ABR 071
Code: ABR 071
Country: Tibet
Style:
Date: 1600 - 1700
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 17 x 42
Materials: Gilt bronze mounted with neolithic nephrite axe
Manjusri Sword
(From: https://buddhismnow.com/2010/03/25/manjushri-bodhisattva/)
Manjushri the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, normally holds a sword in one hand, to cut off all delusion, and a Prajnaparamita Wisdom text in the other.
Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) texts, are said to be the closest Buddhists ever got to putting truth (impossible task) into words.
Manjushri, as meditation experience, is a powerful image representing ever-present wisdom plus the sword of awareness to cut off all delusion.
(From: https://buddhismnow.com/2010/03/25/manjushri-bodhisattva/)
Manjushri the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, normally holds a sword in one hand, to cut off all delusion, and a Prajnaparamita Wisdom text in the other.
Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) texts, are said to be the closest Buddhists ever got to putting truth (impossible task) into words.
Manjushri, as meditation experience, is a powerful image representing ever-present wisdom plus the sword of awareness to cut off all delusion.
Thurman, R.A.F. and Weldon, D. , 1999. Sacred Symbols - The Ritual Art of Tibet, (catalogue of the exhibition hetd by Sotheby's and Rossi & Rossi, New York, March 24 - April 3, 1999). New York: Sotheby's. P. 53