Thai Rupas...

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Thai Rupas...

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Or as URLs if you're having trouble seeing the pictures:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gn0D0guIoZY/SfBL5 ... dha_01.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Gn0D0guIoZY/SfBLw ... dha_02.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gn0D0guIoZY/SfBLq ... dha_11.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Gn0D0guIoZY/SfBLg ... dha_12.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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It might jut be my PC, but I can't see these..... :cry:

:namaste:
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.

Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!

Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself. ;)

I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?! :D


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Thank you Alexandra...they're fine here but Matthew (Forestmat) told me the same in a PM earlier...I'll try sending them again...

(see above URLs)
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appicchato wrote::zzz:
:)

Goodnight, Bhante.

:zzz: from here too. :anjali:
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different pc, same result. :shrug:

Oh poo.
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.

Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!

Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself. ;)

I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?! :D


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Greetings Fede,
Fede wrote:different pc, same result. :shrug:

Oh poo.
You can use the URL's in venerable Appicchato's original post... these correspond to the pictures you can't see.

I suspect the problem is that some sites don't like forums linking to their posts (because it's a drain on their bandwidth) so lock down their pictures so that they can't be automatically called upon by message boards.

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Retro. :)
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Let's try this one more time... :coffee:

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Congratulations Tahn Ajahn !

And wonderful photos, thanks for sharing them with us all.

Namassakarn

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Greetings bhante,

Yes, they're working for me this time round.

Thank you.

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Those are amazing.

I particularly like the second one -- behind the rupa, is that a mural painted on a wall, or perhaps a tapestry?

Thanks for sharing.
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Mural Tex... :smile:
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Thank you Bhante!
I never cease to draw inspiration from representations of the Buddha.
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Thank you for sharing Bhante :smile:


I to like the 2nd one

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Beautiful statues.

I wonder what the Buddha would think of them.
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He would think "I thought I told you not to idolize me, but my teachings instead. Therefore create statues of Dhamma wheels."

At least that's my view. ;P
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