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“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” - popular Buddhism quote.
Depicted here is the top-ha...
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“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” - popular Buddhism quote.
Depicted here is the top-half of a very rare "Walking Buddha" statue. Most Buddha images throughout Asia are in one of three postures: standing, sitting or lying down. The creation of a walking Buddha image is a distinctive feature of Thai art in the thirteenth century.
Earlier Buddhist art had stressed the god-like and king-like aspects of the Buddha, and neither gods nor kings were imagined as a walking monk. Thai images presented a new image of the Buddha walking among the people emphasizing his earthly aspects.
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Depicted here is the top-half of a very rare "Walking Buddha" statue. Most Buddha images throughout Asia are in one of three postures: standing, sitting or lying down. The creation of a walking Buddha image is a distinctive feature of Thai art in the thirteenth century.
Earlier Buddhist art had stressed the god-like and king-like aspects of the Buddha, and neither gods nor kings were imagined as a walking monk. Thai images presented a new image of the Buddha walking among the people emphasizing his earthly aspects.
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COOLPIX B500
Aperture f/7.6 ISO 125 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 90/10 
Sukhothai, Sukhothai, TH
Apr, 2021Views
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