Gundestrup Cauldron: a meditation diagram

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When the Gundestrup Cauldron is compared to the meditation system originally taught by the Buddha in India in the 6th century BC there is a perfect match: the famous horned deity tells the visual story of the first time the Buddha explained the process of enlightenment to his followers in a Deer Park in India. The 16 silver pieces (made mainly from Celtic and Germanic votive coins that were melted down) were buried in Denmark accompanied by one fragment of an iron ring dated to the 3rd century BC - when Ashoka sent an envoy of enlightened monks to Europe. Recent carbon dating of the beeswax for the National Museum of Denmark suggests a 90% probability that the Cauldron was made between 93-144 AD - during the reign of Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian.

A mind-boggling scenario that matches all historical dates presents itself. Made as a project to promote peace in the Roman Empire the Cauldron was designed at the same time as the Pantheon in Rome based on the “mystic numbers of Pythagoras”. Plutarch, a contemporary of Hadrian and priest in Delphi, described in an essay with 21 chapters “On the ‘E’ at Delphi’ the exact same information that was later used to design definitions for the rune symbols in Scandinavia. 

If the Cauldron was designed as a key to reintroduce the numbers of Pythagoras, the first one to call himself a philosopher - a lover of wisdom - the Cauldron was not Viking loot as described, but a highly prized votive object, a symbol of peace and wisdom. The Cauldron contained the key to the practice of the “dialectics of philosophy” that was carefully protected by advanced meditators for up to a thousand years before it was disassembled and carefully buried at Gundestrup in Denmark when meditation practices were under severe threat and banned in Europe.

Whatever the original conventional history of the Cauldron may be, its meaning at every level - from the main plates to the smallest individual markings in the silver - represents the universal truth about existence in the cycle of life as taught by the Buddha in India in the 6th century BC.

In support of the 2,500-year-old techniques still taught and practiced in the world.

Texts Lost Links of Buddhism in EUrope: 

For a complete translation of the Gundestrup Cauldron and texts that visually explore the lost links of Buddhism in Europe: www.settiwessels.com

Gundestrup Cauldron: a meditation diagram ● (Did Pythagoras make the Phaistos disk? ● Mystery of Maeshowe Orkney ● Golden Collars of Sweden and the ‘E’ at Delphi ● Etruscan symbols universal language of the heart)

Video Links www.settiwessels.com

- “Gundestrup Cauldron: a meditation diagram” - text that describes the history and detailed translation of the Cauldron: https://youtu.be/vYwi-SJmidA

- Documentary “Sketch of an Excellent Man” - a master meditation teacher describes the original meditation system as taught by the Buddha.

- Short 9 minutes version Pa Auk Forest Monastery: https://youtu.be/imJwamHsiig

- Video text animation “Pantheon”: https://youtu.be/3wpT08a6u4Q

- Video text animation “Mysteries of Mithras and the quest of the cauldron”: https://youtu.be/ukoW763U4dU

- Video text animation “Pict stones of Scotland”: https://youtu.be/y4tYQ15JgkQ

- Video text animation “Did Pythagoras make the Phaistos Disk?: https://youtu.be/t2DDSKj6xlc

All contents is the personal view of the author.

Original source where the techniques are still taught, both as theory (Abhidhamma) and as meditation techniques (Samatha-Vipassanā):

Link meditation: www.paaukforestmonastery.org

The Gundestrup Cauldron and Mithras animated text videos are an accompaniment to the text "Gundestrup Cauldron: a meditation diagram" where the original sources for silver used to make the Cauldron and its link to advanced Buddhist meditation techniques are illustrated in detail.

Mysteries of Mithras and the Quest of the Cauldron

This short video (no sound) is a visual accompaniment to texts found on www.settiwessels.com

Was Mithras the symbol of Stoic philosophers who meditated in “manmade caves” in Rome?

The meaning of Mithraism that originated in Rome (thought to be a deity from Persia) in the second century AD is still a mystery, but with an analysis of all elements of the tauroctony (where Mithras sacrifices a bull) from a meditation perspective there is a seamless match with the system of meditation techniques originally taught by the Buddha Gotama in India. The suffering of repeated birth, ageing and death can be overcome by cutting the roots of attachment to sensuality symbolised by the bull, symbol of sensual attachment and the an-iconic symbol used for the luxury life as a prince of the Buddha-to-be. The 7 stages of initiation of Mithras are aligned with Seven Stages of Purification, which were illustrated on the Gundestrup Cauldron that was made between 94-143 AD, according to recent carbon dating: during the reign of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. During the same time the Pantheon was built in Rome: a meditation diagram in the shape of “an eye to see the Truth”.

The design of the Pantheon, Gundestrup Cauldron and Mithraism seem to be linked: launched by Hadrian as projects to promote peace in the Roman Empire by promoting the practice of meditation techniques: the dialectics of philosophy.

Texts that describe the lost links of Buddhism in Europe: www.settiwessels.com

Gundestrup Cauldron: a meditation diagram ● (Did Pythagoras make the Phaistos disk? ● Mystery of Maeshowe Orkney ● Golden Collars of Sweden and the ‘E’ at Delphi ● Etruscan symbols universal language of the heart)

Documentary about the meditation system: "Sketch of an Excellent Man”

Original source where the techniques are still taught, both as theory (Abhidhamma) and as meditation techniques (Samatha-Vipassanā): www.paaukforestmonastery.org

All contents is the personal view of the author