Guru Rimpoche (Padmasambhava) / Five Colors Oxidized Statue

Description

Padmasambhava, known as Guru Rimpoche was a renowned and highly learned tantric saint of Northern India. In the middle of the eight century the Tibetan King Thi-Sron Detsan sent to India inviting the learned guru to come to Tibet. Padma Sambhav was renowned for his knowledge of tantras and of their efficacious application. He remained 50 years in Tibet founding monasteries and teaching the tantra doctrine. He is said to have subdued all the malignant Gods in the Tibet sparing only those that became converted to Buddhism and that promised to be defenders (Dharmapala) of the doctrine. Padmasabhav, in his turn, promised to enroll them in the Mahayana Pantheon. He claimed to have received from the dakini the books from which he acquired his miraculous power. At the end of fifty years Padma Sambhav disappeared   miraculously.

Padmasambhav is represented seated on a lotus asana with the legs locked, the right hand holding a vajra and the left, lying in his lap, the patra. He holds his special symbol, the khatvanga pressed against his breast with the left arm.

The Statue of Padmasambhava is made by the process of loss wax system. This statue is made over a 2-3 month process involving casting, creating wax molds, making plaster molds, pouring bronze, and intricate hand detailing and painting. The whole body of this statue has been gilded with Gold by the ancient process of gold gilding using amalgam gold i.e. Mercury Gold Gilding with five oxidized colors.