My friend gave me a Buddha statue months ago in covered with cloth. He does not pray anymore so decided to give me as I'm buddha also.

The Buddha statue unopen (the cloth i mean) until now, and I'm have some difficulties to deal with my housemate with this problem.

What should I do? Send to temple? What is the actual procedures?

This post has been edited by JohnMax: Oct 31 2009, 12:00 AM

just throw it away

quickly edit your title wit a serious tag b4 u get /k-ed

Send to temple, don simply put at road side or any other place.

I think is not like that eh, throw away, because will have side effect i think.

Really need help for this!!.

what kind of problem?

if you dont mind the statue, then just put it in your room

if u a freaking Buddhist... tat the worst thing u can do, it like throwing away a statue of Jesus


if u a an <insert race> then u are a badly racist


Btw ts u can give it to temple, the monk will tell u wat to do......Never ever throw a Buddhist statue is very direspectful

Is it ok to put at the living room?
Because the statue had not been open 1 months plus already...
But I will move soon, so the rent house own by somebody. I have to give it away.

Can briefly tell me what need to do if get to the temple?, Does all temple accept?

This post has been edited by JohnMax: Oct 31 2009, 12:11 AM

you dont want to keep the statue?

if no:

1. give to a friend as gift

2. like some other forumers mention, donate it to temple of your choice. i'm pretty much sure, they'll accept it

This post has been edited by edwardstevens: Oct 31 2009, 12:12 AM

just go to any major temple.. and say u want to donate a Buddha statue.. they will tell u how, some temple will charge u bt it acceptable than just throwing it away

what a good friend you have there.

give to other buddhist...

Ok, donate to a major temple. Can I know where is the temple located? I'm in Shah Alam. Is ok to bring to PJ, anywhere within Klang Valley.

Anyone here want a buddhist statue? I can give to you. I don't have a lot buddhist friends over here.

sell it on ebay

why cannot throw away ? any scientific reason ? will harm the environment ? no point keeping stuff nobody wants.


temple got alot money adi , they want to accept ur statue ? how big ? 190000 metres ?

Christians don't pray to a statue of Jesus. So they won't mind if you throw the statue of Jesus into the dustbin.

Yes, please find a temple and a buddhist monk to help on this matter. Don't play play with religious thing.

It's just a man-made pbject.

exactly...i wonder how hard it is to understand such a simple stuff in life...

If you are afraid of bad tidings, just give it to the nearest temple. Most will take it. I have 2 very nice ones that was given away by my boss from my old workplace long time ago. I'm not Bhuddist but i like the statues. The bronze one was damaged last year, i thought of giving it to a temple nearby. But i need to do some refurbishment of it first.

I understand how you feel. Sometimes just follow what you feel is right. Advise are aplenty, and you will know which is the right ones.

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Added on October 31, 2009, 1:03 am

Yes it is man made object. But you don't realise YOU are also made by man. So when you were made (born) and not gotten any bigger but was dumped in a rubbish bin, because the man that made you feel it is a hassle to keep you. So how would you feel? If you ever got the chance to express yourself when the first light shone in your eyes?


This post has been edited by netmatrix: Oct 31 2009, 01:03 AM

its just a statue. nothing much. dont be scare TS, just do watever u like to it

same as teh holy book..it is juz a man made book, juz throw lah if boring with da book edi

racist is based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks"

this is not about racist, stupid people is stupid

Hi,

Yes, you can give it away. There are many Buddhist temples around. One is the Poh Lum temple on Jalan Gasing, PJ. There is also a Thai Temple on Jalan Gasing.

Old Town also got one. Just ask the people around there. Further, there is Old Klang Road (Buddhist Centre (?))

Anyway, if your housemate doesn't like it, you can always put it in your own room. Unless he/she also finds it objectionable.

See lots of people posting stuff. Show some reverence to other people's beliefs, ok? Yes, it is just a statue, Buddhists shouldn't place so much emphasis on objects. But that doesn't mean they should throw them away either.

There are a lot of people lacking knowledge of each others religion. At least if you are not 100% into "their" religion, at least some knowledge would be appreciated.

For Bhuddist, a prayed statue for them would carry a soul inside. As TS stated the statue was prayed before, it is not right for the first owner to give it to TS. He/she should have given to temple. But as TS graciously accepted it, the soul of the statue would be at peace. But if abandoned, would prove to give out bad tidings to TS. Once the statue is given to the temple, they would do prayers for it. Last i know it to set the soul free or something. Now this i know because i have talked about it with a lot of bhuddist friends. They said the same thing. The modern bhuddist people are not as superstitious though.

Btw to everyone, i'm Chatholic Christian, i have a Indian neighbour that prays to their god i dunno which one la (got elephant statue), i grew up in malay populated area, and have a lot of bhuddist friends to go to every chinese new year today.

I'm not saying i know every darn religion there is. But at least i know some to know how to gain respect from their practices.

This post has been edited by netmatrix: Oct 31 2009, 01:40 AM

it has a soul? is it something like Chucky

If you dont need the statue, you should not have accepted it.
However, you can always consult temple keepers or monks for advice.

that is taoism i think
true buddhism, or zen buddhism never have this thought

uhhh nope, i was born and made in a women womb....you are made by man...hahahahhaha you dad can get pregnant?

if small one then just keep at ur own place

if too big then donate to temples, or put in ur parents house

donate to temples, can tambah pahala/improve karma

Laugh all you want. You could fill in the blanks, pat yourself on the back. But you did not mention i was right. I could call you names and make fun of you with animals that does not need to be male of female to reproduce. But thats not the point. Anyway TS already signed sealed and delivered. Good for him.

k fine. let's not turn this into religious discussion.

just share your thoughts and be gone, if people post differently from your belief, you don't have to go all ballistic.

this thread is allows cos TS seeking help, not religious discussion. i think i better move this to Q&A.

Thank you. Mod.

wow... nono
Thai buddha and Chinese buddha cannot mix one.

Have to see properly before sending the statue to the right place (temple).

statue of urself?

you must be christian or hindu

Make temple at ur house la. People starts coming and donate money to u.

i face the same problem, but not given by my friend... is left from my sis ex-husband... last time before he do business, keep visit thailand god, do tattoo, bought a lot of statue... now i rent my sis previous room for few years already,planning to shift out... i don't think the house owner want to see many statue left inside the room

so, besides donate to temple... is there any possibility that i can give away / sell ( not for profits, money will be donate ... ) ??

I do not know got differences eh, because my friend who gave me say is buddha statue.

Is it bad send to the wrong temple?

I think the only way is to donate to the temple. Sell like ....

Do now know cause now I get got 2 method, one is donate to the temple and give to others

Statue might be Buddha, but the soul might be a spirit or gumanthong if you don't know the origin of the Buddha where is the temple from.

Throw it away? Must be kidding.
Better be safe than sorry, you or your family might experience bad luck for your entire life or even next generation.

Give it to temple. As what i heard the others say.
Don't simply accept buddha statue, or any statue..
Why are they giving u the statue, if it bring good luck to them?? Sure got problem liao only give people..

you wont know what's inside the statue..

yeah, lah. that's why I mentioned both.

It reminds a monk give a weird thing to me. At first I said don’t want. After pujuk me for a while, I accept to take that thing. Few hours later I throw it into the dustbin.

Until now I am still alive.


This post has been edited by POYOZER: Nov 1 2009, 01:55 PM

chant for 1hr and take a red cloth to cover the statue. then bring it to the nearest temple..

You can leave it by a huge tree next to a main road and a drain. This is one other method.

Bodoh la you. If you give a Christian any Jesus statue, they will gladly throw it away, as no real Christian will worship a statue. A statue is just an object for remembrance not for you to worship

Also, how naive of you to think that the temple will keep your Buddha statue? I can guarantee you that after taking "donation " from you, the statue will also end up in the bin. Else, we would have seen thousands upon thousands of unwanted statue in temple.

Send to the temple la...Posters here already said that le.

Go temple ask. Best option liao.
If it were me, I'm Buddhist also I won't simply accept gifts like this.
Religious items are best not received without proper reason.

Temple will charge you for disposal fee.

Wow. 4-plus year old thread resurrected.

try throwing crucifix

send to temple, and pray to the buddha @ the temple why you cant accept it.

Give it as gift to another buddhist

necro?

I guess ts statue at some where around this world and not with him/her anymore since this is around 9 years ago Fyi

Ts missing oredi

This post has been edited by yeezai: May 27 2018, 03:03 AM

Still here reading. Left in my old rental house when i quite.

wtf really got people sell at ebay

cheapest rm8

you can belanja yourself later

Do you mind to capture some picture. Maybe you can give away and undergo purification again.