[INDOLOGY] The Buddha and the elephant

[Michaels, Axel]

Dear all,

a friend asked me, whether I now the origin of Malraux’s following epitaph: “The elephant is the wisest of all the animals, the only one who  remembers his former lives; and he remains motionless for long periods of time, meditating thereon.-BUDDHIST TEXT”. It’s in Malraux’s Anti Memoirs.

I have no clue. Anybody of you?

Axel Michaels

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Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels
Senior Professor | Vice President Heidelberger Academy of Science and Humanities | Founding Director of CATS

Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS)
Südasien-Institut / South Asia Institute
Universität Heidelberg

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      http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php?id=4396




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