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Can I carry a buddha statue with me?

isaisa
edited June 2012 in Buddhism Basics
Just joined today - nice website.
I have a little Buddha statue and I know that placing the statue in certain positions is very important. I'm about to move and I don't know whether to keep it with me in hand luggage or pack the Buddha statue in a box with other items (I'm moving country). Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

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  • PHennings12PHennings12
    There is no buddha statue. You are the buddha.
  • 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
    edited June 2012
    Just joined today - nice website.
    I have a little Buddha statue and I know that placing the statue in certain positions is very important. I'm about to move and I don't know whether to keep it with me in hand luggage or pack the Buddha statue in a box with other items (I'm moving country). Any suggestions?
    Thanks in advance
    When I moved from France to the UK, I wrapped mine in sheets of paper I had from my previous move, and put them into cardboard boxes, and shoved them into the van, alongside all my other possessions.
    They are none the worse for wear, and neither am I.
    when my Mother moved from Italy to the UK in May, she packed my Father's ashes in their urn,in bubble-wrap, put them into a box carefully, and packed the box out with loads of paper, and my father's ashes were also put into the back of the removal lorry, and it made its way across Europe, to the UK.
    Once here, the box was located, and neither he nor my mother were the worse for wear.

    Don't be too 'precious'.
    They're just effigies, or representatives.
    They may well have either been carefully and lovingly carved by a Buddhist devotee, or mass-produced in a factory in Taiwan.

    The buddha had sex, defecated and urinated, just like any other human being.

    Put your statue where you want, and treat it like a statue, not as something sacred, venerable or precious.
    What it represents is sacred, venerable or precious, but 'it' isn't.

    It doesn't matter.
    you do.
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    edited June 2012
    Just joined today - nice website.
    I have a little Buddha statue and I know that placing the statue in certain positions is very important. I'm about to move and I don't know whether to keep it with me in hand luggage or pack the Buddha statue in a box with other items (I'm moving country). Any suggestions?
    Thanks in advance
    It's only important if you think it is. If it really matters to you to keep these rites, then you should make the decision where to put it.

    My opinion is, it doesn't matter unless it's really fragile and you don't want it to break. In which case, carrying it with you may be a slightly better option as you have more control over it.
  • isaisa
    Thanks for your imput everyone - great advice. I hear so much about statues facing doors, or not shutting them up in a cupboard or keeping them away from other symbols, religious or otherwise that it's hard to believe if there is a right or wrong way of doing something. The buddha statue will be neatly wrapped up and its meaning and representation will cross the Atlantic with me.
    Cheers
  • SabreSabre Veteran
    It's just a statue. A statue doesn't have any preferences on how it is going to be placed or shipped. ;)
  • vinlynvinlyn Colorado...for now Veteran
    Isa, you're not traveling from Thailand, are you? If so, legally you must have papers for each Buddha taken out of the country.
  • isaisa
    No, I'm leaving South America to go back to France:)))
  • vinlynvinlyn Colorado...for now Veteran
    Cool. Thailand can be pretty tough on the rules and regs about Buddha statues...while ignoring practically every other law. :D
  • lamaramadingdonglamaramadingdong Veteran
    Can't carry this one...
  • 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
    can.
    In a photo, can. :P
    nothing is impossible*, you just have to think outside the box.










    (.......*with the possible exception of walking through revolving doors with ladder over your shoulder....)
  • BonsaiDougBonsaiDoug Simply, on the path. Veteran
    edited June 2012
    Isa, of course the statue is merely an object. But if it has meaning to you and your path, then simply treat it respectfully during your move.
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