Old Sino-Tibet Gilded Brass Cloisonne Robe Manjushri

Description

Old Sino-Tibet brass Manjushri. Hand cast in a graceful sitting form. Hand gilded and painted face with a colorful cloisonne robe. Heavy brass with delicate details of work on the crown and dress.

Manjushri is a bodhisattva who represents wisdom of the Buddhas in Mahāyāna Buddhism. The name is a combination of Sanskrit word literally translated as “Beautiful One with Glory/Auspiciousness”. Mañjuśrī is also known by the fuller name of Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta (मञ्जुश्रीकुमारभूत). Another name of Mañjuśrī is Mañjughoṣa.

Manjushri the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, normally holds a sword in one hand, to cut off all delusion, and a Prajnaparamita Wisdom text in the other. As a meditation experience, is a powerful image representing ever-present wisdom plus the sword of awareness to cut off all delusion.

Scholars have identified Mañjuśrī as the oldest and most significant bodhisattva in Mahāyāna literature. The Lotus Sutra assigns him a pure land called Vimala, which according to the Avatamsaka Sutra is located in the East. His pure land is predicted to be one of the two best pure lands in all of existence in all the past, present, and future. An example of a wisdom teaching of Mañjuśrī can be found in the Saptaśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Taishō Tripiṭaka 232). This sūtra contains a dialogue between Mañjuśrī and the Buddha on the One Samādhi (Skt. Ekavyūha Samādhi). Sheng-yen renders the following teaching of Mañjuśrī, for entering samādhi naturally through transcendent wisdom:

Contemplate the five skandhas as originally empty and quiescent, non-arising, non-perishing, equal, without differentiation. Constantly thus practicing, day or night, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down, finally one reaches an inconceivable state without any obstruction or form. This is the Samadhi of One Act (一行三昧; Yīxíng sānmèi).

One of a kind piece.

Dimensions: 8″ x 12″ x 18.25″

Old piece. Sell in used, pre-owned condition. Vintage and antique items by nature have variable amounts of wear, imperfections, signs of use, age and time. Perfectly imperfect. Condition shown as in pictures. Kindly contact us if you need more info. or detail pictures.