monkey mind, offensive to monkeys? Part 2 HANUMAN

Hanuman, the "monkey god" of the Hindu Pantheon, according to mythos, Hanuman has the many redeeming qualities of a modern day super hero: lightning speed, mountain uprooting strength and shape-shifting among others. He is known as a celibate fellow and may possibly be an avatar of Shiva, the meditation master, according to some sources.

Yet, here is a quote attributed to Hanuman in a text of mine, "We're All Doing Time" by Bo Lozoff:

"if it were just a matter of playing football with the firmament, stirring up the ocean, turning back rivers, carrying away mountains, seizing the moon, moving the polestar or shifting a planet, i could manage it easily enough, but if it comes to sitting still and meditating, i am bound to come off badly. it is quite against my nature to sit still."

This presents an opposing view to the Daoist related passage. Here Hanuman, and in essence all of "monkeydom" self reports an ADD like quality of being unable to maintain stillness and meditation. If this were the case I would have recommended a 'walking meditation' for Hanuman, but I do find the contrast in perspectives fascinating and wonder about the relative culture of the respective texts. It may be merely that in observing 'nature' and observing monkey behavior, primed by cultural and social perspectives, the Chinese view differs substantially from the Indian, this in turn shapes the characterizations and anthropomorphization of monkey characteristics and attributes. Similar to the idea that a cow's life is cheap in the West and sacred in India...

According to epithets attributed to Hanuman on Wikipedia:

• Manojavam, the one who is swift as mind (appears in Ram Raksha Stotra)
• Maarutatulyavegam, the one who has a speed equal to the wind God (appears in Ram Raksha Stotra)
• Jitendriyam, the one who has complete control on his senses (appears in Ram Raksha Stotra)
• Buddhimataamvarishtham, the one who is most senior among intellectuals (appears in Ram Raksha Stotra)
• Vaataatmajam, the one who is the son of wind God (appears in Ram Raksha Stotra)
• Vaanarayoothamukhyam, the one who is the chief of vanara army (appears in Ram Raksha Stotra). Similar in meaning to - Vaanaraanaamadheesham.
• Shreeraamadootam, the one who is the messenger of Rama (appears in Ram Raksha Stotra).
• Atulita Bala Dhaamam, the one who is the repository of incomparable strength.
• Hemshailaabha Deham, the one whose body resembles a golden mountain.
• Danujvana Krushanum, the one who is the destroyer of forces of demons.
• Gyaaninaam Agraganyam, the one who is considered foremost among knowledgeable beings.
• Sakala Guna Nidhaanam, the one who is the repository of all the virtues and good qualities.
• Raghupati Priya Bhaktam, the one who is the dearest of all devotees to Lord Rama.
• Sankata Mochana, the one who liberates (moca) from dangers (sankata)

Apparently being of monkey stock does not conflict with being an expert on the Vedas, being virtuous, devout, disciplined and chaste, which I feel contradicts the implication in the modern Buddhist usage. Naturally here we are observing Hindu perspectives on the deity, but Buddhism does not necessarily refute the presence and power of Hindu deities. 

The term "monkey mind" may reference cultural shifts in Asia away from a reverence of Nature. Or it may also reflect the views of a culture I have yet to explore or modern perspectives of captive monkeys as opposed to monkeys living harmoniously in nature.