A fascinating part of Patriarch Lo's folk zen, is how he uses The Mother as a term Sunyata, Emptiness.
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Interesting. many authors trace the development of white robed guanyin to "White Tara"
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Very similar figures, for sure. I don’t know how/when/where White Tara originated; whether she’s exclusively tantric.
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“White robes” has signified “lay, not monastic” in Buddhism for a very long time—not sure how far back—may be relevant?
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Also unclear on the significance of white; presumably lay people actually wore many different colors (?)
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Tantrikas wore lepers’ white shawls: they were unclean. Symbolised subverting the dualism of purity/impurity.
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No idea whether this is historical or invented tradition.
4:56 AM - 7 Apr 2017
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