VINTAGE BUDDHA: Preowned, Old Ivory Jade, Sitting good Meditation, Fossil Coral Necklace, Sterling, Unisex, Fathers Day Sale

This Buddha is in a sitting meditation pose holding an alms bowl on his lap. This famous pose is memorialized in statues in temples throughout the world. It is also a very popular icon reproduced for pendants of adherents to the Buddha's teachings and admirers of his compassionate loving nature. It is possible to be a Buddha admirer and hold faith in a religion separate and apart from Buddhism. The beliefs and practices supported by admirers of Buddha involve compassion and a sense that the material world is not the highest reality, but the deep inner source of oneness, gained through meditation, connects the person with a universal oneness, or the soul of good the universe. This netsuke Buddha carving is a marvelous old ivory color, with the incisions emphasized with a brown purple dye. The effect is similar to an antique. The long unisex necklace blends beautifully with the color of the Buddha, displaying the old ivory as well as other shades of natural variations of white, gray, and pale beige. The 10 mm fossil coral beads are AAA, untreated and natural. The bail and clasp are sterling silver. The story of the Buddha begins with Siddhartha Gautama's birth in Lumbini, Nepal, in about 567 BCE. He was the son of a king, raised in sheltered opulence. He married and had a son. Prince Siddhartha was twenty-nine years old and his life changed when he first saw a sick person, then an old man, then a corpse. The harshness of reality and human suffering shook him to the core of his being. He realized his unusually privileged status and yearned to help those who were suffering, but he did not know how to help them or himself. Before he achieved enlightenment. He ultimately realized that the experience of the world was a false reality, and the hidden truth lay deep inside one's inner being, requiring a diligent inner search. He eventually renounced his worldly life and devoted himself to helping others achieve enlightenment and. Having renounced punishing his body with ascetic practices such as extreme, prolonged fasts,, he understood the path to inner peace came through mental discipline. He gave his first sermon in modern-day Sarnath, near Benares, and then walked from village to village, attracting disciples along the way. He founded the original order of Buddhist nuns and monks, many of whom became great teachers. He died in Kushinagar, located in what is now the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, about 483 BCE. Fossil coral is considered a healing gemstone supporting fertility and life energy. It is ancient gemstone with associations with mind and body support. Jade is also considered a healing gemstone with actual research to support this consclusion.