Biblical References
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| + | The title of this section, "The Fire Sermon," is the first of many allusions to one of Buddha's most well-known speeches called [[Pāli Canon Aditta-pariyaya-sutta: The Fire Sermon]]. In his speech, the burning of fire represents the immoral, earthly desires. Of these include lust, hatred, sorrow, etc. The end of his sermon results in the liberation of the Bhikkus from these earthly passions. This moment of liberation is used as an ironic allusion, the liberation contrasting the absence of emotion in ''The Waste Land''. His sermon is supposed to have taken place in the Brahmayoni Temple, as indicated on the map. The stone steps on the hill that was previously called Gayasisa are where Buddha's audience were expected to sit as he preached the Fire Sutta. | ||
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| + | ===[[The Bible]]=== | ||
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| + | The Fire Sermon in itself correlates with [[The Sermon on the Mount]], in which Jesus blesses those who suffer for righteous reasons. | ||
===Death by Water=== | ===Death by Water=== | ||
