Buddhist Statues: Figures of Belief and Beauty

Core Kyoto Season 1 Episode 3

Overview:
Kyoto has about 2,700 temples where an array of benevolent, meek, and ferocious Buddhist statues are worshipped. World Heritage temple Toji has a configuration of statues in an imposing, 3D mandala and a beautifully woven mandala, which captures the cosmos. The jizo statues standing on street corners have a special place in the lives and hearts of Kyotoites. Today, sculptors continue to breathe life into Buddhist statues, and skilled craftsmen create magnificent works using gold leaf in microns.

Release Date : 2013-04-18

Genre : Documentary

Duration : 28 menit

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Actors : Gary Tegler


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