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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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Campana de viento Buda, 5 campanas de latón hechas a mano Latón India£13.95Miembros: +£0.80 de vuelta
Portaincienso de varilla, torre Buda 7 chakras Varillas · Aluminio India£11.95Miembros: +£0.70 de vuelta
Portaincienso de varilla Buda rojo 10 cm Varillas · Aluminio India 3,0 (1)£13.95Miembros: +£0.85 de vuelta
Portaincienso de varilla Buda verde 10 cm Varillas · Aluminio India£13.95Miembros: +£0.85 de vuelta
Quemador de aceite Buda recortado blanco Aceite y agua · Cerámica China 4,6 (8)£8.99Miembros: +£0.45 de vuelta
Cuadro de Buda con flores en azul y dorado, 75x55 cm £39.99Miembros: +£2.50 de vuelta
Cuadro de Buda con flores en plata y oro rosa, 75x55 cm £39.99Miembros: +£2.50 de vuelta
Cuadro de Buda con flores en bronce y azul, 75x55 cm £39.99Miembros: +£2.50 de vuelta
Estatua de cabeza de Buda de hormigón, cobre azul Hormigón £22.99Miembros: +£1.45 de vuelta
Estatua de Buda Resina Blanca y Gris Mediana 15 cm · Resina £15.95Miembros: +£0.95 de vuelta
Estatua de Buda de Piedra Que Sera 50x40x20mm 50 × 40 × 20 mm China£26.99Miembros: +£1.60 de vuelta
Figura de Buda de Jade 50x40x20mm 50 × 40 × 20 mm China 4,0 (3)£26.99Miembros: +£1.60 de vuelta
Figura de Buda de Cuarzo Rosa 50x40x20mm 50 × 40 × 20 mm China£26.99Miembros: +£1.60 de vuelta
Estatua de Buda de Piedra Que Sera Pequeña 35x40x23mm 35 × 40 × 23 mm China£15.99Miembros: +£1.00 de vuelta
Buda de jade, 35x40x23mm 35 × 40 × 23 mm China£15.99Miembros: +£1.00 de vuelta
Estatua de Buda de Amatista, 35x40x23mm 35 × 40 × 23 mm China£15.99Miembros: +£1.00 de vuelta
Figura de Buda de cuarzo rosa, 35x40x23mm 35 × 40 × 23 mm China 5,0 (2)£15.99Miembros: +£1.00 de vuelta
Fuente de agua de mesa Buda plateado bola de cristal 35cm 35 cm · Resina China£55.95Miembros: +£2.60 de vueltaPocas existencias
Fuente de mesa Buda dorado y macetas 21.5 cm 21,5 cm · Resina China£27.99Miembros: +£1.25 de vuelta
Estatua de Buda en mudra Vitarka, madera tallada a mano, naranja, 60cm 60 cm · Madera de suar £470.00Miembros: +£28.00 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Budai Buda Sonriente Vintage Tallada a Mano Menta 40cm 40 cm · Madera de suar £360.00Miembros: +£23.80 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda en mudra Anjali, madera tallada a mano, azul menta, 40cm 40 cm · Madera de suar £250.00Miembros: +£16.55 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de Buda en mudra Vitarka, tallada a mano, naranja vintage, 40cm 40 cm · Madera de suar £230.00Miembros: +£14.50 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.