Buddha’s Head Sculpture on the Top of the Rock in Mireukseonwon Temple
Meaning of Mireukseonwon is Zenhouse in the name of Maitreya. This temple seems to be the right place for people to meditate quietly in the mountain. It was rebuilt recently.
On the information board, it was written that there was a stone buddha statue, but, I could not find where it was. There was not anyone in the vast temple but a dog. Dogs raised in temples are usually very gentle.
They rarely bark to people.
Then, I met a hiker passing by and asked him where a stone buddha statue was. Walking a little further along the mountain trail, I saw a back of buddha’s head. Buddha’s head was placed on a large rock.
Originally there was an intact Buddha statue, but the body was destroyed later. Guessing by the size of buddha’s head, the entire statue might have ben very huge. Buddha’s nose is black. The material of the stone was black.
Buddha’s body was carved on the rock under the buddha’s head. On another rock next to it, Bodhisattva was carved. There is a cliff below the rock. It was hard to take a whole picture.
The head of the Buddha and the carved body of the rock looks very realistic. It is as if a person is sitting and meditating.
But who or what destroyed the statue of the statue? Is it possible to restore the body of the Buddha? For example, cut out of this rock on which this head very nice pictures @slowwalker
I wonder who destroyed the body of the statue. Hope that it is restored someday.
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Nice Pictures!! And this information about the Temple is so good. I think it is a big temple! There drawing is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us.
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There are some ancient temples where human traffic is very low.So dogs and other animals live in the vicinity of the temple.!
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That's right. It is a good place for animals to live in peace.
@slowwalker, Those photography collection very impressive. Seems like most antient temple. I think Buddha body ruined past. But head placed deserve place. Also on the stone they perfectly carved Buddha body like real statue.
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Thank you, I will post detail pictures of Buddha's body next time!
Wow! It's totally amazing! And the style, thinking with mountain for meditation awesome. Thanks for sharing with nice photography.
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Thank you! I'll try to show more pictures of here!
Beautiful view
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Thank you :)
seems like this temple is really big there thanks for sharing
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seems like this temple is really big there thanks for sharing
There was so much artistic flare in the way they depicted Buddha long ago and far away. It was such a beautiful way of showing their respect. While there are many different entities in this world to worship and praise, I am very much against destroying anybody's means of worship. I can only imagine how amazing Buddha looked with a body beneath that large head. Thank you so much for showing it off and I wish you a very wonderful day.
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You're right! It would have been splendid if this statue wasn't destroyed.