Talk:Sumeru

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"The concept of Sumeru is closely related to the Hindu mythological concept of a central world mountain, called Meru, but differs from the Hindu concept in several particulars.

According to Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośabhāṣyam, Sumeru is 80,000 yojanas tall..." (from text)

It would be good to know how it's different. This implies that the height of the mountain is one way in which it differs, but I don't think that's what the author had in mind, since he doesn't explain the difference in the Hindu counterpart. Perhaps Meru is only 79,999 yojanas tall? I guess we'll never know! Fearwig 05:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Sumeru and Meru exist in different cosmological matrices. Other than being a central mountain, virtually all of the particulars given about Sumeru in Buddhist sources are different from those found in Hindu sources.RandomCritic 16:48, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Meru and Sumeru are parallel. They are two different points of view that don't necessarily exclude eachother, becuz that would be dualistic.

Perhaps. But some Buddhist traditions know of Meru while others of Sumeru. Perhaps they overlap more than you think (like, completely?).--RegentsPark (talk) 18:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC)