{"id":64955,"date":"2019-05-12T20:58:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=64955"},"modified":"2019-05-12T20:58:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:58:22","slug":"some-end-in-ashes-some-wind-up-in-stained-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=64955","title":{"rendered":"Some end in ashes, some wind up in stained glass"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — and some, high lamas, emanations of Avalokiteshvara, become poets of the erotic.. ]
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You know my early mentor Fr Trevor Huddleston<\/strong><\/a> CR? I posted three photos of him here, one with Louis Armstrong<\/strong> and a trumpet, one with Nelson Mandela<\/strong>, and one exactly as I knew and now remember and honor him:<\/p>\n

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Well, today I saw for the first time an image of the stained glass window dedicated to him in Lancing College chapel:<\/p>\n

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For more on Fr Trevor, see The Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One)<\/a><\/p>\n

Mandela said of him:<\/p>\n

Father Huddleston was a pillar of wisdom, humility and sacrifice to the legions of freedom fighters in the darkest moments of the struggle against apartheid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His fearlessness won him the support of everyone. No one, neither gangster, tsotsi nor pickpocket would touch him. Their respect for him was such that they would have tried – and if they did it could have cost them their lives. His enormous courage gave him a quality that commanded the respect of the place<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and:<\/p>\n

No white person has done more for South Africa than Trevor Huddleston.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He was a giant.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

All of which got me thinking about stained glass as an alternative destination to ashes..<\/p>\n

Desmond Tutu<\/strong> was another whose life was decisively influenced by Fr Trevor — and he too can be found in stained glass:<\/p>\n

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MaryAnn Randolph<\/strong> writes:<\/p>\n

This, in St. Mark’s, Minneapolis, is what is called the Peacemaker’s Window. In this magnificent stained glass you will find: Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Archbishop Tutu, Mahatma Gandhi, the Dalai Lama and many others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Giants, all — and inspirations, inviting us to join them!<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Ah, Gandhi-ji<\/strong> and the Dalai Lama<\/strong> — it delights me to see stained glass extending to peacemakers regardless of their religious affiliations!<\/p>\n

I’ll leave you with an image of Green Tara<\/strong>, female Buddha to whom the “Great Fifth” Dalai Lama<\/strong> — who unified Tibet, established Lhasa as its capital, and worked to bring together the various lineages of Tibetan Buddhism together with the earlier shamanic Bon tradition — was devoted:<\/p>\n

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The Dalai Lama himself, in each of his incarnations, is considered an emanation of the Buddha of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

It was the Sixth, beloved successor of the Great Fifth, who was the rascal poet, writer of such gently erotic verses as:<\/p>\n

This white bow in its cloth cover,
\nOn whom shall I bestow it?
\nI will place it gently inside
\nMy lover\u2019s tiger-skin quiver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah, but he’d be hard to capture in stained glass —<\/p>\n

I’ll leave you with him and his compassion, and with the Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Enjoy! Delight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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