Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

One would give generously if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe –

Bhumisparsha Mudra – touching the Earth, or Earth witness, hand gesture – is signified by holding the left hand in meditation, while the right is resting on the knee with all fingers touching the Earth.

It is a symbol for the coming together of wisdom (left hand) and method (right hand).

This is the hand gesture Siddhartha Gautama is said to have held when he reached enlightenment and became Buddha.

According to Buddhism, the existence of all things is interdependent.

So is it not better to give?

Who knows what you may receive in return…

20 May This entry was published on May 20, 2012 at 11:24 PM. It’s filed under Architecture, Still Life, Street Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge and tagged Buddha, Goethe, hands, Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3, postaday, statue, Sukhothai, Thailand, Wat Saphaan Hin, Weekly Photo Challenge. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

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10 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands”

Shannon Hadley on May 21, 2012 at 4:36 AM said:

I love this, such a unique shot.

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- SLR - See Love Remember on May 21, 2012 at 7:29 AM said:
  
  Thanks Shannon 🙂
  
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frizztext on May 21, 2012 at 2:15 PM said:

thanks for:
“Bhumisparsha Mudra”
= touching the Earth hand gesture
– is signified by holding the left hand in meditation,
while the right is resting on the knee
with all fingers touching the Earth.

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- SLR - See Love Remember on May 21, 2012 at 4:54 PM said:
  
  You’re welcome 🙂
  
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The Retiring Sort on May 21, 2012 at 6:04 PM said:

What a lovely take on this week’s challenge!

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- SLR - See Love Remember on May 21, 2012 at 8:30 PM said:
  
  Thank you, glad you like it!
  
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craftcrazygran on May 21, 2012 at 6:15 PM said:

Lovely shot

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- SLR - See Love Remember on May 21, 2012 at 8:32 PM said:
  
  Great you stopped by, Charlene 🙂
  
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annefreemanimages on May 23, 2012 at 12:13 AM said:

A very nice presentation of photo and commentary. I enoyed the read. Here’s my Hands: http://wp.me/p1TywS-sG
~Anne

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- SLR - See Love Remember on May 23, 2012 at 1:12 PM said:
  
  Thanks Anne. I like your interpretations as well! Nice touch with the Photoshop editing 🙂
  – Suze –
  
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