Very Decorative Vintage Stone Carved Buddha Statue w. Ornate Wooden Carved Base

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Very Decorative Vintage Stone Carved Buddha Statue w. Ornate Wooden Carved Base:
$71.10

This is a Very Decorative Vintage Finely Carved Long EaredBuddha StoneStatue on a Very Ornate Wooden Carved Base with Swirling Leaf Designs. This statue was originally found at a nice Estate Sale and has some age. It measures 5\" tall and has a 3\" x 4\" base. It weighs around a pound and it\'s ready to be part of any Home Decor/ Collection...

~ Long Eared Buddha ~

\"The ears of Buddhain Buddha statues and Buddha heads are often portrayed long and bulgy. We can say that long ears are part ofBuddhist iconography. Not justthe Buddha, butthe Boddhisatvas, who have also attained some form oftheenlightenment, is also portrayed having long ears. In oriental Buddhism and Eastern Asia, large ears are taken as auspicious because they signify wisdom and compassion. This may also be one of the reasons; theBuddhais depicted having long ears, because he is theenlightened one, the compassionate one. He is said to have the ability to hear the sound of the world. He hears the cries of suffering and responds accordingly to ease the suffering. SinceBuddhais the wise and compassionate one, it is only natural for artists and craftsmen from the east to depict him as having long ears. With his ears,Buddhais able to always hear all the sounds of the world and the cries of suffering mortal beings. He in turn responds with compassion.

Therefore, we can say that the depiction of the stretched ears serves as a reminder for the followers oftheBuddhismto always be compassionate. All in all, the physical size of one’s ear does not matters but rather how open is one to the sufferings of the other beings and how he/she responds with his/her compassion matters the most.

Another interpretation for theBuddha’s long earsis his wealth. He was not only wealthy in terms of materialistic wealth but also in terms of his wisdom, knowledge and compassion. This particular interpretation makes reference to both of theBuddha’s nobleorigin as a prince and his great amount of wisdom and compassion It gives the followers the assurance that since the Buddha hears their sufferings and is fully aware of the sufferings of the world, they would not be left helpless but would be saved by the knowledge possessed by theBuddha, which will respond through compassion.\"

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