Gold and Stillness, Perfectly Unified | Jewelled Sakyamuni Buddha From Nepal

Quietly magnificent and alive with sacred detail, this hand-crafted Sakyamuni Buddha is a supreme fusion of Nepalese artisanship and timeless Buddhist devotion — destined for altars, meditation spaces, and serious collections worldwide.

Specifications

• Height: 32.5 cm / 12.8 inches

• Width: 24 cm / 9.4 inches

• Weight: 4.90 kg / 10.8 lbs

• Materials: 24K gold gilded, copper body, gold and acrylic hand paintings, hand-carved turquoise, red coral and lapis gemstones, lost wax method

Why This Statue?

This Sakyamuni Buddha strikes a rare balance between jewelled opulence and devotional purity. The copper body, cast using the ancient lost wax method, is finished in genuine 24K gold gilding — warm and deeply luminous across every engraved surface. Hand-carved turquoise, red coral, and lapis gemstones are set individually along the robe borders and lotus cushion, creating bursts of vivid colour against the continuous gold. Gold and acrylic hand-painted facial features, including the distinctive deep blue uṣṇīṣa and precise eye detailing, elevate the lifelike presence of this piece to an exceptional level.

Who Is Sakyamuni Buddha?

Sakyamuni, (Tibetan: Shakya Thubpa),  "the Sage of the Shakya Clan" — is the historical Buddha, born Prince Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini, Nepal, in the 5th century BCE. Leaving behind royal privilege, he sought the deepest truth of human suffering, attained complete enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, and spent decades compassionately teaching the path to liberation. He remains the most universally revered spiritual teacher across all Buddhist traditions worldwide.

Key Features: Posture, Eyes, and Hands

Sakyamuni sits in padmasana — the full lotus posture — the unchanging position of his great awakening. His gold and acrylic hand-painted eyes are softly half-lowered, radiating the quality of meditative absorption that contains infinite compassion within absolute stillness. His right hand reaches forward in bhūmisparśa mudrā — the earth-touching gesture — calling the earth as witness to his indestructible enlightenment, a gesture of total, fearless certainty. His left hand rests open in his lap cradling an alms bowl, the emblem of his renunciation and the simplicity from which all realisation arose.

Sacred Symbolism and Meaning

The bhūmisparśa mudrā is one of the most iconic and powerful gestures in Buddhist iconography, commemorating the precise moment the Buddha defeated Mara and the earth itself roared in affirmation of his right to awaken. The gemstone-bordered robe represents the infinite qualities of the enlightened mind — each stone a facet of wisdom or compassionate action, inexhaustible and ever-present. The uṣṇīṣa cranial protuberance and ūrṇā forehead jewel are two of the thirty-two marks of a perfected, fully awakened being.

Sanskrit and Buddhist Wisdom

The Dhammapada preserves his words: "Greater than the man who conquers a thousand enemies in battle is he who conquers his own single self." The Mahāparinibbāna Sutta records his final teaching: "All conditioned things are impermanent — work out your liberation with diligence."

Sacred Mantra

“Om Muni Muni Maha Muni Sakyamuni Svaha”

"Salutations to the sage, the great sage, the sage of the Shakya clan — may his enlightened wisdom and compassion fully awaken within all beings without exception."