PHUG GCAL, sPa gro

Location

The "Tibetan History of Bön" gives a description (Fol. 219b) of the hiding place for a sacred text in the not certain identified cave sPa gro phug gcal, which fits to –>Zlum Rtse Phug (translated by S. KARMAY, page 145): »… on the left side of sPa gro phug gcal, at the level of the waist, in a rock like a Mongolian engaging in battle, under a rock like a white lion opening its mouth wide, behind a rock like a black tortoise drinking water, at the foot of a rock with the large claws of a scorpion, in the centre of a brown rock like a burning flame, in a rocky cave that had the form of the sun …« (LAUF 1973: 42). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 09/02/2016