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Well, a story was ignited when I received this postcard of a temple in Luang Pra Bang from my friend. This is the postcard that make me feel very warm, calm and peaceful and this is the pictures >> It’s Buddha sculptures
So, what is the meaning of this card? Sure, my friend just wanted to keep in touch with me but the feeling in my heart was wow! There is another place Buddhism was enshrined,
I mean anywhere you can see the Buddha sculptures, you can see symbols of Buddhism. This symbol was not born during Lord Buddha’s living but the history was taken about 2000 years ago
First, let’s see the history of Buddha sculpture, 2000 years ago the king of Greece whose name is Minlinda marched an army into the old India. The king met the monk ‘Nakasen’ and the monk preach and turn the king to believed in Buddhism.
Their questions and answers were gathered into a book named The Milinda Panha or The Questions of King Minlinda and then the king initiated the sculpture of Buddha,
So at the first time the Buddha sculptures were look like Greece angel Nowadays the evolutions of Buddha sculptures are divided into many styles. You can see standing, walking, sitting, and lay down posture, for what ?
Dose Buddha sculptures has to transform their dress like a Barbie fashionable? No, we don’t think so. The many styles of Buddha sculpture comes from the story of Lord Buddha, let’s see the example
This is the most common representation of the Buddha in Thailand called “ ปางชนะมาร ” or Subduing Mara . That express by the left hand resting on the lap, and the right hand pointing to the ground.
The story was the war between Lord Buddha and mara or the evil who offer all kinds of earthly 'pleasures' such as riches, power, women to Lord Buddha in order to tempt him. However, the lord Buddha scorned it all, and continued to contemplate
A well-known sculpture with ปางชนะมาร is พระพุทธชินราช has a architectural secret that led many people to believe that the engineer of this sculpture is an angel
Another posture of Buddha sculpture is, “ ปางห้ามญาติ ” or “forbidding the Relatives from Fighting”. The gesture is standing posture with right hand lifted up. This represents an act of preventing conflict.
The story was The Buddha encouraged his relatives to compromise and forbidden the war of water struggle.
Some people may be interested in a Buddha sculpture corresponding to a certain day of the week on which they were born; I let you know that, this is the posture is for Monday.
Well, we have talked about sitting and standing Buddha sculptures, have you ever seen walking Buddha sculptures? No, not walking around I mean “ ปางลีลา ” the most famous of this gesture is the Buddha sculpture in “ พุทธมณฑล ”
This posture comes from a Buddhist legend. During the Lent period, the Buddha once went to preach to his mother in Heaven. After Lent, the Buddha returned to earth in a dramatic way. The Deva and Brahma followed him respectively.
The walking Buddha posture is striking with a beautiful feminine element in the movement and the curve of the body. You can also see some of the famous Buddha sculpture in Sukhothai period at Wat Benjamabophit in Bangkok, the Marble Temple, built by King Chulalongkorn.
We’ve already talked about sitting, standing and walking postures so the last one should be sleeping? No, we call this posture is “Reclining Buddha” or “ ปางไสยาสน์ ”
The time is too short so you can search the history of this posture by clicking into google to ask it or making a trip to wat pho or “ วัดพระเชตุพล ” Temple of the Reclining Buddha is there, and it’s the oldest and largest Buddhist temple in Bangkok .
So now, I hope that you’d come to see that it’s better to consider the Buddha sculptures not only as an art, a souvenir or a sacred item, but also as a representative of the Lord Buddha. Each time we pay respect to the sculptures, we are treasuring the Buddhism .
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