The Buddha silver pendant with Dharmachakra mudra [teaching mudra]-'Wheel of Dharma'. The Buddha with teaching mudra symbolizes one of the most important moments in the life of Buddha, the occasion when he preached to his companions the first sermon after his Enlightenment, in the Deer Park at Sarnath. It thus denotes the setting into motion of the Wheel of the teaching of the Dharma.....-"Mind precedes all mental states.Mind is their chief,they are all mind-wrought.If with a impure mind a person speaks or acts,suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts,happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow".{Dhammapada}.- In this mudra the thumb and index finger of both hands touch at their tips to form a circle. This circle represents the Wheel of Dharma, the union of method and wisdom.The Buddha is seated on double lotus in lotus posture......solid sterling silver-4.8gms.;1.4x2.8cm.
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