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Why is Kwan Yin often depicted holding an upside down vase?
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Apparently, it is to show her pouring compassion onto the world.
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Who is the short, overweight, effusively happy figure depicted in statutes?
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It is BuDai, the "laughing buddha". He was a monk from tenth century China. He represents contentment.
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What does the "wheel" represent?
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It represents one or another part of the dharma. For example, a wheel with eight spokes represents the eightfold path.
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What is a stupa?
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A stupa is a large mound-shaped structure containing significant objects or the relics of a particularly important person.
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What do deer mean?
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Deer represent the Buddha's first teaching, in the Deer Park.
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What does burning incense mean?
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It means the "fragrant scent of morality".
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What does the lotus represent?
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One meaning of the lotus is transcendence of the ugly world--a perfect flower blooming from muddy filth.
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When the Buddha is depicted in a statue as lying down, what does it mean?
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It doesn't show the Buddha sleeping. It shows the Buddha just before death.
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Why are the earlobes elongated on Buddha statues?
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He wore earplugs while a layman, which left his ears stretched.
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When a statue shows the Buddha sitting in the "Western fashion", rather than with legs folded, what does it mean?
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This is not Shakyamuni Buddha. This is Maitreya, the Buddha to come in the future.
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