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Lonely Planet in Nepal
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For those interested, the "Lonely Planet" book series put out a book called "Shopping for Buddhas," about an American in Kathmandu looking for the perfect Buddha statue, making cultural observations along the way. Nothing really to do with Kukris, but it might be of interest to those of us into Himalayan arts.
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I was taught that when I'm looking at a Buddha statue, I'm looking through the statue at my own soul, at least good part of it.
Hope someday the American in Kathmandu may find a perfect Buddha statue.
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\(^o^)/ Mizutani Satoshi \(^o^)/
Hope someday the American in Kathmandu may find a perfect Buddha statue.
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\(^o^)/ Mizutani Satoshi \(^o^)/
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Looking into one's own soul sounds like a frightening task that could overwhelm oneself. I've read some of Mother Teresa and I disagree vehemently with some of what she said.
But her practise of the belief in treating all others as if they were the body of your god ( and the greeting "namaste" or "I salute the god within you" ) are incredible, seemingly impossible to achieve tasks. But they leave no room to "fix" others before you fix your own faults first, and they leave you no excuse to put off doing things because you can only do them imperfectly.
The idea of the Buddha as a reflection or mirror of the soul reminds me of the 12 step programs where the sick person is often told he is not allowed inside his own mind alone. He must go in there with his sponsor. Wonder how this relates to the Buddhist Guru?
But her practise of the belief in treating all others as if they were the body of your god ( and the greeting "namaste" or "I salute the god within you" ) are incredible, seemingly impossible to achieve tasks. But they leave no room to "fix" others before you fix your own faults first, and they leave you no excuse to put off doing things because you can only do them imperfectly.
The idea of the Buddha as a reflection or mirror of the soul reminds me of the 12 step programs where the sick person is often told he is not allowed inside his own mind alone. He must go in there with his sponsor. Wonder how this relates to the Buddhist Guru?
1. Rusty, thank you for having the courage to speak out about Mother Theresa! We are often so cowed and browbeaten into an uncritical cult of personality around such people that we are afraid to point out that they were still humans and had shortcomings too. (Cf. that controversial book on MLK Jr.) I myself lost alot of respect for Mother T after she wrote a preface to one of those rabble-rousing anti-cult propaganda books.
2. Plus, to get technical, Buddhism denies the intrinsic existence of the soul, so you 'seeing your own soul' is not really possible, and, as Rusty said, sounds like New Age pop-psychology.
3. Wrongfriend, the guy in the book eventually DID find that perfect statue, though it cost him the equivalent of several kothimoras! I must be spiritually shallow, but I have several Buddha statues that I think are pretty nice, and none cost more than US$20...!
2. Plus, to get technical, Buddhism denies the intrinsic existence of the soul, so you 'seeing your own soul' is not really possible, and, as Rusty said, sounds like New Age pop-psychology.
3. Wrongfriend, the guy in the book eventually DID find that perfect statue, though it cost him the equivalent of several kothimoras! I must be spiritually shallow, but I have several Buddha statues that I think are pretty nice, and none cost more than US$20...!