Tibetans and Bhutanese Buddhists have written to the company, Icon Shoes, to express their disgust. They have flooded the company&#39;s Facebook page with protest notes. There was no immediate reaction from Icon Shoes. &quot;Unfortunately, it is a basic Buddhist tradition to treat images of Buddhist deities with reverence. Having the images on shoes is disrespect to the Buddhists,&quot; wrote Bhuchung Tsering form International Campaign for Tibet. <img alt="Buddha" src="/imagedata/2012/aug/Buddha-02.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 375px; " /> The Tibetan and the Buddhist community are outraged at a California-based company for promoting a range of shoes with the Lord Buddha&#39;s images. &quot;Could you kindly consider this and withdraw the shoes from your catalogue,&quot; the Tibetan leader demanded. The North American member of the Tibetan Parliament, Tashi Namgyal, wrote a protest letter to Icon Shoe. &quot;I came across shoes with image of Lord Buddha on it, manufactured by your company. I was totally shocked and dismayed at being so insensitive,&quot; wrote Namgyal. &quot;Lord Buddha is worshiped by millions of people around the world including the writer of this letter... Therefore, I would like to strongly urge your company to recall every merchandise sold with Buddha&#39;s image and stop not only selling such merchandises but manufacture of such products. Above all, I want you to tender unqualified apology posted on your website,&quot; Tashi demanded. Based out of Palm Desert, California, ICON was launched in 1999 by a Hollywood filmmaker and art collector. &quot;Icon is for the art lover and the woman who loves shoes and handbags. We support artists by paying royalty for the use of their art,&quot; the company says on its Facebook page. &quot;I really think you should stop manufacturing the shoes with Buddha&#39;s imprint... it is totally against Buddhist sentiment,&quot; wrote one Tshewant Gyeltshen on the company&#39;s Facebook page. &quot;I am Buddhist. Your idea of putting Lord Buddha&#39;s image on footwear is unethical,&quot; said one Yoezer Gempo. &quot;Why do they have to put Lord Buddha&#39;s image on shoes? Among Buddhist we don&#39;t even let our shadow fall on His image. It cannot be ignorance since they had the guts to run a company and even call the pattern &#39;Thangka of the Buddha&#39;,&quot; wrote an angry Passang Tshering on his blog.

The Tibetan and the Buddhist community are outraged at a California-based company for promoting a range of shoes with the Lord Buddha's images.

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