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Okay, I'm going to get the nerve up to post a pic :)
Coming soon...
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Who is the rupa in white porcelaine Santeri ?
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jcsuperstar wrote:ajahn toh
An ajahn with his own rupa, I assume he must be pretty famous. Who was he?
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Jechbi wrote:
TheDhamma wrote:I had one of those too (a Jewish grandmother) and she had an antique painting of a Buddha. After she passed, everyone in the family agreed to give that to me and it is one of my most prized possessions, being an image of the Buddha and a family heirloom all-in-one.
Can you post of a pix?
(Of the painting.)
(Or your grandma, either way.)
:thanks:
Sure, no problem, but it won't be for another couple of weeks when I am back at my Las Vegas home.
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TheDhamma wrote:
jcsuperstar wrote:ajahn toh
An ajahn with his own rupa, I assume he must be pretty famous. Who was he?
I think it is this ajahn:

http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Somdej_Toh" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I didn't recognize the name at first.
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I think so. This is an image you'll often see:
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He is extremely revered. We have a life-size statue of him in a shrine in the garden of our Wat...

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jcsuperstar wrote:ajahn toh
Thank you.

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Gabe,

Nice use of the mirror!

Santeri,

Nice mix of statues and ajahns!

Ngawang Dorlma,

Nice set-up! i like the little offering bowls. I remember those from the altars at Shambhala Mountain and I usually have some set-up at my altar too.
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TheDhamma wrote: Ngawang Dorlma,

Nice set-up! i like the little offering bowls. I remember those from the altars at Shambhala Mountain and I usually have some set-up at my altar too.
Thanks! :)
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TheDhamma wrote: Santeri,
Nice mix of statues and ajahns!
Thank you!

The statue is indeed Phra Ajahn Somdet Toh. I got it from one of he's monasteries in Bangkok before I returned to Finland. There are a lot of stories about Somdet Toh, some of them I can't understand. Nevertheless he was a great monk and very popular among the thais. Some people say he was a bodhisatta, some even say he was a emanation of Metteya, but I can't understand what this means.

Legends of Somdet Toh
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Jechbi wrote:
TheDhamma wrote:I had one of those too (a Jewish grandmother) and she had an antique painting of a Buddha. After she passed, everyone in the family agreed to give that to me and it is one of my most prized possessions, being an image of the Buddha and a family heirloom all-in-one.
Can you post of a pix?
(Of the painting.)
(Or your grandma, either way.)
:thanks:

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