Description
Traditionally Hand-curated Sculpture of Guru Rinpoche Prayer in Tibetan
This one-of-a-kind handcrafted sculpture of Guru Rinpoche, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism, is made from a copper body and then gilded with genuine 24k gold by our master artists in our studio. His prayers are still taught in Tibet. Guru Rinpoche is depicted perfectly, he sits on a moon disc on a lotus on a royal posture with the piercing gaze. Guru Padmasambhava wears a beautiful crafted robe and a tantric hat. His right hand holds a Vajra, and his left-hand holds a skull vase filled with immortality nectar. In the curve of his left hand, he holds the Khatvang trident.
Size: 14.5"/37cm (Height) x 8.6"/22cm (Base)
Weight: 4.14 kg
Material: 24K Gold Gilded, Copper Body, Acrylic Paintings
For most Himalayan Buddhists, Guru Rinpoche is the second Buddha, the Buddha of all enlightenment forms and teachings, with a focus on the tantras. Tantra teaches us to first see our teachers as Guru Rinpoche, just as the Great Way leads us to see and name our enlightened nature as Buddha-nature. Then we see everything through the eyes of Guru Rinpoche, right down to our atoms, all beings equally, and every scrap of every blade of grass, every grain of sand. Finally, when we recognize our natural, timeless awareness, we recognize Guru Rinpoche.