Description
This sculpture shows the Buddha in a thinking or meditating posture. His hands are placed in his lap in the posture of dhyana mudra, the mudra of meditation. The left hand is placed below the right, symbolizing that the accomplishment of method or skillful means has to arise from a direct understanding of wisdom. He is represented with extended earlobes, now empty of adornment, but which were once stretched out of shape by the weight of the costly jewelry he wore before renouncing his princely status.