Title: “RAHULA”
(The son of the Enlightened One
and pronounced, “raa-who-lah”)
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Size: 32.125” W x 40.25” H
(unframed)
Story:
To search for Enlightenment and Truth, the Buddha left his wife and small son for seven years. Upon his return, Rahula, his son quickly learned his princely inheritance was gone, but the Buddha was to give him something far more valuable, the Dharma or order of things. But perhaps the greatest gift he gave to this disciple was the simple premise of telling the truth. Look into the mirror and reflect, will what I do harm or help others? Answer the question truthfully and begin a simple start to the path to an enlightened life. Try it, Rahula did and attained enlightenment. Namaste.
Materials:
An early 1800’s Chinese cinnabar and gilded wood carving of Rahula on lion, accented at top and bottom of carving with early 1800’s Chinese iron work from a screen, all resting on a late 1800’s Tibetan prayer book cover with accents of silver-rubbed Yixing plaster, resting on late 1800’s Tibetan altar table embroidery with “silver cloud” motif, over painted bamboo paper with “peek-a-boo” reveals to early to late 1800’s Chinese and Japanese embroidery, adorned with thirty 9th – 11th century Chinese cash coins, affixed using melted religious wax collected from holy temples and monasteries, bordered by organza wrapped insets, all on archival museum board covered in Yixing plaster with impressions created from 17th – 18th century Chinese fabric stamps then gilded and acid-washed.
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