Dhamma Wheel Buddhist Forum

Okay, I'm going to get the nerve up to post a pic
Coming soon...

Santeri wrote:

I love the multi-levels. It's awesome

Who is the rupa in white porcelaine Santeri ?

ajahn toh

jcsuperstar wrote:ajahn toh

An ajahn with his own rupa, I assume he must be pretty famous. Who was he?

Jechbi wrote:

TheDhamma wrote:I had one of those too (a Jewish grandmother) and she had an antique painting of a Buddha. After she passed, everyone in the family agreed to give that to me and it is one of my most prized possessions, being an image of the Buddha and a family heirloom all-in-one.

Can you post of a pix?
(Of the painting.)
(Or your grandma, either way.)

Sure, no problem, but it won't be for another couple of weeks when I am back at my Las Vegas home.

TheDhamma wrote:

jcsuperstar wrote:ajahn toh

An ajahn with his own rupa, I assume he must be pretty famous. Who was he?

I think it is this ajahn:

http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Somdej_Toh" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I didn't recognize the name at first.

I think so. This is an image you'll often see:
http://amulet-collection.blogspot.com/2 ... chive.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

He is extremely revered. We have a life-size statue of him in a shrine in the garden of our Wat...

Mike

jcsuperstar wrote:ajahn toh

Thank you.

Gabe,

Nice use of the mirror!

Santeri,

Nice mix of statues and ajahns!

Ngawang Dorlma,

Nice set-up! i like the little offering bowls. I remember those from the altars at Shambhala Mountain and I usually have some set-up at my altar too.

I love this thread!

TheDhamma wrote: Ngawang Dorlma,

Nice set-up! i like the little offering bowls. I remember those from the altars at Shambhala Mountain and I usually have some set-up at my altar too.

Thanks!

TheDhamma wrote: Santeri,
Nice mix of statues and ajahns!

Thank you!

The statue is indeed Phra Ajahn Somdet Toh. I got it from one of he's monasteries in Bangkok before I returned to Finland. There are a lot of stories about Somdet Toh, some of them I can't understand. Nevertheless he was a great monk and very popular among the thais. Some people say he was a bodhisatta, some even say he was a emanation of Metteya, but I can't understand what this means.

Legends of Somdet Toh

Jechbi wrote:

TheDhamma wrote:I had one of those too (a Jewish grandmother) and she had an antique painting of a Buddha. After she passed, everyone in the family agreed to give that to me and it is one of my most prized possessions, being an image of the Buddha and a family heirloom all-in-one.

Can you post of a pix?
(Of the painting.)
(Or your grandma, either way.)