The Buddha statue is made of wood and stone, but the human heart is not wood and stone. Think of it as wood, it is wood; As a Buddha statue, it represents supreme compassion and wisdom.
Building temples, sculpting Buddha statues, and offering treasures are all the efforts of great protectors and laymen in past dynasties to express their inner beliefs. The same is true of the best things abroad used to build churches. In a solemn environment, people's inner piety is easy to be triggered.
Buddha statues should be treated as Buddhas, and all kinds of disrespect should be removed, including: commenting on the "ugliness" of Buddha statues, treating Buddha statues as decorations, placing them in unclean places, and trading them. We should also respect the law, because the law is a car that helps us get rid of life and death. Buddhism seeks from respect and benefits from respect.
There is no such thing as a "Buddha" in Buddhism, and the Buddha statue is not an amulet, a transport symbol or a mascot. Only by respecting the three treasures, breaking evil and cultivating good can we avoid evil. True practitioners don't covet external wealth, but some people who don't know Buddhism borrow money from Buddhism and don't know that the real treasure is in their hearts.
practice is to cultivate the inner mind, not the outer world, and the Buddha statue is also to inspire our inner mind. For example, a photo is just a piece of paper, but if you have your own relatives in the photo, you will feel kind and warm when you see your heart.
No matter men or women, Buddha statues should be worn as ornaments or amulets. The role of the Buddha statue is to make us feel respect, respect, faith and learning with the help of this "image". Buddha and Bodhisattva are our teachers and role models on the road to practice, and acting according to the law is the real conversion. Buddha statues should be offered reverently and respectfully, and should not be worn on the body at will.
the key is: what is "enough piety"? If you can't do it in behavior, it's just an excuse for yourself. If you remember the Three Treasures, be cautious about cause and effect, tremble and be on thin ice, then you will truly be blessed by the Buddha and Bodhisattva.