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Doing a search for another thread, I found these links about a beautiful carving done in the traditional Japanese way into the wood of a living tree near the albergue in Molinaseca:
It was offered to commemorate of the linkage between the pilgrimage routes in Japan and the Camino de Santiago; an image of Kannon (Kwan Yin in Chinese/Avalokitesvara in Sanskrit/Chenrezig in Tibetan). A number of the temples on the Shikoku pilgrimage are dedicated to Kannon, a being of infinite compassion in the face of all the suffering of the world. The lotus in the carving represents purity, and the right hand is extended outward in a gesture of fearlessness, as a blessing offering protection, peace, benevolence and dispelling of fear.
To say I am sorry to have missed this goes without saying!
The first time on the Frances the carving had not yet been done, and the second time I was in an incurious head down mode, on my way to meet a friend in Ponferrada, at that point just wanting to get off my feet after walking from Rabinal - but more because I simply wasn't aware of it. I certainly would have paused if I had known it was there.
Now I do, and now you do!
Next time...whenever that is...
Kagawa sculptor carving Buddhist statue on pilgrimage route in Spain
Asahi Shimbun HARUKO HOSOKAWA May 09, 2014 KANONJI, Kagawa Prefecture–Far from home, a sculptor of Buddhist images from the city here has started work on a large tree on a famed pilgrimage ro…
El Buda de Molinaseca | León Olvidado
Escultura en un árbol nogal vivo de Buda Kannon por Bonkai Fumiaki Ogita con la técnica ikiki jizo. En Molinaseca, León, Camino de Santiago y Kumano Kodo
leonolvidado.antoniojuarez.com
It was offered to commemorate of the linkage between the pilgrimage routes in Japan and the Camino de Santiago; an image of Kannon (Kwan Yin in Chinese/Avalokitesvara in Sanskrit/Chenrezig in Tibetan). A number of the temples on the Shikoku pilgrimage are dedicated to Kannon, a being of infinite compassion in the face of all the suffering of the world. The lotus in the carving represents purity, and the right hand is extended outward in a gesture of fearlessness, as a blessing offering protection, peace, benevolence and dispelling of fear.
To say I am sorry to have missed this goes without saying!
The first time on the Frances the carving had not yet been done, and the second time I was in an incurious head down mode, on my way to meet a friend in Ponferrada, at that point just wanting to get off my feet after walking from Rabinal - but more because I simply wasn't aware of it. I certainly would have paused if I had known it was there.
Now I do, and now you do!
Next time...whenever that is...