
I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday and spent a few hours at the Asian Section as usual. This small "red room" is my favorite spot at the entire Met - it is usually very quiet and not many people are there. There is a bench you can sit on... I often sit there and stare at those stunning statues and meditate. "God, I love New York!" That is how I feel when I am surrounded by those amazing treasures from the Himalayas.


It has been organized by the Chinese government and they are making lots of money out of the Tibetan treasures that they stole from the Tibetans. As a Buddha statue collector myself I wanted to see the Buddha statues that once belonged to the Tibetan people, but I absolutely refuse to visit the exhibition. As you can see there are many wonderful Buddhas in New York!


この最後の写真はブッダではなく、ジェイン教の像ですが、ジェイン教は仏教ととても似ています。思い遣りにフォーカスした教えで、よくインドでジェイン教の人々がマスクをして歩いているのを見かけますが、これは、まちがって口から小さな虫などを吸い込んでしまって殺してしまわないようにしているのです。この世にはいろんな宗教がありますが、共通しているのはひとつ:思い遣りと愛。人間は殺し合うことを止めないと、、。
No comments:
Post a Comment