Newgrange decoded

The main event of Newgrange is the winter solstice when sunlight enters through the roof-box and stops in front of Orthostat L32 to identify the presence of the Buddha himself, described in a famous Pali text of the Tripitaka: ’32 Marks of a Great Man’.
The chambers light up,  all illustrations that describe the steps to attain enlightenment are illuminated, the four massive cornerstones are the Four Noble Truths: 1st Noble Truth to see Suffering, 2nd Noble Truth to see Causes Suffering, 3rd Noble Truth to see Cessation of Suffering and the 4th Noble Truth to see the Path that leads to the Cessation of Suffering.

12 stones of the Great Circle: Dependent Origination, (‘metempsychosis’ in Greek)

Despite the idea of having a complete circle of 36-38 standing stones there was no evidence of more than 12: the ’12 Dependent Origination factors’ to investigate past, present and future lives, the equivalent of ‘metempsychosis’ as taught by philosopher Pythagoras in the 6th century BC.
The 12 stones were arranged in recognisable coded groups that represent further meditation concepts in the meditation system.

Outer ring with 97 Kerbstones

The Newgrange mound is surrounded by 97 kerbstones of up to 4.5 meters long and on average 1 meter in height. 


Complex engravings are found especially on the left side of the passage entrance on the face of stones, some are below ground level and some on the rear of the stones. 
By following the numerical order of images imprinted in soft clay on the Phaistos Disk of Crete as ‘chapter headings’ that define the topic, the abstract symbols of the engravings can still be translated as they explain meditation techniques taught by the Buddha and described in the Pali Tripitaka texts.

TEXT: Secondly the list of abstract symbols for engravings

‘Marker stones‘ K1, K52 and K67

Some kerbstones are famous for the high quality and complexity of engravings, such as K1, K52 and K67 – these stones mark special combinations through which the meaning of the installation can be decoded.

Kerbstone 1 marks the main entrance into the passage, the 5 spirals identify one of the most essential terms taught by the Buddha, to see “Ultimate Reality of mind and materiality, the 5 clinging aggregates”: 1. Materiality and Mind four mental factors 2. feeling 3. perception 4. formations and 5. consciousness.

Famous Kerbstone K1 at the entrance: the key to wisdom is knowledge of the
“5 clinging aggregates” 

Kerbstone K67 evidence of the Teacher

SPECIAL NOTE
Each kerbstone was chosen individually for size and fitted around the mound aligned with other rocks and the sun to create a carefully calibrated clockwork that illustrates the meditation system.

Newgrange winter solstice and equinox shadows of Rocks 1 to 5 on kerbstones at the passage entrance

The illustration on the image ice truly profound, an example of the sophisticated design found at Newgrange: the winter solstice and equinox shadows of Rocks 1 to 5 on specially planned kerbstones at the passage entrance. 
On the illustrations are the rocks marked by the shadows of the sun during the winter solstice around 21/22 December.
The combination shows rocks with a special relationship that will result in liberation from the shackles that keep us tied to rebirth in samsara, the goal illustrated by Rock 5 (5 clinging aggregates) that was cut to a short size on site, its shadow would have been aligned with Kerbstone K13 that has its engraving on the back of the rock. Rock 5, the ‘journey of life’ must be cut – illustrated on the back of K13.
The rocks were all illustrated in the PDF text available online.
The rocks were all illustrated in the PDF text available online.

Newgrange passage with sections to illustrate the application of the mnemonic of numbers and images as illustrated on the Phaistos Disk

On the left side of the passage the images and numbers illustrated the instructions of the Teacher who knows the way, the first engraving is only found on Orthostat L12, ’12 Dependent Origination Factors’ as taught by the Buddha.
On the right side of the passage the images and numbers illustrated the path to be followed by the meditator, engravings on each number that defines essential meditation techniques have detailed instructions that can still be translated because the techniques are still practiced unchanged after 2,600 years.

Newgrange was designed using a mnemonic that was known in Europe for up to 1,800 years:
‘Mystic numbers of Pythagoras’ used as a mnemonic to teach meditation illustrated on the Phaistos Disk

There is only one person from the 6th century BC still famous as a mathematician and as the first to use the word “philosopher, one who loves wisdom” – Pythagoras.
The series of “mystic numbers” – most likely introduced by Pythagoras – follows the same order as the meditation system taught by the Buddha. The numbers were introduced as a mnemonic in Europe to teach the meditation system of the Buddha and was used until 1,800 years later by Dante Alighieri to compose his famous Divine Comedy, one of the greatest masterpieces of European writing. 

With the use of the Phaistos Disk the installation and engravings at Newgrange can still be analysed in detail.

Phaistos Disk images as a mnemonic to teach Buddhist meditation

The Roman author Porphyry (232-303 CE), Neoplatonist philosopher in Rome, wrote a biography, “Life of Pythagoras” in which he described the knowledge of Pythagoras who was the most likely person to have designed the Phaistos Disk:
12. In Egypt he lived with the priests, and learned the language and wisdom of the Egyptians, and three kinds of letters, the epistolic, the hieroglyphic, and symbolic, whereof one imitates the common way of speaking, while the others express the sense by allegory and parable.

List of 47 symbols that appear on the Phaistos Disk

Philosophers – “Yonas” from Ionia – start colonies all over Europe

There is only one person from the 6th century BC still famous as a mathematician and as the first to use the word “philosopher, one who loves wisdom” – Pythagoras.
The series of “mystic numbers” – most likely introduced by Pythagoras – follows the same order as the meditation system taught by the Buddha. The numbers were introduced as a mnemonic in Europe to teach the meditation system of the Buddha and was used until 1,800 years later by Dante Alighieri to compose his famous Divine Comedy, one of the greatest masterpieces of European writing.