southwestern Nepal around 500 B.C. and later became revered as "the Buddha."

Buddhism teaches that right thinking and self-control through meditation can enable people to achieve nirvana—a divine state of peace and release from desire. Today Buddhism has about 325 million followers, mostly in Asia.