Inscription Kuru
From: nina
Message: 1500
Date: 2005-11-20
Dear Jim and friends,
Jim, you helped me before to understand the inscription on the Asoka Pillar
in Lumbini.
I would be very grateful to know more about the Asoka stone in
Kammassadhamma, in Kuru, that is near New Delhi. We inquired here and there
but could not find out the meaning of the text.
This the place where the Buddha preached the Satipatthaanasutta. Today it
has been cleaned up, fenced in and trees have been planted, thanks to a
friend, ex foreign secretary of India and the Department of Archeological
Survey.
The inscription is worn out but still readable, but difficult for us to
photograph. It is not so well known and it may not be included in books.
A monk who has passed away now took us there for the fisrt time and read the
text aloud.
I would be grateful for any info.
Q. 2: I am doing a little cross reference on animitta. I remember you did
research on nimitta.
As far as I understand it refers mostly to the unconditioned dhamma,
nibbaana. It is opposite to defilements and nimitta making, or sign making.
Nina.