SourceBodhisattva
The Buddha-elect whose long preparation joins sacrifice to the power to enlighten others.
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SourceSourceDharma
The ordering of conduct, expressed through duty and tested through loyalty.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Golden Outside, Lead Within
The hypocrites’ bright garments conceal a burden that slows every step.
Dante, Inferno
SourceMaat
Truth, justice, and cosmic order represented in funerary judgment.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceMaya
The principle of appearance and material manifestation in the collection’s Shaiva explanation.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceNirvana
Release from the fetters of individuality, explained by the collection through a broken pot and open space.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
SourceThe Condemned Souls’ Distant Knowledge
Farinata’s explanation of foresight combined with ignorance of present events.
Dante, Inferno
The Epicureans in Dante’s Cemetery
The group defined in the poem by the belief that spirit dies with the body.
Dante, Inferno
The Limit on Ascent after Sunset
The mountain cannot be climbed upward once daylight has gone.
Dante, Purgatorio
SourceThe Prayers of the Living in Purgatory
Requests for prayer link the waiting spirits to people still on earth.
Dante, PurgatorioSourceThree Jewels
Buddha, the teaching and the community, which the final narrative leaves as enduring points of reliance.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceWheel of the Law
The collection’s image for Buddha’s continuing proclamation of the teaching.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Wrath and Gloom beneath the Water
The fifth circle’s paired expressions of anger and inward gloom.
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