Buddhism was founded around 550 B.C. It originated in India when prince Siddhartha Guatama was re-born through his enlightenment. This was the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace and wisdom.
Vishnu the preserver god of the Hindu Trinity has four hands.
In East Asian thought, the two complementary forces or principles that make up all aspects and phenomena of life.
Simple and elegant.
A simple abstract form of a female kneeling.
The Buddha is presented in several hand and leg postures or gestures, called mudras, each symbolising some aspect of the Buddha s life.
Apala's was a dragon who's power kept the other evil dragons in check so that the towns around him could prosper.
Lord Buddha seated cross-legged with both of his feet turned upwards, which gives him the appearance of a semi-sprouted lotus. A conventionalised posture which in Indian iconography is traditionally known as padmasana.
