{"product_id":"grounding-padauk-wood-horse-sculpture-zen-office-desk-decor-for-career-success-feng-shui-animal-art-mindful-executive-gift-copy","title":"Hand Carved Shakyamuni Buddha Statue, Dhyana Mudra Gesture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌿 Meaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Shakyamuni Buddha is depicted in the Dhyana Mudra — the gesture of deep meditation — hands resting open in his lap, cradling an empty alms bowl. In Buddhist tradition, the alms bowl represents the ultimate act of release: the letting go of every claim, every possession, every need to be filled. The bowl holds nothing. That is precisely its power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFor the modern mind — overscheduled, over-notified, perpetually behind — that empty bowl speaks a different language. It says: you don't have to carry all of it right now. Set it down. Breathe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌿 The Wood \u0026amp; The Craft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfrican Padauk is one of the hardest and most durable tropical hardwoods in the world — dense enough that our artisans can hand-chisel the thinness of an eyelid, the curve of a fingertip resting on a bowl, without the wood giving way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen freshly carved, it arrives with a vivid reddish warmth — a color that turns heads before you've even placed it. Over months and years, that color deepens quietly: cooling into rich reddish-brown, then into something closer to aged mahogany. The wood darkens the way a person settles — gradually, beautifully, in its own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery fold of the Kashaya robe, every line of the half-closed eyes, was cut by hand in Thuong Tin, Hanoi — a district whose family artisans have passed the chisel from parent to child for generations. No CNC. No shortcuts. The slightly uneven texture you may notice up close is not imperfection; it is the fingerprint of someone who spent hours on a single drape of fabric, a single expression of calm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe finish is natural oil only. The wood breathes. The grain continues to live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buddha","offers":[{"title":"7.9 in (20cm)","offer_id":48780846137576,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11.8 in (30cm)","offer_id":48780846170344,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/6123\/6456\/files\/IMG_0462_efcc231c-0fad-4506-a50c-d6e44f14c90a.jpg?v=1787494972","url":"https:\/\/stilllotusstudio.com\/products\/grounding-padauk-wood-horse-sculpture-zen-office-desk-decor-for-career-success-feng-shui-animal-art-mindful-executive-gift-copy","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}