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cyril
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A must-have for your shrine

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/worl ... uddha.html
A furniture maker and decorator in southern China has cast a sculpture of Mr. Trump in ceramic whiteware, his legs crossed and hands serenely resting in his lap. [...] The artist calls it “Trump, the Buddha of Knowing of the Western Paradise.”

He has so far sold about 100 sculptures, but this being China, where intellectual property rights are loosely enforced at best, knockoffs have already been produced, selling on Taobao for a fraction of the cost of his originals. He has complained to Taobao, but the pirates have simply changed photos and updated their listings to keep ahead.
As the saying goes, often imitated, never duplicated....
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Archie2009
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Re: A must-have for your shrine

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Ideal to put in your front yard so the neighbourhood dogs can piss on it.
karmanyingpo
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Re: A must-have for your shrine

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cyril wrote: Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:34 pm Image

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/worl ... uddha.html
A furniture maker and decorator in southern China has cast a sculpture of Mr. Trump in ceramic whiteware, his legs crossed and hands serenely resting in his lap. [...] The artist calls it “Trump, the Buddha of Knowing of the Western Paradise.”

He has so far sold about 100 sculptures, but this being China, where intellectual property rights are loosely enforced at best, knockoffs have already been produced, selling on Taobao for a fraction of the cost of his originals. He has complained to Taobao, but the pirates have simply changed photos and updated their listings to keep ahead.
As the saying goes, often imitated, never duplicated....
LOL what a great way to build equanimity :rolling: Hey after all doesn't it say, in the bodhisattva's way of life .... that enemies or those who trouble us should be revered like the Buddhas for being a cause for giving rise to forbearance? :rolling: Maybe not so literal......

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Even a Trump has Buddha nature
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