The Buddha was a statue on a shelf outside the most communal building at Sunnyridge, the "old kitchen". It was also part of the "couryard", and became what it was "organically". Although there was an unwritten rule at Sunnyridge that there be no posters, signs, and such (we didn't even have clocks or calendars)...the Buddha proved to be an artistic representation of our spiritual ambiguity.

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FROM:  stan, on Sep 14, 1998

About 10:30 one evening, '68 or '69, my mother calls - She was at a friend's apartment in midtown Manhattan. "You got ta come down here and get this thing - it's a statue. I said "What kinda statue? What's this about? She replies, "I don't know, it's a statue, you'll like it". So began the story of the buddha - though of course he probably had an illustrious and/or intriguing and/or exciting existence before our paths ever crossed. At one point his head was covered with candle wax. For years he sat on top of my wood stove in Portland storing and radiating heat. Most surprizing, one of my housemates decided to see what was under the white paint and he not only turned out to be brass, not cast iron as I'd assumed, but there were intricate details in several places. He was out of my possession occasionally in times past - I hated to uproot him from a comfortable perch. But he was always there and ready to travel when I went to retrieve him. He's got a life of his own, but if he belonged anywhere it was at Sunnyridge.

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FROM:  Peter, on Nov 16, 1998

Where is it now?

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FROM:  stan, on Jan 5, 1999

Barbara B has the buddha - she's holding it hostage, don't ask me for what. It's mine and always has been

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FROM:  stan, on Jan 5, 1999

that last message should have said "don't ask me for what, I might have to tell you"

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FROM:       BOB, on Apr 17, 2000
Very Nice,PEACE

FROM:       SIG, on May 19, 2000
Why is he smiling?

FROM:       Teddy, on Jan 21, 2001
Possibly because he has found inner bliss...or maybe he smells the coffee brewing.

FROM:       JW, Pennsylvania, on Jan 21, 2001
Were there basic beliefs other than a common disdain for conventional society? How did you screen out potential assholism?

FROM:       FLONIE, on Apr 20, 2001
WHERE IS YOU FIND THIS BUDDHA. I FEEL VERY SAD ABOUT IT CAN SOMEONE TAKE CARE AND CLEAN THE BUDDHA AND SEND TO THE TEMPLE.

FROM:       FLONIE, on Apr 20, 2001
I FELL VERY SAD CAN SOMEONE CLEN IT UP AND SEND TO THE NEAREST TEMPLE

FROM:       Ted, on Sep 20, 2002
Well, this is a long time in responding but I believe there is a misconception here. This Buddha was decorated in love and our sense of beauty. We did not really have distain for society or paths to higher spirituality but rather were separating ourselves from the shackles of concretized thought.

FROM:       llucy, on Sep 26, 2002
this buddha is alive and well smiling in a temple in time