Buddha in a Box
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In December 1968, Thomas Merton visited Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka. He describes his reactions to the Buddha statues there in The Asian Journal: "The great smiles. Huge and yet subtle. Filled with every possibility, questioning nothing, knowing everything, rejecting nothing. . . . I don't know when in my life I have ever had such a sense of beauty and spiritual validity running together in one aesthetic illumination."
This unique devotional tool contains a small polystone Buddha statue with the same look of serenity described by Merton. The box is designed like a shrine and can be placed anywhere. The accompanying boo
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Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Release date: 1 January 1999
ISBN-10 : 0811819507 | ISBN-13: 9780811819503
Release date: 1 January 1999
ISBN-10 : 0811819507 | ISBN-13: 9780811819503
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