Standing Dipankar Buddha Statue| Gold Gilded| Handmade

Description

Dipankar Buddha is one of the Buddhas of the past. He is said to have lived on Earth four asankheyyas and one hundred thousand kalpas ago. According to Buddhists, Dipankar was a previous Buddha who attained  Enlightenment eons prior to  Gautam Buddha,  the historical Buddha.

Generally, Buddhists believe that there has been a succession of many Buddhas in the distant past and that many more will appear in the future. Dipankar was one of these previous Buddhas, while Gautama Buddha was the current and most recent Enlightened one, and  Maitreya will be the next Buddha in the distant future.

Dipankar is generally represented as a sitting Buddha, but his depictions as a standing Buddha are common in China, Thailand, and Nepal with the right hand he generally forms a protection mudra ( Abhaya Mudra), and often he forms it with both hands.

Dipankar is rarely depicted alone, He is generally depicted with two bodhisattvas, Manjushree and Vajrapani or Avalokitesvara and Vajrapani,  or with the Buddhas who come after him, Gautama and Maitreya.

Features : Copper Body, Gold Gilded, Handmade, Handcarved