Dark as the Infinite, Bright as the Pure Land |  Oxidized Amitabha Buddha From Nepal

A striking fusion of deep oxidized bronze and gleaming silver, this hand-crafted Amitabha Buddha statue is a uniquely refined and contemplative work of Nepalese sacred artistry for altars and collections that appreciate the extraordinary.

Specifications

• Height: 28 cm / 11 inches

• Width: 22 cm / 8.7 inches

• Weight: 3.34 kg / 7.36 lbs

• Materials: Oxidized copper body, silver plated, intricate hand carvings, lost wax method

Why This Statue?

This Amitabha Buddha is unlike any other in its visual character. The oxidized copper body creates a rich, deep bronze-brown patina of considerable depth and gravitas, while the silver-plated monastic robe — its surface covered in an intricate woven lattice pattern of exceptional hand-carved precision — shimmers with cool, lunar luminosity against the dark body. This two-tone contrast of oxidized bronze and polished silver is rare, sophisticated, and deeply beautiful. Cast using the ancient lost wax method at 28 cm tall and 3.34 kg, every carved detail rewards patient, unhurried contemplation.

Who Is Amitabha Buddha? 

Amitabha, (Tibetan: Öpagme), "Boundless Light" — is one of the most widely revered Buddhas across Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions worldwide. He presides over Sukhāvatī — the Western Pure Land — a realm of perfect conditions for enlightenment where all who call his name with sincere faith are reborn. Revered from Japan to Tibet to Nepal, Amitabha embodies discriminating wisdom that transforms attachment into luminous clarity, guiding all beings toward his western paradise of liberation through the power of his boundless, inexhaustible compassionate vows.

Key Features: Posture, Eyes, and Hands

Amitabha sits in padmasana — the full lotus posture — embodying the absolute stability of a mind resting in boundless, luminous awareness beyond the reach of time or disturbance. His finely hand-carved eyes are serenely half-closed in deep meditative equipoise — the gaze of a being absorbed in the profoundest stillness while simultaneously embracing all beings with infinite compassion. Both hands rest open in his lap in dhyāna mudrā — the meditation gesture — cradling an alms bowl, symbolising the complete fulfilment of all beings' deepest aspirations for liberation. The silver-plated robe covering his lap and shoulders is hand-carved with an intricate woven lattice design of extraordinary delicacy, reflecting the woven nature of karma and liberation itself.

Sacred Symbolism and Meaning

Amitabha's deep, oxidized bronze form represents the infinite depth of his meditative absorption — a stillness so complete it becomes the very ground of the Pure Land. The silver robe reflects the cooling, purifying quality of lunar wisdom that dissolves the fire of desire into the clarity of boundless discriminating awareness. His dhyāna mudrā reflects his eternal vow: to hold every being within the light of Sukhāvatī until their liberation is irreversibly complete, generation after generation without exhaustion.

Sanskrit and Buddhist Wisdom

The Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra records his great vow: "If any being calls my name with sincere faith even ten times, and is not reborn in my Pure Land, may I never attain perfect enlightenment." The Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra teaches that visualising his form dissolves the karma of eighty billion aeons in a single moment of sincere practice.

Sacred Mantra

“Om Ami Dewa Hrih”

"Salutations to the Buddha of boundless light — may his infinite luminosity guide all beings from the darkness of ignorance into the radiant liberation of the Western Pure Land."