Research for "Bodhisattva"
Credo: Always be asking questions.
Samsara
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/SAMSARA.HTM: Brief but accuraqte Washington State University article on the concept. Links to the definition and implication of several other terms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara: Obligatory Wikipedia article. Suprisingly accurate.
http://www.samsaraquarterly.net/: Now defunct literary magazine. Urban poets and photography? 2 years gone. Where did the editors and contributors reincarnate to?
Thematic Material
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2664032?htv=12: "The Golden Path" by The Chemical Brothers. Video and small yet amusing write-up. Probably on YouTube as well.
http://www.lyricskeeper.com/chemical_brothers-lyrics/214133-the_golden_path_feat_the_flaming_lips-lyrics.htm: Lyrics to the above piece, for those that need such things.
http://www.mvwire.com/dynamic/article_view.asp?AID=10548: The video's director explains a little of the meaning behind what he did. Links to his site and other work.
Mythology
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/trees.html: On the use of trees in mythology. Multi-cultural research.
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~buddsoc/talk1.html: The life of Siddartha Guatama Buddha. The telling of the meditation under the Pipal tree. Mention made of other buddhist concepts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha: Buddha as a historical feature. Filler for our purposes.
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/karneval.htm: Carnivals and festivals and what they mean to spiritual traditions. What they mean phsychologically as well. Worth wading through the single spaced 8 pt font.
Samsara
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/SAMSARA.HTM: Brief but accuraqte Washington State University article on the concept. Links to the definition and implication of several other terms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara: Obligatory Wikipedia article. Suprisingly accurate.
http://www.samsaraquarterly.net/: Now defunct literary magazine. Urban poets and photography? 2 years gone. Where did the editors and contributors reincarnate to?
Thematic Material
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2664032?htv=12: "The Golden Path" by The Chemical Brothers. Video and small yet amusing write-up. Probably on YouTube as well.
http://www.lyricskeeper.com/chemical_brothers-lyrics/214133-the_golden_path_feat_the_flaming_lips-lyrics.htm: Lyrics to the above piece, for those that need such things.
http://www.mvwire.com/dynamic/article_view.asp?AID=10548: The video's director explains a little of the meaning behind what he did. Links to his site and other work.
Mythology
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/trees.html: On the use of trees in mythology. Multi-cultural research.
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~buddsoc/talk1.html: The life of Siddartha Guatama Buddha. The telling of the meditation under the Pipal tree. Mention made of other buddhist concepts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha: Buddha as a historical feature. Filler for our purposes.
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/karneval.htm: Carnivals and festivals and what they mean to spiritual traditions. What they mean phsychologically as well. Worth wading through the single spaced 8 pt font.