Hand-Carved Buddhist Bodhisattva Guru Padmasambhava
The Bodhisattva Padmasambhava was traditionally hand-carved by the master craftsmen of Nepal. The figure was carved using a copper body, gilded with 24k genuine gold and finely painted with acrylic paint to highlight the design patterns of the sculpture. Guru Padmasambhava is depicted in this statue in a royal posture with a semi-wrathful expression. He has a vajra (Tibetan - Dorje) in his left hand, a skull vase in his right, and a trident on his right shoulder. The deity is decorated with numerous body ornament and royal robes which are embedded with precious gemstones. The deity took months of hard work to craft with exclusive patterns found only in Nepal.
This statue of the Bodhisattva Padmasambhava will be the perfect gift for a practitioner like you from Nepal.
Size: 14.5"/37cm (Height) x 11"/28cm (Base)
Weight: 4.80 kg
Material: 24K Gold Gilded, Copper Body, Acrylic Paintings
For most Himalayan Buddhists, Guru Rinpoche is the second Buddha, the Buddha of all forms and teachings of enlightenment, focusing on the tantras. Tantra teaches us to initially see our instructors as Guru Rinpoche, just as the Great Way leads us to see our enlightened nature and name it buddha-nature. Then we view everything as Guru Rinpoche, down to the atoms of our bodies, all beings equally, and every scrap of every blade of grass, every grain of sand. Finally, it is Guru Rinpoche who we realize when we recognize our natural, timeless awareness.
