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Buy All The Buddhas You Can Carry From Meatpacking's Ajna Bar

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Lauren Evans

Published May 8, 2013

Modified May 8, 2013

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Published May 8, 2013

Modified May 8, 2013

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If your home/office/car does not have a Buddha gazing peacefully at you from all angles—monitoring your productivity while you work, reminding you to wear your seat belt, offering tips on accessing hard-to-reach places while showering—you do not have enough Buddhas. It is lucky, then, that Meatpacking District's Ajna Bar (previously Buddha Bar) recently shuttered and is unburdening its interior of what we can only imagine are billions of Buddhas carved into all shapes, sizes and stances.

According to a representative from Amodeo Auctioneers, who are handling the purge, Buddhas and other items from the defunct bar will continue to be available for the next several hours. What are you waiting for? Here are some of the bad-ass Buddhaccoutrements you cannot live without:

Maybe some of those gold flakes are still fluttering around, too? Get the goods at the bar-cum-Buddha clearing house at 25 Little West 12th Street.

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