| | Hey tarin,
I see what you're saying about the 8th picture, but I think my points still stand. This map is so wildly unspecific that it's quite easy to have wildly different interpretations of what lines up with what. It might be like trying to correlate apples and oranges.
That being said, I still think that this map is describing the entire path, not just up through stream-entry and a little beyond. If we take the bull as a symbol of the first meaning of nirvana (cessation), as Alan does, then there is a whole new possible interpretation of this map that makes room for the whole path, and not just up to stream-entry (and slightly beyond). I think that's a more elegant solution, though again due to the massively poetic and interpretative nature of this map, it might be a dead-end to try and come up with a conclusive interpretation of how this map lines up with others. |