The Buddha retreated from the quarreling Sangha deep into the forest. There he lived secluded and well-attended by a noble elephant at the foot of a Sāl-tree. From the treetops a monkey watched as this powerful bull elephant served and protected the recluse; even fetching fresh water and collecting ripe fruit for him!

‘This won’t do!’ thought the monkey, ‘the elephant brings him everything except a reason to smile!’

There are simply some places an elephant is too shy and restrained to stick their nose. To develop the skill to knock loose some honeycomb with a stick, without harming any eggs, larvae, pupae or bees; without earning the retaliation of the hive - it takes the daring-ness of a monkey-king to conquer every impossibility!

You can expect eleven benefits when the loving heart is well-wielded, has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented!

You sleep at ease.

You wake happily.

You don’t have bad dreams.

Herein a mendicant cultivates these limbs of wisdom! Mindfulness, Investigation, Energy, Levity, Tranquillity, Immersion, Equanimity; which are based on seclusion, on dispassion, on cessation, and ripens into the surrendering of a self!

Being in the presence of a SKELETON, or thinking seriously about the idea, is very fruitful and bountiful! You can expect one of two results: enlightenment in the present life, or if there’s something left over, non-return! It is conducive to great benefits! — to a great sanctuary from toil! — to great inspiration! — to a great ease of living!

‘Those crossing reedy waters, make bridges over the muddy marshes;

Aloft goers follow after, those who have reached the other shore evidently went!’

‘With tender wings that’ve never failed, And tender legs that’ve never tripped;

Parents both abandon, When the Fire (Jataveda) goes around!’

OLD SICK DEAD; are known as the Messengers that the Buddha encountered that started him on his journey - and he recommended to contemplate them daily!

In order to fight the obvious vaulting of these masterpieces and the erasing of the heritage of the Peruvian people, I lovingly restored this glyph to share with you!

“Where is the choicest cut? If all my cuts are my best cut!”

- the Butcher