Touched by Earth, Freed from Everything | 24K Gold Gilded Sakyamuni Buddha Statue From Nepal

Pure gold radiance meets millennia of sacred tradition in this hand-crafted Sakyamuni Buddha — a devotional masterpiece of Nepalese artisanship that brings the eternal presence of the Awakened One into your sacred space.

Specifications

• Height: 36 cm / 14.2 inches

• Width: 30 cm / 11.8 inches

• Weight: 4.56 kg / 10.05 lbs

• Materials: 24K gold gilded, copper body, gold and acrylic hand paintings, lost wax method

Why This Statue?

This Sakyamuni Buddha is the essence of refined sacred simplicity at its most powerful. The copper body, cast using the time-honoured lost wax method, is finished entirely in genuine 24K gold gilding — creating a surface of breathtaking, uninterrupted luminosity. Gold and acrylic hand-painted facial features, including the striking blue-lined eyes, red lips, and the white ūrṇā forehead mark, give this Buddha a vivid, arresting presence that is simultaneously serene and alive. At 36 cm tall and 30 cm wide, this is one of the most proportionally generous medium-sized Sakyamuni statues available — a true altar anchor.

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. Abandoning a life of royal privilege, he pursued the truth of suffering, attained complete enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, and spent forty-five years teaching the path to liberation. He is the founder of Buddhism and the most universally revered spiritual teacher across all human civilisations.

Key Features: Posture, Eyes, and Hands

Sakyamuni sits in padmasana — the unshakeable full lotus posture — the precise position of his enlightenment. His acrylic hand-painted eyes are half-lowered in meditative equipoise, radiating the quality of a mind that has dissolved every boundary between self and other. His right hand reaches forward in bhūmisparśa mudrā — the earth-touching gesture — the defining mudra of his awakening, calling the earth as witness to his indestructible realisation. His left rests in his lap holding an alms bowl, the emblem of renunciation, simplicity, and the mendicant life that made his enlightenment possible.

Sacred Symbolism and Meaning

The bhūmisparśa mudrā is among the most powerful gestures in all of Buddhist iconography — it commemorates the exact moment Mara launched his final assault on the Buddha's equanimity, and the earth herself rose up to affirm his right to awaken. The unadorned golden robe flowing across his body, hand-engraved with scrolling detail, reflects the Buddha's teaching that liberation requires nothing added — only the recognition of what has always been present. The three-tiered lotus throne symbolises his transcendence of the three realms of existence.

Sanskrit and Buddhist Wisdom

The Dhammapada preserves his words: "It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles — then the victory is yours; it cannot be taken from you." The Majjhima Nikāya records: "I teach suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path — nothing more, nothing less."

Sacred Mantra

“Om Muni Muni Maha Muni Sakyamuni Svaha”

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