Shrines, photos, statues, beads...

[rowboat]

Hello dhamma wheel friends. Please share photos or tell us a bit about your small shrine area, photographs, special book, your Buddha statue. Where did you find that statue? Is there a story behind your amulet? Did you make this?

I have some beads and a photograph of Venerable Luang Pu. I don't know very much about Ven. but there is something about this picture that says arahant to me so whenever I look at him I think, time is precious and life is short - a good reminder throughout the day to be sure!

[Tathagathava]

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that's my simple and small shrine,the first picture is the relics of Buddha and his main Disciples,Ven.Mahamoggalana and Ven.Sariputta.

[pilgrim]

Respectfully, I wish to point out that one should not garland the Buddha rupa with beads or flowers. Monks and also eight-preceptors undertake the rule not to wear a garland, so this practice is extended to how we treat the rupa. Some monks may wear a rosary around their neck, but theoretically they are just using a convenient body part to hang the rosary.

[alan]

Which is, of course, completely meaningless. Just like assuming that old withered guy is an arahant.

[rowboat]

Which is, of course, completely meaningless. Just like assuming that old withered guy is an arahant.

Of course it can be meaningless to Alan that whenever I look at a particular photograph I'm reminded of something important.

[Tathagathava]

Respectfully, I wish to point out that one should not garland the Buddha rupa with beads or flowers. Monks and also eight-preceptors undertake the rule not to wear a garland, so this practice is extended to how we treat the rupa. Some monks may wear a rosary around their neck, but theoretically they are just using a convenient body part to hang the rosary.

please notice that the beads is pink colored,that's not too fit with me,so i just put it to my buddha rupa,i planned to give it to my mom or my girlfriend...

[Tathagathava]

Which is, of course, completely meaningless. Just like assuming that old withered guy is an arahant.

Of course it can be meaningless to Alan that whenever I look at a particular photograph I'm reminded of something important.

the old Monk in the first post is Luang Pu Thuat,he is a legendary monk in Thailand,i guest he is an arahant.Many amulets and statues depicted him.




he was born in 1582,he become famous as the story that once,when he was a little baby,a snake come to him,but didn't hurt him,but give him a crystal orbs,the legend told that the snake was a Deva's manifest, .