Natural Symbols in South East Asia (Collected Papers in Oriental and African Studies)

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In the conclusion of his article at the end of this book, Harry Shorto gives cogent reasons why in Burma the south-east should be the most sacred and propitious point of the compass: it is associated with live birth and auspicious death i.e. rebirth and hence, presumably with a circular and cyclical conception of human life which finds in its end its beginning.