buddhabe

allasianflavours:

Purple Buddha by VespaTS

Buddha

lotusunfurled:

Red Buddha by Ben Mitchell

Lord Buddha
Bagan Temples, Myanmar

beautiful photo.

thepaintedbench:

Golden Buddha

kelledia:

Buddha of Limitless Light.

japamalabeads:

Avalokitesvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. The six qualities of Avalokitesvara are:
• Great compassion
• Great loving-kindness
• Lion courage
• Universal light
• Leader of devas and human beings
• The great omnipresent Brahman

The mantra of Avalokitesvara is: Om Mani Padme Hum

(Source: kelledia)

Buddha

(Source: cocomalinalli)

medieval:

Aizen Myôô

14th C. Kamakura period. The blood-red body and flaming halo of the King of Passion, Aizen Myôô, symbolize how, in Buddhist practice, the violent energies of carnality and desire can be converted in the pursuit of enlightenment. Aizen Myôô is the embodiment of rage: his hair stands on end, a snarling lion rises from his head, and his six arms brandish Esoteric Buddhist weapons and other emblems of power. Read more.

southeastasiansnapshots:

Tilak on a Buddha statue in Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple

thepaintedbench:

Buddha in Ladakh, India

biscodeja-vu:

“A Buddhist hanging scroll is a large painting for Buddhist outdoor ritual ceremony. This magnificent and uncommonly large Buddhist hanging scroll was painted in 1692. Being almost 8.3 meters in height, it was originally placed at the Geumdangsa Temple.

In the painting, a Buddha carrying a flower in the feature of a bodhisattva appears solely without his dependents. Such a feature is known as Sakyamuni Buddha, also found in the hanging scroll at the Yulgoksa Temple. Fourteen bodhisattva avatars and four phoenixes are decorated on the coronet, and this is one of the two paintings existing with those figures…”

Korea

bulletproofbhatki:

Sutra Cover of the Five Jina Buddhas
Tibet
14th c.
Painted Wood
28 x 73 cm

Buddha, glowing