Chokma is a Chickasaw word meaning 'good'. I am a student of the Buddhadharma living in a small community in middle Tennessee. The land we occupy was ceded by the Chickasaw tribe in 1816.

22nd February 2010

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Thunderbolt

Adad,  Assyrian storm god 7th c. bce

One of the earliest depictions of a stylized thunderbolt which will eventually be wielded by Indra in Vedanta, and Vajrapani (among others) in Buddhism.  Indra rides a grey elephant (storm clouds) akin to Adad’s bull.

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