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Spring Temple Buddha

BekenzeBekenze
edited February 2012 in Buddhism Today
Neato.

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  • Telly03Telly03 Veteran
    Nice find
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    edited February 2012
    Why are the swastikas turning the wrong way, the shamanic way?

    Taiwan is beautiful. Hooray for Taiwan!
  • CaliGuy819CaliGuy819
    It is a statue of Vairocana Buddha

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Temple_Buddha
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    This is nice. There's a plan in the works to build a 500ft/152m bronze Maitreya statue in India.

    http://www.maitreyaproject.org/en/index.html
  • KangarooKangaroo
    How beautiful...I think we should organize a NewBuddhist.com retreat and pay it a visit.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    Nice find Bekenze, I have never been to Taiwan, but have a friend there so I maybe should go and see this amazing construction one day.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    Why are the swastikas turning the wrong way, the shamanic way?
    They're not the wrong way round, necessarily... it just depends on culture and usage....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    This is in Henan, China... why is everyone talking about Taiwan?
  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    Thanks for clearing that up.
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    edited February 2012
    Wouldn't want anyone to take a trip to Taiwan, only to realize there's "only" a 72m Maitreya Buddha statue :P

    image

    http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/biggest-buddhas-on-earth/17118?image=11
  • RMSmithRMSmith
    Beautiful.
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    My understanding may be flummoxed, but the big-bellied personage referred to as Maitreya is a folkloric figure sometimes referred to as an incarnation of Maitreya. The fat guy is Hotei, a bodhisattva often associated with Maitreya.

    Maitreya, by contrast, is most frequently depicted as seated. "Maitreya is typically pictured seated, with either both feet on the ground or crossed at the ankles, on a throne, waiting for his time. He is dressed in the clothes of either a Bhiksu or Indian royalty." (Wikipedia)

    Reading the confusing and possibly confused descriptions on Wikipedia, I guess the commingling of Hotei and Maitreya is so widespread that trying to make a distinction is an uphill battle that no one really needs to fight.

    You wanna call it "Hotei?" Fine.
    You wanna call it "Maitreya?" Fine.
    Actualize the good news. Don't worry about the messenger. :)
  • markkemarkmarkkemark Explorer
    I love this place...so much good info...That was a great video, thank you!
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran

    Reading the confusing and possibly confused descriptions on Wikipedia, I guess the commingling of Hotei and Maitreya is so widespread that trying to make a distinction is an uphill battle that no one really needs to fight.

    You wanna call it "Hotei?" Fine.
    You wanna call it "Maitreya?" Fine.
    Actualize the good news. Don't worry about the messenger. :)
    Yeah basically. I just called it Maitreya because that's what that particular statue is known as (in English anyway).
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