Statuette In Car

[tc4mez]

Dear all,

I've bought a statuette from a museum in Chiang Mai recently. I wish to place it in my car but I have feedbacks & comments on placing facing the driver & facing the front from my friends (non thai)...

What is the correct placement for the mini statuette? I have a 5 headed (paprikaneh) aka Lord Ganesha statuette to be place in my car. All comments & feedbacks are welcome.

Regards,

Loh

[Groongthep]

If you keep in mind that the purpose of Buddhist images is simply to remind us of the virtues of the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha then you will realize that your statuette has no magical or spiritual powers whatsoever and therefore I would think that whatever direction you wished it to face would be perfectly OK.

There may however be some local custom where images should be placed facing a certain direction that I am unaware of and if so you may want to do it that way just to respect the local customs regardless of the fact that it is just superstitious.

[Losangels]

I've noticed in many Taxis, Buddha is place facing the road.

My assumtion this is normal practice, though I could be wrong

[fabianfred]

going on a Vippassana course is better...... mindfulness is the best protection

[Brucenkhamen]

The thoughts that spring to mind are; why do you want/need it? why don't you just place it wherever you want?

[taxexile]

it would make a nice hood ornament.

[Crossy]

You missed out the 'doesn't matter' option

Whatever, this thread should aid you in positioning your luck charms http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Cat-Placenta...ck-t117957.html

I would have thought that having a Ganesh and Buddah in the same vehicle would cancel each other out

[bankei]

Dear all,

I've bought a statuette from a museum in Chiang Mai recently. I wish to place it in my car but I have feedbacks & comments on placing facing the driver & facing the front from my friends (non thai)...

What is the correct placement for the mini statuette? I have a 5 headed (paprikaneh) aka Lord Ganesha statuette to be place in my car. All comments & feedbacks are welcome.

Regards,

Loh

This is not a Buddhist statue.

[camerata]

Right. It's a Hindu deity which in Thailand is mostly associated with the arts. I've never seen a Ganesh is a car. See the Wiki entry on this.