Should Buddhists use statues with an imagined likeness of the Buddha for veneration?

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                          Should Buddhists use statues with an imagined likeness of the Buddha for veneration? The Buddha discouraged making images in his likeness (Kalinga Bodhi jataka), and has said that the Buddha cannot be likened to a statue. 
                        

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Mar 31, 2015, 12:42 AM
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Should Buddhists use statues with an imagined likeness of the Buddha for veneration?

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