Chinese Stone?

[Bbourne]

Found this stone on a beach in BC. Chinese writing I think. The face with engraving looks/feels finished.

Made at home? Bought at store? Couldn't of been tossed around in ocean im sure.

Any info on translation or anything at all greatly appreciated!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool recovery!

 

[creskol]

That's neat .. I would take it to a local Chinese restaurant and see if they could translate it.

 

[CarsonChris]

Interesting find. I’d even consider sending a photo to the local museum. The Chinese had sailing ships that were larger than the British and Spanish ships and were reported to have found the west coast of the Americas before European explorers.

 

[Yang Hao]

地藏菩萨 dì zàng pú sà it’s from Buddha’s teachings / Buddhism. Below is its meanings. Hope this helps. The second stone that is broken likely had the same saying on it.

1 Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)
2 also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva

 

[Yang Hao]

It looks to be handmade. Possibly made by a Buddhist monk or a or a person who believes in Buddhism.

 

[islamoradamark]

When I first saw that picture I thought I was looking at a silver bar

 

[Bbourne]

thanks all for the replies, I received this email back from the International Buddhist Temple.

The engraving on the larger rock says “Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva”, the name of an enlightening being who vowed not to attain Buddhahood until everyone from the six reincarnation realms are freed of suffering. It is hard to tell what the original engraving was on the smaller rock, but the last word says, “Bodhisattva”. It could possibly be the name of another Bodhisattva, an enlightened being. From just looking at the photos, these rocks could have been purchased from a store or could have been hand engraved, but I would check with a professional just to be sure.

 

[A2coins]

Yes a professional that is really freakin cool wonder what it's made of hope you hit the jackpot my friend

 

[Yang Hao]

Looking at the stone further. I’d say it was hand written by a person who doesn’t have a strong skill of character scribing on hard surfaces such as rocks. Example is the 地 the 土 bottom stroke line is a little longer than it should be also the 菩 the 口 looks rough and the 立 vertical lines are not on an angle. However the person who did the carving has proficiency in chinese writing. They have some knowledge of stroke order as the characters look uniform.

 

[Greastart]

When I first saw that picture I thought I was looking at a silver bar

Me too!

 

[wilcam47]

I though it was a mahjong piece