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Published: 2011-09-14 12:34:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 268; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 10
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=^-^=She's so cute... I hope she'll pray for those that gave her the beads!
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This is an adorable shot with great lighting and chosing the view from the top makes it very interesting.
Something that disturbs the eye though, is that the figure is angled to the left side of the picture, and is in the left part of the photo too... maybe the image would be more calm if the figure was turned to the right side of the picture, or moved to the right side but angled to the left.
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Hey, I have such a figure just smaller.
Now I know who I can give all my beads too and can make that one happy.
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Excellent! Maybe you'll get some luck!
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Question! Are there certain colours which bring good luck. Red should be one if I'm wrong but I'm unsure. And what about the beads material. Does is matter if it is made out of wood, plastic, glass, gem, or not?
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Good luck in Japan is usually red and white, but for prayer beads, it doesn't matter. Just a string of Buddhist prayer beads, it can be wood, plastic, whatever you like!!
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Oh, that is good to know. Some years ago those things where very popular here. I had a bunch of them. Now I only have a black, a blue, and a rose quartz one. Now that know what my little figure is and I'm safe that it will maybe prey for good and not bad luck I don't have to give them away.
But when I'm right at it I have two more questions, if you don't mind.
First: I have also two Buddha figurines in the same pose like this little prayer. But not the big Buddha the slim one. Don't know how that kind of Buddha is called, but I saw that many people lay something in the open hand. What could I lay in his hands without be disrespect to him? Could I give him the beads as well, or better not?
And second: I got from a friend as a little gift a stamp with my name on the ground and a rabbit on top of it. He told me that I should put it so that it does not look with it's eyes to the entrance. But he was not sure it this was right. He got that thing from Chinese. So I wanted to know if this is right or only right in China.
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These little guys might be known as "kannon bosatsu". Maybe... I asked my fiancee, and he said that what he thinks it is, but he could be wrong. Usually people put small coins in their hands (like a penny or something small). It's really kind of up to you, though. You could give them anything you felt like you wanted to.
As for your second question... that might just be a China thing. In Japan, you would never have you stamp sitting out somewhere, since it's such an important item. So maybe your friend heard the Chinese way!
I hope this helps!
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From what I could see on some photos from google those "kannon bosatsu" are a bit bigger then mine but it works for me.
So it does not matter at all what I give him? That is good to know. I will see if I find something nice.
I was thinking so. I have never seen a Japanese name stamp with an zodiac sign on it or anything else. And as you said they are to important to let them stand somewhere around.
This helped a lot. Many thanks to you and your fiancΓ©e!
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