Can you identify this object?

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Greetings,

That picture above with the grey background is from the FWBO's London Buddhist Centre in Bethnal Green.

I should know, because I took the picture! :lol:

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Hehe, too funny! So how did I come across this picture? :rofl:
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Greetings Monkey Mind,
Monkey Mind wrote:Hehe, too funny! So how did I come across this picture? :rofl:
Hehehe... I don't know. I probably posted it in an online discussion at some point. It was taken in October 2007. I may have specifically been talking about my trip to the London Buddhist Vihara or it may have had something to do with something else.

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Yup thats an authentic London- in- October sky Retro...The big BuddhaRupa with western features at Bethnal Green is very impressive I think.
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Indeed... larger than life.

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Thats the one.
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Yeah, I didn't know if it was bad form or not to take a photo in the shrine room, but I did it anyway (respectfully, of course)

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I didnt know that it was bad form either...as long as there is no one in there meditating at the time of course.
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I didn't think it was bad form either :S Uh oh...
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Maybe it's not... I don't know.

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No, I don't think so. Though I think it is very disrespectful to climb onto or pose in front of the Buddharupa.
And no, I wouldn't take a photo while someone was in the shrine room meditating.

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Hi Ben,
Ben wrote:No, I don't think so. Though I think it is very disrespectful to climb onto or pose in front of the Buddharupa.
Certainly I wouldn't climb on a Buddharupa, but surely having your picture taken is normal?
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Ben wrote: And no, I wouldn't take a photo while someone was in the shrine room meditating.
I recall Suguno back on E-Sangha posting his experience at a retreat where he kept perceiving flashes of light, and wondered if they were some deep experience. After a while he figured out that it was someone taking flash photos of the participants...

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mikenz66 wrote:I recall Suguno back on E-Sangha posting his experience at a retreat where he kept perceiving flashes of light, and wondered if they were some deep experience. After a while he figured out that it was someone taking flash photos of the participants
And then he brought his wandering mind and attention gently back to the breath? I have to admit it'd be tough maintaining equinimity with such irritating distractions!
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I always get the FWBO Buddha style and the Shasta Abbey Buddha mixed up. They look similar, but have a major difference. The Shasta Abbey Buddha has a tiny (mini Muni?) version of himself standing on his knee. I read that the founder dreamed of this image and had it made for her temple. But I thought it look kind of like an alien on his leg. :thinking:

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