Shakyamni Buddha Research Paper

A Buddha is a spiritual person who recognizes that enlightenment can end the cycle between birth and death as well as bring deliverance from suffering. Buddha went by more than one name such as Shakyamuni Buddha or basically the Buddha. As stated in the article, “The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha”, Buddha real name was known as Gautama Buddha and lived from 566 to 485 BCE in central north India (Berzin, 2007, para. 1). The name of the city in India where Buddha grew up and stayed the rest of his life was Nepal. Buddha was a spiritual leader, including a teacher to many followers and he started the Buddhism religion. According to the article, The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha, “After numerous meditation Buddha attained complete enlightenment at the age of thirty-five, gaining the three types of knowledge” (Berzin, 2007, para. 17). Buddha started to teach his follower the

Based on the lines around his hands to his legs as well as feet indicate that he is wearing a robe that lightly covers the body, it seems as if it’s transparent because you are able to see the Buddha’s belly button. The Buddha has a big circular object behind him with two angels like figures. According to the Art History book fifth edition, behind the Buddha’s head is a large halo which is carved with circles of pearls and foliage (Stokstad & Cothren, 2014, pg. 311). Also, as mentioned in the Art History book fifth edition, is how the statue was carved from fine grained sandstone and the Buddha sits in a yogic posture making the teaching gesture indicative of the first sermon (Stokstad & Cothren, 2014, pg. 310). The Buddha seem to be seated on a pedestal with people like figures carved underneath. The Art History book fifth edition, states the people underneath is Buddha’s listeners that is located on the pedestal underneath (Stokstad & Cothren, 2014, pg.