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A Buddha figure portrays Siddhartha Gautama, the teacher who lived in northern India around the fifth century BCE and whose teaching became Buddhism. Each pose and hand gesture recalls a moment of his life: meditation, teaching, the night of his awakening. For Buddhists the figure is an object of respect and a reminder of the path he showed.

Tradition: Buddhism, from northern India
First figures: around the 1st century CE
Traditional place: raised and clean, never on the floor

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Estatua cabeza de Buda madera acabado rojo brillante 25cm 25 cm · Madera de albasia 5,0 (1)£34.95Miembros: +£2.25 de vuelta
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Estatua de Buda pintada a mano en resina roja y dorada mediana 15 cm · Resina 5,0 (5)£15.95Miembros: +£0.95 de vuelta
Set mini de 6 estatuas de Buda doradas 9 cm · Resina £36.95Miembros: +£2.40 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda en dhyana mudra, resina negra y gris, tamaño mediano 15 cm · Resina 5,0 (1)£15.95Miembros: +£0.95 de vuelta
Set de 6 mini estatuas de Buda colores surtidos 9 cm · Resina £36.95Miembros: +£2.40 de vuelta
Estatua de Buda de pie en anjali mudra 1m 100 cm · Madera de suar £390.00Miembros: +£22.75 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda en anjali mudra, acabado encalado 30cm 30 cm · Madera de suar £97.00Miembros: +£6.20 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Budai Buda Sonriente Madera Bring Blanqueada 30cm 30 cm · Madera de suar £104.00Miembros: +£6.70 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda en dharmachakra mudra, madera tallada a mano 60cm 60 cm · Madera de suar £300.00Miembros: +£19.90 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda en vitarka mudra, madera de suar tallada a mano 60cm 60 cm · Madera de suar 5,0 (1)£300.00Miembros: +£19.90 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda tallada a mano en madera Suar 30cm 30 cm · Madera de suar £94.95Miembros: +£6.15 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda con la mano hacia abajo, tallada a mano en madera, 30cm 30 cm · Madera de suar 5,0 (3)£94.95Miembros: +£6.15 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda durmiente de madera de suar, 50 cm 50 cm · Madera de suar £124.95Miembros: +£8.10 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda de pie en anjali mudra, acabado encalado 1m 100 cm · Madera de suar 5,0 (1)£390.00Miembros: +£22.75 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda en dhyana mudra, madera de suar tallada a mano 40cm 40 cm · Madera de suar £121.95Miembros: +£7.90 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buddha con Mandala Clásico, Set de 2 Piezas Madera de albasia 5,0 (1)£68.95Miembros: +£4.45 de vuelta
Set de estatua Buddha 2 piezas símbolo Om gris y negro Madera de albasia 4,0 (1)£77.00Miembros: +£4.95 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buddha con Mandala Floral, Set de 2 Piezas, Azul Madera de albasia £68.95Miembros: +£4.45 de vueltaPocas existencias

What the figure means

Buddha means the awakened one. It is the title given to Siddhartha Gautama, who taught in the Ganges plain some two and a half thousand years ago. A figure of him is a reminder of a person and of a path: that attention, kindness and patience can be practised, day by day.

For several centuries early Buddhist art showed him only through signs, such as a footprint, an empty seat or a tree. Figures in human form appeared around the first century CE, in Gandhara and Mathura in the north of the subcontinent.

Postures and hand gestures

A seated Buddha usually meditates. A standing one teaches or walks among people. A reclining Buddha, lying on his right side, shows his final passing, the parinirvana, and in Buddhist art it is a calm image of completion.

The hands, called mudras, tell the rest. Hands resting in the lap, palms up, mean meditation. A right hand reaching down to touch the earth recalls the night of his awakening, when he called the earth as his witness. A raised open palm is the gesture of fearlessness, and fingers joined at the chest mean teaching.

Placing a Buddha at home

Buddhist custom asks for a clean, raised place: a shelf, a low table or a home altar, never the floor and never the bathroom. Many people set the figure facing into the room or towards the door, with a little space around it for a candle, a flower or incense.

Choosing a figure

Choose the gesture you want to come back to: meditation for a reading corner, the earth-touching hand for a desk where decisions are made. The round, laughing figure with a sack is Budai, a monk of Chinese folklore, a different figure from the Buddha himself. Dust with a soft dry cloth.

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Preguntas frecuentes

Is it disrespectful to have a Buddha statue if I am not Buddhist?

Most Buddhist teachers welcome it when the figure is kept with respect: raised, clean, and away from the floor and the bathroom. Avoid using it as a doorstop, a lamp base or a garden joke.

Which way should a Buddha statue face?

Custom varies from country to country. A common choice is facing into the room or towards the main door, at or above eye level when you sit. A clean, calm place matters more than the direction.

What does a reclining Buddha mean?

It shows the Buddha at the end of his life, lying on his right side as he passed into final nirvana. In Buddhist art it is a peaceful image of completion, not a sad one.

Is the laughing Buddha the same as the Buddha?

No. The laughing figure is Budai, a Chinese monk of folklore later linked with Maitreya, the Buddha to come. Siddhartha Gautama is usually shown slender and calm.