Exquisite hand-painted Shakyamuni Budhdha

Description:

 Size: 48*68 cm

Gautam Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni, orsimply the Buddha, was a monk on those teachings, Buddhism wasfounded. He was born in Nepal around 563 BC. Buddha means "awakenedone" or "the enlighted one "Buddha" is also used as a title for thefirst awakend being in an era. In most Buddhist, tradition,Siddhartha Gautam is regarded as the Supreme Buddha of our age.

Gautam taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and thesevere ascerticism found in the Sramana(renunciation) movementcommon in his region. Gautam is the primary figure in Buddhism, andaccounts of life, discourses, and monastic rules are beilived byBuddhist have been summarized after his death and memorized by thisfollower. Various collections of teachings attibuted to him werepassed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about400 years later.