Buddha Statues And The History Of The Buddha
Buddha figues that are seen outside Hindu temples or available in specialist shops, are stylisations of the great Buddha – Siddhartha Gauama. He was born around 400BC in the ancient province of Nepal, and was the son fo KIng Suddhadana and Queen Maya Devi. According to legend, the Queen had a special dream the night that the future Buddha was conceived. In her dream she saw a white elephant with six white tusks enter her side from the right, and 10 months later the enlightened one was born.
When he reached the age of 28, Prince Siddhartha renounced the kingdom and his inheritance and lived the life of a mendicant or as it is better known ? a beggar. He tried for six years to gain enlightenment under a pipala tree in Bodhgaya, and eventually became a Buddha. After enlightenment, he is thought to have remarked ?Through many births I have passed; the builder of the house of pain is gone and I am free from any more births?.
Shakyamuni Buddha preached ?dharma? through out his life which is an Indian spiritual and religious term meaning one?s righteous duty, or any virtuous path. A dharma in a Hindu?s life is affected by the person?s age, class, occupation and gender.
Buddha statue & ornaments are found in a wide variety of poses, the most common of all the type is the sitting Buddha statue in a lotus position. The posture shows an advanced inner and outer balance and tranquillity. In meditating Buddha statues, the posture of the hand or the mudra, have the fingers of the right hand resting lightly on the left as they lay in the enlightened Buddha?s lap with the legs crossed in a Lotus position. A lot of Buddha statues sit in a lotus blossom on a pedistal, representing the ‘Enlightened Being’ or state of emptiness.
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