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When we
hear the word ‘Buddha’, an image very similar to this comes to mind. A haloed
figure in poorna-padmasana, the calming stance of His hands, probably under the
shade of the luxuriant Bodhi tree. However, the one we are used to has a fuller
presence and a stabler aura. In stark contrast to the picture of enlightenment,
this Buddha composition depicts the Shakyamuni at a stage preceding His
enlightenment. It captures Him in the midst of those years of austerity and
asceticism that finally made of Him the Buddha that we know.
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Zoom in on the skin of the Buddha, stretched taut over His bones, to appreciate
the lifelike precision of the work. From the sharp retractions of the jugular
cleft and the soft abdominal wall, one could make out the uddiyana bandha that
locks the prana out of the Buddha’s body.
Such are the severe and
unpalatable rigours of the yogic ascetic. The body withdraws from food and
water and suchlike, things that the indriya (perceptive and functional senses)
reach out to, as a result of which one grows, emaciated. This emaciation is not
a sign of weakness, but of independence from extrinsic sources of nourishment
that the non-ascetic could not survive without. This sculpture is a tribute to
that phase in the Buddha’s journey to kaivalya (supreme independence).
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