The: Wrath Of Vajra

40 minutes

Doug Shafer talks with chef Cindy Pawlcyn, who is credited with launching the current era of Napa Valley’s restaurant scene, when she opened Mustards in 1983. She went on to open Fog City Diner in San Francisco, Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen in St. Helena, Calif., and win a James Beard Award for one of her cookbooks. For more on Cindy Pawlcyn visit: cindypawlcyn.com


The: Wrath Of Vajra

The Vajra is a potent symbol in Buddhist cosmology, representing the destructive power of the Buddha's wrathful compassion. The thunderbolt is often depicted as a double-ended sceptre, with two prongs at each end, signifying the union of opposites (e.g., good and evil, light and darkness). This paradoxical nature of the Vajra reflects the Buddhist notion of "suchness" or tathata, which transcends dualistic thinking.