7:27 PM: Quick West Seattle Crime Watch reader report – somebody just stole a statue of Buddha out of a front yard in Upper Fauntleroy, put it in a car and drove away. The statue’s owner has already called police and says it was a blonde-haired man in his 20s, driving a blue Subaru Legacy or Outback, last seen headed southbound on 40th SW.
7:54 PM: Statue photo added.
How big was it? We can keep an eye out for it, in case someone puts it in a front yard, but I can’t tell from the picture how big it is.
Also: bad karma!
About a foot and a half, sorry. The owner has also since told us that police say the plate # he gave them checked to a vehicle stolen in Tukwila earlier this week.
The Moon Cannot be Stolen:
Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.”
The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.
Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.”
According to the Four Noble Truths, attachment is the cause of suffering. And one of the common threads of Buddhist thought is that we are all interconnected.
So I am sorry that someone took the statue, but maybe it will bring them peace in the long run.
Glad this person reported the theft, now the police might catch the people that stole an automobile.
This kind of theft is getting ridiculous, stealing personal objects right out of yards in broad daylight. The Buddha needs a pit bull.
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