In Bamiyan, Afghanistan
The lovely Buddhas stood so high
That almost reaching to the sky
They overlooked the woes of man
(It must have been the sculptors’ plan)
With perfect equanimity,
Thus imaging for those who die
That there is something greater than
The violence and cruelty
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West Buddha surrounded by caves, c. 6th–7th century C.E. (#Bamiyan, #Afghanistan), stone, stucco, paint, 175 feet high, destroyed 2001

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/west-and-central-asia-apahh/central-asia/a/bamiyan-buddhas

#archeology
#art
#Buddhism
#poetry