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A shiny bronze statue of a pot-bellied, bald man with a laughing grin on his face, the same jolly fella immortalized in keychains, paperweights and other trinkets sold in Chinatown tourist shops. That's the Buddha, right? Nope, but you're in the right religious ballpark.
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- It's believed that around the 6th century, there was a wealthy prince named Siddhartha Gautama who lived in India. Despite being rich, he chose to...
- Buddha meditated for 49 days under the Bodhi tree to seek the truth about human existence. During this time, he achieved nirvana, which is the esca...
- While the birthplace of Buddha was in India, Indian priests and scholars would travel to far-off places to spread Buddhism. Over the centuries, the...
Jun 18, 2020 · Everybody can be in that state but least to reach that state of enlightenment or to be a Buddha, there are three different types of Buddha. First type is called Samma Sambuddha, the person who reached the state of enlightenment on their own and teaches others.
- The Buddha’s Advice on Devotion
- Respectful Use of Buddha Statue
- A Brief History of The Buddha Statue
- Geographical Differences in The Representation of Buddha Statues
- General Marks of A Buddha Statue
- The Meaning of The Buddha’s Postures
- The Meaning of The Buddha’s Hand Gestures
- Other Statues in Theravāda Buddhism
- Other Statues in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Closing Thoughts
During his life the Buddha repeatedly discouraged worship directed only at him as a person. How should we see this in relation to the use of statues and the like in daily practice? We start with a passage from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta. This sutta is about the actions and teachings of the Buddha in the last phase of his 80-year long life, right up ...
You can find them for for sale in garden centers, they decorate the houses in your neighborhood, and most likely found their place in your local yoga center. Buddha statues can be seen everywhere nowadays. The fact that a Buddha statue has become commonplace in the West is not necessarily a problem, but it may make it more difficult to figure out h...
We quote the fitting text Buddhism and Buddhist Artby Vidya Dehejia of Columbia University’s Department of Art History and Archaeology, written for the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in 2007:
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. In order to get a feel for some of the gross differences in the way the Buddha is represented in different countries, the people at Asean Art have made the following beautiful collage. Of course, this is only a rough and superficial classification and within each country there exists a wide variety of ...
If you look at different images of the Buddha, even if they come from completely different regions, you will see that the images always have some similarities. The Buddha is usually represented with proportionally long fingers, a long nose, long earlobes, a bun on his head and broad shoulders to name a few. The large earlobes symbolize wisdom, the ...
The Buddha is usually depicted four postures (iriyā patha): seated in the lotus position (or a derivative thereof), standing, walking and lying down. What do these postures symbolize?
In the sitting, standing and walking postures you can find the Buddha depicted with various hand gestures. These hand gestures are called mudra in Sanskrit. We will give the names of the mudrain Sanskrit because they are best known in this language. Where possible we will also give the Pali name. Each of the mudra has its own meaning. We’ll take a ...
The Venerable Sariputta and Maha Mogallana
In the time of the Buddha, there were many who achieved complete liberation and became Arahant. These Arahants are all equal in the sense that they have all completely destroyed the defilements of the mind and achieved permanent liberation from the unsatisfactoriness of existence, but thy differ in many other respects. For example, the degree of concentration may differ or the ability to see the paramis(qualities) of others and thus give fitting teachings. Also, their own paramis and their ow...
The Venerable Sivali
In Buddhist monasteries in Southeast Asia you regularly see an altar somewhere on the monastery grounds with a standing monk with a walking stick in one hand and an umbrella or fan in the other hand, and he often wears a beaded necklace (mala) and begging bowl. In short, it is an image of an itinerant monk who carries all his possessions with him. In the passage above about the venerable Sariputta and Maha Mogallana we briefly explained that there are Arahants who reached the highest possible...
The Venerable Upagupta
Images of the venerable Upagupta can mainly be found in Northern Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. In Myanmar he is called Shin Upagutta (or Shin Upagot), in Thailand he is known as Upakhut. The image is characterized by a monk sitting in a half-lotus position with his hand reaching into a large begging bowl on his lap, while looking up at an angle. His seat is usually decorated with fish. Under the name Upagupta he does not feature in the Pali Canon of Theravāda Buddhism, but even though his story...
The Laughing Buddha
Many people in the World think of the Buddha as the fat smiling man with the bald head that you often see at Chinese restaurants. However, this is not the Buddha but a Chinese monk named Pu-Tei (also called Budei or Hotei). Known in China as ‘the friendly’. Pu-Tei is semi-historically based on an eccentric Ch’an (Zen) monk who lived around the 10th century, and he is seen as the ‘patron saint’ of the weak, the poor and children. His name means something like ‘cloth bag’ and refers to the bag...
The Five Dhyani Buddhas
The Five Dhyani Buddhas are one of those subjects that we will certainly fail to give the proper amound of space and depth in this guide. They are central to Mahāyān and Vajrayāna Buddhism and are deeply rooted in the philosophical concepts of these vehicles. Central to Mahāyāna is the great compassion of the Buddha, a train of thought that gained momentum in the years after even the last disciple who had known the Buddha personally had died, and the realization really began to sink in that t...
Manjushri
In addition to the Dhyani Buddhas mentioned above, various bodhisattvasplay an important role in helping beings on earth. Bodhisattvasare beings who have the intention to become a Buddha themselves in the future, and make a great effort in order to reach this goal, life after life. In Theravāda Buddhism, the path of the bodhisattva is reserved for very special people who at the time of a previous Buddha, when they had already developed their own qualities (paramis) to a very high level, have...
This is where this guide about the use, history and meaning of statues in Buddhism ends. Of course, this text only superficially touches on the multiplicity and depth of the Buddhist image and there is much more to tell, but we hope that the reader has found what he was looking for. If you have any additions or questions, please don’t hesitate to l...
Dec 31, 2014 · I'Ve heard all my life (in Theravada Buddhism) that it's only a being born as a human male (in the life in which he attains Buddhahood) that can be a Buddha. As a matter of argument, your answer is appreciated.
Jan 29, 2017 · Only a male person can become a Lord Buddha. Even when fulfilling Paramitha in Bodhisattva state, Lord Buddhas give Niyatha wiwarana to the Bodhisattva. To give the Niyatha Viwarana also, Bodhisattva must be a male. If female wish to become Buddha, first she has to wish to be a male and start completing Paramitha.
Youthful Buddhas with hair arranged in wavy curls resemble Roman statues of Apollo; the monastic robe covering both shoulders and arranged in heavy classical folds is reminiscent of a Roman toga. There are also many representations of Siddhartha as a princely bejeweled figure prior to his renunciation of palace life.
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As noted by Andrew Skilton, the Buddha was often described as being superhuman, including descriptions of him having the 32 major and 80 minor marks of a "great man", and the idea that the Buddha could live for as long as an aeon if he wished (see DN 16).
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