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A Chinese farmer been tinkering with modified pears since 2003, and this year he's reportedly grown 10,000 edible Buddhas. But are they too cute to eat? Tell us what you think in the comments below!
Pears Shaped Like Baby Buddhas
A Chinese farmer been tinkering with modified pears since 2003, and this year he's reportedly grown 10,000 edible Buddhas. But are they too cute to eat? Tell us what you think in the comments below!
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19-04-2009 @ 4:56PM
Patrick Welch said...
I'm confused on a lot of different levels; eating a pear is okay, but an Avatar shaped one? Am I crossing some Buddhist line?
It looks so juicy though and they're damn cute!
39-07-2009 @ 8:22AM
Flora R Barr said...
These are really pieces of art. How could anyone
eat them? It is almost a waste.
49-07-2009 @ 9:44AM
Don Roeder said...
This begs the question, is it okay for a vegetarian to eat animal crackers?
99-07-2009 @ 11:11AM
rolandcarlboyce said...
Some people just have too much time on their hands. Playing with fruit to make shapes with them? Oh boy, some body has to really get a life.
109-07-2009 @ 11:28AM
dsisterx316 said...
I think Buddhism is all about becoming one with the outside world, becoming one with "God" is the goal right??.......what better way than to eat a buddha.....Someone needs to come up with the edible "Jesus" fruit....would work for me
14i think it is really cool for them to share there way of life and to create a pear that looks like buddha i would eat it as well i would like to se when they will come out with the sheba fruit lol,and people fruit is fruit now if they were trying to market it as a holy fruit and would put you one step closer to god then ya i would then not buy it or eat it. but hey it will be ok.
18Scroll back to the picture and look at all those little screws in the plastic mold someone has to tighten on every pear as it grows on the tree. Incredible! and they did 10,000? I wonder if China has child-labor laws (small people to climb trees); or maybe this Chinese farmer lives in America. Are the pears being sold anywhere?
209-07-2009 @ 3:12PM
BeansonToast said...
Actually, they'd be perfect for the fruit and flower offerings you see in Bali and other places in Asia, where they put out fresh offerings every day. He should sell his pears wherever they have this custom.
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