World’s Largest Statues You Must Know About!
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Anhui Province, Jiuhua Mountain, China. Buddhists have been creating large Buddha statues for centuries due to the many benefits of creating and venerating Buddha images.
For thousands of years, since the inception of Buddhism, adherents having been creating images of the enlightened beings. Within Buddhist scriptures, it is said that even just seeing the form of a Buddha plants the seeds of enlightenment in one’s mindstream. Each part of the body of a fully enlightened being corresponds to spiritual attainments one can develop. Therefore the full form a Buddha represents not only complete enlightenment but the path to attain it.
Over time, as Buddhism developed, practitioners started making even larger and grander statues. People realised the energies from such statues were extremely beneficial: calming the area of wars, natural disasters, supernatural disturbances and imbuing the land with positive energies. Such places quickly became sites of pilgrimage and today, they number into the hundreds all over the world, visited by millions of devotees and tourists every single year. But it is not just Buddha statues that are made on a grand scale.
Lord Murugan of Batu Caves, Gombak, Malaysia. There are many large statues all over the world, both of a religious and secular nature.
All over the world, throughout history, people had made huge statues of individuals they admire, who inspire them, who they wish to emulate or they want to commemorate. Whether it is deities, religious heads, politicians, military figures or humanitarians, it is human tendency to create and build large images of these individuals because that is how those figures appear in their minds – larger than life and awe-inspiring.
Here are two posts which you will definitely want to see, listing some of the biggest statues that exist today. The pictures are beautiful:
86 Grand Statues of the World: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=4353
China’s HUGE Buddha Statues!!!! | 中国大佛: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=21487
Pictures
Here are some teaser images of what you expect in the posts above.
For more interesting information:
- The Body of a Buddha: A Road Map to Liberation
- Bigger and more Buddha statues makes a difference | 为何佛像越大、越多越好
- Buddha’s Life Story Beautifully Painted
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It is not surprised that many huge Buddha statues were built in many parts of the world both of a religious and secular nature.The bigger the Buddha statues will definitely beneficial to the surrounding area with positive energies, calming the area of wars and natural disasters .
In Malaysia we have huge statue of Lord Murugan of Batu Caves and Kuan Yin Statue at Kek Lok Si in Penang.Thank you very much for the wonderful sharing with beautiful pictures of world largest statues.
Unbelievably beautiful statues of Buddha can be found in many places of China. I always love looking at huge statues while visiting and going on pilgrimage. To those who able to see it is a blessing. In Malaysia we have huge statue of Lord Murugan of Batu Caves, Gombak and Kuan Yin Statue at Kek Lok Si in Penang. May one day , Kechara Forest Retreat, Bentong ,Pahang have many more huge Buddha statues. Thank you Rinpoche and blog team for sharing this beautiful article ?????
Buddhism is one of the largest religions in the world. This religion is based on the teachings and principles of Buddha. It is not surprised that many huge Buddha statues were built in many parts of the world both of a religious and secular nature. Buddha statues have long conveyed the religion’s teachings. By seeing the image of a Buddha plants the seed of enlightenment in our mind stream. As Rinpoche once said the bigger the Buddha statues will definitely beneficial to the surrounding area with positive energies, calming the area of wars, natural disasters and supernatural disturbances. Unbelievably beautiful statues of Buddha can be found in many places of China. I always love looking at huge statues while visiting and going on pilgrimage. To those who able to see it is a blessing.
In Malaysia we have huge statue of Lord Murugan of Batu Caves, Gombak and Kuan Yin Statue at Kek Lok Si in Penang. May one day , Kechara Forest Retreat, Bentong ,Pahang will have a huge statue of Buddha.
Thank you Rinpoche for this wonderful sharing.