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“Buddha” means “one who is awake.” The Buddha who lived 2,600 years ago was not a god. He was an ordinary person, named Siddhartha Gautama, whose profound insights inspired the world. Buddha is not a name, but a title. It is a Sanskrit word that means “a person who is awake.” What a buddha is awake to is the true nature of reality. Simply put, Buddhism teaches that we all live in a fog of illusions created by mistaken perceptions and “impurities” - hate, greed, ignorance. A buddha is one who is freed from the fog. It is said that when a buddha dies he or she is not reborn but passes into the peace of Nirvana, which is not a “heaven” but a transformed state of existence.
 
It needed 6 months to carve this item.
 
29.52" Length x 21.65" Width x 98.42" Height
Frangipani Wood
Since 2009: 11 years old
Carved by Mr. Wayan Netra
Hand-crafted item - color, size and/or motif may vary slightly
Made in Indonesia
Shipped by our office in Bali