I want to first off thank my education that I have recieved at the mount. I have come to realize how valuable the education I received, from theology to asian civilization. I feel that I am finally one of those people that can look at an item and see and know the history behind it. An example is having a discussion with my grandmother about the purpose of mass. I personally am not catholic, but I was educated in a catholic school and tought the foundations of theology. Anyways during this discussion my grandmother was surprised with how I knew the different sections of the mass, such as the gathering, giving, etc. The reason why I bring this us is because no matter how useless the information seems, it becomes a helpful tool and it can only work in your favor! This was proven to me today when I was at the auction. I saw this statue. No one seemed to know what it was. The auctioneer didn't even know what it was... she called it the statue with "3 faces". It took me 2 seconds to realize it was a bodhisattva! Now a bodhisattva is a buddhist statue of an enlightened being to basically provide inspiration to people to strive to get to nirvana, the ultimate enlightenment. I thought it was was a great find because of the history behind it so I nabbed it for less than 5 dollars! :) Now I am pretty sure it is an old authentic statue of some sort, but I want to do more research on it to find out what dynasty it came from and what enlightened being it is made after... it just a neat mystery...
I am going to used it as inspiration for me to strive and be the best that i can be!
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