your home altar/shrine

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Avery wrote:This is an ornamental Buddha my (Jewish) grandmother owned, I find it is a good object of meditation though. Keep it in a good place for meditating :smile:
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.
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acinteyyo,

That's not so "little" :tongue: Beautiful corner and nice painting!

Santeri,

Nice collection of ajahns on your altar. Are they Thai forest tradition?
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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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Okay, I'm going to get the nerve up to post a pic :)
Coming soon...
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Santeri wrote:Image
I love the multi-levels. It's awesome :)
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Who is the rupa in white porcelaine Santeri ?
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ajahn toh
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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.

:anjali:
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