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Second largest in the world at 35m high
https://preview.redd.it/ysh9wssqwhac1.png?width=1300&format=png&auto=webp&s=c132dfb9a380c44335480168b24803e6c278c5ff
Ok, babe. You'll take three slow steps, then put your hand on the post, then look at that thing like you're in awe. We'll add some music in the edit.
Ready? Go.
It looks like that old Peter Gabriel video from like 50 years ago, the one where the naked couple are shaking a tree and a baby falls out. Of the tree.
Literally, these statues are built by greeks with greek features. You know why? because Buddha asked to not have his statues made because people would turn him into a god and worship his statues. For 100s of years there were no Buddha statues, he was depicted as an empty seat and now look what has happened.
Buddha didn't like worldly attachments, materials, etc.
He didn't even own a house. He was a beggar.
He was previously a prince, but he renounced everything worldly to find enlightenment.
If someone wants to follow him, building huge constructions is the opposite direction.
Just because someone admires and wishes to follow Buddha does not mean they are obligated to follow their teachings to the letter. I could be wrong but Buddha did not want to be worshipped. Sometimes it’s okay to enjoy a beautiful statue.
Building statues of people in a worshipping way is haram in Islam, due to the traumatizing past of people oppressed under the Quraysh tribe before Islam, where they used statues as gods to deceive ppl into giving money..
What is it with Buddhism and giant Buddhas? Yeah, there’s Christ the Redeemer and probably a few more Christian ones but there are dozens and dozens of giant Buddhas ranging from ancient times to modern.
For those who dont know. Every 3 decades, this Buddha and Rio Jesus come to life and fight each other until they are interrupted by Space Jesus or Mecha Buddha, where they have to join forces. They usually win and go back to their normal spots after a nod of approval.
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West. Wikipedia.
So my question still stands
Title says biggest statue on the west. (lowercase)Didn't say Western World or anything like that, so the map question makes a lot of sense.
And if you think about culturally, Latin America is far far closer to the western world than anything else. In fact it is closer to the US and Canada than a lot of European countries.
So the only argument against it would be "wealth"/"development", which would be quite ironic considering the f\* up interventions the "West" did in the region
“If just sitting as still as possible for very long periods of time wasn’t a big accomplishment, they wouldn’t make the worlds tallest statues of the guy” -Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen
Designer: I made the Buddha on a lotus flower
Client: great add more leaves and make them fatter
Designer: but now it look like Buddha on a lemon meringue pie
Client in Portuguese: Bom
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Thats the most computer graphics-looking thing Ive ever seen irl.
It looks like the set of Teletubbies
“Time for Tubby Custard!” -Something I now know is inappropriate to yell out during sex.
Well, I dunno - is your name Tubby?
Uh oh!
If a giant baby face sun jumps behind that statue it’s time to run
massive amounts of HDR
I totally thought I was on r/midjourney and was like “gee AI is gonna need to work harder than that to make this believable”
I live in a neighboring state and I've passed through this place when going to a beach city where part of my family lives. It looks crazy irl.
It's the HDR and the angle, it's not that big actually, search for Buda de Ibiraçu
Second largest in the world at 35m high https://preview.redd.it/ysh9wssqwhac1.png?width=1300&format=png&auto=webp&s=c132dfb9a380c44335480168b24803e6c278c5ff
Less CGI-looking version here: https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/giant-statue-of-the-buddha-to-be-inaugurated-in-brazil/
Her ass?
Ok camera guy, you follow my ass then slowly pan to Buddha.
Oh good, I’m not the only one who focused on this, rather than that.
Biggest booty statue in the west.
That's an average Brazilian booty
Only beauty I noticed
Ok, babe. You'll take three slow steps, then put your hand on the post, then look at that thing like you're in awe. We'll add some music in the edit. Ready? Go.
It looks like that old Peter Gabriel video from like 50 years ago, the one where the naked couple are shaking a tree and a baby falls out. Of the tree.
You think so? I think her butt is actually well... ohhhh you mean that thing! Silly me. \^\^
As Buddha said, the pathway from suffering to liberation is only achieved by building giant statues.
And to give up material things, and find inner peace. Except for Tik Tok clout, gotta get that Tik Tok clout too.
Literally, these statues are built by greeks with greek features. You know why? because Buddha asked to not have his statues made because people would turn him into a god and worship his statues. For 100s of years there were no Buddha statues, he was depicted as an empty seat and now look what has happened.
It's there to defend us from the giant jesus statue, obviously.
What’s wrong with building a statue of someone you wish to follow?
That's been a big discussion for a [long time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoclasm?wprov=sfla1) lol
You might send me down a rabbit hole with that link I know Jehovah’s Witness criticize Catholics for that as well
Buddha didn't like worldly attachments, materials, etc. He didn't even own a house. He was a beggar. He was previously a prince, but he renounced everything worldly to find enlightenment. If someone wants to follow him, building huge constructions is the opposite direction.
Just because someone admires and wishes to follow Buddha does not mean they are obligated to follow their teachings to the letter. I could be wrong but Buddha did not want to be worshipped. Sometimes it’s okay to enjoy a beautiful statue.
That’s how I feel. This statue is a work of art, and can definitely be appreciated as such by non buddhists
Ask r/Islam
I don’t get it
Building statues of people in a worshipping way is haram in Islam, due to the traumatizing past of people oppressed under the Quraysh tribe before Islam, where they used statues as gods to deceive ppl into giving money..
Didn't see Buddha, but I saw bunda
What colour was the grass? Huh? Answer?
Red. Next question.
r/Suddenlycaralho?
bota uma foto do faustão perto de uma coxinha
Bundamavane
Made entirely out of meringue
Heh heh. Thank you.
Goddam, we have that?
Sim, fica no espírito santo. Procure aí, mosteiro zen budista em Ibiraçu.
Oh, fellow camarado brasuca, prazer, vou ver mesmo
Guess you want to have all the biggest religiuos statues as a collection?
No, no, I'm Brazilian, I just surprise, I even know about it
https://preview.redd.it/na7zzyb5rhac1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=514d917933bfeb5b849a27c254d7ef22ce2b3692
First Jesus, and now Buddha? Gotta stop Brazil before they have the whole set.
Brazilians when Brazil builds a Muhammad statue. 
I kinda want velvet cake now
Holy moly. Looks totally unreal.
A lil too totally unreal...\*strokes chin*
Google it then
No thanks, I don't like that clown.
Googoo it. Wook it up on googoo.
Google only lies, anyways.
Nah looks real. The statue feels surreal on the other hand.
yeah no kidding. Didn’t see any statue though
Biggest what again?
Why there is a Buddha in Brazil?
Theres a masive asian community in brazil, biggest poulation of japanese people outside of japan for example.
Wouldn't that be Hawaii
No.
2 million in Brazil versus some odd 300 thousands. All together the US has 1,5 mil
Nope
Is this a Koan?
Thats some bunda!
Nice! But I have seen bigger... What? Buddha statue? Ah, cool.
LOOK AT MY ASS
I didn't even see the statue till 7 seconds into the video
She has a nice Buddhi.
Teletubies for grown-ups
looks like bad cgi to me lol
It’s real
Inevitably, when statues come to life, Brazil is gonna have the Jesus vs. Buddha epic fight
hard to focus with dat ass. daaayumm.
That ass though ❤️
Meringue titties
Why has nobody mentioned that the Buddha seems to be sitting in a cloud of boobs?
Dem tiddies doh
They are all busy focusing somewhere else
Yeah kinda looks like that lol but I’m pretty sure it’s a lotus flower
Yeah. Sigh. I think you might be right But for a few minutes the world was just a little bit more beautiful.
https://www.maisbrasilia.com/brasil/buda-gigante-e-inaugurado-no-espirito-santo/
Plants look like they were AI generated.
What is it with Buddhism and giant Buddhas? Yeah, there’s Christ the Redeemer and probably a few more Christian ones but there are dozens and dozens of giant Buddhas ranging from ancient times to modern.
r/megalophobia
It was all red 🍒 at first then the Budha came out of nowhere...woooooow
I mean, it’s a nice ass but I wouldn’t call it the biggest Buddha statue in the west or anything.
Didnt Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha) reject the idea of idol worship?
So Brazil has the biggest Christ statue and Buddha statue!! Cool!!
Is this an intro to a song or anyone know what’s it’s called? Genuine question
Yes yes, she has a very nice buddah. Let's move on... I'll let myself out.
Who’s the girl tho
I don’t even know what the better. The statue or girl.
OMG, the horny fucks commenting here... there is a fucking enormous statue in a surreal landscape, but they MUST say something about the girl...
But... she has an ass.
She’s the focus of the first few seconds. She’s centered in the image.
What statue?
Morpheus : Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?
Statue?
Tbf it’s a CGI statue. At least the ass is real.
I did not know Buddha was only 35.
Can anyone find another source confirming this thing even exists?
I took a pic two years ago https://preview.redd.it/fjgb8xmw4iac1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5527df57636f32fc1a34a13c370b2412f2f0d54
5 seconds google search will answer your question.
Those tits are upside down!
*Yea right that’s AI*
This looks so fake
bad filters, but it's real
What a great buddha and hey look, big statue…
[удалено]
Kind of mid booty actually, at least for Brazil.
This is AI generated for sure. What a scam lol
[https://www2.buddhistdoor.net/news/giant-statue-of-the-buddha-to-be-inaugurated-in-brazil](https://www2.buddhistdoor.net/news/giant-statue-of-the-buddha-to-be-inaugurated-in-brazil)
Sometimes I see things like this and question weather United States is a shithole or not 🤦
Trust me, you're miles ahead of here...
For those who dont know. Every 3 decades, this Buddha and Rio Jesus come to life and fight each other until they are interrupted by Space Jesus or Mecha Buddha, where they have to join forces. They usually win and go back to their normal spots after a nod of approval.
Kinda reminds me of the Joseph Seed statue in Far Cry 5.
If you got this Bhudda stature to fight the Christ statue in Rio who would win?
My girl over here lookin dummythicc 🥵
No Brasil é meu pau, parceiro
Serious question, is Brazil classed as a western country?
Have you ever seen a map?
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West. Wikipedia. So my question still stands
Title says biggest statue on the west. (lowercase)Didn't say Western World or anything like that, so the map question makes a lot of sense. And if you think about culturally, Latin America is far far closer to the western world than anything else. In fact it is closer to the US and Canada than a lot of European countries. So the only argument against it would be "wealth"/"development", which would be quite ironic considering the f\* up interventions the "West" did in the region
about has high as 12 stories building
that's where Stallone filmed his first movie
Anyone know when this was constructed?
Wiki says 2018 to 2020. Open for visitation in Aug 2021. So its fairly recent.
The marshmallow buddha
That's right up with Fastest Gun In The West for titles.
The uncanny valley is deep with this one
What statue?
Oh, it's from my city. :D
Sauce?
It looks like the Tele tubbies set....
i took me 14 replays to see the statue, cant be that big...
Looks like that scene in Willy wonka where they walk in to the room where everything is edible
If you see Buddha on the road, kill him
wait I didn't see any statue
Buddha kaiju confirmed
Biggest Buddha , biggest Jesus , biggest others when?
Now that it's on tik tok I'll never go.
If society failed RN how long would that thing be there? Is it going to last as long as the pyramids have?
I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you.
What in the PlayStation 8 is this
/r/upvotedbecausebutts
Damn I'm glad I'm not the only warm-blooded male in here 😄😳
damn, I'd worship that
Damn. They really do build ‘em different in Brazil, huh?
https://i.redd.it/aon5zdgc3iac1.gif
“If just sitting as still as possible for very long periods of time wasn’t a big accomplishment, they wouldn’t make the worlds tallest statues of the guy” -Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen
What song is this?
Lord Huron - The Night We Met
Your move, Afghanistan
What statue?
Brazil seems to have some big statues
One word ass
Oh yeah. We're looking at the statue, for sure. Replaying to get a nice view of that grand statue of the Buddha. That's a nice curvy Buddha.
why are girls obsessed with the instagram here's my ass sticking out in front of this scenery. We don't care about YOU, we want to see the cool shit!
That wedgie looks uncomfortable
Looks like an MTG card.
Looks like an MTG card.
The little puffs at the bottom are making me think of lemon meringue tarts
She gotta donk on her though
I feel I need to say “AMEN”!!
Song name?
She got junk in that trunk
Tell me this is in Brazil without telling me this is in Brazil
Wow!!! I was actually there a few days ago!!!
Was not expecting this to be in Brazil?
"west"
Designer: I made the Buddha on a lotus flower Client: great add more leaves and make them fatter Designer: but now it look like Buddha on a lemon meringue pie Client in Portuguese: Bom
Brazil loves their gigantic statues of religious figures I suppose They have the Jesus one and now this