Deseret Evening News | 1900-12-29 | Page 24 | A Thousand Handed Image of Buddha

A THOUSAND HANDED IMAGE OF BUDDHA I I ti 1 J 1 r 1 I iu h I l I I I r 1 I 1 t l lI I I I I I f r I 1 About the middle or of the twelfth century the Japanese erected 1 a temple 1001 statues or et their god gal each one with 11 facea thull thue the tabled Janus who Is II said to 10 have had only tw Toward Towan the last Ilist of the century a mikado doubled the sire Mise ot of temple le and placed therein 1001 ot of Ih the same me god each statue with Ith a thousand hands ao o In the end oud he had a tolerably complete The central figure ure of the group one ot of theae thousand handed handl gods Joos nn an of III else seated Mated In full blown lotus sacred of image and Ita iii pedestal are made entirely or of beaten bra or bell metal a u also allO nr are all the others together with the lamps and lanterns When a wor snakes make an offering h tae a ball Lilli In front ot of the to direct t attention to hIs accompanying prayer