tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post8926605051380740351..comments2024-03-28T14:11:24.265-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: Picture Of The MonthShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-49992400301561725662009-02-23T23:53:00.000-08:002009-02-23T23:53:00.000-08:00Dear Venerable, I just visited the "Serenity in St...Dear Venerable, I just visited the "Serenity in Stone" exhibition at the Peranakan Museum. The stone Buddha and Bodhisattva sculptures are most exquisite, although most are broken in pieces. One of them is the "Pensive Figure" (http://www.iht.com/slideshows/2009/01/21/arts/jessop-buddha.php?index=2), which the tour guide referred back to the Korea sculpture. I am so glad to see it here!<BR/><BR/>More photos here: http://www.cctv.com/program/tsfx/20040609/102064.shtmlGuek Harhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384280162505888924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-56780533658598285772008-12-27T03:15:00.000-08:002008-12-27T03:15:00.000-08:00In Christianity, there is the famous sculpture - T...In Christianity, there is the famous sculpture - The Pietà by Michelangelo, where Jesus is shown after the crucification in a very broken state:<BR/><BR/> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)<BR/><BR/>I wonder if there is a similar sculpture or painting showing The Buddha in sickness, old age or death when he was 80? <BR/><BR/>After all in the Upajjhatthana Sutta, it's written:<BR/><BR/>http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.057.than.html<BR/><BR/>"<BR/>"There are these five facts that one should reflect on often, whether one is a woman or a man, lay or ordained. Which five?<BR/><BR/>"'I am subject to aging, have not gone beyond aging.' This is the first fact that one should reflect on often, whether one is a woman or a man, lay or ordained.<BR/><BR/>"'I am subject to illness, have not gone beyond illness.' ...<BR/><BR/>"'I am subject to death, have not gone beyond death.' ...<BR/><BR/>"'I will grow different, separate from all that is dear and appealing to me.' ...<BR/><BR/>"'I am the owner of my actions,1 heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir.' ...<BR/>"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183407664456597891noreply@blogger.com