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Nepali Statue Of Padmasambhava Copper Gold Plated

Weight: 2 kg
Size: 23x15x10 cm
Material: Copper Gold Plated

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Finishing: Full Fire Gold Gilded

Detailed Description of Mercury Gilding - Source wikipedia
Fire-gilding or Wash-gilding is a process by which an amalgam of gold is applied to metallic surfaces the mercury being subsequently volatilized leaving a film of gold or an amalgam containing 13 to 16% mercury. In the preparation of the amalgam the gold must first be reduced to thin plates or grains which are heated red-hot and thrown into previously heated mercury until it begins to smoke. When the mixture is stirred with an iron rod the gold is totally absorbed. The proportion of mercury to gold is generally six or eight to one. When the amalgam is cold it is squeezed through chamois leather to separate the superfluous mercury; the gold with about twice its weight of mercury remains behind forming a yellowish silvery mass with the consistency of butter.

When the metal to be gilded is wrought or chased it ought to be covered with mercury before the amalgam is applied that this may be more easily spread; but when the surface of the metal is plain the amalgam may be applied to it directly. When no such preparation is applied the surface to be gilded is simply bitten and cleaned with nitric acid. A deposit of mercury is obtained on a metallic surface using quicksilver water a solution of mercury(II) nitrate the nitric acid attacking the metal to which it is applied and thus leaving a film of free metallic mercury.

The amalgam is equally spread over the prepared surface of the metal the mercury is then sublimed by heat just sufficient for that purpose; for if it is too great part of the gold may be driven off or it may run together and leave some of the surface of the metal bare. When the mercury has evaporated which is known by the surface having entirely become of a dull yellow color the metal must undergo other operations by which the fine gold color is given to it. First the gilded surface is rubbed with a scratch brush of brass wire until its surface is smooth.

It is then covered with gilding wax and again exposed to fire until the wax is burnt off. Gilding wax is composed of beeswax mixed with some of the following substances: red ochre verdigris copper scales alum vitriol and borax. By this operation the color of the gilding is heightened and the effect seems to be produced by a perfect dissipation of some mercury remaining after the former operation. The gilt surface is then covered over with potassium nitrate alum or other salts ground together and mixed into a paste with water or weak ammonia. The piece of metal thus covered is exposed to heat and then quenched in water.

By this method its color is further improved and brought nearer to that of gold probably by removing any particles of copper that may have been on the gilt surface. This process when skillfully carried out produces gilding of great solidity and beauty but owing to the exposure of the workmen to mercurial fumes it is very unhealthy. There is also much loss of mercury to the atmosphere which brings extremely serious environmental concerns as well.

This method of gilding metallic objects was formerly widespread but fell into disuse as the dangers of mercury toxicity became known. Since fire-gilding requires that the mercury be volatilized to drive off the mercury and leave the gold behind on the surface it is extremely dangerous. Breathing the fumes generated by this process can quickly result in serious health problems such as neurological damage and endocrine disorders since inhalation is a very efficient route for mercuric compounds to enter the body. This process has generally been supplanted by the electroplating of gold over a nickel substrate which is more economical and less dangerous.

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Making Process: Lost-Wax System

Padmasambhava: Brief Introduction

Padmasambhava was a historical teacher who is said to had converted Tibet to Buddhism. He was a renowned scholar meditator and magician and his mantra suggests his rich and diverse nature.

Padmasambhava Means The Lotus-Born was a sage guru from Oddiyāna who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighboring countries in the 8th century. In those lands he is better known as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Guru") or Lopon Rinpoche or simply Padum in Tibet where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha. He said: "My father is the intrinsic awareness Samantabhadra . My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere of awareness. My name is the Glorious Lotus-Born. I am from the unborn sphere of all phenomena. I consume concepts of duality as my diet. I act in the way of the Buddhas of the three times."IconographyThe khatvanga a danda with three severed heads denoting the three kayas (the three bodies of a Buddha: the dharmakaya sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya) crowned by a trishula and dressed with a sash of the Himalayan Rainbow or Five Pure Lights of the Mahabhuta is a particular divine attribute of Padmasambhava and intrinsic to his iconographic representation.
His two eyes are wide open in a piercing gaze. On his body he wears a white vajra undergarment and on top of this in layers a red robe a dark blue mantrayana tunic a red monastic shawl decorated with a golden flower pattern and a maroon cloak of silk brocade. He has one face and two hands.
In his right hand he holds a five-pronged vajra at his heart; and in his left which rests in the gesture of equanimity he holds a skull-cup in the centre of which is a vase of longevity filled with the nectar of deathless wisdom. Cradled in his left arm is a three-pointed khatvanga representing the consort Mandarava. On his head he wears a five-petalled lotus hat. Wrathful and smiling he blazes magnificently with the splendour of the major and minor marks. He is seated with his two feet in the royal posture.Life StoryAccording to tradition Padmasambhava was incarnated as an eight-year-old child appearing in a lotus blossom floating in Lake Dhanakosha in the kingdom of Oḍḍiyāna traditionally identified with the Swat Valley of South Asia in present-day Pakistan. His special nature was recognized by the childless local king of Oḍḍiyāna and was chosen to take over the kingdom but he left Oḍḍiyāna for Northern parts of India. In Rewalsar known as Tso Pema in Tibetan he secretly taught tantric teachings to Mandarava who was the local king's daughter. The king found out and tried to burn him but it is believed when the smoke cleared he was intact and in meditation. The king offered Padmasambhava his kingdom and Mandarava. He left with Mandarava and later in Maratika cave in Nepal after practicing secret tantric consort rituals Amitayus appeared and they both achieved immortal bodies in the form of the living rainbow body of the Great Transference which is completely different and much rarer than a dead body dissolving into light or the more usual rainbow body of a living yet mortal human as sometimes still achieved by Dzogchen practitioners of Padmasambhava's terma. So both Padmasambhava and Mandarava are still believed to be alive and active in Phowa Chenpo form by their followers. She and Padmasambhava's other main consort Yeshe Tsogyal who was responsible for hiding his numerous terma later in Tibet became fully enlightened. Many thangkas and paintings show Padmasambhava in between them.

His fame became known to Trisong Detsen the 38th king of the Yarlung dynasty and the first Emperor of Tibet (742Â–797) whose kingdom was beset by evil mountain deities. The king invited Padmasambhava to Tibet where he used his tantric powers to subdue the evil deities he encountered along the way eventually receiving the Emperor's wife identified with the dakini Yeshe Tsogyal as a consort. This was in accordance with the tantric principle of not eliminating negative forces but redirecting them to fuel the journey toward spiritual awakening. In Tibet he founded the first monastery in the country Samye Gompa initiated the first monks and introduced the people to the practice of Tantric Buddhism.

Padmasambhava had five major female tantric companions the so-called 'Five Wisdom Dakinis' (Wylie: Ye-shes mKha-'gro lnga) or 'Five Consorts.' In Padmasambhava's biography - they are described as the five women "who had access to the master's heart" and practiced tantric rites which are considered to have exorcised the previous demons of Tibet and converted them into protectors of the country.' They were: Mandarava of Zahor - the emanation of Vajravarahi's Body; Belwong Kalasiddhi of (North-West) India - the emanation of Vajravarahi's Quality Belmo Sakya Devi of Nepal; the emanation of Vajravarahi's Mind Yeshe Tsogyal of Tibet; the emanation of Vajravarahi's Speech and Mangala or Tashi Kyedren of "the Himalayas" - the emanation of Vajravarahi's Activity.

In Bhutan he is associated with the famous Paro Taktsang or "Tiger's Nest" monastery built on a sheer cliff wall about 500m above the floor of Paro valley. It was built around the Taktsang Senge Samdup (stag tshang seng ge bsam grub) cave where he is said to have meditated in the 8th Century. He flew there from Tibet on the back of Yeshe Tsogyal whom he transformed into a flying tigress for the purpose of the trip. Later he travelled to Bumthang district to subdue a powerful deity offended by a local king. Padmasambhava's body imprint can be found in the wall of a cave at nearby Kurje Lhakhang temple.

Padmasambhava also hid a number of religious treasures (termas) in lakes caves fields and forests of the Himalayan region to be found and interpreted by future tertÃ¶ns or spiritual treasure-finders. According to Tibetan tradition the Bardo Thodol (commonly referred to as the Tibetan Book of the Dead) was among these hidden treasures subsequently discovered by a Tibetan terton Karma Lingpa.

Tantric cycles related to Padmasambhava are not just practiced by the Nyingma they even gave rise to a new offshoot of BÃ¶n which emerged in the 14th century called the New BÃ¶n. Prominent figures of the Sarma (new translation) schools such as the Karmapas and Sakya lineage heads have practiced these cycles and taught them. Some of the greatest tertons revealing teachings related to Padmasambhava have been from the Kagyu or Sakya lineages. The hidden lake temple of the Dalai Lamas behind the Potala called Lukhang is dedicated to Dzogchen teachings and has murals depicting the eight manifestations of Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava established Vajrayana Buddhism and the highest forms of Dzogchen (Mengagde) in Tibet and transformed the entire nation.

On Padmasambhava's consort practice with Princess Sakya Devi from Nepal it is said: "In a state of intense bliss Padmasambhava and Sakyadevi realized the infinite reality of the Primordial Buddha Mind the All-Beneficent Lord (Samantabhadra) whose absolute love is the unimpeded dynamo of existence. Experiencing the succession of the four stages of ecstasy their mutual state of consciousness increased from height to height. And thus meditating on Supreme Vajrasattva Heruka as the translucent image of compassionate wrathful (energized) activity they together acquired the mahamudra of Divinity and attained complete Great EnlightenmenThe Eight ManifestationsPadmasambhava is said to have taken eight forms or manifestations representing different aspects of his being - wrath pacification According to Rigpa Shedra the eight principal forms were assumed by Guru Rinpoche at different points in his life.The Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava belong to the tradition of the Revealed Treasures

Guru Orgyen Dorje Chang The vajra-holder shown dark blue in color in the attire of the Sambhogakaya. Depicted in union with consort.

Guru Shakya Senge of Bodh Gaya Lion of the Sakyas who learns the Tantric practices of the eight Vidyadharas. He is shown as a fully ordained Buddhist monk.

Guru Pema Gyalpo of Uddiyana the Lotus Prince king of the Tripitaka . He is shown looking like a young crowned prince or king.

Guru Pema Jungne Lotus-arisen the Saviour who teaches the Dharma to the people. He is shown sitting on a lotus dressed in the three robes of a monk under which he wears a blue
shirt pants and heavy Tibetan boots as protection against the cold. He holds the diamond-scepter of compassionate love in his right hand and the yogi's skull-bowl of clear wisdom in his left. He has a special trident called khatvanga of a wandering Yogi and wears on his head a Nepalese cloth crown stylistically designed to remind one of the shape of a lotus flower. Thus he is represented as he must have appeared in Tibet.

Guru Loden Chokse of Kashmir the Intelligent Youth the one who gathers the knowledge of all worlds. He is shown in princely clothes beating a hand-drum and holding a skull-bowl.

Guru Nyima Ozer the Sunray Yogi who illuminates the darkness of the mind through the insight of Dzogchen. He is shown as a naked yogi dressed only in a loin-cloth and holding a Khatvanga which points towards the sun.

Guru Dorje Drolo the fierce manifestation of Vajrakilaya (wrathful Vajrasattva) known as "Diamond Guts" the comforter of all imprinting the elements with Wisdom-Treasure.

Guru Senge Dradog of Nalanda University the Lion of Debate promulgator of the Dharma throughout the six realms of sentient beings. He is shown in a very fierce form dark blue and imitative of the powerful Bodhisattva Vajrapani holding a thunderbolt scepter in one hand and a scorpion in the other.