IMAGES OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS USED FOR ONLINE DHARMA SHARING SHOULD HAVE A SOLEMN APPEARANCE
Question: In their effort to propagate the dharma online, some Buddhist practitioners will modify the images or appearances of Amitabha and Guan Yin Bodhisattva to be human-like. Is this appropriate?
Answer: Such actions are disrespectful and sacrilegious towards the Bodhisattvas, and they are inviting trouble. The Dharma Protectors will surely punish those involved. If the person asking this question finds this matter amusing, he is bound to shoulder the negative karma of it, and will be punished by the Dharma Protectors. As important as it is for all of you to respect and revere my teachings, being your Master, how dare you not honour the Bodhisattvas?
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 377), 19 April 2020
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