Description
Grand size Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, known by the title Buddha, which means ‘Awakened One’ or ‘Enlightened One’. It features the Buddha standing, with one foot placed in front of the other with the robe shifted to one side, as if in motion. This position indicates inner peace and grace. The perfect sculpture for temple. Or to create a positive space for meditation in the home.
Here we discuss the meaning behind the Walking Buddha.
Figures of the Buddha walking were first developed by the metalworkers of Sukothai in Thailand in the thirteenth century AD. Recognized around south east Asia ever since. Known , during the Sukhothai period as cankrama (‘walking back and forth’) it refers to the pacing of Buddha during the third week after his Enlightenment. They stress the active aspect of the Buddha’s ministry ad covey his accessibility in the way the Buddha seems to approach the viewer. In his image, the Buddha’s right hand is raised in the gesture of reassurance or the Abhaya mudra.
The walking Buddha is the least common of the Buddha sculpture postures. The Buddha is often considered to be either beginning his journey to teach or returning from heaven after delivering a sermon. When Shakyamuni renounced his princely life he dismounted from his horse, Kanthaka, for good to become a peripatetic teacher. Buddhist texts describe his constant wandering from city to city in the course of his teaching exemplifying the important role that the act of walking had upon the Buddha’s life.
Dimensions: 24″ x 26″ x 93″
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