Buddhism promotes the idea of Karma, kinda like a score card through out your life, before life, after life and every life there after, basically eternal; your family can inherit your karma as well, roughly speaking. Monks particularly accumulate good karma by not eating/killing animals, eliminate desires, promote peace, no wrong doing, and so on. Once they reach the level of kindness of god, they become immortal and assume super power in order to continue to do good for the human kind.
This pot portraits a monk with super power where he's capable of inflating a raggie bag (his luggage/belonging) as his transportation vessel across the sea, fly over the clouds.
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Thanks for sharing this lovely pot and the story that goes with it!
Interesting looking pot. What is that ring of stuff around the lid?
Nice green buddy!;-)
Marshaln,
That is a tradional border diagram around the openning. You can see it by enlarge the picture.
Didn't think about clicking on the photo to see a larger version of it, stupid me, now it's clear what it is.
From the small picture it looks like mud deposit, but I was sure you wouldn't get a pot like that!
Marshaln,
Having a blonde moment eh? :)
This is probably the most beautiful teapot I've ever seen...
I've been looking for a pot with buddhist theme but so far I haven't found one to please me. Well, I can only hope that some day I'll find one as beautiful as this pot.
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