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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 382558, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome to the forum Stephen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The figure you&#039;ve posted is of Daruma (Bodhidharma), the Chinese monk who introduced Chan Buddhism in Japan, where it is called Zen. </p><p>He is said to have cut his eyelids off so he couldn&#039;t fall asleep during his long meditation. That is why he is always depicted with those big, often bulging eyes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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