After looking at his own lifelike image, believed at the time to have been his only true-likeness, Buddha was pleased and "imbued the image with his spiritual essence", or "enlivened and consecrated" the image, naming it "Candasara".
This image is of a nation largely united in relief at the Brothers' abrupt exit, proud of its army and police, and scornful of the malingering few, including foreign journalists, who question the wisdom of Egypt's chosen path.The presidential elections set to unfold on May 26th and 27th look sure to consecrate this image.
Historian Juliane Schober has very succinctly explained this legend and the cult worship that has evolved around the "living" double image of Mahamuni Buddha: Another legend narrated in the Arakanese chronicle relates to the nine phenomena that occurred when the image was consecrated in the temple and continued to occur after the Buddha had departed.
The Aztecs twice yearly made dough images of the sun god Huitzilopochtli that were consecrated to the god and thereby transubstantiated into his flesh to be eaten with fear and reverence by the worshippers.
Most Hindu images are constructed by artisans following strict guidelines and are consecrated in a ceremony.
Before the finished icon is used, it likewise is consecrated.
An image, form, or representation, usually of a man or other animal, consecrated as an object of worship; a deity.
Consecrated in 1191 by Jayavarman VII, one of the most prolific Khmer builder-kings, Preah Khan served as a monastery and teaching complex, its walls carved with both Buddhist and Hindu images.
Bishop Mary D. Glasspool was consecrated in Los Angeles earlier this year.
The cathedral was finally consecrated in 1879.
