Description
Vajrasattva Meditation Buddha Sculpture Symbol of Purification and Enlightenment
This handcrafted Vajrasattva meditation statue is the Buddha of Purification and Enlightenment. Vajrasattva is revered in Buddhist practice for his role in purifying negativity and helping practitioners to spiritual awakening. He embodies purity and the force of the diamond-like Vajra, which represents indestructible wisdom and compassion.
Vajrasattva is represented in serene meditation, expressing purity and tranquility. He has a vajra (thunderbolt) in his right hand at his heart, signifying unbreakable truth and compassion, and a bell on his left, lying on his hip, representing knowledge and emptiness. Vajrasattva, wearing jewels and a crown, demonstrates divine elegance and enlightened knowledge. His gentle smile indicates his role as a guide for spiritual rebirth and freedom from negative karma.
Size: 13.8”/35cm (Height) x 10.6”/27cm (Base)
Weight: 3.53 kg
Material: 24K Gold Gilded, Gold & Acrylic Paintings, Copper Body
Vajrasatva 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.