home altar

[Shokai]

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Lisa;

Your altar is beautiful. You have put together articles that have meaning to you and make a wonderful space.

[Myoku]

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Shokai exactly expressed my feelings. Wonderful Lisa,
Gassho
Myoku

inspired me to finally show mine as well:



a selfmade (by my daughter and son; and a bit of me) buddha in the middle; my very first buddha to the right (hardly to see as its pretty small), all arranged on a former footstool.

[Koshin]

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Lisa, I love your altar, and the picture of the back is really beautiful and serene

Myoku's altar is great too That Buddha is unique, good work

[Jundo]

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. And lastly, the elephant simply balances the size of my large Jizo and is safe from breakage from it's previous home.

Hi Lisa,

Lovely, one does not need a reason to have an elephant on the altar ... for all creatures are sacred, are Buddha!

But here are a few Buddhist elephant stories. 8)

https://www.google.com/search?source=ig ... CknrZuS4VE

Gassho, J

[Graceleejenkins]

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Lisa, your elephant is beautiful! Thinking of elephants reminded me of Dr. Seuss' Horton the Elephant who sat and sat and was faithful 100%. Love, Grace.

P.S. please forgive my typing and spaces.

[ZenHarmony]

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Thank you everyone for your kind responses!

Myoku, I love your footstool/altar, that's the exact rustic wooden-ness I want as well.
That Buddha is perfect, and the branch in the wooden holder just seems to fit right in.

Gassho,

Lisa

[Khalil Bodhi]

altar_1.jpgaltar_2.jpg

A little late for sure but I hope you won't mind.

Gassho,

Mike

[Myoku]

Wonderful, Mike,
is that buddha made of brass ? Want one too :-)
_()_
Myoku

[Emmet]

A butsudan I made for Hospice work, with battery-operated candles and liquid incense reeds; no open flames allowed.

[Emmet]

One of our backyard nāgas taking refuge...

[Koshin]

Mike, you have a neat looking altar I would like to find a bell like yours but had no luck so far :P

Piobair, I like very much your altar, I am planning a cabinet with doors like that somewhere near this summer, and your garden Buddha is great too, I have one a little different, will post a picture as soon as I get home

[chatteringmonkeys]

I love seeing everybody's altars, each one is so special and unique and beautiful in its own way. I like to collect buddha figures so I have a little display cubes in the wall where I keep some of them. However, I just got a nice wooden table at Winners (discount store in North America) and set up an altar a few weeks ago. And I found my buddha on the way out the store for dirt cheap. I like to think I 'rescued' him

Anyway, here is a picture of my little altar and a picture of the hallway beside it where I (rarely) sit. I need to start sitting daily and work my way up to twice daily. Baby steps :-)

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[Khalil Bodhi]

It is Myoku. I think it's a Chinese style looking at the robes and it's definitely solid brass.

Gassho,

Mike

[Khalil Bodhi]

Mike, you have a neat looking altar I would like to find a bell like yours but had no luck so far :P

Piobair, I like very much your altar, I am planning a cabinet with doors like that somewhere near this summer, and your garden Buddha is great too, I have one a little different, will post a picture as soon as I get home

Lipor,

Thanks. They sell them online at a few different stores. PM me if you want the link.

Gassho,

MIke

[Khalil Bodhi]

Chatteringmokeys,

Beautiful altar! Is that In the Buddha's Words or Great Disciples of the Buddha on the lower shelf? Mettaya.

Gassho,

Mike