Mouse Over Image to Zoom or Click to EnlargeMasterpiece Copper Avalokiteshvara Statue 48" Item #7n75
Materials: Lost Wax Method, Hand Painted Copper
Origin: Hand Made in Nepal
Tibetan Name: Chenrezig
Height: 48 inches
Width: 34 inches
Depth: 12 inches
Weight: 75 pounds
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Description
“Try to develop a good heart, a warm heart, a compassionate heart,” the
Dalai Lama urges. “This is very important for society as well as
for one's own health and piece of mind. To reject belief in
formal institutionalized religion is perfectly all right, but to reject
a good heart is destructive to oneself and others.” Public
Address, 1997 by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
In Buddhist legend, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara vowed to liberate all sentient beings from suffering but when he realized the magnitude of his task, his head exploded into countless pieces. His body was then reassembled by the Buddha Amitabha and the Bodhisattva Vajrapani (also known as the wielder of the thunderbolt) into this omniscient form of Avalokiteshvara, with eleven heads and a thousand arms. Each of Avalokiteshvara's hands displays an all-seeing eye, symbolizing the union of wisdom and skillful means. The first two hands hold a wish-fulfilling gem, a symbol of the deepest powers of the human psyche. The next five hold a lotus, a bow, a vase, a buddhist rosary (malas), and a wheel. The eighth hand (lower right) is in the varada mudra also known as the gesture of generosity and charity.
Avalokiteshvara's multiple tiers of heads are crowned by the fierce blue face of Vajrapani and the red face of Amitabha, symbols of uncompromising compassion and the boundless light of the awakened mind.
Avalokiteshvara's Mantra "Om Mane Padme Hum" is found inscribed on rocks, temples and prayer wheels throughout the Himalayas and southeast Asia.
This piece is made of copper, it is hand painted and parts of it are 24k gold plated.
There are 4 separate parts: the main body, the top 5 heads, the base and the back.
The back of the piece was made using a process called repoussé, the process of ornamenting metallic surfaces with designs in relief hammered out from the back by hand.
An absolutely beautiful, one of a kind masterpiece!
In Buddhist legend, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara vowed to liberate all sentient beings from suffering but when he realized the magnitude of his task, his head exploded into countless pieces. His body was then reassembled by the Buddha Amitabha and the Bodhisattva Vajrapani (also known as the wielder of the thunderbolt) into this omniscient form of Avalokiteshvara, with eleven heads and a thousand arms. Each of Avalokiteshvara's hands displays an all-seeing eye, symbolizing the union of wisdom and skillful means. The first two hands hold a wish-fulfilling gem, a symbol of the deepest powers of the human psyche. The next five hold a lotus, a bow, a vase, a buddhist rosary (malas), and a wheel. The eighth hand (lower right) is in the varada mudra also known as the gesture of generosity and charity.
Avalokiteshvara's multiple tiers of heads are crowned by the fierce blue face of Vajrapani and the red face of Amitabha, symbols of uncompromising compassion and the boundless light of the awakened mind.
Avalokiteshvara's Mantra "Om Mane Padme Hum" is found inscribed on rocks, temples and prayer wheels throughout the Himalayas and southeast Asia.
This piece is made of copper, it is hand painted and parts of it are 24k gold plated.
There are 4 separate parts: the main body, the top 5 heads, the base and the back.
The back of the piece was made using a process called repoussé, the process of ornamenting metallic surfaces with designs in relief hammered out from the back by hand.
An absolutely beautiful, one of a kind masterpiece!