One of my Hospice patients used my Buddha statute as a door stopper.  She did not know Buddha, nor was she aware that this was a religious statue. I picked it up without words, placed it back, and offered a flower saying: “The Buddha is the Awakened One.  Sometimes the Buddha is a door stopper, sometimes a door opener.”  She was overcome with shame because of the ignorance, at the some time delighted to face the Buddha.  And we both cracked up laughing. Sometimes the Buddha i