Ass Headed Demons—Do You Have Them In Your Life?
Above are ass-headed demons that are on display at the British Museum in London. This ceramic plaque is from 15th century Burma.
The ass-headed demons were sent by Mara, the god of death, to distract the Buddha from his course of enlightenment. Mara was defeated after the Buddha asked the Earth-goddess to see how hard he was working for enlightenment. The Earth-goddess sent a giant earthquake and Mara retreated.
I bet we all have people in our lives we see as ass-headed demons.
Some might be well-known political figures or others in the news, while others might be people we’re forced to deal with each day in life.
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[…] But the reason I looked into it? The hilarious title on a posting of it over at Texas Liberal, called “Ass-headed Demons. Do You Have Them In Your Life?“ […]
i am the only ass headed demon in my life.
Bill—Sounds like a good life you have in that case.
no complaints here
And who might we see the Earth Goddess as being? -sending the earthquake (rocking the world) to defeat Mara. We all have demons in our lives (sometimes they are ourselves) but I believe the strongest lessons in life come from those demons.
I hope the Earth Goddess is Salma Hayek.