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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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Compra en Buda

Péndulo Radiestesia de Orgonita Chakra Buda Orgonita India 4,0 (1)£12.95Miembros: +£0.75 de vuelta
Cúpula de Orgonita Pisapapeles, Buda Chakra 11 × 1,5 cm · Resina de orgonita India 5,0 (1)£30.99Miembros: +£1.40 de vueltaPocas existencias
Pulsera elástica de cuentas de Buda, marrón Elástica 5,0 (1)£4.99Miembros: +£0.20 de vuelta
Juego de 2 piezas: brazalete Buda y pulsera de cuentas de madera oscura Elástica £4.99Miembros: +£0.20 de vuelta
Quemador de incienso de reflujo, Buda de latón, madera de mango, mediano Conos de reflujo · Madera de mango India 5,0 (1)£24.95Miembros: +£0.80 de vuelta
Quemador de Incienso de Reflujo, Buda de Latón Madera de Mango Conos de reflujo · Madera de mango India£17.95Miembros: +£0.40 de vuelta
Pulsera de piedra de lava con Buda y cuarzo rosa Elástica · Piedra de lava China 5,0 (1)£7.95Miembros: +£0.45 de vuelta
Disco Quemador de Incienso Varillas y Conos Buda de Madera Varillas · Madera de mango India£6.95Miembros: +£0.20 de vuelta
Calcetines de bambú, Buda de Bali Bambú £8.99Miembros: +£0.40 de vuelta
Elige opciones
Estatua cabeza de Buda, 25cm acabado dorado brillante 25 cm · Madera de albasia £34.95Miembros: +£2.25 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua de cabeza de Buda, acabado plateado, 25cm 25 cm · Madera de albasia £34.95Miembros: +£2.25 de vuelta
Estatua cabeza de Buda madera acabado rojo brillante 25cm 25 cm · Madera de albasia 5,0 (1)£34.95Miembros: +£2.25 de vuelta
Estatua cabeza de Buda 25cm acabado verde brillante 25 cm · Madera de albasia £34.95Miembros: +£2.25 de vueltaPocas existencias
Estatua cabeza de Buda tallada a mano madera azul 25cm 25 cm · Madera de albasia 5,0 (1)£34.95Miembros: +£2.25 de vueltaPocas existencias
Porta Incienso Varilla Buda Aluminio Pulido 23cm Varillas · Metal India£8.99Miembros: +£0.40 de vuelta
Arte de Pared Chakra Buda Algodón Pintado a Mano Algodón India£14.95Miembros: +£0.85 de vueltaPocas existencias
Caja de Recuerdos Grande de Madera Buda 20x15x7.5cm Madera de mango India£15.95Miembros: +£0.85 de vuelta
Caja de Recuerdos de Madera Mediana Buda 15x10x6cm Madera de mango India£10.99Miembros: +£0.60 de vuelta
Caja de recuerdos de madera cuadrada Buda 13x13x6cm Madera de mango India£10.99Miembros: +£0.60 de vuelta
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
Portavelas de Buda de resina, blanco mediano Resina £17.99Miembros: +£1.05 de vuelta
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

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.