{"product_id":"black-padauk-wood-shakyamuni-buddha-statue-japandi-zen-decor","title":"Wooden Shakyamuni Buddha Statue - Japandi Zen Decor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌿 What Does This Statue Represent?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShakyamuni Buddha — the historical Buddha, the awakened one — is depicted here in Varada Mudra: right arm extended downward, palm open and facing outward, fingers gently released toward the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Sanskrit, Varada means the granting of wishes, the offering of compassion without condition. The five extended fingers each carry a meaning: generosity, ethical grounding, patience, perseverance, and meditative stillness. Together, they form a gesture that asks nothing of you. It simply says: you may set it down here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFor those living in the modern world — the meetings, the deadlines, the weight of being needed everywhere at once — this open palm is not a religious symbol. It is a permission slip. A daily reminder that you are allowed to exhale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌿 The Wood. The Craft. The Finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfrican Padauk is one of the hardest, most dimensionally stable hardwoods in existence. It does not warp under dry winter heating. It does not yield to humidity. Decades from now, the grain will still hold every chisel mark exactly as it was left.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur artisans in Thuong Tin, Hanoi — a district with generations of woodcarving tradition — work this material entirely by hand. No CNC assistance. No machine routing. Each curve of the robe, each fold at the shoulder, is a deliberate decision made with a hand chisel and unhurried attention. The carver doesn't rush. The wood doesn't allow it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe matte black finish was chosen with intention. Raw the wood burns a vivid reddish-orange — beautiful, but restless. The matte black quiets that energy. It absorbs visual noise. It turns the statue into something closer to shadow than ornament — present, but not demanding. The natural grain of the wood still runs beneath the surface, visible in certain light, a quiet reminder that this is real wood, not resin, not composite, not cast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buddha","offers":[{"title":"7.9 inches (20cm)","offer_id":48780872974568,"sku":null,"price":74.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11.8 inches (30cm)","offer_id":48780873040104,"sku":null,"price":119.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/6123\/6456\/files\/IMG_5989.jpg?v=1784538611","url":"https:\/\/stilllotusstudio.com\/products\/black-padauk-wood-shakyamuni-buddha-statue-japandi-zen-decor","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}