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for only one reason - to benefit others and to inspire others to
practice and meditate. Please enquire for more info about these and
other pieces, workshops or for gilding at your local
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 Maitreya
Maitreya (Pali:
Metteya) is the future Buddha of this world, a
Bodhisattva who will eventually appear on earth, achieve complete
enlightenment, and teach the pure Dharma. Maitreya Bodhisattva will be
the successor of the historic Buddha. He is predicted to be a
“world-ruler”, uniting those over whom he rules.
This is an exact scale replica of the 152 metre tall
Maitreya Project statue currently being built in Kushinagar, India.
Composite Resin
size 30.4 cm
x 16.5 cm x 15.25 cm (12 inches tall)
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Chinaratra
Thai
Buddha
Cast Bronze Statue
30.4 cm
x 20.3 cm x 10.2 cm (height 12 inches)
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gilding
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Chinaratra Buddha in the posture
of Calling the Earth to Witness, which is considered as the
moment of enlightenment. This is a reproduction of one of the most
famous Buddha images in Thailand, which is at Wat Mahathat Temple in
Phitsanulok province. This images represents the zenith of Buddhism for
many Theravada Buddhists, and is the most common attitude found in
Southeast Asia.
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Burmese
Buddha Throne
Carved
Teak
120 cm
(height 48 inches)
The crafts at
which the Burmese excel are wood carving and lacquer work. It is
natural that with this expertise, coupled with their devotion to
the Theravada Buddhist creed which considered the making and
donation of an image to be a particularly meritorious act, many
Buddha images and the thrones on which to place them came to be
made in these two materials. The use of wood for various
purposes had been known in Burma at least since Pyu times (circa
A.D. 200-900) and lacquer has been mentioned in the inscriptions
of Pagan.
Unfortunately, due to the
ravages of time, insects and weather, not many early images in
wood or lacquer, that can be dated with any certainty, have
survived.
60
cm (height 24 inches)
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 Medicine
Buddha
cold cast resin
15 cm tall x 13 cm wide
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The Medicine Buddha is depicted sitting on a lotus throne (the
lotus flower is the symbol of purity of mind and of the earth)
in the posture of vajrasana (also known as the Diamond
Position, which was assumed by Buddha Shakyamuni on the last day
before his enlightenment). His right hand is in the gesture of
Vitarka, the gesture of Argument or Debate. Vitarka is a symbol
for intellectual discussion. The circle formed by thumb and
index symbolizes the Wheel of Teaching. The symbolism of the
gesture with the hand pointing down is integration of wisdom and
intellectual.
In his left hand he holds an iron bowl filled with amrita
(divine healing nectar). Multicoloured rays emanating from his
body help banish the three poisons – desire, hatred and envy –
and harmonise the balance between the three humours – wind, bile
and phlegm.
Meditating with a medicine Buddha creates great therapeutic
energy, which is useful for healing oneself and others.
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 Medicine
Buddha
Gypsum
Tsa-tsa plaque
14 cm x 16 cm
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This Tsa-tsa
is
cast in gypsum and gilded in the traditional way with pure
gold-leaf. The appropriate prayers to ensure their power to transform an ordinary room or
one’s special place, and all who enter there, have been
performed.
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  The
35 Buddhas of Confession
size 28 cm x 37 cm
The 35 Buddhas made special promises to help
practitioners purify negative imprints in their minds. The large
image at the top is that of Shakyamuni Buddha; the other 34
Buddhas of Confession are below him. At the bottom there are
also the 7 Medicine Buddhas.
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Guanyin
on Lotus
Composite
Resin
25 cm
1.4 kg
Guanyin is the
bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian
Buddhists, usually as a female. She is also known as the
Chinese Bodhisattva of Compassion. The name Guanyin is
short for Guanshi'yin which means "Observing the Sounds
(or Cries) of the World".
these images
are of the Guanyin statue
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 Green
Tara
Brass Statue
27 cm x
20.3 cm x 16.25 cm (10.6" height)
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Tara is a female Buddha. She is the "mother of
liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and
achievements. Tara is a tantric deity whose practice is used by
practitioners of the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism to develop
certain inner qualities and understand outer, inner and secret teachings
about compassion and emptiness.
Green Tara is Tara's most dynamic manifestation. Her colour symbolises
youthful vigour and enlightened activity. She is
often depicted in a posture of ease with right leg extended, signifying
her readiness to spring into action.
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 Dancing
Tara
Brass
30.5 cm x 16.5 x
11.4 (12" height)
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Green Tara
Gypsum Tsa-tsa plaque
size 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm
(frame size 20 cm x 25 cm)
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This Tsa-tsa
is
cast in gypsum and gilded in the traditional way with pure
gold-leaf and box-framed for hanging on a wall.
The appropriate prayers to ensure their power to transform an ordinary room or
one’s special place, and all who enter there, have been
performed.
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 Japanese Buddha
Brass Statue
61 cm x
21.6 diameter base
(height 2 ft Height)
10. 5 kg
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Manjushri
Tsa-tsa plaque
Gypsum
size 20 cm x 23.5 cm (frame 30 x 35 cm)
Manjushri is the embodiment of infinite wisdom. His double-edged
sword cuts through obscuring layers of misconception and ignorance; the
sutra text he holds (Prajnaparamita, or The Perfection of Wisdom) on the
stem of a lotus flower indicates his penetrating insight. It is said
that the two most powerful ways of developing wisdom are to study the
profound sutras and to meditate upon Manjushri.
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Manjushri
Brass Statue
21.8 cm
(height 8.6inches)
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Vajrapāni
Copper
22.8 cm x 17.8 cm x 8.9 cm
(height 9 inches)
2.2 kg
Vajrapāni is one of the earliest bodhisattvas of Mahayana
Buddhism.
He is the protector and guide of the Buddha, and rose to symbolize
the Buddha's power.
Vajrapani was used extensively in Buddhist iconography as one of the
three protective deities surrounding the Buddha, each symbolising one of the Buddha's virtues: Manjusri (the
manifestation of all the Buddhas' wisdom), Avalokitesvara (the Buddhas' compassion) and Vajrapani (all the Buddhas' power).
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Altar Temple
Brass
33 cm x 16.5 cm x 16.5 cm
(height 13 inches)
Height Inside Temple 13.9 cm
(Inside height 5.5 inches)
2.81 kg
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gilding
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Kalachakra
Copper
23 cms
(height 9 inches)
Kalachakra, or Wheel of
Time, is a Highest Yoga Tantra practice
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Mayadevi Temple Strut
Tudals, in traditional Nepali architecture, are wooden struts used in
temples and ancient houses to support the over-hanging roofs. They are
fixed at angles of 45 degrees or more and are generally decorated with
figures of horses and serpents on the corners and gods and goddesses
with erotic carvings to the bottom. Mayadevi on this tudal is standing
on a monkey. Mayadevi is the Mother of Siddhartha Gautama and the wife
of King Suddhodana. In this work, Mayadevi seems to dance on a celestial
stage under that bejeweled tree of light whose branch she holds to
steady herself.
Wood Sculpture
76 cm x 15 cm x 10 cm (height
30 inches)
6.4 kg
image shows carving before
gilding
Gilded by commission only
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