2.75" ORNATE MAITREYA FUTURE BUDDHA TIBETAN BUDDHIST STATUE HAND CRAFTED USA

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2.75" ORNATE MAITREYA FUTURE BUDDHA TIBETAN BUDDHIST STATUE SPECIAL HAND-CRAFTED USA
Maitreya, the Future Buddha
statue, Tibetan Buddhist deity
It is believed that Maitreya will appear sometime in the next 2,000 years and many believe this occurrence will happen in the "West", as opposed to Asia
Maitreya is typically pictured seated, with either both feet on the ground or crossed at the ankles. He is dressed in the clothes of either a Bhiksu or Indian royalty. Usually he wears a small stupa in his headdress that represents the stupa of the Buddha Sakyamuni's relics to help him identify it when his turn comes to lay claim to his succession. A khata (silk ceremonial scarf) is always tied around his waist as a girdle
his name is etched on the bottom
small 2.75 inches tall) and incredibly detailed
1 1/8" inch in depth and 1 1/4" inches at widest point
hand-crafted by an artist working in a small studio in Oregon
made from a high quality resin that looks like resin!
artist saw in a dream the method to create the technology to transfer her large, very detailed image to an identical small image
brand new and contemporary
I carry many similar statues from this artist representing many Tibetan Buddhist deities & bodhisattvas
For a bit more information about Maitreya, please see below
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BELOW, from Wikipedia:
The name
Maitreya
(
Metteyya
in Pāli) is derived from the Sanskrit word
maitrī
(Pāli:
mettā
) meaning "loving-kindness", which is in turn derived from the noun
mitra
(Pāli:
mitta
) in the sense of "friend".
Maitreya
(
Sanskrit
),
Metteyya
(
Pāli
), or
Jampa
(
Tibetan
), is foretold as a future
Buddha
of this world in
Buddhist eschatology
. In some Buddhist literature, such as the
Amitabha Sutra
and the
Lotus Sutra
, he or she is referred to as
Ajita
Bodhisattva.
Maitreya is a
bodhisattva
who in the
Buddhist
tradition is to appear on Earth, achieve complete
enlightenment
, and teach the pure
dharma
. According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor of the historic
Śākyamuni Buddha
. The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya references a time when the Dharma will seem to be forgotten on
Jambudvipa
. It is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects (
Theravāda
,
Mahāyāna
,
Vajrayāna
), and is accepted by most Buddhists as a statement about an event that will take place when the Dharma will seem to be forgotten on Earth.
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