Materials:
Gold-plated copper
Coral & Turquoise

Dimensions & Weight:
Height: 4 inches
Width: 3 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
Weight: 250 grams

Shipping Origin: Kathmandu, Nepal

Description:
This wonderful gold-plated Vajrapani copper statue has a hand-painted face and coral and turquoise detail in his earrings and necklace.

Vajrapani is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of Gautama Buddha and rose to symbolize the Buddha’s power. Vajrapani’s expression is wrathful, and his outstretched right hand brandishes a vajra, “symbolizing analytical knowledge that disintegrates the grasping of consciousness.” In most depictions, he wears a five-pointed bodhisattva crown to depict the power of the five Dhyani Buddhas (the fully awakened state of the Buddha).

On the popular level, Vajrapani is the bodhisattva who represents the power of all the buddhas just as Avalokitesvara represents their great compassion, and Manjushri their wisdom. He is called the Master of Unfathomable Mysteries who upholds truth even in adversities of darkness and ignorance.