Motif
body as temporary dwelling
body_as_temporary_dwelling
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
hindu
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3: Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 SECTION CCLXXII / SECTION CCLXXIII / SECTION CCLXXIV / SECTION CCLXXV; lines 52402-52432 confidence: high
Jiva “migrates from body to body,” abandoning them “like a person abandoning house after house”; the wise do not grieve, while the foolish grieve from mistaken relationships.
The passage compares Jiva's movement among bodies to a person abandoning house after house.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 11733-11935 confidence: high
Khayyam's body is called a tent, his soul its inhabitant, and annihilation its long home; after the soul leaves, slaves strike and repitch the tent for an oncoming soul.
The body is called a tent, the soul its inhabitant, and the tent is struck and repitched for an oncoming soul.
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