Woman treats green ogre figure with great reverence; says she will continue to worship ‘kind-hearted’ cartoon statue

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      1 day ago

      I doubt you understood them. Buddhists don’t worship Buddha idols or anyone: Buddha considered such devotion or worship unenlightened/unskilled & instead encouraged self-reliance in one’s journey to nirvana. They’re more contemplating the enlightenment they identify with Buddha as they meditate on their own way to achieve that. A Shrek figure may work just as well for their purpose: enlightenment to them means shedding ego & not letting vicissitudes/nuisances cling them to samsara.

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          7 hours ago

          That’s a good point. I guess some later schools do practice devotion to Buddha whereas earlier Buddhism might have only regarded the qualities of Buddha as inspiration. It’s definitely not part of the Buddhist path in early Buddhism.