Leaf-shaped Buddha incense stick stand

A leaf-shaped Buddha touching the ground incense stick stand on a split bamboo. The stand can also be used for burning incense cones and incense sticks. The stand is made of aluminum. Size approx. 5 x 5.5 x 25 cm.

Incense sticks, tea light and cones are not included.

Buddha, translated as awakened, enlightened, is a being in Buddhism who has achieved perfect realization, the so-called enlightenment. Such beings are freed from the so-called three poisons of the mind, i.e. ignorance, anger and greed, and from suffering. The essence of being for them is the characteristic features of being, which means unsatisfactoriness, impermanence and insubstantiality.

"Witness gesture" (bhumisparsha). The gesture is called "touching the ground". The Buddha touching the Earth is the most common figure in Thai temples. This position is known as the "Witness Earth" mudra, also "calling the Earth to witness" and is the definition of a moment of enlightenment for the Buddha. The Buddha sits cross-legged, with his left hand in his lap and his right hand touching the ground. The hand rests on the right knee, palm down, the left hand rests in the lap, palm up. This gesture symbolizes victory

According to legend , Prince Siddhartha, after six years of meditation under the Bodhi tree (the leaves of the sacred fig tree), was on the verge of enlightenment. At that moment, Mara, the demon of illusion, arrived and tried to dissuade Siddhartha from taking the last steps towards enlightenment. Siddhartha meditated all night to overcome the fear and temptation sent by Mara. Mara sent her daughters to Siddhartha to distract him from the path to enlightenment. However, Siddharta turned Mara's daughters into old women with a single gesture of his hand. Subsequently, Siddharta attained enlightenment and became the Buddha, fully awakened.