suggie finally has a permanent home!
This is very pretty.
I just wonder if it’s a pain to change the water.
I don’t understand the fad of using Buddha’s head for decor. As far as I’m concerned, while statues are not actually the deities depicted, I think using such objects as mere accent pieces because they look “cool” or “exotic” can be disrespectful. If not to the culture it came from then to the idea or symbolism such pieces represent.
However, I find this is to be different. While I don’t know the creator’s original intent, to me, this comes across as a charming reminder that the Buddha cared for all Life in its variety of forms. From a celestial god to a fish to the microscopic cellular beings in the water. Everything is infused with the “Supreme Life” (Buddha nature, God, Supernal Being, Spirit, Source, etc…whatever you want to call it) no matter how mighty or insignificant the vessel seems. Every consciousness is a node in an incomprehensible network of Life.
Some day the consciousness infusing that fish may be infusing the form of your child. Who knows? Life is an interesting thing.
in reply to ^^^… I appreciate your final judgement on my bowl, but I would like to clear some things up. I do not find a Buddha head to be “exotic” nor “cool” or “hipster”, I believe any figure of His Holiness can be an inspiration to embody all that he is about. I enjoy decorating my room with spiritual paraphernalia, as I am transitioning into becoming a Buddhist. I want to be completely surrounded by positive energy and through the depictions of these figures I feel that my place is more at peace. His example is something that I always want in my life, and as I can totally see how it could be taken as disrespectful, I wanted my betta’s home to be peaceful not only to me but to him.
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