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There is a tradition that live snails crawled all over and wholly covered the Buddha's head to prevent his getting sunstroke when he had fallen into deep inner absorption in a place where no tree branches gave their usual shelter. Whether this is true or not, it does convey the idea that the apostle of mercy and love for the whole animal kingdom received his own love reflected back to him by members of that kingdom.

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 3 : Diet > # 94