I am not sure how long I had this fellow when before I started noticing something about him was "off". Every single other Parinirvana statue I've ever seen has him reclining on his right arm, however this one is reclining on his left. Also, the swastika is turning clockwise. Does anyone know the meaning of this? Is his pose Inverted on purpose, or is it a weird factory error? Thank you for your consideration
Travis: "I don't know. That's about the dumbest thing I ever heard."
Wizard: "It's not Bertrand Russell. But what do you want? I'm a cabbie!"
I am not sure how long I had this fellow when before I started noticing something about him was "off". Every single other Parinirvana statue I've ever seen has him reclining on his right arm, however this one is reclining on his left. Also, the swastika is turning clockwise. Does anyone know the meaning of this? Is his pose Inverted on purpose, or is it a weird factory error? Thank you for your consideration
You probably thinking to deep into this one.
looks like a nice statue by the way where did you get it?
It's more frequency than depth, I think - I look at it frequently and think "Why's he doing that?" It's cast resin from China via eBay. I have another and he's holding a sphere the size of a croquet ball (in scale). I'm not sure what the ball is. Someone on Facebook said it's a mani pearl, but I'm not finding a lot of information about that either. My Buddharupas are puzzling me.
Travis: "I don't know. That's about the dumbest thing I ever heard."
Wizard: "It's not Bertrand Russell. But what do you want? I'm a cabbie!"
TaxiDriver wrote:It's more frequency than depth, I think - I look at it frequently and think "Why's he doing that?" It's cast resin from China via eBay. I have another and he's holding a sphere the size of a croquet ball (in scale). I'm not sure what the ball is. Someone on Facebook said it's a mani pearl, but I'm not finding a lot of information about that either. My Buddharupas are puzzling me.
the first one is based off the parinirvana of Shakyamuni(opps you already said that)
the other is Amitabha holding a mani pearl..... look up info on imagery of Amitabha concerning the Mani pearl you might find some stuff.
TaxiDriver wrote:It's more frequency than depth, I think - I look at it frequently and think "Why's he doing that?" It's cast resin from China via eBay. I have another and he's holding a sphere the size of a croquet ball (in scale). I'm not sure what the ball is. Someone on Facebook said it's a mani pearl, but I'm not finding a lot of information about that either. My Buddharupas are puzzling me.
the first one is based off the parinirvana of Shakyamuni(opps you already said that)
the other is Amitabha holding a mani pearl..... look up info on imagery of Amitabha concerning the Mani pearl you might find some stuff.
Thanks for the tip! I'm enjoying the research.
Travis: "I don't know. That's about the dumbest thing I ever heard."
Wizard: "It's not Bertrand Russell. But what do you want? I'm a cabbie!"
