Buddha

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

Osta Buddha · 313 Merkitys

Kirjastossa

Tuoksut

Sandelipuu69 kpl

Osta Buddha

Buddha-patsas dhyana-mudrassa, petrooli ja kulta, keskikokoinen 15 cm · Hartsi 5,0 (2)£15.95Jäsenille: +£0.95 takaisin
Kynttiläpurkki buddhan kasvot antiikkinen amber 2 kpl Puristettu lasi £10.95Jäsenille: +£0.60 takaisin
Buddha-patsas dhyana-mudrassa, minikokoinen ja messinkinen Messinki £14.95Jäsenille: +£0.85 takaisin
Rudraksha Mala -rannekoru Buddha, luonnollinen Puu £5.95Jäsenille: +£0.15 takaisin
Santelipuiset helmirannekorut ja Buddha-rannerengas, 2 osaa Joustava · Santelipuu 5,0 (1)£4.49Jäsenille: +£0.10 takaisin
Naurava Buddha Budai, kädet ylhäällä, valkopesty 40cm 40 cm · Suar-puu £124.95Jäsenille: +£8.10 takaisinVähissä varastoissa
Öljypolttimen Buddha Om Kädet Antiikki Öljy ja vesi · Hartsi 4,8 (6)£16.99Jäsenille: +£0.95 takaisin
Laulava kulho Om Viisi Buddhaa Maajauhe 16cm 16 cm · 770 g · Alumiini £48.95Jäsenille: +£3.15 takaisin
Laulukuppisetti Viisi Buddhaa 10cm 400g Nepal£60.00Jäsenille: +£3.80 takaisin
Banjara Buddha -suitsukkeet, lahjarasia (6 erilaista) £10.95Jäsenille: +£0.40 takaisin
Viileät jalokiviriipukset, hopeinen obsidiaanibuddha Nyörissä · Puuvillanyöri £8.99Jäsenille: +£0.40 takaisin
Puuvillainen seinäkoriste (70x110cm), Buddha ja bodhipuu Puuvilla £10.99Jäsenille: +£0.60 takaisin
Banjara Buddha Essence yrttimeditaatiosuitsuketikut £2.08
Banjara Buddha Serenity suitsuketikut meditaatioon 5,0 (1)£2.08
Valokuvakehys 10x15 cm mangopuuta musta Buddha Mangopuu £11.99Jäsenille: +£0.70 takaisin
Tarjotin Buddha kasvot kaiverrettu musta 30x15x2.5cm Mangopuu £15.95Jäsenille: +£0.95 takaisin
Mangopuinen puhelinteline, kaiverrettu Buddha-kuvio Mangopuu £10.95Jäsenille: +£0.65 takaisin
Banjara Buddhan sisäisen rauhan suitsukkeet 5,0 (7)£2.08
Suitsuketikut Buddha Harmonia Banjara 5,0 (1)£2.08
Suitsuketikun pidike Buddha-käsi Tikut · Alumiini £17.99Jäsenille: +£1.15 takaisin
Buddhan patsas, musta ja kulta, hartsia, keskikokoinen 15 cm · Hartsi 5,0 (6)£17.99Jäsenille: +£1.05 takaisin
Ametistinen buddha-kaiverrus 50x40x20mm 50 × 40 × 20 mm £26.99Jäsenille: +£1.60 takaisin
Laulukulho jauhe sininen viisi Buddhaa mantra 16 cm 16 cm · 770 g · Alumiini £48.95Jäsenille: +£3.15 takaisin
Pöytävesiputous 30 cm Kultainen Buddha Vitarka Mudra 30 cm · Hartsi £44.99Jäsenille: +£2.00 takaisin

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.

Kirjastossa

Lootuksenkukka47 kpl

Mandala122 kpl

Om45 kpl

Sandelipuu69 kpl

Usein kysytyt kysymykset

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.