Comments on: The Mysterious Women of Angkor Wat – Phnom Penh Post http://www.devata.org/2009/02/the-mysterious-women-of-angkor-wat-the-phnom-penh-post/ Decoding the World's Greatest Archaeological Mystery: Who were the ancient Khmer women depicted on the Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leakena Khuon http://www.devata.org/2009/02/the-mysterious-women-of-angkor-wat-the-phnom-penh-post/comment-page-1/#comment-3443 Leakena Khuon Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:18:04 +0000 http://www.devata.org/?p=427#comment-3443 Dear Mr. Majon and Davis, I am a real Khmer woman, I checked this website at 4:51am because i can not sleep and what make me more suprise is your interesting comments about your feeling to our king and queens are so amazing...i wish I could tell you something but is all about my dream related to Angkor Wat histories and Hindu religion some of the dream are just the same of what you got. So I want you to share more of your dream if possible. What was happen with me is so many time in the dream and those stories can be convert to one movie and it all just about Ankor Regime. With my best regards, Leakena Dear Mr. Majon and Davis,
I am a real Khmer woman, I checked this website at 4:51am because i can not sleep and what make me more suprise is your interesting comments about your feeling to our king and queens are so amazing…i wish I could tell you something but is all about my dream related to Angkor Wat histories and Hindu religion some of the dream are just the same of what you got. So I want you to share more of your dream if possible. What was happen with me is so many time in the dream and those stories can be convert to one movie and it all just about Ankor Regime.

With my best regards,
Leakena

]]> By: Pierre-Olivier Mojon http://www.devata.org/2009/02/the-mysterious-women-of-angkor-wat-the-phnom-penh-post/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Pierre-Olivier Mojon Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:33:33 +0000 http://www.devata.org/?p=427#comment-518 Dear Mr. Davis, many thanks for your kind answer and your relevant informations. About the Buddhist perspective for the Devata of Angkor, I would like to bring my own accurate testimony and short account of what I experimented. On May 21st of 1998, in a very difficult period of my life, I was meditating since 5 days without food and drink when the smiling face of Buddha appeared to me with many smaller celestial entities dancing around the Buddha's head, which was shining in a yellow as made of pure gold whereas the divinities were glittering after waves of surrounding colours (mainly green) of an incredible brightness. The deities were undulating, vibrating and smiling in a strange sound of a very low intensity, a sort of humming. I was perfectly still and quiet, my eyes were closed and this unreal vision in my brain was made of an extraordinary, a fabulous keenness and beauty. It was very near and similar to the appearance of your coloured pictures showing the famous Devata (Apsara) from Angkor and it's because I immediately recognized them and their significance. The entities were full of compassion and I felt suddenly an incredible wellbeing in the center of my belly ! I had never felt someting like this and was comforted for the rest of my life ! In the end, I saw quickly the elephant head of Ganesha. The whole vision lasted a very long time, all the day, from the sunrise to the night. But for me, it seemed to be much shorter, just a moment ! I will never forget these miraculous appearances and feelings ! Since, I know undoubtly that exist other universes, dimensions and realities ! On the moment, I was conscious that something extraordinary happened to me, but I understood nothing to this phenomenon and was not able to explain it. Many years later, I found the famous Tibetan book "Bardo Thödol" with the description of someting very close to what I experimented, named as "Bardo of the Dharmata" and relating phenomenons and visions in the intermediate stage after the death and before a new birth, with the description of the Devata named "Dâkinîs". Moreover, I realised that the 21st of May 1998 was the Ascension Day coinciding at this moment with the 3 days celebrating the Buddha (Vesak), and that the head of Ganesha of my vision was very comparable with the famous one of the Phnom Kulen near Angkor (National Geographic, vol. 16.6, n° 93, June 2007). So, if I consider my way since 1998, all these elements seem to be highly symbolic and significant. The dramatic fire of your house and your documents was maybe intended to direct your researchs towards the discovery of a highest level of knowledges and reality. With my kindest regards. Yours sincerely. Pierre-Olivier Mojon Dear Mr. Davis, many thanks for your kind answer and your relevant informations. About the Buddhist perspective for the Devata of Angkor, I would like to bring my own accurate testimony and short account of what I experimented. On May 21st of 1998, in a very difficult period of my life, I was meditating since 5 days without food and drink when the smiling face of Buddha appeared to me with many smaller celestial entities dancing around the Buddha’s head, which was shining in a yellow as made of pure gold whereas the divinities were glittering after waves of surrounding colours (mainly green) of an incredible brightness. The deities were undulating, vibrating and smiling in a strange sound of a very low intensity, a sort of humming. I was perfectly still and quiet, my eyes were closed and this unreal vision in my brain was made of an extraordinary, a fabulous keenness and beauty.

It was very near and similar to the appearance of your coloured pictures showing the famous Devata (Apsara) from Angkor and it’s because I immediately recognized them and their significance. The entities were full of compassion and I felt suddenly an incredible wellbeing in the center of my belly ! I had never felt someting like this and was comforted for the rest of my life ! In the end, I saw quickly the elephant head of Ganesha. The whole vision lasted a very long time, all the day, from the sunrise to the night. But for me, it seemed to be much shorter, just a moment ! I will never forget these miraculous appearances and feelings ! Since, I know undoubtly that exist other universes, dimensions and realities !

On the moment, I was conscious that something extraordinary happened to me, but I understood nothing to this phenomenon and was not able to explain it. Many years later, I found the famous Tibetan book “Bardo Thödol” with the description of someting very close to what I experimented, named as “Bardo of the Dharmata” and relating phenomenons and visions in the intermediate stage after the death and before a new birth, with the description of the Devata named “Dâkinîs”. Moreover, I realised that the 21st of May 1998 was the Ascension Day coinciding at this moment with the 3 days celebrating the Buddha (Vesak), and that the head of Ganesha of my vision was very comparable with the famous one of the Phnom Kulen near Angkor (National Geographic, vol. 16.6, n° 93, June 2007).

So, if I consider my way since 1998, all these elements seem to be highly symbolic and significant. The dramatic fire of your house and your documents was maybe intended to direct your researchs towards the discovery of a highest level of knowledges and reality. With my kindest regards. Yours sincerely. Pierre-Olivier Mojon

]]> By: Kent Davis http://www.devata.org/2009/02/the-mysterious-women-of-angkor-wat-the-phnom-penh-post/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Kent Davis Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:53:25 +0000 http://www.devata.org/?p=427#comment-516 Dear M. Mojon, Thank you for your encouragement and interesting comments. Yes, we accept the house fire as a test, and don't regret it. Believe it or not, many good ideas came from that fire, but my commitment to honoring the women of Angkor never wavered. The devata of Angkor are Hindu, but it is interesting that you see them from a Buddhist perspective. I am now preparing a review of Miranda Shaw's book \Buddhist Goddesses of India,\ a work that is quite enlightening in terms of the Khmer women at Angkor Wat. With best regards, Kent Davis Dear M. Mojon, Thank you for your encouragement and interesting comments. Yes, we accept the house fire as a test, and don’t regret it. Believe it or not, many good ideas came from that fire, but my commitment to honoring the women of Angkor never wavered. The devata of Angkor are Hindu, but it is interesting that you see them from a Buddhist perspective. I am now preparing a review of Miranda Shaw’s book \Buddhist Goddesses of India,\ a work that is quite enlightening in terms of the Khmer women at Angkor Wat. With best regards, Kent Davis

]]> By: Pierre-Olivier Mojon http://www.devata.org/2009/02/the-mysterious-women-of-angkor-wat-the-phnom-penh-post/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Pierre-Olivier Mojon Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:07:28 +0000 http://www.devata.org/?p=427#comment-514 Many thanks, Sir, for these marvellous pictures and your nice researchs. These Apsaras, the mythical women of Angkor are the Dakinis, the kindly female divinities of Buddhism, almost exactly as we can see them with colours in the vision of the Dharmata Bardo process. It's the most extraordinary experience in the life of a human being, one can never forget this! I could maybe help you in your investigations and would like to do it. You have a great credit to pursue in this way after the fire of your house, which can be interpreted probably as a test by the Dakinis of your sincerity and real love for them. With my kindest regards. Yours sincerely. P.O. Mojon, Switzerland. Many thanks, Sir, for these marvellous pictures and your nice researchs. These Apsaras, the mythical women of Angkor are the Dakinis, the kindly female divinities of Buddhism, almost exactly as we can see them with colours in the vision of the Dharmata Bardo process. It’s the most extraordinary experience in the life of a human being, one can never forget this! I could maybe help you in your investigations and would like to do it. You have a great credit to pursue in this way after the fire of your house, which can be interpreted probably as a test by the Dakinis of your sincerity and real love for them. With my kindest regards. Yours sincerely. P.O. Mojon, Switzerland.

]]> By: Pierre-Olivier Mojon http://www.devata.org/2009/02/the-mysterious-women-of-angkor-wat-the-phnom-penh-post/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Pierre-Olivier Mojon Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:00:12 +0000 http://www.devata.org/?p=427#comment-513 Many thanks, Sir, for these marvellous pictures and your nice researchs. These Apsaras, the mythical women of Angkor are the Dakinis, the kindly female divinities of Buddhism, almost exactly as we can see them with colours in the vision of the Dharmata Bardo process. It's the most extraordinary experience in the life of a human being, one can never forget this! I could maybe help you in your investigations and would like to do it. You have a great credit to pursue in this way after the fire of your house, which can be interpreted probly as a test by the Dakinis of your sincerity and real love for them. With my kindest regards. Yours sincerely. P.O. Mojon, Switzerland. Many thanks, Sir, for these marvellous pictures and your nice researchs. These Apsaras, the mythical women of Angkor are the Dakinis, the kindly female divinities of Buddhism, almost exactly as we can see them with colours in the vision of the Dharmata Bardo process. It’s the most extraordinary experience in the life of a human being, one can never forget this! I could maybe help you in your investigations and would like to do it.

You have a great credit to pursue in this way after the fire of your house, which can be interpreted probly as a test by the Dakinis of your sincerity and real love for them. With my kindest regards.

Yours sincerely. P.O. Mojon, Switzerland.

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