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Tibetan Name: Shakya Tubpa Materials: Lost Wax Method, Copper, Made in Nepal Height: 6 inches Width: 4 1/2 inches Depth: 3 inches Weight: 2 pounds Click here to view more images of the Meditation Gesture Shakyamuni Buddha Statue This Buddha is seated in the meditation gesture or samadhi mudra. He is seated on a single lotus base holding a begging bowl, or alms bowl (Sanskrit: Patra). This bowl is a simple yet important object in the daily lives of Buddhist monks. It is used as a bowl in which to collect alms (either money or food) from lay supporters. The patra also has symbolic significance associated with the historical Buddha. According to one legend, when he began meditating beneath the Bodhi Tree, a young woman offered him a golden bowl filled with rice, thinking he was the divinity of the tree. He divided the rice into 49 portions, one for each day until he would be enlightened, and threw the precious bowl into the river. This and other legends, combined with its humble monastic uses, have made the simple begging bowl a symbol of the Buddha's teachings on nonattachment. Please email or call us, toll free, with any questions or comments 1(888)DHARMA-4, info@dharmasculpture.com |
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