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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1541394, member: 2844&quot;]Apologies, komo, kyra, and Jacques. Since the last windows update my computer keeps freezing, I keep having to reboot it, so my participation in forum matters is a bit haphazard at the moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your statue is not Zen ( <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ), but Vajrayana Buddhist ( <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> ), from the Himalayas. (You can tell where my sympathies lie, can&#039;t you.)</p><p>It is a Bodhisattva, which represents one aspect of the nature of the transcendent Buddha. They can be recognized by their different hand postures (mudras).</p><p>If I am correct this one represents the future Buddha, called Maitreya. Maitreya will bring the purest form of Buddhism, at a time when the world has almost forgotten Buddhism. Pure teaching, and pure enlightenment.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shape of the face looks Nepalese to me. The Bodhisattva was once attached to a double lotus throne, but was taken off by force. A great pity, it is a beauty, and it would have been much more beautiful on a throne.</p><p>It looks antique, but it is difficult to tell the exact age. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Bodhisattva on a double lotus throne:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nepalbuddha-shop.de%2F1091-thickbox_default%2Fbuddha-statue-dorje-sempa-best-quality-vajrasattva-figure-antique-look-nepal.jpg&amp;sp=51e30052575653a60cdc24d8419f4aa7&amp;anticache=342367" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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