Post #377291 by Tipsy McStagger on Wed, Apr 30, 2008 2:52 PM

On 2008-04-30 11:43, Moai_Mama wrote:

just as the Buddah Statue decorating fad must be offensive to folks of that religious upbringing.

....any true follower of buddhist principles would never find offense at any such thing.....buddhism, particularly zen buddhism places no importance on symbolic representation, especially to the extent that they would take offense to such things....those that would be offended have probably not delved deep enough into buddhist scriptures to understand the deeper message that buddhism offers that is beyond the pettiness of offense.....one could imagine if buddha himself were here he would probably point at such imagery and statues and have a good chuckle to himself!!