The Great Flood

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Anoniem , 1450 - 1499

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Mahasiddha Ghantapa and the Great Flood, Anonymous (Tibetan), 18th century

Legend: the local King Devapala, who having insulted the mahasiddha, the latter now with vajra-anger and dropping a pot of alcohol, causes the Goddess of the Earth, at the upper left, to incur a flood. A regretful Devapala, with reverence calls out for help. On hearing the petition, instantly the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara appears standing at the bottom right, white in colour, with one face and two hands, wearing a krishnasara deer skin over the left shoulder, proceeds to save the kingdom by averting the flood. The king, requesting teachings, receives the parting words of the mahasiddha and consort as they ascend to the pureland of the Dakinis.

The mahasiddha Ghantapa is most famous within the Chakrasamvara lineage and plays a role as lineal guru within all the Sarma Schools.

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Ik hou van lijstjes, is sterker dan mezelf, sorry.

List of the 84 Mahasiddhas

In Buddhism there are 84 Mahasiddhas

Acinta or Acintapa, the "Avaricious Hermit";
Ajogi or Ayogipa, the "Rejected Wastrel";
Anangapa, Ananga, or Anangavajra;
Aryadeva (or Karnaripa), the "Lotus-Born" or the "One-Eyed";
Babhaha, the "Free Lover";
Bhadrapa, the "Snob" or the "Exclusive Brahmin";
Bhandepa, the "Envious God";
Bhiksanapa, "Siddha Two-Teeth";
Bhusuku, Bhusukupada or Shantideva, the "Lazy Monk" or the "Idle Monk";
Camaripa, the "Divine Cobbler";
Campaka or Campakapada, the "Flower King";
Carbaripa or Carpati, "Who Turned People to Stone" or "the Petrifyer";
Catrapa, the "Lucky Beggar";
Caurangipa, the "Limbless One" or "the Dismembered Stepson";
Celukapa, the "Revitalized Drone";
Darikapa, the "Slave-King of the Temple Whore";
Dengipa, the "Courtesan's Brahmin Slave";
Dhahulipa, the "Blistered Rope-Maker";
Dharmapa, the "Eternal Student" (c.900 CE);
Dhilipa, the "Epicurean Merchant";
Dhobipa, the "Wise Washerman";
Dhokaripa, the "Bowl-Bearer";
Dombipa, the "Tiger Rider";
Dukhandi, the "Scavenger";
Ghantapa, the "Celibate Monk" or the "Celibate Bell-Ringer";
Gharbari or Gharbaripa, the "Contrite Scholar" (Skt., pandita);
Godhuripa, the "Bird Catcher";
Goraksa, Gorakhnath or Goraksha, the "Immortal Cowherd";
Indrabhuti, (teachings disseminated to Tilopa);
Jalandhara, the "Dakini's Chosen One";
Jayananda, the "Crow Master";
Jogipa, the "Siddha-Pilgrim";
Kalapa, the "Handsome Madman";
Kamparipa, the "Blacksmith";
Kambala, the "Yogin of the Black Blanket" (or the "Black-Blanket-Clad Yogin");
Kanakhala*, the younger of the two Headless Sisters or Severed-Headed Sisters;
Kanhapa (or Krsnacarya), the "Dark-Skinned One" (or the "Dark Siddha");
Kankana, the "Siddha-King";
Kankaripa, the "Lovelorn Widower";
Kantalipa, the "Rag Picker" (or the "Ragman-Tailor");
Kapalapa, the "Skull Bearer";
Khadgapa, the "Master Thief" (or the "Fearless Thief");
Kilakilapa, the "Exiled Loud-Mouth";
Kirapalapa (or Kilapa), the "Repentant Conqueror";
Kokilipa, the "Complacent Aesthete";
Kotalipa (or Tog tse pa, the "Peasant Guru";
Kucipa, the "Goitre-Necked Yogin";
Kukkuripa, (late 9th/10th Century), the "Dog Lover";
Kumbharipa, "the Potter";
Laksminkara*, "The Mad Princess";
Lilapa, the "Royal Hedonist";
Lucikapa, the "Escapist";
Luipa, teachings disseminated to Tilopa;
Mahipa, the "Greatest";
Manibhadra*, the "Model Wife" or the "Happy Housewife";
Medhini, the "Tired Farmer";
Mekhala*, the elder of the two Headless Sisters or Severed-Headed Sisters;
Mekopa, the "Wild-Eyed Guru" (or the "Guru Dread-Stare");
Minapa, the "Fisherman";
Nagabodhi, the "Red-Horned Thief'";
Nagarjuna, "Philosopher and Alchemist";
Nalinapa, the "Self-Reliant Prince";
Nirgunapa, the "Enlightened Moron";
Pacaripa, the "Pastrycook";
Pankajapa, the "Lotus-Born Brahmin";
Putalipa, the "Mendicant Icon-Bearer";
Rahula, the "Rejuvenated Dotard";
Saraha, the "Great Brahmin";
Sakara or Saroruha;
Samudra, the "Pearl Diver";
Śāntipa (or Ratnākaraśānti), the "Academic" (the "Complacent Missionary") was a teacher of Brogmi;
Sarvabhaksa, the "Empty-Bellied Siddha" (or the "Glutton");
Savaripa, the "Hunter", held to have incarnated in Drukpa Künleg;
Syalipa, the "Jackal Yogin";
Tantepa, the "Gambler";
Tantipa or Tanti, the "Senile Weaver";
Thaganapa,
Thaganapa, "Master of the Lie" (or the "Compulsive Liar");
Tilopa, the "Great Renunciate"
Udhilipa, the "Flying Siddha" (the "Bird-Man");
Upanaha, the "Bootmaker";
Vinapa, the "Music Lover", the "Musician" (teachings disseminated to Indrabhuti) and Tilopa};
Virupa, inspired the Sakya lineage;
Vyalipa, the "Courtesan's Alchemist".

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En hoe zat het dan met Gilgamesj?

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Gilgamesj research en route Circe.

Maar eerst even een antithetisch uitstapje.
Antithese van De Vloed is De Drooglegging ?

Atlantropa

Atlantropa is het plan een monumentaal stuwdam-project te bouwen in de Straat van Gibraltar, waaraan de Duitse architect Herman Sörgel vanaf 1928 tot aan zijn dood in 1952 gewerkt heeft.

De naam van het project staat ook voor het utopische doel van het project: Een doorgaand continent, bestaand uit het huidige Europa en Afrika, verbonden door een vergaand drooggelegde Middellandse Zee. Hierbij zouden de twee continenten één groot continent vormen dat noch voor Amerika, noch voor Azië moest onderdoen.

Zo zou een landengte Sicilië, het tegenwoordige Italië en Tunesië (Noord-Afrika), met elkaar verbinden. Daarmee zou bijvoorbeeld een spoorverbinding tussen Berlijn, Rome en Kaapstad mogelijk worden.

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PS
Enkele zionisten zagen in Atlantropa een thuisland voor de joden: het vrijgekomen land voor Palestina (in die tijd nog een Brits mandaatgebied) zou bewoond kunnen worden door de diaspora-joden.