Cap. 1

 

Aspects of Turtle Divination

p. 46 the 5 Rus-sbal (turtles for divination)

 

p. 46 turtle of the natural state

 

{These denizens are identical with the Platonic "ideas" ("forms"), derived from the fravas^i of Zara t ustrianism – and thus must be of Bon (Tajik) provenience.}

p. 46 origin of the [inner] elements from the turtle of the material world

 

p. 46 origin of cosmic features from the turtle of sentient existence

 

p. 46 turtles as offspring

 

{Is the "silver turtle" a relative of the "silver dragon" who engendered N a ga-arjuna at the arjuna-tree in the N a ga-world?}

p. 46 the 8 blazing trigrams, assembled on the golden turtle of sentient existence

 

p. 48 the 12 calendrical animals as offspring of the golden turtle of sentient existence

 

p. 48 the 5 peaks, each having a temple to Man~ju-ghos.a

 

p. 49 emanations of Man~ju-ghos.a on the 5 peaks

 

p. 49 symbolic emanational turtle family

 

p. 49 turtle of exegesis

 

p. 49 results of incisions, by the sword of contemplation, into the body of the Ri n -bsrel-gyi Rus-sbal (‘reliquary turtle’)

 

[Since while facing south its left side was in the west, and its right side was in the east, it must have been upside-down, supine.]

pp. 49 & 53 didactic charts displayed on the body of the turtle

 

p. 53 emergence of the 9 numeric squares [in magic square] from the turtle’s 9 orifices

 

p. 53 emergence of living beings’ elements from turtle’s consciousnesses

 

p. 53 goddess Vijay a "pierced the emanational turtle’s outer, inner and secret forms"

with her 9-pointed golden sword

in the Tr a yastri m s`a [‘of the 33’] paradise,

"where the turtle is seated on" a great amoli n ka (fossilized stone).

p. 54 reception of divinatory sciences by divine recipients from Man~ju-S`r i -n a tha

 

p. 54 the 4 >phrul-gyi (‘emanational persons’) lineage-holders

 

"Collectively they acquired and mastered the 356 tantras"

p. 55 the 4 "gateways to divinatory investigation"

 

pp. 54-59 the names of the 99 successive transmitters of this elemental divination tradition {cf. the 99 "beautiful names" of >al-Lahh}

Gyurme Dorje (commentator & translator from the Tibetan): Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings. John Eskenazi Ltd. & Sam Fogg Ltd., London, 2001. pp. 44-59