Huge Buddah's by mrscanada

Seoul - Korea, South, S÷ul Did you know that any thing made in the shape of a Buddah, (even plastic ones), are adored.

Uploaded: Jan, 13 2007 | Taken: Jun, 16 2004| Viewed: 29 times  | 11 votes

st.vincent - Sep, 04 2006 03:09pm This Buddah looks like it needs a bit of a clean, it'll be a long job mrscanada - Sep, 04 2006 05:09pm Like rare coins you never clean a Buddah. rangutan - Sep, 12 2006 05:09am Lyla, magnificent - there is something really great about this scene, it's powerful spirituality and religios grandeur, even though most tourists are just enquisitive! jorgesanchez - Sep, 24 2006 05:09pm Lyla, are you sure that you took this pic in South Korea? Look my Japan report. I would say that Daibutsu Buddha is from Kamakura. You can get inside from its back. I did not see that statue in Seoul mrscanada - Sep, 24 2006 08:09pm Jorge: I took the picture in a place between Dague and Pusan. It was at a shrine behind a hill. jorgesanchez - Sep, 25 2006 01:09pm Lyla, amazing how the Koreans can imitate monuments! Even the vegetation and surroundings are the same than in Kamakura Daibutsu Buddha. Really unbelievable! mrscanada - Sep, 25 2006 02:09pm Jorges I believe the Koreans are a different people because their language base in Mongolion. Buddists believe even a paper Buddha is worshiped. I saw a Buddha in Thailand that looked like this one. mortimer - Sep, 25 2006 05:09pm Jorge this is interesting information you brought and I checked out the Daibutsu Buddha and found this site: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3100.html This looks exactly the same. (it's a bit fishy) jorgesanchez - Sep, 25 2006 05:09pm Martin: I know this statue very well. I was a Buddhist monk in a monastery in Kyoto and went to Kamakura as a pilgrim to study the serene attitude of the Buddha, nirvana like, as an exercise. jorgesanchez - Sep, 25 2006 05:09pm Martin: It represents Amitabha (Amida). I climbed inside from its back. Even the people around in the pic are Japanese; I can distinguish them from their clothes. jorgesanchez - Sep, 25 2006 05:09pm Martin: That statue, Daibutsu (Great Buddha), was made on bronze in the year 1252 by Ono Goroemon or Tanji Hisatomo (there is doubt). It is 11.4 metres high and its weight is 93 tons. mortimer - Sep, 27 2006 06:09am Lyla I really think Jorge is right this picture is of the Buddha Statue in Japan. I tried to find such a staute in Korea and couldn't find any pictures. Why do you try to tell us something else? ravinderkumarsi - Sep, 27 2006 06:09am nice picture ,even background is cool