A Burmese Buddha for Postcard Friendship Friday

Postcard from Bagan, Burma

This beautiful and intricate sculpture depicts 8 important events from the Buddha's life. It can be seen in Bagan museum (in the city of the same name) - which has some absolute gems on display even apart from this one.

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Postcard Friendship Friday

I'm joining Marie Reed's Postcard Friendship Friday this week with a card I just received from a friend. Do check out the other posts for this Friday at Cpaphil Vintage Postcards.

In this age of instant messages, it's rather nice to receive the odd postcard the old fashioned way, via snail mail. My friend Karishma is the only person I know who regularly sends postcards - I send them sometimes when from my travels. This is Karishma's latest, a picture of a Tibetan Tantric painting. The postcard doesn't tell us much about this painting, I'm afraid except to credit "Surendra's Tibetan Thanka Treasure" for it.

A Japanese Buddha in Paris

For this week's Postcard Friendship Friday, here are some Buddhist images from an exhibition in Paris.
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Happy PFF all!

A few years ago, I happened to catch a fabulous exhibition of Buddhist art in Paris. This image of a Japanese Maitreya Buddha from Japan was among the beautiful sculptures that had been brought to Paris for the exhibition. It is carved in wood and dates back to the tenth century.

Older PFF post:

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