ATD: cover: "seal"

[David Morris]

Below is another snow lion image, again with the three peaks.
Together they a repeated icon, and identified with Tibet.  The image
linked below is also mostly circular with a moon ans sun on either
side of the central peak, also seen in the book's seal.

http://www.holt.org/familypic/slion01.jpg

Below it says they usually sit on either side of the Buddha, so they
would then also be identified with the Fu dog/dragon.

David Morris

On 11/1/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Snow Lions
> Tibetan legend has it that Snow Lions protected the Buddha. They normally took the form of two dogs next to him, but when danger appeared they grew long manes and turned into lions to protect the Buddha and keep him safe from harm. They are the proud symbol of Tibet and two of them can be seen on the Tibetan flag.