The Oakland Buddha (Vietnamese: Pháp Duyên Tự) is a statue of a Buddha placed in a traffic median in Oakland, California, in 2009. The statue was placed by neighborhood resident Dan Stevenson who was upset about the frequent use of the median for illegal dumping. Stevenson attached the statue to the median using epoxy and rebar to deter theft of the figure. The city's Public Works Department initially stated that it would remove the statue after receiving a complaint about it, but backed off its plans to do so after receiving substantial opposition. After its installation, local Vietnamese residents made the statue into a Buddhist shrine for daily worship services. Following the installation of the statue and its conversion into a shrine, Oakland police stated that criminal activity in the area, including dumping, graffiti, drug dealing, and prostitution, had dropped by 82% as of 2014.
The OaklandBuddha (Vietnamese: Pháp Duyên Tự) is a statue of a Buddha placed in a traffic median in Oakland, California, in 2009. The statue was placed...
Funky Buddha Brewery is a large brewery headquartered in Oakland Park, Florida. It started when a Florida couple bought small brewhouse, hookah lounge...
figure of Buddha Locana ("eyes") in Tantrism. As one of the Five Buddha Mothers that represents the purity of the element of earth, Buddha Locana is a...
Buddhas of the Three Ages, the statue of the Gautama Buddha (Buddha of the Present) is in the center, it is flanked by the statue of Dīpankara Buddha...
Education Ray "Masai" Hewitt created the Buddha Samurai, the party's underground security cadre in Oakland. Newton expelled Hewitt from the party later...
Horse (13). March 2001. Labrava, David (15 November 2013). "The Way of the Buddha is Unattainable I Vow to Attain It". Twitter. "Sons of Anarchy's David Labrava's...
August 2017, Constellation announced the acquisition of Funky Buddha Brewery of Oakland Park, Florida. In April 2018, Accolade Wines (acquired under the...
(1967), both directed by Ishirō Honda. Yoshirō Edamasa directed The Great Buddha Arrival in 1934. Although the original film is now lost, stills of the film...
stalactite and stalagmite stelae shamanistic shape single stone buddhas multiple stone buddhas astrological year figures (dragon, snake, monkey etc.) tree...
have been interred at the Jonestown Memorial at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, CA, along with the remains of approximately half of those who perished...
Podcast, August 2017 "Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg" Podcast, October 2018 "Buddha at the Gas Pump" Podcast, May 2018 "The Secular Buddhist" Podcast, June...
Perera, 83, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1977–1989, 1994–2020) and minister of Buddha Sasana (2017–2019). Marc Pachter, 80, American museum director (National...
Foshan means "Buddha Mountain" and, despite the more famous present-day statue of Guanyin (or Kwanyin) on Mount Xiqiao, who isn't a Buddha, it refers to...
activities and challenging police brutality in Black communities, first in Oakland, California, and later in cities throughout the United States. Seale was...
of a reclining Buddha in the world. It has to be mentioned though that in Thailand there are three, and in Myanmar six reclining Buddha statues that are...
neo-soul quartet Hiatus Kaiyote, first released in 1 May 2015 through Flying Buddha and Sony Masterworks. Following the release of the band's debut album Tawk...
that Newton only "missed his luxurious apartment and his favorite bars in Oakland". In the autumn of 1977, Timothy Stoen and other Temple defectors formed...
almost buddha-like calm and authority as he threads his fat, languid bass lines through a cosmopolitan patchwork of musical styles." The Oakland Tribune...
Journey of Samyak Buddha (Hindi: अ जर्नी ऑफ सम्यक बुद्ध) (2013) – Indian Hindi-language film about the journey of Gautam Buddha’s miraculous birth, marriage...
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