Can you tell me who is depicted in this sculpture?
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Can you tell me who is depicted in this sculpture?
Coincidentally, I see someone else has posted something similar today...
Hello
I have an interest in Buddhism though I remain agnostic at the moment rather than considering myself Buddhist. I've read fairly widely about it over the years and currently often listen to Ajahn Brahm's talks online (not Mahayana or Vajrayana I know), and also have a lot of respect for the Dalai Lama. Due to my interest a relative gave me a piece of Buddhist art as a present, and I am wondering what exactly it depicts.
It looks like the Buddha, but is more elaborate than usual depictions, with a complicated headdress and jewelry etc. Having looked online a little, I wonder, as the features are quite delicate, if it is in fact a depiction of Tara, or if not could it perhaps be the Buddha Maitreya?
It was bought in a market in Afghanistan.
Would be interested in anyone's thoughts
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Orlando
Hello
I have an interest in Buddhism though I remain agnostic at the moment rather than considering myself Buddhist. I've read fairly widely about it over the years and currently often listen to Ajahn Brahm's talks online (not Mahayana or Vajrayana I know), and also have a lot of respect for the Dalai Lama. Due to my interest a relative gave me a piece of Buddhist art as a present, and I am wondering what exactly it depicts.
It looks like the Buddha, but is more elaborate than usual depictions, with a complicated headdress and jewelry etc. Having looked online a little, I wonder, as the features are quite delicate, if it is in fact a depiction of Tara, or if not could it perhaps be the Buddha Maitreya?
It was bought in a market in Afghanistan.
Would be interested in anyone's thoughts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10889182@N ... hotostream" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10889182@N ... hotostream" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Orlando
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Re: Can you tell me who is depicted in this sculpture?
Bad Links - try again.
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The links are not working for me. Anybody else?
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Sorry, reposted. They should work now.
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I vote Tara. It's a beautiful piece by the way.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
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The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Re: Can you tell me who is depicted in this sculpture?
Thank you that was what I thought most likely, but I wanted confirmation from people with more experience in the Mahayana/Vajrayana. Yes, I like it, it's a nice present.
Re: Can you tell me who is depicted in this sculpture?
Could be Guan Yin.
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Exquisite. The third eye indicates that it is probably White Tara.
Re: Can you tell me who is depicted in this sculpture?
No way! The style is not Chinese.uan wrote:Could be Guan Yin.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Re: Can you tell me who is depicted in this sculpture?
where is the body?
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Detachment is the final happiness. ~Sri Saraha
Detachment is the final happiness. ~Sri Saraha
Re: Can you tell me who is depicted in this sculpture?
It's a wall hanging not a statue. They do the Tara heads without the bodies. My Greek lama has a set of twenty-one heads which each head having the different ornaments for each Tara.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde