बुद्ध Statues

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.