Small in Size, Infinite in Presence | 24K Gold Gilded Sakyamuni Buddha From Nepal

Perfectly proportioned and glowing with sacred warmth, this compact hand-crafted Sakyamuni Buddha delivers the full devotional power of Nepalese master artisanship in an elegantly sized piece for personal altars and intimate sacred spaces worldwide.

Specifications

• Height: 27.5 cm / 10.8 inches

• Width: 20 cm / 7.9 inches

• Weight: 2.98 kg / 6.57 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?

Do not let the compact scale of this Sakyamuni Buddha deceive you — the artisanship is uncompromising at every level. The copper body, cast using the ancient lost wax method, is finished in genuine 24K gold gilding that radiates with deep, warm luminosity. Hand-carved turquoise, red coral, and lapis gemstones are individually set into the robe shoulder and lotus cushion, delivering vivid gemstone colour against continuous gold. Gold and acrylic hand-painted facial features — particularly the alert, compassionate eyes — render a lifelike presence that elevates this piece far above its modest dimensions.

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. Renouncing royal wealth and years of harsh asceticism, he discovered the middle path and attained complete enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya. He then taught the path to liberation for forty-five years, founding Buddhism — the most enduring spiritual tradition in human history — born on Nepalese soil.

Key Features: Posture, Eyes, and Hands

Sakyamuni sits in padmasana — the full lotus posture of his enlightenment — radiating absolute, unshakeable inner stillness. His gold and acrylic hand-painted eyes are softly half-lowered, carrying the gentle, penetrating quality of meditative awareness that holds all beings without exception in quiet compassion. His right hand reaches gracefully forward in bhūmisparśa mudrā — the earth-touching gesture — the defining moment when he called the earth itself to witness his awakening against all of Mara's challenges. His left rests open in his lap cradling an alms bowl, the universal emblem of renunciation and the freedom that arises from wanting nothing beyond awakening.

Sacred Symbolism and Meaning

The bhūmisparśa mudrā is the most iconographically iconic gesture in all Buddhist sacred art, commemorating the moment the earth herself confirmed the Buddha's right to full enlightenment. The gemstone accents set into this statue — turquoise, red coral, and lapis — each carry symbolic weight: turquoise for the clarity of healing wisdom, coral for the vitality of compassionate action, and lapis for the profound, sky-like depth of the awakened mind. Together they mirror the multidimensional richness of full Buddhahood expressed in miniature.

Sanskrit and Buddhist Wisdom

The Dhammapada records his words: "It is better to travel well than to arrive — the journey of awakening is itself the destination." The Aṅguttara Nikāya teaches: "There is no fire like passion, no crime like hatred, no sorrow like separateness — and no happiness greater than peace."

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."