In this post, I’d like to introduce one group of arhats displayed in the window.
The curator’d show us the attention of the mason who carved those stone arhats. All of our feelings even regarding the pain and the agony must’ve been a part of the process to get into the enlightenment.
The intention of the curator was successful.
As soon as I saw the arhats, I felt some sorrow and pain from my mind in deep.
Let me introduce you the arhats in detail
One arhat bending down his head was stood in the left side. But I could not see his face exactly due to the dark illumination, so l did some photoshop as below.
Below are other close shots.
Those two heads reminded me of 'the decapitation" and "the pain of moment"
What do you feel those arhats ?
Some very dramatic and arresting photos, my friend.
I agree - these are depictions of pain and agony - one of the many gateways to enlightenment.
The expressions remind me of Matthew Arnold's poem where he describes the eternal note of sadness and remarks,
Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Ægean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery
He used the metaphor of sea waves to represent the eternal ebb and flow of human pain.
Very compelling, @slowwalker
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Incredibly amazing idea dude
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I've never seen such statues and figures before.
Thanks for the pictures, dear @slowwalker
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The faces of the last two arhats are really agonizing and definitely I like the fact that you did Photoshop to really show the part and the curator really helped a lot to showcase this, thanks a whole lot for bringing this one
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In This Life we all go through some Challenges and Pain. It is What makes us Stronger like Granite..............
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@slowwalker, Every Arhats got enlightenment and they removed every human's passions. So they could hold every pains of their life because they found only one aim, It's Nibbana. Every Arhats leaved from ordinary human's places and they spend much time with nature. Dark illumination brought them for found their goal. I had some knowledge about Sri Lankan Arhats. So I give you my explain there. Absolutely your photography collection gives us extra ordinary meanings.
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#wow thats #amazing
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amazing !!
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Arhats statues that contain high historical value, it looks beautiful with good care in the museum sir @slowwalker
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I really see pain and discomfort in their visages. Amazing work to bring so much expression with only small facial detail etched into the stone.
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Interesting statues of Arhats @slowwalker the expressions on the faces still shows all these past times. They are truly crafted by talented craftsmen. :D
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"What do you feel those arhats ?"
My dear Mr Walker. "How do you feel about those Arhats?"
Hope you don't mind. The English teacher in me is stuck there forever after all those years teaching in Seoul. In fact the reason why I've been visiting your page so much these days is because I'm in Ecuador; my girlfriend here is still working a 9-5, so I'm trying to be more active on steemit 9-5. ;)
And wow. Honestly I am impressed with how good your English is overall as I'm now speaking Spanish a lot, and my goodness it's a frustration. Your English is clearly better than my Spanish.
Also my girl's English is like beginner level and I see her frustration. This is part of what broke us up a couple years ago. We had a lot of love, but the language barrier was a real burden for us. So I'm hopping she studies English a lot and we can remove this frustration. We currently have plans to travel and blog around the world together. I hope things work out.
Any advice for her on learning the language?
So, regards to your post/question.....the Arhats are making me more excited about heading to Peru! But you already knew that!
From Guayaquil Ecuador - Dan
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this is the great evident of pure and gorgeous work of masons..
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The facial expression of the arhats really showed they're in pain. No doubt, this is a sculptural ingenuity and masterpiece.
I'll be expecting to see more arhats. Thanks for sharing
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They're showing me my own depression. Although, this kind of art fills me with curiosity about the autor of it. He's a mason, you said.
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Those group is really very sad, the one with his face looking down, I have a feeling he just want to hide his face because he is crying, it is like he does not want anyone to see it. Nicely done unusual shape of body .
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I think so, as you wrote.
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