Batman has studied Buddhist mysticism, so he's not out of place.

/Twenty first day of Thogal and I'm starting to forget I'm here.

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pic of Predator.

Arkanaut: 13 of 57: Caption: "Alien at the Temple"

pic of Predator.

The predator is an alien. If they said it was a xenomorph, that would be incorrect.

Looks like a cross between a wedding cake and shrimp shells from a low country boil.

I think I see the cover of the next Tool album in there somewhere.

numbone: Looks like a cross between a wedding cake and shrimp shells from a low country boil.

So Jesus and Buddha are sitting in the Great Beyond and Buddha is razzing Jesus:

"Yo, dude, check out that Vatican. Gets a little bigger every year. Wonder how that squares with your message?"

Jesus smiles and says: "Have you taken a look at Wat Rong Khun lately?"

Buddha: "Crap."

Is that a pod racer I see there next to Neo?

Anyone else notice the pod racer in the mural...?

Centuries from now I secretly hope people find this temple along with footage from star wars, the matrix, etc and conclude that these were all real and significant religions centered around true historical events and not just interesting stories.

Like what happened with the bible.

Answer: What George Zimmerman said after shooting Treyvon Martin

Look in the bottom left of the picture that shows Neo I'm pretty sure that's a pod racer which is so much worse.

I find your lack of faith... disturbing.

/at the Episcopal National Cathedral in D.C.
//hot like the fires of Mustafar.

PonceAlyosha: Arkanaut: 13 of 57: Caption: "Alien at the Temple"

pic of Predator.

The predator is an alien. If they said it was a xenomorph, that would be incorrect.

It's a bug hunt.

/Hudson

Egoy3k: Look in the bottom left of the picture that shows Neo I'm pretty sure that's a pod racer which is so much worse.

Why of all things a pod racer? Thats all I want to know.

I look forward to enlightening myself by reading the deep philosophical and religious discussions about Buddhism sure to result from this thread.

/But seriously, one thing about Buddhism that I've always respected is no angry Sky God called Yahweh, who created the universe 13.7 billion years ago and had nothing better in mind when he created it than leading a group of Jews through the desert for forty years and watching you poop and masturbate.

//Raised Christian; feel that I really have outgrown it.

///Nothing against Jesus, but his father's a complete asshole.

Baron Harkonnen: /But seriously, one thing about Buddhism that I've always respected is no angry Sky God called Yahweh, who created the universe 13.7 billion years ago and had nothing better in mind when he created it than leading a group of Jews through the desert for forty years and watching you poop and masturbate.

Buddhism still has arbitrary mythology/cosmology. It's a very diverse faith.

Batman bin Suparman approves

Wat Rong Khun

/yes I feel bad

I was at this temple at the end of January. It is so much different than most (if not all) of the other Buddhist temples I saw in SE Asia. Unfortunately I only got to spend 30 minutes there....

Building Contractor: We have a new construction problem.
Head Monk: Oh yeah, Wat Rong Now?

I used to visit the temple yearly from 2005-2009 or so and have a bunch of progress pics somewhere, maybe back in the US.
I have a 5 day break coming up, maybe I should take the ride from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai to get pics.

I wasn't sure if Buddhists used pew-pew-pews.

allah akbar!!

OldManDownDRoad: numbone: Looks like a cross between a wedding cake and shrimp shells from a low country boil.

So Jesus and Buddha are sitting in the Great Beyond and Buddha is razzing Jesus:

"Yo, dude, check out that Vatican. Gets a little bigger every year. Wonder how that squares with your message?"

Jesus smiles and says: "Have you taken a look at Wat Rong Khun lately?"

Buddha: "Crap." "Ha ha ha! Good one, Jesus!"

FTFY

WHY DID THEY NUKE ICELAND?!?! WHY?!?!

they gotta be smokin the best buddha to make such kush-y digs. damn.

MichaelScofield: Anyone else notice the pod racer in the mural...?

Centuries from now I secretly hope people find this temple along with footage from star wars, the matrix, etc and conclude that these were all real and significant religions centered around true historical events and not just interesting stories.

Like what happened with the bible.

They will go to war with the Harry Potter people.

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I wasn't sure if Buddhists used pew-pew-pews.

I don't remember Ultraman Taro being part of the Buddhist canon either.

/Buddhist & Ultraman fan, wouldn't put them together though.

Wheres all of the GOLD stuff? Where... huh where? Cheapskates!

Spaced Lion: OldManDownDRoad: numbone: Looks like a cross between a wedding cake and shrimp shells from a low country boil.

So Jesus and Buddha are sitting in the Great Beyond and Buddha is razzing Jesus:

"Yo, dude, check out that Vatican. Gets a little bigger every year. Wonder how that squares with your message?"

Jesus smiles and says: "Have you taken a look at Wat Rong Khun lately?"

Buddha: "Crap." "Ha ha ha! Good one, Jesus!"

FTFY

Nope I lol'd at the crap reference...

MichaelScofield: Anyone else notice the pod racer in the mural...?

Centuries from now I secretly hope people find this temple along with footage from star wars, the matrix, etc and conclude that these were all real and significant religions centered around true historical events and not just interesting stories.

Like what happened with the bible.

I can't wait until some guy with weird hair claims that Neo, Batman, and the Predator were extra-terrestrial visitors because WHY ELSE would we paint them?

I really like the no smoking statue. "If you smoke, these angry red demons will get you!"

I've lived in a Queen Anne house before, but that...that, my friends, is gingerbread.

Krikkitbot: That hands sculpture would make for an interesting Photoshop contest

It's already interesting, but damned creepy.

It's not just any pod-racer - it's Anakin's pod racer.

The no smoking sign is somewhat terrifying.

Why is there a pit full of hands and sharp things? If you fall in they'll catch and stab you?

And the damn predator emerging from the ground.

/mind is slightly blown

Friggin' Neo gets love at that temple but no Spider-Man? Hulk? Some Hindus must hate Marvel or something.

The international space station and the mushroom cloud are extra cool though :D

Has anyone seen the pictures of Akshardham? That place is amazing. It has an IMAX theater, boat ride, and a musical fountain.

Handbasket: Has anyone seen the pictures of Akshardham? That place is amazing. It has an IMAX theater, boat ride, and a musical fountain.

That place looks amazing - I wish international airfare wasnt so expensive; India has always been close to the top of my list of places I need to visit.

AKTurkey: Answer: What George Zimmerman said after shooting Treyvon Martin

NICE!

trappedspirit: This is not supposed to seem retarded?

Buddhists from SE Asia aren't uptight assholes. They laugh and drink and do all sorts of things Christians imagine are forbidden by their own religion. Where a Christian might think a picture of wonder woman in church or a practitioner smoking pot makes Jesus cry, many Buddhists just don't have that problem. I'm looking forward to some of the parties/festivals/fund raisers at some temples this summer. The man drive there and the woman drive their drunk asses home at the end of the night.

Sounds like an interesting place, after all...

Wat Khun go Rong?

Salamanca cathedral, built in the 11th century.

I'm not saying it's aliens...

But, aliens.

GungFu: Salamanca cathedral, built in the 11th century.

...with astronaut carvings added in1992 as part of a restoration.