This beautiful Shakyamuni Buddha statue has a very unique and exceptional antique patina.  Shakyamuni Buddha is represented in the Bhumisparsha Mudra (Earth Touching Gesture).  Shakyamuni has short curly hair, ushnisha, urna and long earlobes.

Shakyamuni, the sage of the Shakyas, the historical Buddha known as Siddhartha was the founder of Buddhism.  He was born in a Shakya clan family in the Nepalese Terai in Lumbini.  He lived between 563-483 B.C.  He is venerated as a Tathagata: one who has attained the essence of truth and as a Jina: one who has conquered.  He became Buddha, one who has attained enlightenment, a heroic achievement.  He received enlightenment at Bodhgaya, gave the first sermon at Sarnath, and attained nirvana at Kushingar.  He accepted rebirth and transmigration.  According to him moral values are the result of deeds performed in previous years and karma makes one's life fundamentally painful and also conditions life.

Buddha is a teacher in Hinayana Buddhism, his life is an example that everyone must follow.  In the Mahayana path, he is a manifestation of the Truth and the Absolute.  His word is the self-revelation  of truth.  He has an infinite number of colleagues; all reflections of the same truth.  The concept underwent profound changes, and as a manifestation of self-revealing Supreme Existence, he became Shakyamuni.  He was considered as the Buddha who is seen on celestial planes.  Finally, he was seen as the Supreme Buddha.

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