Buddha Shakyamuni 6-inch a Buddha idol

a Buddha idol

Flowers in stylized forms appear widely in Tibetan decorative art and can be found on furniture

The gesture of his closed hands represents the union of the two conditions of enlightenment– wisdom and effort

The flowers around him indicate that just as the flower is not tainted by the mud from which it emerged

Buddha Shakyamuni 6-inch a Buddha idolBuddha Shakyamuni was born Siddhartha, the only son of an Indian king. At his birth, it was prophesied that he would either become a great king or the Buddha of this age. His father determined that his son follow in his footsteps and prolong the dynasty, believed that the only way he could prevent his son from renouncing the world was to confine him to the palace, thus shielding him from understanding the suffering of worldly life. One day, on an