Medicine Buddha 6”, Assorted Colors
For Buddha, life is to be lived on Earth, not in Heaven... and Nirvana is not a place, but a state of mind in witch one is released from fear and desire, living in love and compassion here on Earth.
Medicine Buddha is an enlightened being who has unbiased compassion for all living beings. He protects living beings from physical and mental sickness and other dangers and obstacles, and helps them to eradicate the three attachment: hatred, and ignorance – which are the source of all sickness and danger.
This Buddha is portraying the Bhumisparsha Mudra, which translates into ‘touching the earth’ or ‘calling the earth to witness’. This mudra represents the moment when Buddha became enlightened underneath the Bodhi tree.
Resin, made in Nepal.
Height: 6” Width: 4”