Budha Statue

Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism, and the figure is the statue of Buddha. It was an Indian prince, who lived 563-483 BC Buddhism is a religious philosophy that, unlike many other traditional religions do not believe in a personal God who punishes our misdeeds, and rewards good deeds individually. It was originally started as a philosophy atheistic. It is based on the Noble Eightfold Path and the four truths. The statue represents the Buddha "Enlightened One." Four Noble Truths are: that suffering is part of life, lust is what causes pain, suffering ceases when desire will stop, and that the only way to beat the desire and suffering is to follow the Noble Eight fold Path.

It is believed that the first Buddha statue was not created until 400-500 hundred years after Buddha's death out of respect. Therefore statues are not an exact replica of the person and there is no "right way" to represent him. The artist had artistic freedom in this area. But there are certain characteristics and symbolic elements that you will find at least one in every Buddha statue.

In the first Buddha statue, the figure of both hands with the ring finger of his left hand thumb and forefinger of your right hand touching the thumb to make a circle with the other three fingers were true. It is not sure what it symbolizes.

Statues of Buddha in different positions were designed specifically to teach certain lessons of philosophy. There are a variety of them, like the standing Buddha, Sleeping Buddha, the Laughing Buddha, the blessing of the Buddha, meditating Buddha, the teachings of Buddha statues in different positions, etc. have different meanings and teachings.

Large statues of Buddha are carved. They are unique to the creativity of artisans and statues of Buddha work. The fine arts and skills acquired by their ancestors down for generations. The best place to buy statues of Buddha from India, Nepal. India, Lalitpur is the heart of the handicraft industry in Nepal. This is where most of the Newar artists live.

Buddha statues are made of different materials. In these shops you will find a series of statues of various materials such as gold, antique, oxidized, copper, bronze, brass, silver, wood, resin, crystal statues, etc.