The cheery Sakyamuni Buddha image at Tai Pei Buddhist Centre....

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 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...

#ssInterestingFacts #1: Sugar-apples (custard apples)are also called ‘Sakya’ (释迦), as they are shaped somewhat similar to Sakyamuni Buddha’s (释迦牟尼佛) crown. Among many other names, they are also known as ‘Buddha head fruits’ (佛头果) in Taiwan. No, the Buddha...

Question: Why does the Buddha sleep so little, supposedly just an hour a night? Answer: I would like to think that he does not really need to sleep at all, that he was just manifesting sleep to blend in with the masses. He probably does not need at all since he is a fully ‘Awakened...

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无印良品有佛印！ Muji Buddha stamp – for stamping on the spot...

In the movie ‘Werewolf: The Beast Among Us’, Daniel reads this from a book, ‘But just as the beast lives inside the man by day, the man may live inside the beast by night.’ Kind of true but then again, our bestial nature can reside in us by night, and humanity in...

They call you extremist because you don’t eat flesh. They believe humans should decide the animals’ fate. Yet they forgot the story of young prince Siddhartha (who became the Buddha) and Devattada fighting over a wounded swan. They have forgotten the moral of the story –...