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"Visitors to Bali see Buddha
images everywhere. They are often moved and inspired by them but wonder
what they mean. They all look alike, but are subtly different."
Buddha was born in Lumpini forest in Nepal around 566
BC and died at the age of 80 years. He proposed what is known as the
Middle Way - between extreme asceticism and a life of worldly pleasure.
He renounced worldly ties soon after his wife gave birth
to their son Rahul. According to the texts he got enlightenment under
a bodhi tree at Gaya in Bihar. Buddhism then spread within India southwards
and on to Sri Lanka.
Around the 1st or 2nd century, 500 or 600 years after
his death, the first images in human form appeared in India. Rules soon
developed governing his physical appearance, clothes, posture and gestures.
There are 4 postures: sitting, standing, walking and reclining.
Buddha Head 1
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 23 cm, width 20 cm, depth 12 cm
Order Number: BU1
Background: The top of his head is like a royal turban. Originally it
may have been a tuft of hair, but came to be represented as a fleshy
protuberance or like hair tied up in a bun. It signifies enlightenment.
Buddha Head 2
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 7.5 cm, width 5 cm, depth 4 cm
Order Number: BU2
Background: Buddha was a prince and wore heavy earrings. The weight
changed the shape of his ears. When he renounced the world and became
an ascetic, he discarded the earrings, but too late. His ears were already
long.
Buddha Head 3
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 14 cm, width 6 cm, depth 4.5 cm
Order Number: BU3
Background: The flame on top of the head derives from Sri Lankan images.
Laughing Buddha
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 14 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 6 cm
Order Number: BU5
Meditating Buddha
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 31 cm, width 21.5 cm, depth 12 cm
Order Number: BU6
Background: There are 3 ways in which Buddha sits: legs folded one on
top of the other; legs crossed so that the soles of the feet are exposed
and turned upwards; or both legs hanging down as if sitting in a chair.
Reclining Buddha 1
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 12 cm, length 39.5 cm, width 15.5 cm
Order Number: BU7
Background: The reclining Buddha shows him finally entering into Nirvana,
bringing his earthly existence to an end. He lies on his right side,
using his right hand to prop up his head, while the left arm lies alongside
his body.
Both feet are parallel, arranged symmetrically.
The monastic robe is worn in open mode, with the right arm exposed.
Reclining Buddha 2
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 7.5 cm, length 29.5 cm, width 4 cm
Order Number: BU8
Reclining Buddha 4
Material: Bronze
Style: Java
Size: Height 12 cm, length 38.5 cm, width 14 cm
Order Number: BU10
Sitting Buddha 1
Material: Bronze
Style: Java
Size: Height 40 cm, width 19.8 cm, depth 14.7 cm
Order Number: BU11
Background: Buddha sits on a double lotus base. His legs are folded
in a lotus posture.
Sitting Buddha 2
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 10.5 cm, width 5.5 cm, depth 4 cm
Order Number: BU12
Sitting Buddha 3
Material: Bronze
Style: Java
Size: Height 44 cm, width 29 cm, depth 23 cm
Order Number: BU13
Background: Buddha sits in a yoga position. His left hand is on his
lap, palm up. The right hand rests on his knee. The posture is known
as "calling the goddess Earth to witness". Buddha resists Mara, the
god of temptation, who offers him riches and tries to turn him away
from Enlightenment.
Sitting Buddha 4
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 17 cm, width 13 cm, depth 7 cm
Order Number: BU14
Sitting Buddha 5
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 27 cm, width 16 cm, depth 12.5 cm
Order Number: BU15
Sitting Buddha 6
Material: Bronze
Style: Java
Size: Height 13 cm, width 8 cm, depth 5 cm
Order Number: BU16
Background: After achieving Enligtenment Buddha searched out 5 ascetics
he had previously stayed with for 6 years. He is shown here giving his
first sermon to them in the deer park at Sarnath in eastern India.
He explains the Middle Way, the Four Noble Truths
and the Eightfold Path, which comprise the basic doctrines of Buddhism.
The gesture is called "setting the wheel of the
law in motion". Both hands are brought together in front of the chest,
each hand held in the same position, 3 fingers bent slightly upwards,
the thumb and forefinger touching, the fingers of the left hand resting
against the palm of the right hand.
Standing Buddha 4
Material: Bronze
Style: Java
Size: Height 29 cm, width 9 cm, depth 6 cm
Order Number: BU21
Standing Buddha 5
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 41 cm, width 14.5 cm, depth 6 cm
Order Number: BU22
Background: Buddha gestures for rain with his right hand at his chest.
His left hand is ready to catch it. The monk's robe is rippled and covers
both shoulders in the Gandhara style of north-western India. The feet
are in a realistic pose.
Buddha Bust 1
Material: Bronze
Style: Java
Size: Height 31 cm, width 29 cm, depth 16 cm
Order Number: BU24
Sitting Buddha 9
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 35 cm, width 21 cm, depth 19 cm
Order Number: BU29
Standing Buddha
7
Material: Silver and nickel
Style: Java
Size: Height 41 cm, width 12 cm, depth 8 cm
Order Number: BU30
