शाक्यमुनि •

ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν、Under the Fig tree

श्री चक्र (यन्त्र yantra, literally "machine, contraption")

➲ At 05:45, woke up to the spirit of the Almost Awaken-Awakening One descending to sit down and occupy His natural abode, below the ficus一iecur fīcātum一having dealt with the fear felt in the labyrinth 一 the womb and the entrails; not yet entirely awakened, just landing down in Oz, taking up residence, sitting on the diamond triangle throne and preparing for ध्यान，dhyāna, or better 坐禪 (ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄢˊ).

Simultaneously the upper right end-link, attached to the clasp of the मैत्रेय Maitreya necklace, weakened and yielded in such a way as to let the entire right leg of the chain fell一from the back of the neck to the abdomen一the cordial 彌勒佛 『彌勒菩薩』 (ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄆㄨˊ ㄙㄚˋMaitreya bodhisattva) or more correctly 布袋, Bùdài ("Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha) pendant remaining in place, just slightly left-sided.

वज्रयोगिनी Vajrayoginī standing within a double-tetrahedron. In literature, this specific configuration is sometimes even referred to as the “palace” at the centre of the mandala. The open sides of the two upward-facing tetrahedrons are merged to create the familiar Star of David Hexagram appearance, overlapping in such a way that their two downward points merge into a single point.

An episode of Natural occurrence with Sacred Geometry

Sothorn Buddha

➲ At the age of 29, after experiencing the Four Sights, सिद्धार्थ Siddhartha一seeking a higher spiritual goal and becoming an ascetic or श्रमण Śramaṇa ("one who labours, toils, or exerts themselves一for some higher or religious purpose"一 or "seeker, one who performs acts of austerity, ascetic") after being disillusioned with lay life一left his home in search of spiritual answers to the unsatisfactory nature of life, leaving behind his wife यशोधरा Yasodharā (राजकुमारी यशोधरा, Rajkumari Yashodharā) and infant son राहुल Rāhula (meaning a fetter on the path to enlightenment).

After several (6 or 7) years of mendicancy, meditation, asceticism, and a long sequence of vagrancy, सिद्धार्थ गौतम of the क्षत्रिय शाक्य कुल, Gautama一who lived in "remote jungle thickets" during his years of spiritual striving and had to overcome the fear that he felt while living in the forests一settled down below a ficus and awakened to understand the mechanism which keeps people trapped in the cycle of rebirth, around 35/36 years of age. Having attained Buddhahood, he sat for seven days under the bodhi tree "feeling the bliss of deliverance."

His break with asceticism is said to have led his five companions to abandon him. 

Avoiding both the extremes (self-indulgence & self-mortification)一in meditative equipoise一तथागत (tathāgata, 如來) the Perfect One has realized the Middle Path मध्यमाप्रतिपद (मध्यमक, Madhyamaka: "middleling"中觀見: Zhōngguān Jìan, पालि: मझ्झिमापतिपदा; तिब्बती: དབུ་མའི་ལམ། Umélam; वियतनामी: Trung đạo; थाई: มัชฌิมา); it gives vision, gives knowledge, and leads to calm, to insight, to enlightenment and to Nibbana. And what is that Middle Path realized by the Tathagata...? It is the Noble Eightfold Path, and nothing else, namely:

• right understanding,
• right thought,
• right speech,
• right action,
• right livelihood,
• right effort,
• right mindfulness and
• right concentration.

➲ John 1:48 ► Under the fig tree (ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν/υπο την συκην (Strong's number 4808))*

48 Nathana-el asked, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "Even before Philip sought you when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

Accordingly, while Nathanael (from Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ, Nathanaḗl, from Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל‎ Netan'el, literally “God has given”, Apostle, identified with Bartholomew [from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος Bartholomaîos, from Aramaic בר תלמי‎ bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”, from בר‎ (bar, “son”) and תלמי‎ tolmai, “Talmai; Ptolemy”]. It has long been unclear whether the Apostle's father was named after the biblical Talmai, king of Geshur, or one of the Greek Ptolemies, as the two originally unrelated names were conflated in Jewish Aramaic. The name's pronunciation was changed to match the spelling) was in prayer and reflection under a fig tree, he received a revelation that he would live to see the messiah.

➱ Philip (Φίλιππος/ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ) found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote一Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

John 1: 45-50

Who is this figure Nathanael, and what did Jesus mean when he said: “When you were under the fig tree, I saw you”?

Church tradition tells us that when Herod the death of all the children of Bethlehem under the age of 2, all children were killed except 3.

These three children were:

1. Jesus who fled to Egypt after the Angel appeared to Joseph In a dream.

2. St John the Baptist who Zachariah placed on the altar before the soldiers came and killed him. Eventually, St John the Baptist was taken from the altar by the angels to the wilderness where they cared for him until a voice was heard crying in the wilderness.

3. Nathanael (נתנאל, "God has given") is the third child 一 often forgotten. As tradition tells us his mother hid him in the fig tree behind her dwelling before the soldiers came to kill him. When they arrived they found evidence of a child in the house but they could not find him for he was hidden in the fig tree. Consequently, they left leaving Nathanael alive. Tradition tells us that when he grew up his mother told him of this incident which he kept in his heart. As a result, when Jesus mentioned that he saw him in the fig tree, he was mesmerised by it so much that he declared that Jesus was indeed the Son of God!

《道德經 - 第二十六章》〜 Gra《Vit》y
                                                 ⮩ ViVre/Voir/Vit [在中間]

重為輕根，靜為躁君。
是以聖人終日行不離輜重。
雖有榮觀，燕處超然。
奈何萬乘之主，而以身輕天下？輕則失本，躁則失君。

(The quality of gravity/cf. 駕輕就熟: a walk in the park; a piece of cake [literally, "to drive a light carriage on a familiar route"])

Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.

Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage waggons.

Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his proper place), indifferent to them.

How should the lord of a myriad chariot carry himself lightly before the kingdom?

If he does act lightly, he has lost his root (of gravity); if he proceeds to active movement, he will lose his throne.

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At the root of lightness must be weightiness;
The master of activity is stillness.
Therefore a nobleman, though he travelled all day long,
would not allow himself to be separated from the wagon bearing his luggage (impedimenta).
And however splendid were the sights surrounding him,
He would rest content in quiet solitude.
How much less should a king, with his myriad chariots,
Allow himself to be lightly swayed?
Through light behaviour he would lose his roots;
Through restlessness, he would lose control.

भुवनेश्वरी यन्त्र

शाक्यमुनि (śākyamuni, “sage of the Śākyas”) from शाक्य (śākya, “Sakya”) +‎ मुनि (múni, “sage, ascetic”).

The Buddha is traditionally held to have found bodhi (enlightenment) while meditating for 49 days under a sacred fig.

Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The common fig (F. carica) is a temperate species native to southwest Asia and the Mediterranean region (from Afghanistan to Portugal), which has been widely cultivated from ancient times for its fruit, also referred to as figs. The fruit of most other species is also edible though they are usually of only local economic importance or eaten as bushfood. However, they are extremely important food resources for wildlife. Figs are also of considerable cultural importance throughout the tropics, both as objects of worship and for their many practical uses.

पीपल or Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree, पिप्पला pippala tree, peepul tree,[ peepal tree or अश्वत्थ ashwattha tree (in India and Nepal). The sacred fig is considered to have a religious significance in three major religions that originated on the Indian subcontinent, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Hindu and Jain ascetics consider the tree to be sacred and often meditate under them. This is the tree under which Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment. Sacred fig is designated as the state tree of the Indian state of Odisha and Haryana.

राहुल Rahul, son of सिद्धार्थ • (siddhārtha, सिद्ध (siddha, “to establish, to prove”) +‎ अर्थ (artha, “looking”).)

⮩ सिद्ध • (siddh) (indeclinable)

1.  completed, accomplished, done
2.  proven, proved

⮩ अर्थ • (artha) m

1. aim, purpose, meaning
2. advantage
3. profit
4. prosperity
5. interest
6. money, wealth

The Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices written by Tan Lin (曇林; 506–574), contains teachings which are attributed to達摩Bodhidharma. The text is known from the 敦煌文獻， the Dūnhuáng manuscripts. The two entrances to enlightenment are the entrance of principle and the entrance of practice:

The entrance of principle is to become enlightened to the Truth on the basis of the teaching. One must have a profound faith in the fact that one and the same True Nature is possessed by all sentient beings, both ordinary and enlightened, and that this True Nature is only covered up and made imperceptible [in the case of ordinary people] by false sense impressions".

The entrance of practice includes the following four increments:

• Practice of the retribution of enmity: to accept all suffering as the fruition of past transgressions, without enmity or complaint
• Practice of the acceptance of circumstances: to remain unmoved even by good fortune, recognizing it as evanescent
• Practice of the absence of craving: to be without craving, which is the source of all suffering
• Practice of accordance with the Dharma: to eradicate wrong thoughts and practice the six perfections, without having any "practice".

*  To be construed with εἶδον σε, I saw thee; i.e., I saw thee under the fig tree. The preposition with the accusative case, which implies motion toward, indicates his withdrawal to the shade of the tree for meditation or prayer. See on John 1:50. The Jewish writings tell of distinguished rabbis who were accustomed to rise early and pursue their studies under the shade of a fig tree. Compare Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10. Augustine, in his "Confessions," relates of himself: "I cast myself down, I know not how, under a certain fig-tree, giving full vent to my tears; and the floods of mine eyes gushed out, an acceptable sacrifice to Thee" (VIII. 28). Nathanael asks, "Whence knowest thou me? "Jesus answers, "I saw thee (εἶδον)."

"Under their vine and fig tree" is a phrase quoted in the Hebrew Scriptures in three different places: Micah 4:4, 1 Kings 4:25, and Zechariah 3:10.

Anatomically the liver, a glorious powerhouse, sits just below the diaphragm and is situated on the right-hand side of the body.  The liver can be felt under the rib cage in slim people or when the liver has enlarged due to health issues such as fatty liver disease...  It is suspended in the cavity from the diaphragm by ligaments.  The liver tissue is made up of liver cells (hepatocytes), small canals (bile canaliculi) and blood capillaries (hepatic sinusoids).  Histologically, the liver can be described as having 2 vascular trees (portal and hepatic) within it, the branches close but not touching each other.

Tolle Lege - Take Up and Read!

Augustine's conversion as depicted in a fresco by Benozzo Gozzoli (1465)

St. Augustine (354-430) was one of the great figures of the early Church. The story of his conversion to Christ is told in his Confessions, in which he describes how God used a single verse from the epistle to the Romans to suddenly convert him. He went on to serve the Church as an illustrious teacher and bishop in the African city of Hippo.

Chapter XII.- Having Prayed to God, He Pours Forth a Shower of Tears, And, Admonished by a Voice, He Opens the Book and Reads the Words in Rom. xiii. 13; By Which, Being Changed in His Whole Soul, He Discloses the Divine Favour to His Friend and His Mother. 1

But when a profound reflection had, from the secret depths of my soul, drawn together and heaped up all my misery before the sight of my heart, there arose a mighty storm, accompanied by as mighty a shower of tears. Which, that I might pour forth fully, with its natural expressions, I stole away from Alypius; for it suggested itself to me that solitude was fitter for the business of weeping. So I retired to such a distance that even his presence could not be oppressive to me. Thus was it with me at that time, and he perceived it; for something, I believe, I had spoken, wherein the sound of my voice appeared choked with weeping, and in that state had I risen up. He then remained where we had been sitting, most completely astonished. I flung myself down, how, I know not, under a certain fig-tree, giving free course to my tears, and the streams of mine eyes gushed out, an acceptable sacrifice unto Thee. And, not indeed in these words, yet to this effect, spake I much unto Thee, - "But Thou, O Lord, how long?" How long, Lord? Wilt Thou be angry forever? Oh, remember not against us former iniquities;" for I felt that I was enthralled by them. I sent up these sorrowful cries, - "How long, how long? Tomorrow, and tomorrow? Why not now? Why is there not this hour an end to my uncleanness?"

I was saying these things and weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart, when, lo, I heard the voice as of a boy or girl, I know not which, coming from a neighbouring house, chanting, and oft repeating, "Take up and read; take up and read." Immediately my countenance was changed, and I began most earnestly to consider whether it was usual for children in any kind of game to sing such words; nor could I remember ever to have heard the like. So, restraining the torrent of my tears, I rose up, interpreting it no other way than as a command to me from Heaven to open the book, and to read the first chapter I should light upon. 2 For I had heard of Antony, that, accidentally coming in whilst the gospel was being read, he received the admonition as if what was read were addressed to him, "Go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me." And by such oracle was he forthwith converted unto Thee. So quickly I returned to the place where Alypius was sitting; for there had I put down the volume of the apostles when I rose thence. I grasped, opened, and in silence read that paragraph on which my eyes first fell, - "Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof." No further would I read, nor did I need; for instantly, as the sentence ended, - by a light, as it were, of security infused into my heart, - all the gloom of doubt vanished away.

Closing the book, then, and putting either my finger between or some other mark, I now with a tranquil countenance made it known to Alypius. And he thus disclosed to me what was wrought in him, which I knew not. He asked to look at what I had read. I showed him, and he looked even further than I had read, and I knew not what followed. Thus it was, verily, "Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye;" which he applied to himself, and discovered to me. By this admonition was he strengthened; and by a good resolution and purpose, very much in accord with his character (wherein, for the better, he was always far different from me), without any restless delay, he joined me. Thence we go in to my mother. We make it known to her, - she rejoiceth. We relate how it came to pass, - she leapeth for joy, and triumpheth, and blesseth Thee, who art "able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think;" for she perceived Thee to have given her more for me than she used to ask by her pitiful and most doleful groanings. For Thou didst so convert me unto Thyself, that I sought neither a wife nor any other of this world's hopes, - standing in that rule of faith in which Thou, so many years before, had shown me unto her in a vision. And thou didst turn her grief into a gladness, much more plentiful than she had desired, and much dearer and chaster than she used to crave, by having grandchildren o