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Samadhi Buddha Statue

Samadhi Buddha Statue

The Samadhi Buddha Statue, which probably dates from the 4th century AD, is a magnificent image of the Buddha in Samadhi, a Buddhist term for deep meditation, or more literally, concentration. Samadhi is used in connection with the practice of meditation and refers to the fixing of the attention on a single object, thus discouraging discursive thinking. Three degrees of intensity are distinguished: (1) preparatory concentration, (2) access concentration, and (3) attainment concentration.

 
This remarkable image has an expression depicting ‘extinction of feeling and compassion,’ an expression that seems to change as the sun’s rays cross over it. Crafted from limestone, it was originally one of four seated at the cardinal points around a long-deceased bo-tree. The one feature of this image that diminishes it is the nose, a later restoration that jars with the rest of the work. 
 
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