Over the past three years, I had earnestly attended Qapel and Sensei’s Zen and Chan courses and retreats. Whatever exists in the three worlds, moving or non-moving, are to be seen in Brahma sabhā (yac ca kiṃ cit triloke’smin dṛṡyate sthāṇu-jaṅgamam). Three consorts, Ṡrī, Lakṣmī and Hrī, are mentioned, the first two being mentioned together. Despite being under the card, Ṡrī Kṛṣṇa wasn’t killed (BORI chap. Ṡrī Kṛṣṇa the hero of Yadus performed arcanā to the gods (dēvāḥ) and the brahmanas with mālyajapa (japa with rosary), namaskāra (obeisances with folded hands), fragrances and high praise. Like we know, the demon Ṡakaṭāsura took the form of a cart in order to kill Ṡrī Kṛṣṇa who was lying beneath it. The mighty-armed one married those who were born in noble lineages and possessed good qualities. Well, I needn’t have worried, because in comes the abbott, looking like a good friend you might visit the beach with. But if you have faith that you’ll unfold no matter what happens, you will. Will I forget to turn my tea bowl in the right direction?

Sensei mentions we are actually at the historical birthplace of the tea ceremony tradition. There are two places where the list is given (BORI chap. Though Bhāgatava Purāṇa distinguishes them, here they must refer to same person, because:- if we take them to be two persons, Beautiful female yoga couple then the numbers seven and eight would lead to miscalculation in both places. Probably she is same as Subhīmā aka Mādrī. 98 lists progeny through all the above wives, including Kālindī, but not separately for Mitravindā, implying that they both are one and the same. But, these portions are a subset of the already-mentioned scriptures in the above verse. But these words are unattested. I nod and smile, repeatedly, as I can’t find many words in Japanese. Mitravindā - Kālindī, Jāmbavati of Paurava lineage and Subhīmā of Mādra lineage. Subhīmā), Lakṣmaṇā, Sudattā and Mitravindā. Rukmiṇī, Satyābhamā, queen Nagnajitī (or Nāgnajitī) daughter of king Nagnajit, Sudattā daughter of king Ṡaibya, and Lakṣmaṇā of the beautiful smiles. Kālindī - Mitravindā, Satyā the daughter of king Nagnajit, the daughter of Jāmbavat Rohiṇī who was beautiful in form. Who she is. A wise being, cloaked in a caucasian mid-Western American woman’s body, and all the projections we apply to it, trying to help.

And I am who I am. Knowing what is, what has been, the ways we suffer, cannot be dismissed - as it is all making up the walls of the castle on which we are (a)mazing our way through - from which we stand upon to obtain a mightier view. I feel them in the air, in the walls. Looking out over the grey pebbles that curve, precisely raked into an ocean, lapping up against the landmass of moss covered rocks, I feel swept away. And in me, some traits trigger physiological fears, while others open my mind to new ways of looking. With my set of lenses, biases, hurts, looking at her as clearly as I can. I can hear life, alive! Healthy life, element hand drawn. She leads us through the broad, pebble sculpted walkways to Zuihoin, a sub-temple built in 1535. We have an appointment with her friend, the abbott there. The younger abbott serves us tea.

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