Brass Buddha
Brass Buddha
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 Buddha Statue - Copper/Brass 6"- Lovely Green Finish  US $60.00
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 FENG SHUI BRASS KWAN KUAN YIN YING BUDDHA BELL CHARM US $4.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS KSITIGARBHA BUDDHA STATUE FIGURINE 5" US $24.99
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 Wealthy Brass Laughing Buddha Sitting On Dragon Chair US $32.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS MONEY LUCKY LAUGHING BUDDHA STATUE US $21.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS MEDICINE BUDDHA STATUE FIGURINE HEALTH US $9.99
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 Feng Shui Brass Happy Buddha Statue Hold up Ingot,Hu lu US $24.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS KUAN YIN KWAN ZHING BUDDHA STATUE LUCK US $15.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS FOUR 4 FACE VISHANU THAI BUDDHA STATUE US $9.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS MONEY LUCKY LAUGHING BUDDHA STATUE US $13.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS KWAN KUAN YIN YING BUDDHA BELL CHARM US $4.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS KWAN KUAN YIN YING BUDDHA BELL CHARM US $4.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS MONEY LUCKY LAUGHING BUDDHA STATUE US $19.99
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 Feng Shui Brass Happy Buddha Statue Hold up Ingot,Hu lu US $12.99
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 Medicine Buddha Brass Statue - 6"- Peace and Harmony US $60.00
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 Buddha Statue - Silver Brass - 4 1/4" India US $24.00
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 Buddha Statue - Bronzed Brass 2" - India US $6.00
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 Brass Maitreya Laughing Buddha On Dragon Tortoise US $54.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS KUAN YIN KWAN ZHING BUDDHA STATUE LUCK US $13.99
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 Fengshui Brass Round Laughing Buddha For Peace of Mind US $19.90
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 Feng Shui Brass Laughing Buddha With Five Kids US $39.90
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 FENG SHUI BRASS MEDICINE BUDDHA STATUE FIGURINE HEALTH US $19.99
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 Blessing Buddha - Brass - 6"- Dispels Fear US $60.00
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 FENG SHUI BRASS LAUGHING BUDDHA WITH CHILDRENS STATUE US $37.99
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 FENG SHUI BRASS RU YI BUDDHA SIT ON LUTUS FLOWER STATUE US $24.99
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 Feng Shui Brass Chinese Sitting Buddha Figures Buddhism US $29.90
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 Brass Buddha Inlayed Wood Coffin Incense Burner US $6.25
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 Oriental Asian Brass Head of Buddha Quan Guan Kwan Yin US $44.99
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 Meditating Buddha Brass Statue - 4.50" - Brings Harmony US $24.00
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 Mini Brass Laughing Buddha Set For Ultimate Happiness US $38.99
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 Brass Seated Laughing Buddha Holding Wu Lou And Rosary US $29.99
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 Buddha 2 Tone Brass Statue - 7" - India - Brings Peace US $69.00
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 Buddha Statue - Silver Brass 2" - India US $6.00
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 Buddha Brass Statue - 7" - India - Peace & Harmony US $69.00
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 A Fine Brass Group figurines of Disciple of Buddha US $418.39
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 Life Buddha Brass Statue - 6" - India - Impressive US $54.00
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 Wealthy Brass Laughing Buddha Sitting On Dragon Chair_S US $37.99
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 Feng Shui Brass Happy Buddha Statue with Money Frog US $43.99
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 feng-shui Tibet brass Buddha incense censer US $39.00
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 FENG SHUI LARGE BRASS KUAN YIN KWAN ZHING BUDDHA STATUE US $159.99
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 Hotei Brass Statue - Happy Buddha - 4" - Good Fortune US $26.00
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Can a Christian follow Buddhism?
My friend is a strong believer in the Lord and always has been. He reads the Bible regularly, has a cross tattoo on his arm and occasionally goes to Church whenever he gets time. But he also carries around a tiny brass Buddha figure. Like a little brown sculpture of Buddha that can fit in your hand. He throws it in his gym bag when he goes to workout, he even brings it in the shower with him in the morning.
Why?
And isn't that considered crossing religions?
It's definitely possible to follow and be inspired by Buddhism at least to a significant extent, while still remaining a faithful Christian.
There are thousands of Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, all around the world, who use certain Buddhist practices while still fully keeping their Christian faith. In fact, many even say Zen meditation and other Buddhist practices actually was what made them find and understand Christianity. There are also many, many Christian priests, monks, nuns and lay people who study and teach Buddhist meditation techniques, give meditation and zen classes in their parishes, convents and monasteries, and so on.
I suggest you read up on this, for example here:
http://monasticdialog.com/index.php
http://www.ewtn.com/library/newage/zenenea.txt
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_34_40/ai_n6127448/
http://www.zcoc.org/chstzen.htm
http://www.wccm-usa.org/default.asp
http://kennedyzen.tripod.com/
If you want more inspiration, I can recommend you read something by Thomas Merton or the Dalai Lama. Thomas Merton was a very famous American Catholic monk that became more and more interested in and inspired by Eastern teachings, but still his entire stayed faithful as a Christian. In his last year he travelled in Asia, studied with several Buddhist masters, became friends with the Dalai Lama, and finally died unexpectedly in a silly bathroom accident. His "Asian Journal" in a very inspiring read, as are many of his other books: http://www.amazon.com/Asian-Journal-Thomas-Merton-Directions/dp/0811205703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250946910&sr=1-1
The Dalai Lama has been invited several times to Christian conferences to actually give his own interpretations of chosen texts from the New Testament, like the Sermon of the Mount. The result has been published in book form, and makes a great read for both Buddhists and Christians: http://www.amazon.com/Good-Heart-Buddhist-Perspective-Teachings/dp/0861711386/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250947097&sr=1-9
Only if fully want to remain a faithful Christian and at the same time fully want to become a Buddhist (that is, if you from your heart take refuge in the Buddha, his teachings and the sacred community) it will become a problem. But on the other hand, you can have a tremendous use of and help from Buddhism without actually becoming a Buddhist.
Finally, I want to share a quotation by the Dalai Lama:
“Don't use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist, use it to be a better-what-ever-you-already-are”.