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Daruma, also known as Bodhidharma or Tamo, was an Indian Buddhist monk who
traveled extensively, ending up in Japan in the sixth century. Among other
things, he was said, in Japan, to have sat so long in meditation (zen style)
that he lost his arms and legs. He is now represented with a limbless doll
that can not be knocked over. This "perservering" quality leads to the
belief that the doll brings good luck and success. The custom is to
buy one before embarking on some endeavor. One eye is painted in (black),
and when the goal is reached, the other eye is painted in. Of course, this
doll is free, so what have you got to lose?
I hope you will take one to enliven your site and bring some good luck!
(Instructions for downloading and making a page are under the pictures.)
Daruma with both eyes blank. Choose this one if you want the pleasure
of filling in the first eye, then the second when you reach your goal!
Daruma with one eye painted. Choose this one for ease of installation: no
initial eye-painting needed! Talk about convenience!
Daruma with both eyes painted. When you've reached that goal, you can use
this Daruma to show it! No painting necessary.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Get the picture!
- To download an image in Netscape on a PC, click the right mouse
button while pointing to the image you want and choose "Save this image
as...". I believe the process is fairly similar on different platforms.
- Make a page!
- You can grab
this
page (by clicking on it and doing a "File--Save as...") If you save
the image as "daruma_one.gif" and put this page in the same directory,
it should work. You'll need to edit the file a bit to fill in what you
got the doll for.
OR
- Make your own page for him. Remember, a link to an image looks like:
<img alt="Daruma" src="daruma_one.gif">
(Assuming you downloaded daruma_one.gif and it lives in the same directory
as your page.)
I would hope that you'll include a link to this page there.
- Make a link to your Daruma page!
- Add a link like:
<a href="daruma.html">Daruma</a>
In one of your pages so people can see it.
Here's
my daruma
page.
If you want me to put a link to your Daruma page here, let me know!
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