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

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Budai Skrattande Buddha Staty Trä 30cm Blå Mint 30 cm · Suarträ £210.00Medlemmar: +£14.00 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Buddhastaty, handskuren i suarträ 30cm 30 cm · Suarträ £193.95Medlemmar: +£12.70 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Buddhastaty i vitarka mudra, handskuren i trä, mintgrön 30cm 30 cm · Suarträ £193.95Medlemmar: +£12.70 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Tie-dye tygkasse bomull Blå Lotus Buddha Bomull £12.95Medlemmar: +£0.80 tillbaka
Tie-dye bomullstygkasse Lotus Buddha 38x42x12 cm Bomull 5,0 (1)£12.95Medlemmar: +£0.80 tillbaka
Tibetansk Klangskål 16 cm Buddha Graverad 16 cm · 780 g · Metallegering Nepal 4,8 (5)£161.00Medlemmar: +£10.40 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Klangskål Jordpulver Mandala Buddha 16 cm 16 cm · 770 g · Aluminium £48.95Medlemmar: +£3.15 tillbaka
Klangskål Jordpulver Fem Buddha Mantra 16 cm 16 cm · 770 g · Aluminium £48.95Medlemmar: +£3.15 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Klangskålsset Buddha Svart Orange 14 cm £91.95Medlemmar: +£5.95 tillbaka
Klangskålsset Buddha Svart Orange 10,7 cm £63.95Medlemmar: +£4.10 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Klangskål Fem Buddha Motiv 21 cm · 1,5 kg · Aluminium 4,8 (6)£75.95Medlemmar: +£4.90 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Klangskål med Buddha Motiv 21 cm · 1,5 kg · Aluminium 4,5 (15)£75.95Medlemmar: +£4.90 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Klangskål Fem Buddha 11 cm · 630 g · Mässing 4,4 (7)£39.99Medlemmar: +£2.50 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Klangskålsgåvoset 14 cm Undervisande Buddha Nepal£94.00Medlemmar: +£6.00 tillbaka
Keramisk rökelsehållare, Buddha långt blad Stickor · Metall £14.99Medlemmar: +£0.85 tillbaka
Bordfontän 30 cm Gyllene Buddha Lotus 30 cm · Harts £44.99Medlemmar: +£2.00 tillbaka
Bordfontän, 30 cm Gyllene Mediterande Buddha 30 cm · Harts 5,0 (1)£43.95Medlemmar: +£2.05 tillbakaBegränsat lager
Rudraksha Mala-armband Buddha Mix Trä £5.95Medlemmar: +£0.15 tillbaka
Buddha-armband med Rudraksha-mala, brunt Trä £5.95Medlemmar: +£0.15 tillbaka
Rudraksha Buddha Mala-armband Mörk Trä £5.95Medlemmar: +£0.15 tillbaka
Rökelse-set med rep Silverpläterad Pancha Buddha 10 rep Nepal£32.99Medlemmar: +£1.45 tillbaka
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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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Vanliga frågor

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.