Statues of 18 Arhats Installed at Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery.

In late May, Thubten Shedrup Ling Monasatery near Bendigo, Australia, received and installed a shipment of solid marble statues of Shakyamuni Buddha and the 18 Arhats carved in Vietnam. The entire project was sponsored by Quang Minh Buddhist Temple, a Vietnamese Buddhist group in Braybrook, Australia. 

Thubten Gyatso (Adrian Feldmann) coordinated the project at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s request, finding the marble quarry and artisans in Vietnam, and providing the sculptors the images on which to base the carvings. Each statue weighs three-quarters of a ton (about 1,680 pounds).

Now that the statues have been installed on monastery property, Gyatso will begin work on the surrounding landscape. 

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Caption: Thubten Gyatso and others install marble statues of the 18 Arhats, Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery, Myers Flat, Australia, May 2016. Photo courtesy of Thubten Shedrup Ling.