| The statues and figurines of Buddha we
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| | as the disciples, angles and gods bade
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| see all around us are the statues of
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| | farewell to never returner Shakyamuni
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| Shakyamuni Siddhartha Gautama the
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| | Buddha. Medicine Buddha statue symbolizes
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| "Buddha" who was born in Kapilavastu, an
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| | the belief that Buddha parted knowledge
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| ancient province of Nepal, as the son of
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| | on medicine along with spiritual
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| king Suddhodana and Queen Maya Devi. The
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| | guidance.
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| Queen had few auspicious dreams before
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| | The Mudras or postures of Hands of the
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| the lord entered her womb from the
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| | Shakyamuni Buddha figures are either in
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| Tushita heaven.
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| | abhaya (Fearlessness), Dhyana
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| As Prince Siddhartha Gautama came to the
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| | (meditation), Dharmachakra Parivartana
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| age 28 he renounced the kingdom and lived
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| | (turning of the wheel of Dharma or
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| the life of a mendicant. He sought and
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| | doctrine or religion) and Bhumisparsa
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| attained enlightenment in six years under
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| | (calling the earth goddess to witness the
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| a pipala tree and became a Buddha, in
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| | touching of the earth by the right hand)
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| Bodhgaya. After enlightenment he uttered
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| | Buddha statues are hand made and thus
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| this stanza:
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| | they are artisan's labour of Love, or a
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| "Through many births I have passed the
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| | loving heart and moving hands giving them
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| builder of the house of pain is gone and
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| | shapes in definite postures. The earliest
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| I am free from any more births"
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| | representations of Buddha were mounds
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| Shakyamuni Buddha preached dharma through
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| | erected on the relics of Buddha, also
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| out his life and the light of the world
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| | known as "Stupa". The external
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| had gone out and lord passed away into
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| | decorations on the stupas display the
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| Nirvana at an old age of over 80.
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| | entire life of the Buddha from leaving
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| Talking of Buddha statues & figurines,
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| | home to enlightenment and to
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| the statues of Buddha are found in a wide
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| | Mahaparinirvana.
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| variety of poses, the most common of all
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| | The largest and tallest Buddha statues
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| the type is the sitting Buddha statue in
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| | were found in Afghanistan which were
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| a lotus position. The posture displays
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| | colossal in size and have been much
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| inner and outer balance and tranquillity.
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| | recently destroyed by the Taliban's. The
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| In meditating Buddha statues the posture
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| | Statues of Buddha in Nepal are generally
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| of the hand or the mudra, have the
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| | made out of gold, granite, bronze,
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| fingers of the right hand resting lightly
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| | copper, brass, resin, silver, ceramic,
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| on the left as they lay in the
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| | wood, etc. And, they are put on sale in a
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| enlightened one's lap and legs are
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| | fine work of display in Thamel and Durbar
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| crossed in a Lotus position. Many Buddha
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| | Square in the ancient city of Kathmandu
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| statues sit on a pedestal in a lotus
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| | in Nepal or sold in various online Buddha
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| blossom which represents the enlightened
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| | Statues store like at wholesale or
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| being or emptiness.
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| | retail. The standing Buddha statues with
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| Another posture is the Abhaya mudra in
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| | flowering robes is also common. And
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| which the right hand is raised and is the
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| | Buddha heads and hands are also found for
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| gesture of dispelling fear. Statues
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| | sale.
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| calling the earth to bear witness are
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| | All these meanings behind the Buddha
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| represented by postures where the right
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| | statues bring forth the memories of the
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| hand is touching the earth below, which
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| | enlightened master who once walked upon
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| displays total faith. And, finally the
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| | this earth 2500 years ago. In other words
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| reclining Buddha statue represents
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| | they are reminiscences of the "Grand
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| Buddha's passage into death or Nirvana,
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| | Master".
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