SOLD Burmese Buddha Meditating on Four Tusker Elephants 38"

For both indoor and outdoor use.

Special Features: The base is truly unique.  It is treat combine the Buddha  together with such a magnificent creature like the elephant.  Here we have four tusker elephants that make up the foundation that the Buddha meditates upon.  The combination of the natural and religious is such an obvious relationship it is hard to understand why we do not see it more often.

As with any Buddha sculpture the focal point is in the facial expression.  Here, the Buddha positively radiates serenity and complete happiness.  He speaks without words yet fully explains his message with a simple slight smile curled on his lips.  Pure bliss!

The Buddha is sitting in the Earth Touching, Calling the Earth to Witness, or The victory over (Subduing) Mara position.  He sits with folded legs (right on top of the left).  The left hand is held in his lap with the palm facing upward.  The right hand extends over the right thigh, near the knee, with the fingers pointing towards the ground, palm inward.  During meditation, Siddartha was subjected to many temptations but none as terrible as those posed by the evil Mara, who bombards him with his demon armies, monsters, beasts and violent storms and his three lascivious daughters.  The Buddha remains steadfast.  Then to testify to Mara of his meritorious past, he points to the earth with his hand and calls forth Thorani, the beautiful earth goddess.  She rises from the ground and wrings the water from her long, black hair, which raises a torrential flood that drowns Mara and his army of demons.