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Tools of the Path => Buddhism [Public] => Topic started by: Firestarter on June 29, 2014, 07:08:55 AM
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I see a lot of cool pics on facebook on the buddha pages so I thot I would start a thread for some.
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Tiana got me a little green buddha just like this years ago. I still have it, sitting on my bookshelf.
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Buddha resisting the demons of Mara as he attains enlightenment, ca. 1800-1900.
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Shaka Nyorai (Sakya Tathagata) , Hanging scroll, color on silk . Late-Heian Period (12th Century) National Treasure (Jingo-ji Temple, Kyoto) , Kyoto National Museum. This scroll is the only extant Heian Period Buddhist painting that depicts Shaka alone. This painting has been called Aka Shaka (Red Sakyamuni) because of the color of the robes. It can be regarded as the finest depiction of a nyorai (Tathagata) of the Heian Period Buddhist paintings.
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"Bodhidharma on Elephant", Yinyuan - 17th c. - Color on hanging silk scroll.
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The painting depicts the first meeting Buddha had with Angulimala, a highway killer who murdered 999 people for the purpose of making an offering of 1000 human fingers to his teacher. Angulimala first intended to make his mother his 1000th victim, but then he saw a monk (the Buddha) coming, and he changed his mind. However, although Angulimala was running as fast as he could, he couldn't catch up with the Buddha who was walking calmly, but who also was using his psychic powers to stay ahead of Angulimala. This bewildered Angulimala so much that he stopped in his tracks, and told the Buddha to stop. The Buddha said that he himself already stopped, and that Angulimala should stop also. Angulimala asked for further explanation, after which the Buddha said that the he stopped harming living beings a long time ago, and that Angulimala is still harming and hurting living beings. After hearing this, Angulimala changed his ways, became a monk and attained enlightenment not long afterwards. The painting depicts Angulimala being unable to keep up with the Buddha, with his mother in the background.
Location: in Srilangka Buddhist temple in SravasthiSravasti, India.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angulimala.jpg
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The Great Departure, contained in a northern Thai (Lanna) Kammavaca manuscript from the 19th century. Prince Siddharta, after having learned about the worldly sufferings and the inevitability of death, decided to abandon his luxurious life and to become an ascetic as a result of his great compassion for human suffering.
http://a1.typepad.com/6a0192ac16c415970d01bb084874c1970d-pi
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feeling this too
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“Worthy Ones” (Arhats), included Rahula, a son born to the Buddha before he undertook his quest for enlightenment. Rahula is portrayed as dignified and gentle—an ideal monk. He can be recognized by the crown he holds, a gift bestowed upon him for teachings he gave in the Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods. 16th Century Tibet.
(I like the detail of his sandals laying beneath him.)
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That was the first thing I noticed too. He took off his sandals. And the artist went into great detail in painting the sandals too. Very interesting.
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Pavilions of a Buddhist Paradise; Song dynasty, possibly 10th century
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Manjusri, Yuan Dynasty, Ecole chinoise. (1279-1368)
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Nirvana. Heian Period 12th century. Important Cultural Property, Tokyo National Museum.
http://www.tnm.jp/uploads/r_collection/LL_104.jpg
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Dainichi Nyorai: the sun Buddha, called Vairocana or Mahāvairocana; a celestial buddha who is often interpreted, in texts like the Flower Garland Sutra, as the Bliss Body of the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama). In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism, Vairocana is also seen as the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of Emptiness. In the conception of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of Vajrayana Buddhism, Vairocana is at the centre.
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Kshitigarbha. Period: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Date: first half of the 14th century. Culture: Korea .
A compassionate bodhisattva who rescues sentient beings from descending into hell or purgatory, Kshitigarbha (Korean: Jijang) became enormously popular during the Goryeo period. A key figure in Pure Land Buddhism, Kshitigarbha was often depicted singly and in the guise of a monk—with a shaved head, wearing a monk’s robe, and holding his standard attributes, a staff and a wish-fulfilling jewel (cintamani). This exquisite scroll is a well-preserved example of Goryeo Buddhist painting. Some of its hallmarks are the deity’s graceful facial features and slender fingers, the red and green colors of the robe, and the sumptuously elegant gold decoration.
Very few Korean paintings made prior to the fourteenth century survive. Buddhist paintings of the Goryeo dynasty are renowned for their delicacy and refinement. Most, if not all, were commissioned by members of the royal family and the aristocracy and were painted by monk-painters or professional court painters. ~The Met
http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DT5212.jpg
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very calming
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From the Jataka Tales (the Lives/Incarnations of the Buddha). Mahasattva offers his life to feed a starving tigress and her cubs.
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The Hungry Tigress
Once there was a great king named Maharatha and he had three fine
sons, Mahapranada, Mahadeva and Mahasattva. As they walked in the
forest one day, the three princes came upon a tigress and her seven
cubs. Exhausted by hunger and thirst, the tigress was hardly able to
move and looked as if she would soon die. The three brothers were
greatly disturbed by the sight of this poor tigress and wondered what
they could do. Of the three, Mahasattva was moved to great
compassion and asked his brothers to leave him a while.
When they were gone, Mahasattva laid himself down in front of the
tigress, hoping she would feed and drink on his body. But she was too weak.
Realizing this, Mahasattva took a piece of sharp bamboo and slit
his own throat, making it easy for the tigress to feed on his blood and
thereafter eat his flesh."
(Tales from Jataka)
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The Buddha Vairochana Presiding over the Cosmic Axis, Panel from a Buddhist Ritual Crown. Date: early 14th century. Culture: Central Tibet
Click/enlarge for best view from the Met:
http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DP12791-001.jpg
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Red thangka of White Tara.
I saw it in a dream. It was on the ground and somebody had stepped on it. I picked it up, straightened it and put it into my pocket.
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Gorgeous