Handcarved Buddha Statue – Laughing Buddha (Large)

This handcrafted wood statue was made with fair trade practices in Bali, Indonesia using sustainable wood. Buddha images throughout the home promote peace, serenity, and tranquility. The Buddha Statue is a symbol of Buddhism’s ancient founder, Siddhartha Gautama, a prince from northern India. He lived from about 563 to 483 BC. The Buddha Statue signifies the “”Enlightened One,”" the basic symbol of Buddhism.

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Buddha Statue – Laughing Buddha ( Extra-Large)

• Laughing Buddha pose
• Fair trade made with sustainable wood in Bali, Indonesia
• Great Christmas gift
• Size: 31 x 17 x 51 cm (~20 in high)

This handcrafted wood statue was made with fair trade practices in Bali, Indonesia using sustainable wood. Buddha images throughout the home promote peace, serenity, and tranquility. The Buddha Statue is a symbol of Buddhism’s ancient founder, Siddhartha Gautama, a prince from northern India. He lived from about 563 to 483 BC. The Buddha Statue signifies the “Enlightened One,” the basic symbol of Buddhism.

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Buddha Statues – How To Buy The Right Ones? – 8 Critical Factors

1. Understand why you need to buy buddha statues.

It will help you to choose the right one among the hundreds of different kinds of buddha statues. More than listening to anyone else or any other belief you should listen to your soul. Basic reason to buy buddha is to help yourself achieve your inner peace. Worshiping the buddha statues will help us remember, understand and practice Buddha’s teachings. Ultimately by breaking out of never ending cycle of life after death, the state of Nirvana can be achieved by practicing buddhism with the help of Vipassana meditation.

It depends on your choice of taking the path to achieving what you desire. If you want to experience a joy of life, happy buddha or laughing buddha might be the appropriate one. If you wish to tame your mind with meditation techniques, you might want to buy meditating buddha statues. If however, You simply love and want to appreciate the artwork they can serve as the proper ambience to your living room or showroom.

Trying to find such answer will help you much to find the right one ultimately.

2. Learn to distinguish the buddhist statues from other religious statues.

Hindu Deities look similar to Buddhist statues but there are huge differences in their meaning. There are many ways to recognize buddhist statues. One of the ways is to look at body positions and other is to observe hand gestures. Hands resting on the lap symbolizes meditating buddha.Right hand touching the earth represents shakyamuni buddha, the enlightened one.

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3. Be careful where you buy it from.

You have to be very careful to buy Buddha statues. Before considering buying you have to know where the Buddha statue is originally made. To ensure the genuine statue one should avoid the replica of original art. Please be informed that the genuine artisans who make these statues are originally from Nepal. From Nepal the art of making the Buddha statues is exported to Tibet, where it gained major popularity. You may say Buddha statues are originally from Tibet but the root to making one is descended from Nepal. Newar artisans, Shakya Artisans to be specific are the original masters from whom the art is being descended for generations. Check out here for the buddha statues from Nepal.

4. Judgement of Quality by observing face painting.

Face is the single most important factor to look for while buying one. The finer the face painting of the buddha better the quality of the statue.If you choose to buy golden buddha the face is primarily painted with 24 k gold by specialist artist. On top of that fine outlining of eyes, nose and tika is done. The overall face should portray compassion, looking at which should invoke respect for buddha within us naturally.

5. Never forget to look at the ears.

Always check the long ears which signifies the true artistry behind. Genuine buddha statues should have long ears.

6. Check the carvings on the body of the Buddha

Carvings on the body of the statue speak volumes about the quality of the Buddha. High quality Buddha statues have fine carvings which is the delicate artwork of specialist artists. These artists are specially located in Patan, Nepal.

7. Different types of Buddha statues

You should decide what kind of statue is appropriate for you. There are Golden Buddha, Oxidized Buddha, Antique Buddha, Wooden Buddha, Copper Buddha, Bronze Buddha etc.

8. Fill Buddha Statues with Mantras (Holy Chantings)

In the context of buddhism empty statue in your house without mantras inside will decrease long life, peace, health and wealth. Whereas filling it with mantras blesses you with good fortunes, peace, prosperity and happiness. Filling it with mantras and make a statue, the enlightened one. You should Look for possibility to insert the mantras in the statues. Statues specially made in China or India are not designed for filling the mantras inside where as statues made in Nepal are designed specifically for mantras to be inserted.You can even ask the vendor to bless the statue by a Monk in local Buddhist Monastery when buying.

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Buddha Fountains – A Gateway To Spirituality

Buddhism teaches enlightenment or awakening. Buddha is the enlightened one. A Buddha fountain can create an enlightened place in your home and meet your needs for meditation and spiritual practices.

Many studies have shown that meditation contributes to a person’s physical and psychological wellness. Meditation is an internal state of relaxed awareness, with profound mental discipline in which a person attempts to get beyond the normal thinking mind and go into the deeper state of relaxation or awareness. This is achieved as meditation brings the brainwave pattern into an alpha state which is a level that brings healing.

The idea of placing a Buddha fountain in your home is inspired by Siddhartha Gautama (the founder of Buddhism) who achieved and practiced the zen-like peace and clarity of conscience and state of complete freedom from all sufferings. That’s what inspires people to add a Buddha fountain in their homes. Buddha fountain come in different forms. It can be a Buddha wall fountain, Buddha tabletop fountain, or Buddha garden fountain. It is very graceful and peaceful scenery to place one around, like in your sitting area in the patio, or garden.

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It can be made out of stone, but most often made of cast resin. This is because resin materials are lighter and easy to move around. Resin is a material that does not oxidize which leads to corrosion. A resin Buddha fountain is made to look with a natural stone finish and doesn’t need any coating; however it may be coated with the popular aged bronze color. There are also some pieces with hand painted colors but mostly the natural stone finish is more popular.

All the Buddha Fountains work similarly and have the same primary parts.

1.) The reservoir which contains the water for circulation.

2.) Small electric pump which suctions the water from the reservoir to the nozzle or any opening the fountain uses.

There are also Buddha fountains for outdoors which are powered by built-in solar panels. The usual type is the Buddha figure sitting in a lotus position of meditation with a large bowl with the fountain coming from that bowl. There are hundreds of Buddha fountain styles. All come for the same purpose of providing a gentle, cascading white noise that covers all other sounds while you are relaxing and meditating.

Having one of those fountains in your home or any place around will serve as a reminder that you need to drop everything that cause suffering and take your time to gain spirituality through meditation and relaxation. There is no better focal point than a Buddha fountain, where the figure reminds you of a true inspiration, the Buddha.

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Siddhartha Gautam Buddha Statue in Earth Touching Brass Sculpture with Flowing Robes Copper Patina 14 Inch Free Shipp

• The Gandhara style Buddha statue is seated on a base wearing a beautifully carved robe.
• The right hand touches the earth while the left hand all other fingers are extended upwards.
• The robes of the Buddha feature details of the life of Gautama on his path to becoming the Enlightened One.
• The Buddha sits peacefully on Double blossoming flower.Buddha’s left hand here rests on the lap, with upturned open palm, while the right hangs downward, the middle finger gently touching the earth.
• Size: Height 14″,Width 11″, Depth 7″

Bhumi-sparsha mudra:-Buddha’s left hand here rests on the lap,with upturned open palm,while the right hangs downward,the middle finger gently touching the earth in the so called “position of touching the earth”(bhumi-sparsha mudra).

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NEW Footprints of the Buddha Amulet (Amulets and Talismans)

This gold-toned amulet represents the physical presence of the Enlightened One. It has the engraved image of a footprint on one side with an image of the Buddha on the other, with both surrounded by a wheel of symbols intended to remind of Buddha’s teachings and aid you in your search for spiritual enlightenment. This amulet hangs 1 1/2″ in diameter and comes with a nylon cord.

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Footprints of the Buddha Amulet

• 1 1/2″ in diameter

This gold-toned amulet represents the physical presence of the Enlightened One. It does this the engraved image of a footprint on one side with an image of the Buddha on the other, with both surrounded by a wheel of symbols intended to remind of Buddha`s teachings and aid you in your search for spiritual enlightenment. This amulet hangs 1 1/2″ in diameter and comes with a nylon cord.

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About Buddha

Why is Buddha called the ‘Enlightened One’?

Do you know the real name of Buddha? Are you aware of his teachings that were taught thousands of years ago? Do you know that these teachings came from wide-ranging and immaculate wisdom? Is it true that these ancient teachings have eternal significance? Can you believe that these teachings are relevant in our modern life? And is it possible to follow the path as demonstrated by Buddha even now?

Well, these are serious questions that you and I have faced already or they may prop up in life sooner or later. All these questions have greater importance in life and when we find the right answers, we can surely be drawn to a better way of living. We would be, perhaps, more enlightened to lead a happy and peaceful life. In fact, this is the reason why Buddha is called the Enlightened One; he found the real answers to these profound questions.

Buddha was the son of King Suddhodhana and his real name was Prince Siddhartha. He lived in the kingdom of Kapilavastu about 2,500 years ago. Kapilavastu was a rich kingdom located somewhere along the India – Nepal border in ancient times.

Prince Siddhartha, not surprisingly, led a luxurious life — he could eat, drink and sleep the way he wanted. He could also roam about in his kingdom anywhere at his free will. In his rich and lavish life of 30 years, he is said to have never experienced pain, poverty or misery. However, one night, he was swayed by some serious questions about life and death, diseases, pain and suffering. In order to find real and genuine answers, the prince left the palace at night giving up all pleasures. He did not even tell about this renunciation to his wife and son who were sleeping at that time.

As he traveled in darkness, the inner light of wisdom started dawning. In his long and tiresome journey, the prince was forced to live a life of poverty; he saw the pain and misery of the people around and it drove him gradually to the path of self-realization. He was involved in deep meditation until one day he realized that the path of luxury and poverty are both dangerous to mankind; there was a need to follow a middle path. The moment when this delightful and divine realization came, he started preaching it to all people and came to be called the ‘Enlightened One’. His name also changed from Siddhartha to Gautam Buddha. Buddha received this amazing realization while sitting under a Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya.

In the course of time, Buddha’s teachings gained more popularity. As more and more people became his followers, Buddhism became a way of life. Buddhism highlights an eight-fold path: Right view, Right thought, Right speech, Right conduct, Right livelihood, Right effort, Right mindfulness and Right concentration.

Soon Buddha’s statutes were erected everywhere; many amulets associated with Buddha were created worldwide. You can view them in many countries even today.

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