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Product code: bh-001
10'' Copper, Partly Gold Plated
Deep Carved Medicine Buddha
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BHAISAJYA (MEDICINE) BUDDHA
Bhaisajyaguru is known as Medicine Buddha. He is also called the
healing Buddha. He is said to dispense spiritual medicine when
properly worshipped. It is even believed that an efficacious cure
may be accomplished by merely touching the image. In Tibet, he may
be represented either as a Buddha or as a Bodhisatwa. As a Buddha,
he has the Urn (small round Bulge or protuberance above the bridge
of the nose) the fourth superior marks of a Buddha Ushnisha (A bulge
or protuberance in the skull of the Buddha) short and curly hair. He
wears a monastic robe, is seated with the legs crossed. His left
hand lying in his lap in meditation mudra, usually holds the
medicine bowl, while the right hand in charity mudra holds either a
branch with fruit or the fruit alone, of th myrobalan, as medicinal
plant found in India and other tropical countries.
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Product code: bh-002
12'' Copper, Full Gold
Plated Padma Sambhav
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PADMA SAMBHAV
Padma Sambhav was renowned and highly learned trantric saint of
Northern India. In the middle of the eight century the Tibetan King
Thi-Sron Detsan sent to India inviting the learned guru to come to
Tibet. Padma Sambhav was renowned for his knowledge of tantras and of
their efficacious application. He remained 50 yrs in Tibet founding monasteries
and teaching the tantra doctrine. He is said to have subdued all the
malignant gods in the Tibet sparing only those that became converted
to Buddhism and that promised to be defenders (Dharmapala) of the
doctrine. At the end of fifty century, Padma Sambhav disappeared
miraciously.
Padma Sambhav is represented, seated on a lotus asana with the legs
locked, the right hand holding the vajra and the left lying in his lap
with the patra. He holds his special symbol, the khatvanga pressed
against his breast with the left arm.
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Product code: bh-003
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Product code: bh-004
16'' Copper Partly
Gold Plated Amitabha Buddha
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AMITABHA BUDDHA
Amitabha is the most ancient Buddha among the Dhyani Buddhas. He
said to reside the Sukhabati heaven in peaceful meditation. He is of
red color originating from the red syllable HRIH. He represents
cosmic element of Sanjna (name). His vehicle is peacock. He exhibits
Samadhi Mudra with his two palms folded face up one on top of the
other lying on his lap. He has a lotus as a sign. When represented
on the stupa, he always faces the West. He is worshipped thinking
that one can have salvation. Sometimes holding a Patra on the same
posture. His female is Pandara. Amitabha denotes "Boundless
Light" of Incomprehensible.
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Product code: bh-005
10" Copper
Full Gold Plated Vajravarahi
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VAJRAVARAHI
Vajravarahi is a godess whose color is red. She has two arms.
She exhibits in her right hand the vajra along with the raised index
finger and shows in the left the Kapala and the Khatwanga. She is
one faced and three eyed dishevelled hair is marked with the six auspicious
symbols and is nude. She is the essence of the five kind of
knowledge, and is the embodiment of the Sahaj pleasure. She stands
in the satyalidha attitude tremples upon the gods Bhairav and
Kalratri, wears a garland of head still wet with blood which she
drinks to quench her thirst.
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