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A Lion's Head | Pawn of Samsara

A LION'S HEAD is a retelling of the mythology of Nara Sinha. In my version of events, he is an immortal who lives for over 1,000 years. His mortal enemy is Mahishasura, the Water Buffalo Demon. The book sets up both characters in their mutual hatred.
A lion headed man sits with his hands in his lap, meditating.
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A Lion's Head By D.M. De Alwis

God Mahabrahma is then born, who is alone. He longs for the presence of others, and the other gods are reborn as his ministers and companions. Eventually, one of the gods dies and is reborn as human, with the power to remember his previous life. This gives rise to the belief in a great creator. (Pali canon)

So, then, owing to the creation of a supreme deity, men will become murderers, thieves, unchaste, liars, slanderers, abusive, babblers, covetous, malicious and perverse in view. Thus for those who fall back on the creation of a god as the essential reason, there is neither desire nor effort nor necessity to do this deed or abstain from that deed. (Narada Thera, The Buddha and his Teachings)

For there is no god Brahma. The maker of the conditioned world of rebirths. Phenomena alone flow on. Conditioned by the coming together of causes. (Buddhaghosa, Visuddhimagga 603)

Book 1

In which we learn,

  • How humans were saved from an apocalypse in the mortal realm.
  • How the Greater Gods created Sinha to defeat the Asura King.
  • How the Water Buffalo God lost his herd.
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