Walking Buddha

[C.R. Selvakumar]

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'>' Are there any walking buddhas who are depicted over the lotus?
'>' In painting or bronze. Thailand??
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'>' Nanda Chandran on Sep. 19,
'>' >Ofcourse, Gautama on being born - standing up and walking eight steps
'>' >and declaring himself to be the savior of the world and VishvAmitra
'>' >teaching him the GAyathri mantram might be pure fantasy.
'>' I see Ramayana in that posting, is this "walking buddha" myth
'>' from R.? Which chapter?
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'>' In "Thirukkural and Buddhism" thread, A. Aklujkar wrote:
'>' <Why is walking taken as meaning sitting/seating?  Is there any account of
'>' the Buddha walking on lotuses?>. Thiruvalluvar says God is one who
'>' walked on (lotus) flowers - "malar micai Ekin2An2", the poet made
'>' his first chapter on God general. So general, For example, "a.ra aa_li"
'>' could refer to the Buddhist dharma wheel, "tirukkuRaL and Buddhism"
'>' (8-nov-97):
'>'http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-shl/WA.EXE?A2=ind9711&L=indology&P=R3662

        Oftentimes, the tirukkuRaL is misinterpreted. The expression
        'malamicai Ekinaan' refers to 'reaching an exalted state'
        and it does not mean 'walking on top of flower(/lotus)'.
        Almost all gods are depicted either sitting or standing on
        flowers. In Tamil 'malar' or simply 'poo' means the
        'final stage' (beyond that one crosses and reaches to God's feet).
        It is a standard spiritual expression in Tamil.

        C.R.Selvakumar
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'>' Hence: Any Buddha in art who are depicted walking
'>' over flowers? In Thailand or India or elsewhere.
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'>' Thanks,
'>' SM