NY Adventure 50: Friends Korean-styled Buddha and Bodhisattva images at the Met. They tend to look child-like in stature, while being very friendly and homely. (The Three Saints of the Western Pure Land are in the first...

NY Adventure 49: Busts Majestic and rock solid, these are among the earliest Greek influenced Buddha and Bodhisattva Gandharan images at the Met. Note that many are just the ‘busts’, or headless and limbless, because not only are these parts the most fragile, they are also the...

NY Adventure 46: Guanyin Bodhisattva First time encountering Cambodian styled eleven-head Guanyin Bodhisattva with many hands (of compassion to help many at the same time) and Amituofo (Amitabha Buddha) as his/her teacher on the crown. The ten other heads represent the ability to see and hear...

NY Adventure 42: Japanese Statues From the Japanese Buddhist section of the Met. Nice woody rustic feel! Yes, the first few pictures are of the Three Saints Of Western Pure...

A Bodhisattva does not think of competing with another Bodhisattva. They just inspire each other to strive on, to embody and express the Dharma, to become equally perfect Buddhas to best guide all beings to...

Guan(shi)yin Bodhisattva, the true multi-tasker, with countless skilful means expressed through countless outstretched hands of perfect compassion guided by perfect wisdom to aid countless beings. The guru Buddha on her crown is Amituofo (Amitabha Buddha). More about her teachings on perfect...

How to lose good friends who correct your mistakes for your own good? Keep ignoring their relevant advice until they get tired of explaining to you and reminding you where you went wrong. But no, the Bodhisattva path presses on. Sometimes waiting, because sometimes breaks are needed –...

Interesting to accidentally find past written stuff mentioned in other writers’ books. Very briefly in this instance though. Here is the full review on ‘Superman Returns’ mentioned:...

[再受菩萨戒，为提醒自己以下，要加油。阿弥陀佛。］ ‘心无尽故，戒亦无尽。’ – 菩萨璎珞经 ‘[As the] mind [of aspiration to not harm any and to help all is] inexhaustible thus, [the Bodhisattva] precepts [to avoid all evil and do all good are] also inexhaustible.’ – Bodhisattva Garland Sutra Around 2,300 Buddhists took part in the 2015...

500 Arhats: ssShots #3 At (中国江西省九江市庐山东林寺东西五百罗汉堂) China’s Jiangxi Province’s Jiujiang City’s Lushan Donglinsi’s East And West 500 Arhats’ Halls… Yes, Arhats are honoured in the Mahayana tradition too, and they can also give rise to Bodhicitta to be...