Rethinking my over use of Buddhist statues

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Kāliṅga bodhi jātaka - The (non?) role of Buddha statues in Buddhist practice

Dear all, I am trying to understand the meaning of a line in a jataka tale. The jataka is Jataka 479: https://suttacentral.net/ja479/en/rouse?reference=none&highlight=false With the pali at: https://tipitaka.org/romn/cscd/s0513a4.att3.xml#para67 There’s a particular line that I’m curious for a literal translation: Ānanda, sārīrikaṃ na sakkā kātuṃ. Tañhi buddhānaṃ parinibbānakāle hoti, uddissakaṃ avatthukaṃ mamāyanamattameva hoti, buddhehi paribhutto mahābodhirukkho buddhesu dharantesupi …