3/3/2007
Felt curiosity about the gestures of the Buda I bought for the entrance... Each morning when I leave home I farewell Queco and must turn the lights on when I look right to see my new furnished entrance, don't know why but it soothes me, gives me tranquility and makes me go to work with another mood...anyway, what I wanted to tell is that I searched on the web and thought it was a sign... found the meaning of the gestures pretty... Depending on the fingers Buda uses in his gesture it means a whole lot...
Each finger are related to the universe elements and has its function:
Little finger (Earth), simbolizes vitality and self confidence.
Ring finger or third finger (Water), simbolizes the emotions or feelings.
Middle finger (Fire), simbolizes responsability.
Index finger (Air), simbolizes compassion and harmony.
Thumb finger (Heaven), simbolizes creativity and communication.
This hooked me so I tried to find an image to know the meaning of my sitting Buda, what I found out was the following:
Right hand held level with the heart, thumb and index finger forming a circle, its the ""Dharmachakra mudra"" the gesture of teaching usually interpreted as turning the Wheel of Law, Buda used this gesture to give his first sermon in Benares.
It implies the teaching of the "Four Noble Thruths" of Budism:
1.- The Thruth that Suffering exists. (Life means suffering - To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in).
2.- The Truth that that suffering has a cause. (The origin of suffering is attachment - The origin of suffering is attachment to transient things and the ignorance thereof. Transient things do not only include the physical objects that surround us, but also ideas, and -in a greater sense- all objects of our perception. Ignorance is the lack of understanding of how our mind is attached to impermanent things).
3.- The Truth that the suffering can cease. (The cessation of suffering is attainable - The cessation of suffering can be attained through nirodha. Nirodha means the unmaking of sensual craving and conceptual attachment. The third noble truth expresses the idea that suffering can be ended by attaining dispassion. Nirodha extinguishes all forms of clinging and attachment. This means that suffering can be overcome through human activity, simply by removing the cause of suffering. Attaining and perfecting dispassion is a process of many levels that ultimately results in the state of Nirvana. Nirvana means freedom from all worries, troubles, complexes, fabrications and ideas. Nirvana is not comprehensible for those who have not attained it).
4.- The Truth of the path that brings you to the sufferings' cease. (The path to the cessation of suffering - There is a path to the end of suffering - a gradual path of self-improvement, which is described more detailed in the Eightfold Path. It is the middle way between the two extremes of excessive self-indulgence and excessive self-mortification. Craving, ignorance, delusions, and its effects will disappear gradually, as progress is made on the path).
Well, sorry about this "long" post, but I found it all gave me a sort of "warming 
your soul
" feeling.
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3/1/2007
Well, have had a "laughing" day, funny, cause I do not remember what did I laughed about... Yesterday I sinned spoiling myself , bought some stuff to furnish my home, LMAORTF it was quite an expensive spoiling but it felt
G R E A T will add a pix of my oriental sin 
hmmm I 
my new musical discovering 
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