What do you think Buddha looks like?

footiam

Is he dark like some Indians, or fair and handsome like some Bollywood stars?

vinlyn

Gotta look like Shah Rukh Khan. :-)

StaticToybox

I picture him as a white man, with brown hair and blue eyes, in his mid-30s with a mixed American midwest/midsouth accent.

etherea

You use the present tense so.........whatever you want.......... Buddha is in all of us.

Lady_Alison

I think like Neo from the matrix

Tosh

I believe the traditional image of Buddha Shakyamuni is a plagiarism of the Greek God Apollo.

lamaramadingdong

Shadow Buddha

person

I remember this drawing @zombiegirl did a while back and had to go find it because I liked it so much.

IronRabbit

Lady_Alison

@zombiegirl is very creative.

zombiegirl

I remember this drawing @zombiegirl did a while back and had to go find it because I liked it so much.

@zombiegirl is very creative.

:D

federica

Oh you guys.... sheesh.....! :screwy:

He's big, fat, round, with long earlobes, a big grin, bald and carries a sack!
What the heck you guyz thinking of - ?!? :rolleyes:


:crazy:

Dakini

OMG!! I didn't know ZG had such formidable artistic talent! I struggle just to draw stick figures! To @zombiegirl: :bowdown: :bowdown:

Bekenze

After he died.
He turned into dirt.
A worm eats the dirt.
Bird eats worm.
Animal eats bird.

zombiegirl

Oh you guys.... sheesh.....! :screwy:

He's big, fat, round, with long earlobes, a big grin, bald and carries a sack!
What the heck you guyz thinking of - ?!? :rolleyes:


:crazy:

This was actually in response to a post a member made many moons ago about I BELIEVE 'what your personal buddha looked like' or something along those lines. I didn't actually come up with the idea of that Buddha, but was inspired by a members description of what he liked to think a modern day buddha might look like. ( @person was that you? I'm afraid I cannot remember, but since you do, I think it could be... lol) I liked the idea that it's just a typical dude...

@Dakini Aw, thanks. :) I'm afraid I'm the starving artist sort though with no real vision. Every year or so I flit in between my life's aspiration being comic book artist and novelist... I'm currently in the novelist cycle and refuse to pick up drawing again until I finish the darn thing. (If I feel my creativity flowing towards another avenue, it's a death sentence for my novel and I am determined to at least finish one of these things.)

In retrospect, if I had known that this sketch would have been so memorable, I probably would have inked it, lol. But oh well, I like the roughness a little too.

Dakini

How do you get a job as a comicbook artist? Sounds like a good gig. Another would be: illustrator of Children's books.

P.S. The sneakers add the crowning touch, somehow. :)

weighted

@zombiegirl That drawing is stunning!

person

@Bekenze You forgot one :D



@zombiegirl No it wasn't me who had the idea, I just love the image.

praxis

zombiegirl

How do you get a job as a comicbook artist? Sounds like a good gig. Another would be: illustrator of Children's books.

P.S. The sneakers add the crowning touch, somehow. :)

I've always just done webcomics. Some serious, some not so much... It's a difficult thing to actually get paid (something I never accomplished, haha), especially when you're in such a niche market like the ones I tend to gravitate to (lesbian romance/comedy, mostly). I know someone who actually made it work though, won some competition and got a grant to do her thing. But she still has a day job. *shrugs*

Other than that, illustration isn't really my thing. I like to tell stories (usually adult) and that's my main focus with either novels or comics... I just can never decide which medium I like better. Children's books don't really interest me in the same way, but I did make my niece the most awesome pirate map for Christmas. I 'aged' a piece of canvas and drew this semi-intricate map. She really ran with the idea and told ME a story about how we had to find the key to open the pirate chest, etc etc. Totally adorable.

@weighted Thank you, thank you! You guys are so great for my self esteem... :)

footiam

Gotta look like Shah Rukh Khan. :-)

No wonder Buddha has such a big following. People are always attracted by looks!

footiam

I picture him as a white man, with brown hair and blue eyes, in his mid-30s with a mixed American midwest/midsouth accent.

Mm... looks like the Americans are there in many New Worlds.

ThailandTom

Buddha as in the prince who founded Buddhism, or buddhas who have awakened, or buddha-nature? I think the first choice of the prince probably looked like an Indian guy. Just shooting in the dark there.

footiam

You use the present tense so.........whatever you want.......... Buddha is in all of us.

I like that idea. I heard a monk said that the devil is also in us.

footiam

I believe the traditional image of Buddha Shakyamuni is a plagiarism of the Greek God Apollo.

Does that mean that Buddha does not look like Greeks?

footiam

After he died.
He turned into dirt.
A worm eats the dirt.
Bird eats worm.
Animal eats bird.

That shouldn't be the case if you have been cremated.

ThailandTom

After he died.
He turned into dirt.
A worm eats the dirt.
Bird eats worm.
Animal eats bird.

That shouldn't be the case if you have been cremated.

Good point, but also it looks as if Bekenze has furthered is creative productivity and has ventured into photography, the first one caught my attention. Was that your handwork? I mean the photo not the found dead remains, or maybe it could have been both :P

ginab

Dust.

footiam

Dust.

That means you see Buddha everywhere!

iamthezenmaster

like a dead guy

LOL LOL LOL

Dakini

like a dead guy

LOL LOL LOL

ha, this is what I was going to say.
Are the Bollywood stars really all that fair and handsome, or is it make-up? We know he came from the Nepalese border area, from the warrior class. There are still Sakyas in Nepal. Anyone have any photos of Nepalese Sakya clan members?

footiam

like a dead guy

LOL LOL LOL

Not the walking dead definitely!

PrairieGhost

orientalist

In one of Charles Allen's books about India there is a photo of some "descendants" of the Sakyas. They look more oriental than Indian.

vinlyn

^^ My adopted son (who is Pakistani) and I often got into a friendly discussion of how Pakistanis should be classed. I said "Middle Eastern" (which isn't quite right) based on religion. He said "Asian" based on culture (which doesn't seem quite right, either).

Floating_Abu

"Whoever seeks me in form
Or in sound
Walks the heterodox path
And cannot perceive the Tathagata"

- Lord Buddha
Diamond Sutra

chanratt

probably something like this......

federica

Almost certainly not...!

Jeffrey

"In one word,,,, be spacious" ~sogyal rinpoche in a dharma talk

footiam

I think like Neo from the matrix

Well, Neo was in the Little Buddha too!

footiam

I believe the traditional image of Buddha Shakyamuni is a plagiarism of the Greek God Apollo.

I think I have heard this - that before Buddhist did not use a statue to represent Buddha - footprint maybe - It's the Greek who gave Buddhist the idea, only thing is Buddhist make Buddha so big, some a few stories high!

MaryAnne

Like Keanu Reeves did in (the movie) Little Buddha.... ;)

I thought he had the perfect demeanor and facial expression (peaceful, although some would say blank) as he portrayed the Buddha .

how

What do you think Buddha looks like?

Check your mirror!


There is also the historical 32 marks of the Buddha written by someone with way too much time on their hands.

ourself

Blue sparks the water, gently.

footiam

Like Keanu Reeves did in (the movie) Little Buddha.... ;)

I thought he had the perfect demeanor and facial expression (peaceful, although some would say blank) as he portrayed the Buddha .

Buddha must have many fans, gays included!

SpinyNorman

There is also the historical 32 marks of the Buddha...

I wish I had some of those. :D

footiam

Get yourself a tattoo!

footiam

like a dead guy

LOL LOL LOL

Some dead guys do not look dead.

TheBeejAbides

The Buddha looks like the butterfly and everything that is not the butterfly.

WilliamHobbs

I think that he looks feminine with an everlasting smile, but seeing this posts gives me different ideas.

Steve108

Looks like you, looks like me! We all have Buddha Nature, we are all enlightened. We just need to wake up!!

With metta _/|\_