Hand-crafted Standing Bodhisattva Vajrasattva Sculpture
This exquisitely crafted Bodhisattva Sculpture was handcrafted with an oxidized copper body and given intricate design in our studio, Kathmandu Nepal. The deity is depicted upholding a vajra with his right hand close to his chest and a bell on the other hand. The deity is wearing royal robes and multiple body ornaments. You can use this figurine for different Buddhist Rituals and meditational practices and will be a perfect gift for a practitioner like you.
Size: 12.5"/32cm (Height) x 5.5"/14cm (Base)
Weight: 3.35 kg
Material: Oxidized Copper Body
Vajrasattva is typically regarded as the second patriarch in the Shingon Buddhist lineage, the first being Vairocana Buddha. According to Kukai's writings in Record of the Dharma Transmission, Nagarjuna encountered Vajrasatva in an iron tower in southern India, based on Amoghavajra's testimony. As recounted in the Mahavairocana Sutra, Vajrasatva inducted Nagarjuna into the abhiseka ceremony and entrusted him with the esoteric teachings he had gained from Vairocana Buddha. Kukai doesn't go into detail on Vajrasatva or his beginnings.