Comments on: Oldest and largest four-handed Buddha statue recognised in Vietnam http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/06/02/oldest-largest-fourhanded-buddha-statue-recognised-vietnam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oldest-largest-fourhanded-buddha-statue-recognised-vietnam Archaeology news from Southeast Asia Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Wang http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/06/02/oldest-largest-fourhanded-buddha-statue-recognised-vietnam/#comment-917 David Wang Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:02:50 +0000 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/?p=1906#comment-917 Old statues are a curiosity. Four-handed and six-handed are all a "hang-over" of the Hindu roots, or should I say, the Indian origin of these statue-makers or their beliefs. Buddha himself would have been appalled at the likeness of a Hindu god that he is being depicted as in many cultures. On the topic of Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism has borrowed heavily from Hinduism. Even the oldest Hindu statue or Idol was in the possession of Tibetan Buddhist monks for some centuries before the CIA possessed it. Old statues are a curiosity. Four-handed and six-handed are all a “hang-over” of the Hindu roots, or should I say, the Indian origin of these statue-makers or their beliefs. Buddha himself would have been appalled at the likeness of a Hindu god that he is being depicted as in many cultures.

On the topic of Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism has borrowed heavily from Hinduism. Even the oldest Hindu statue or Idol was in the possession of Tibetan Buddhist monks for some centuries before the CIA possessed it.

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