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<blockquote data-quote="Sailani" data-source="post: 6743333" data-attributes="member: 228334"><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">It’s honoring that’s what your definition, sake of argument I agree but I wonder how Buddhists can use statues where Buddhist scriptures don’t speak of it. Then it is clear that this is an <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red">INNOVATION</span></span></span>. It is a practice which was not practiced by Buddha’s disciples themselves. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red">NO REPRESENTATIONS</span></span></span> of the Buddha were made for about <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red">4 or 5 CENTURIES</span></span></span> after Buddha’s death. It is sometimes said that prior to this time it was 'forbidden' to make statues or pictures of the Buddha, but this is unlikely and there is no evidence of such a prohibition. The <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red">FIRST BUDDHA STATUES</span></span></span> were produced in about the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red">1ST OR 2ND CENTURY AD</span></span></span> in <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red">BACTRIA (AFGHANISTAN AND NORTHERN PAKISTAN)</span></span></span> perhaps as a result of <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red">GREEK INFLUENCE</span></span></span>, and in <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red">MATHURA</span></span></span>.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">in short it's an <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">INNOVATION !!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sailani, post: 6743333, member: 228334"] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]It’s honoring that’s what your definition, sake of argument I agree but I wonder how Buddhists can use statues where Buddhist scriptures don’t speak of it. Then it is clear that this is an [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red]INNOVATION[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]. It is a practice which was not practiced by Buddha’s disciples themselves. [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red]NO REPRESENTATIONS[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] of the Buddha were made for about [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red]4 or 5 CENTURIES[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] after Buddha’s death. It is sometimes said that prior to this time it was 'forbidden' to make statues or pictures of the Buddha, but this is unlikely and there is no evidence of such a prohibition. The [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red]FIRST BUDDHA STATUES[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] were produced in about the [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red]1ST OR 2ND CENTURY AD[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] in [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red]BACTRIA (AFGHANISTAN AND NORTHERN PAKISTAN)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] perhaps as a result of [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red]GREEK INFLUENCE[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT], and in [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red]MATHURA[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT].[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000080]in short it's an [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=#ff0000]INNOVATION !![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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