Marble Burmese Buddha XL

Description

This Buddha was carved out of a single piece of marble in Myanmar (Burma). It is a beautiful piece depicting a robed Buddha sitting atop a lotus base and wearing a crown. The folding in his robe is beautifully done.

The Buddha Kṣitigarbha (地藏 ; Jizō ; Địa Tạng ; ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་ ) is a Bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk. As recorded in the sutras, to take responsibility for the instruction of all beings in the six worlds in the era between the parinirvana of the Buddha and the rise of Maitreya. Because of this important role, shrines to Kṣitigarbha often occupy a central role in temples.

He is therefore often regarded as the Bodhisattva of hell-beings, as well as the guardian of children and patron deity of deceased children and aborted fetuses in most east Asian culture.

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