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Buddha Statues are a symbol of the founder of Buddhism,
Siddhartha Gautama a man who was born as a Prince in Nepal 2,500 years ago who
preached to attain Nirvana, a primary aim of Buddhism to break free of the
wheel of Samsara.
“Buddha” is not a name it’s a title, meaning the “enlightened one”,
understanding life in the deepest way possible. One can achieve this only by
eradicating all the lust from one’s life by engaging in the eight fold path.
A statue of the Buddha effectuates and reminds us of our vows to persevere our
spiritual and meditation practices. Buddha statues tranquillises our mind
builds up serenity within us to overcome or control the negative emotions of
fear, greed jealousy and hatred hence creating a devotion and uplifting the
mind and focusing attention from reality of the material world. Anyway the
Buddhists consider that the most important function of a Buddha statue is to
communicate self-discipline and peace of mind.
Nepal being the land of Buddha’s birth we have a wide variety of Buddha
sculptures, Buddha figurines found all over the
country in different postures and poses. The most common sculptures of Buddha
are Buddha in Padmasana meaning Buddha in lotus position, Meditation Buddha
also called Amitabha Buddha, Buddha in Abhaymudra, Buddha in Reclining
Position, Dhayni Buddha, Bhaishajya Guru Buddha, Bodhisattva Buddha statues
like Manjushri Buddha Statue and the Akshobhya Buddha. Statues of the Medicine
Buddha and Maitreya Buddha are also popular where as the most adorable and
accepted forms of the statues are the Laughing Buddha or the Happy Buddha. The
Laughing Buddha statue is actually a Chinese monk called Ho Tai
who was believed to be the re-incarnation of the Buddha by the Chinese people.
Each position of the Lord’s statues depicts a different meaning.
We at www.himalayacrafts.com carry wide variety of selected Buddha statues in
different materials like brass, stone, resin, wood, and copper in different
sizes and positions of Buddha for online shopping made by qualified and
experienced craftsmen from Nepal and Tibetan people living in Nepal. If you
want additional information on our statues simply send us a mail at
sales@himalayacrafts.com.
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