Imagine it is night and there are bright stars in the sky. You are in the back seat of the car and pull up to see a house and a sculpture of Quan Yin that is about eight feet high. That's nice you think. You knew you were going to see a Buddha and it is nice that it is a female goddess. She is pretty tall and she is standing on a rose colored lotus flower. Then as the car rounds the building a giant white Buddha fills the sky in front of you. The Buddha glows in dark New Jersey country side, there is no room in your mind to be anything but awed. Behind the Buddha are tall poplar trees and you can see just the tops of the trees behind the head of the statue and beyond that stars. At the feet of the stature ten to fifteen people are sitting in silence. As they end their meditation, rather than talking, they look at one another and smile. You smile also, that is all you need to do.
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