Budhha: Some thoughts on his Sculpture at Sanchi

- October 10, 2025

Depicting the Enlightenment of Budhha in a statue must be a sense of accomplishment for the sculptor. Compassion n Blissfulness n Calmness..... Budhha has inter-alia taught "रसो वै स:"( रस वहीं है जहां सत्य है), "सो करोही दीपमत्तनो" (द्वीप बनो अर्थात सब संबंधों से मुक्त हो जाओ और असंग हो जाओ), "छंदजातो अनक्खातो" (जिसे कहा नहीं जा सकता). This statue of Budhha is settled in #Sanchi showcasing these virtuous teaching of Budhha.

This is the Only Statue of Budhha with a face at Sanchi Stupa. Everlasting calmness on the face and posture, even after facing a brutal ordeal. I am unable to ascertain the level of idiotic, barbaric and inhumane mind set of people who assaulted the statue and of the thought process which paved the way for such assault.

I feel that nowadays, primarily Budhha used to come in the life of the average Indian in some political sense. Or at least mine case was so. After going through the words of #Osho in his series of Books on Budhha, I started considering Budhha in a spiritual sense. This made me think why most of Budhha statue are in meditating posture? People must have been astonished by perceiving Calmness, Blissfulness in that persona in that solitariness. Budha said "पविवेकं रसं पीत्वा रसं उपसमस्स च। निद्दरो होति निप्पापो धम्मपीतिरसं पिवम।।"(एकांत का रस पीकर, अपने भीतर डुबकी लगाकर मनुष्य निडर होता है). Calmness in Solitariness on Budhha is epitome of that Bliss, that रस। So was Budhha and so is his sculpture.

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10.10.2025