Bamyan Buddha - Afghanistan

Some good tour of the areas around the famous Buddhas in Bamyan Afghanistan. Showing destruction of these historic treasures.

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Travel & Events

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• Afghanistan
• Bamyan
• Buddha

[Dantinus]

We need to kill the bastards who ordered the destruction of this magnificent statue by shoving a stick of dynamite down their throat.

[lln003]

@Dantinus

now... now... that is not the Buddhist way.

We might despise the act, but we must never seek vengeance and violence as as means of retribution.

THEY CAN DESTROY THE STATUE, BUT THEY CAN NEVER DESTROY THE IDEA.

[LansonCLS]

It has never been a Buddha's teaching we seek vengeance. Buddhism is a thorough teaching of earthly human way of life. This is why nobody sees violence when they bombed them. No vengeance. Why? They have planted the seed of bad karma. Karmic forces are at work. This country is full of negative vibes. It will not rise nor prosper. It is doomed to suffer for a long time. That's why Buddhism is such a peaceful religion. We reap what we sow. The middle path. Nothing extreme. Buddhism still exist.

[nikkiidaniels]

If you study art or hear lectures of art.. and the history of colour - its origons. we are told vermillion(red) and blue come from Europe/France? they have dates as to the colours, when used,oil(mixing agent)etc. The murals of the buddhas in side the caves behind the afghan buddhas.They had used red and blue paint, proving the use of those colours before the dates that are given to art students. I think they need add another 600 years to their dates by the colours used on these- murals.

[borneo215]

@nikkiidaniels sorry i dont understand what you are trying to say can you be more specific please thanks.

[nikkiidaniels]

on another note.. about destruction. would it be wise to have statues full of gold and precious jewels encrusted ni its palm of hands and face. while the people in the country went hungry and live in poverty??

[nikkiidaniels]

@dejayclon3r buddha is not god.. hahahaa he was a man like you or me. just wiser.. and he said to monkey.. you must find your own path..

[nikkiidaniels]

@borneo215 my good freinds father is the landlord of this lost buddha area.. masser i sharrif- i wouldnt trust all history books.. theses buddhas prove their history origon of colour to be 600 years wrong..

[nikkiidaniels]

they are rebuilding the buddhas. but one thing they wont get right is the pathways(tunnels) in the head.. that is what those drop down holes are... that one might wonder why put a hole in the floor.. think charkra - think pathway- build a tunnel.the bamiyan buddhas will make the world have to rewrite its history on origon of colour. as the bamiyan buddhas use of red and blue oil paint 600 yrs prior to what we are told -cant aruge with the murals they found behind the buddhas

[borneo215]

ONE MORE THING HAZARAS DID NOT BUILD THE BUDDHA IT WAS BUILT BY THE KUSHANS ANCIENT DWELLERS OF AFGHANISTAN IT WAS NEVER THE HAZARAS WHO CREATED THIS STATUE IM JUST CLEARING SOME FACTS HERE AS MANY SEEM TO NOT KNOW THIS IM A HISTORY STUDENT SO I KNOW THIS VERY WELL PEACE AND OUR NATION WILL LIVE AGAIN WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN!!!

[umilya1395]

in most of the time, ppl's action and decision is very much influenced by their geo-cultural environment. and to say that the afghans did this because of their religious teaching and obligation is not true. i am a student of comparative religions, and i believe that no religion in this world encourage this kind of action. this is not islamic action, this is afghanis. and not all afghanis really understood their religion.