Motif
Exalted and inaccessible mountain of release
exalted_and_inaccessible_mountain_of_release
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
-
The Questions of King Milinda, Part II (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 36) Chapter 5. / P-5)- / Book IV. Chapter 7. / Book IV. Chapter 8.; lines 8715-8866 confidence: high
The king asks about the five qualities of a mountain peak inherent in Nirvana; Nagasena lists loftiness, immovability, inaccessibility, absence of growth for evil dispositions, and freedom from desire to please or resentment.
The mountain peak’s loftiness, immovability, inaccessibility, barrenness for evil growth, and freedom from desire or resentment are applied to Nirvana.
read in the book →