All statues gold plated with painted face, 8 high.
# RUPA8 - $ 325.00

GURU RINPOCHE STATUES



Each Guru Rinpoche statue is composed of a bronze core, and is partially gilt. Hand-painted face is in gold. The artist was selected by Snow Lion for the high quality of his work.

(Tibetan: Padma 'byung-gnas) Padmasambhava--the 'lotus-born' or 'precious guru' (Guru Rinpoche)--was the great eighth (8th) century Indian scholar and tantric master who is renowned for establishing Buddhism in Tibet by subduing all the hostile forces that impeded its growth. He helped to establish the first Tibetan monastery of Samye & founded the Nyingma school.

He is often depicted sitting in the posture of royal ease upon a moon disc and lotus, with ornate 'lotus hat', jeweled ornaments, a robe of a Buddhist monk, a fur-lined outer cloak of dark red silk, and ornate shoes, symbolizing his mastery of the various yanas or Buddhist paths. He often bears a tantric staff or khatvanga in the crook of his left arm, holding a vajra in his right hand, and a skull cup of nectar in his left hand.