{"id":15707,"date":"2018-11-07T20:32:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T19:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hp-design.at\/palpung\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/brief-teachings\/bling-bling\/"},"modified":"2020-03-25T18:58:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T17:58:40","slug":"bling-bling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/bling-bling\/","title":{"rendered":"Bling Bling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-3129ce97c8d0f78becc30047ed599043\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-3129ce97c8d0f78becc30047ed599043{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-3129ce97c8d0f78becc30047ed599043 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-3129ce97c8d0f78becc30047ed599043 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-3129ce97c8d0f78becc30047ed599043 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Which bling bling bears more benefit?<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jo7kbon3-def213b727c0416a9a7a71e0b5cefe74 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18788\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bling-bling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bling-bling.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bling-bling-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bling-bling-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>On few occasions I heard quite some murmuring having taken beginning disciples of the Buddhadharma to temples, monasteries and the like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy has there to be so much gold applied to statues when there is so much misery in the world out there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I would like to counter it by the following food for thought. Where is the benefit if exactly these people coming to those countries changing money to buy themselves souvenirs and maybe bring a few hundred Euros into Third World countries with the only aim to fully spend every dime, draping their homes and themselves, already filled to the brim with seriously unnecessary things?<\/p>\n<p>The Buddha statue\u2019s gold they complain about could be plated with a fresh coat of paint and illustrate Lord Buddha\u2019s sacredness, helping them to develop, strenghten and deepen their devotion and compassion, becoming better human beings to benefit society to whichever scale.<\/p>\n<p>So tell me \u2013 what bears more benefit?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo\" href=\"\/en\/about-us\/choeje-lama-palmo\/\"><strong>Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jpusy9ss-3a81966c17c45912a9de5b3ea6b719af '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/motivation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" src=\"\/fix\/plinks.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"29\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/strict\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/fix\/prechts.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"29\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":2625,"menu_order":236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15707","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bling Bling - Palpung Europe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/bling-bling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bling Bling - Palpung Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/bling-bling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Palpung Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-25T17:58:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bling-bling.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/bling-bling\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/bling-bling\/\",\"name\":\"Bling Bling - Palpung Europe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-07T19:32:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-25T17:58:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/bling-bling\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/bling-bling\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/bling-bling\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mediacenter\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ch\u00f6je Lama Palmo\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Short notices\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/mediacenter\/choeje-lama-palmo\/short-notices\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Bling Bling\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Palpung Europe\",\"description\":\"European Seat of H.H. 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