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Buddha in unlikely places :)
zombiegirl
beating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wasteland Veteran
Just playing through Zelda and the Skyward Sword after a long hiatus and I've found that the water temple is completely Buddhist inspired.
In the image below you can see the obvious large Buddha statue in the center of the main chamber, there are lotus blossoms in the water and lotus designs in the architecture, and of course, the nice dharma wheel on the side.
As a side note, I've always enjoyed the water temples in Zelda games since they tend to be less slash and bash and more complex puzzling. It's somewhat relaxing (albeit sometimes frustrating) compared to some of the other temples and fits with the Buddhist theme.
Anyone see the Buddha popping up in some random (but delightful) places lately?
In the image below you can see the obvious large Buddha statue in the center of the main chamber, there are lotus blossoms in the water and lotus designs in the architecture, and of course, the nice dharma wheel on the side.
As a side note, I've always enjoyed the water temples in Zelda games since they tend to be less slash and bash and more complex puzzling. It's somewhat relaxing (albeit sometimes frustrating) compared to some of the other temples and fits with the Buddhist theme.
Anyone see the Buddha popping up in some random (but delightful) places lately?
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Sorry, I couldn't resist.. had to type something completely sterotypical and cliche.
If only there was a dislike button that you could press for this post @zombiegirl
On a more serious tip, actually answering the question, I chose not to fuel anger that formed when interacting with my mother.
It was really quite beautiful. I dropped her off at her place of employment and soon after started seeing things for what they are.
She is just operating according to patterns.
Also I had found a Buddha statue a little while back. I fixed it up and painted it, that was really cool as it is my first Buddha ever.
Instead of buying one from the store I got to recycle one that some people didn't want anymore.
Cool story though. I love moments when you suddenly have a vision of how you would have behaved in your past before studying Buddhism and what you now know is the proper way to behave. I actually had a similar situation involving a neighbor yesterday. There was some miscommunication that resulted in him doing something very out of line. I knew that I had to confront him about it and was getting myself all worked up about the situation to the point where I was shaking, thinking of all of the things I was going to say to support my side... but then I realized, I don't need to say any of those things, he already knows what he did was wrong. The proper thing to do was simply to give him my phone number and tell him to contact me in the future if anything like that ever happens again. If I had gone the route I was previously imagining in my head, I think it would have caused more strife between us and created a much less harmonious living situation, something I obviously wanted to avoid.
@ThailandTom Ocarina of Time is no doubt, my favorite game of all time.
BTW: you remember/played the Fire Temple with Muslin like chant?
By chance, we knew the lady who owns the house (she is a carer at our daughter's child care centre) and she asked us to contact her if we had any issues with them. We held out for quite a while but eventually gave her a call and told her about the noise and how much they were disturbing the neighbourhood.
Apparently she had received similar complaints about these guys and came around and gave them a right blasting! She then went to each neighbour and personally apologised (which I thought was very big of her).
Sure enough, for the last year they have been very quiet. And, about two weeks ago, a statue buddha pops up beside their front door! For all I know they may be using it as an ashtray or to clean their boots but I did have to smile when I saw it.
My girlfriend and I always name our characters weird things for the laugh factor. Sometimes we try to outdo each other... haha. Oh well, I never said I was mature. :rolleyes:
What do you think? I think he's pretty... lol.
I actually have Ocarina of Time downloaded on my Wii (only 10 bucks, can you believe it?) and I have the completely remastered version on my 3DS. How many games have they really gone through and completely upgraded the graphics? I think that game really was something special.
Btw @Cloud ... A Link to the Past was my introduction to Zelda! Loved that game too.
Has anyone played Twilight Princess, and is it any good?
Downloaded this recently, haven't really played it but it looks pretty cool.
Has anyone played Twilight Princess, and is it any good?
Twilight Princess is my favorite Legend of Zelda game, I couldn't put it down for like 2 weeks straight. Yeah, it's good ^_^
Has anyone played Twilight Princess, and is it any good?
I actually haven't played this one but my girlfriend loved it. When we had the game, I was too busy with work to bother and now I'm too involved with Skyward Sword, but I do hope to get it next. I hear really good things.
Also, that game looks fun. Very old school style.
@ThailandTom This Zelda sort of completely revamps the story. Both Link and Zelda are knights in training in a town that exists in the clouds. Nobody believes that there is anything below the clouds, but then Zelda gets kidnapped and of course, Link has to go find her... etc. You have birds that you fly around on to get from place to place. It's all very different and interesting. I thought that I would be put off by the Wii controls at first, but it's actually pretty fun. Actually, the plot line is pretty romantic and adorable. They really tried to put some backstory in this one.