Known as General “HENG” in China. INTRODUCTION. Hindu Gods incorporated into Buddhism as protectors against evil spirits. If you look at their mouths, you will notice that one has its mouth open and the other has its mouth closed, said to represent life and death, the beginning and the ...
Winner of the Governor General's Gold Medal 2001. Also see Sarasvati Riverine Goddess of Knowledge: From the Manuscript-Carrying Vina-player to the Weapon-Wielding. 2007. 374 pages. Drawing on Sanskrit and Chinese textual sources, as well as Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist art historical ...
once the hearts and minds of the people became united and fused together.14 The latter half of the passage reflects the long and complex history of the second Sho¯ Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom (1470–1879), but the idea Ifa presents is general: Religion is a social function whose fate...