Talk:Wat Buddhapadipa

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Which tradition? Secretlondon 11:26, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Buddha images
I removed the following statements about the Buddha images, because they are dubious and cite no sources as confirmation:

"The green statue is only a copy of a much more valuable statue—the Jade Buddha. The gold statue is not real gold, because that would prevent the Buddhists from touching it; if they did it would break the tenth precept of refraining from touching gold; this is 20 to 30 years old. Lastly, the black statue is the most valuable of the three; it is 800 to 900 years old."

Here are my specific objections:

The green statue is only a copy of a much more valuable statue—the Jade Buddha.

What is the "Jade Buddha"? Do you mean the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok? This statement is meaningless without clarification of precisely which icon is being copied.

The gold statue is not real gold, because that would prevent the Buddhists from touching it; if they did it would break the tenth precept of refraining from touching gold; this is 20 to 30 years old.

This is a baffling assertion to make in the context of Thai Buddhism, where gold leaf is regularly applied to sacred images by worshipers as a form of devotion. Real gold is ubiquitous in Thai temples and on Thai Buddha images. The main icon of Wat Traimit in Bangkok even claims to be made of solid gold -- over 5 tons of it! In practice, the precept referred to here is observed only by monks, and it applies only to money.

Lastly, the black statue is the most valuable of the three; it is 800 to 900 years old.

Citation needed.

I do remember reading somewhere how there was a conflict about the installation of the icons which resulted in their current placement. Cate refers to it briefly on p. 150, but I can't find the whole story (it may be elsewhere in her book.)

Juxian (talk) 22:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

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