The big picture

Posted by Tshering Tobgay in Miscellaneous on June 29, 2009 3:26 pm | 22 responses
I spy with my little eye...

I spy with my little eye...

Here’s a challenge.

The first one to recognize this picture wins a prize, the book “Portrait of a Leader” by Dr Mieko Nishimizu.



22 Responses to “The big picture”

  1. KarmaCW says:
    June 29, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    Lyonpo,
    Is it not an eye of Lord Buddha carved in a stupa/chorten!

  2. Sonam Tshering says:
    June 29, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    Megatron, the evil leader of deception.

  3. Tshering Tobgay says:
    June 29, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Sonam, I really like your guess, but it’s not the right answer.

  4. P Chhetri says:
    June 29, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Is it not the eye of Lord Buddha at newly building world tallest statue of lord Buddha?

  5. Karma S. says:
    June 29, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Hon’ble Lyonpo,

    This is the eye of an elephant statue.

  6. Samchhar says:
    June 29, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    Eye of the Buddha

  7. Phub Dorji Wang says:
    June 29, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    Lyonpo,

    Eye of our Fouth Druk Gyalpo, His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck.

  8. Phuntsho says:
    June 29, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    it looks like the left eye of Guru Rimpoche.

  9. Sonam Tshering says:
    June 29, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Your Excellency,

    Since of late our minds are clouded with leaders of such characters it was the result of my cognitive perception rather than my visual intuition. Yes, it is either the Lord Buddha’s or the Guru Rinpoche’s la

    Respects

  10. Romeo says:
    June 29, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    It is the eye of the giant Buddha THAT IS BEING ERECTED ABOVE THE THIMPHU VALLEY.
    Ah mee Ta Faa – May I be the winner !

  11. dukpa says:
    June 29, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    dear OL i think its the eye of the buddha statue in nepal.guess.

  12. Tshewang Nidup says:
    June 29, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    I would guess, this is a symbol of Sun and the moon.

  13. tan says:
    June 29, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    chendibji chorten

  14. the postman says:
    June 30, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Genghis Khan

  15. Sonam says:
    June 30, 2009 at 10:08 am

    i think its the eye of the Buddha on the Gom Kora Chorten:-)

  16. apple says:
    June 30, 2009 at 11:01 am

    It the armour (helmet)

  17. Samchhar says:
    June 30, 2009 at 11:25 am

    The left eye of Guru Rinpoche Statue being built at Takila in Tangmachu, Lhuentshi

  18. Tandin pem says:
    June 30, 2009 at 11:51 am

    Dear OL just a wild guess Lord Buddha’s left eye…

  19. sonam says:
    June 30, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    its the right sholder of guru rimpoche

  20. Sonam says:
    June 30, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    Your Excellency,
    This is the all seeing wisdom eye of the Lord Buddha.

  21. Sheyoen says:
    July 2, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    God! Could it by any chance be the right eye of the Statue of Liberty?

  22. Sheyoen says:
    July 2, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    Or, perhaps the Laughing Buddha?

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