Beautiful Buddhas

My colleague Kallie Szczepanski, Guide to Asian History, links to this 8th century Korean buddha and asks her readers if they have a favorite buddha.

That's a good question. I've looked at the biggest buddhas; what are the most beautiful buddhas? Is there a buddha figure somewhere that particularly moves you? If you want to nominate beautiful bodhisattvas, that's OK. I might do a future photo gallery of beautiful buddhas if I can get enough good photos. Oh, and you can leave answers at Kallie's blog, too.

I have two personal favorites. One is this old buddha from Longmen Grottoes, also shown in the photo in this post. The other is the 13th-century Java statue of Prajnaparamita (also here).