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Gold-Gilded Bronze Statue of Sakyamuni
Gold-Gilded Bronze Statue of  Sakyamuni (Ming Dynasty)
 Stamp featuring the Shakyamuni Buddha, founder of the Buddhist religion. He lived and taught in India in the sixth century B.C.E., a time of burgeoning religious and philosophical thought from Greece to China. Born as the crown prince of the great Shakya Kingdom, the young Siddhartha Gautama was groomed to be a king in accordance with the wishes of his royal father. However, when he was about 29 years old, he learned of the deep suffering experienced in life by people. He left his palace life, gave up his fine garments and jewellery in order to find the causes of this suffering and the means to overcome it. After about six years of study, self-deprivation, and deep meditation he finally realized his goal. He had become an enlightened one (a Buddha). After this, he is said to have walked to a deer park in Sarnath (Benares) on the outskirts of Varanasi in India. Here he gave his first sermon, an event which is called the turning of the wheel of Buddhist law (Dharmacakra). The wheel as a metaphor for Buddha’s teaching will become a prevalent symbol in Buddhist art.
 
Series: Bronze Buddhist Statues
Theme: Statues
Issued Country China
Issued Year 16.06.2013
Category Buddhist Image
Type Maximum Card
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