What do the Buddha's half closed eyes represent?
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The Buddha, famous all over the world as the light of Asia, has been the symbol of peace, harmony, wisdom and conscience. A prince in his early days, he left the happiness of the palace to look out for the truth and meaning of life. After years of meditation and travelling as an ascetic from places to places, he attainedenlightenment or became awakened. He then taught and passed on his knowledge to many followers and helped them know the true meaning of life and the happiness they could get after knowing the right purpose. These teachings later became the basic principles of a religion, Buddhism, which has become one of the largest religions in the world.
Buddhism spread across the continent of Asia gradually but it adapted the local culture instead of making the locals accept the culture of the home of Buddhism. This is probably one of the main reasons for people to embrace Buddhism with ease. This also helped theBuddhist art to flourish well in these regions. Countries like Burma, China, Japan, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, etc have their own styles and variations of Buddhist arts. Even though they varied in styles, the symbols and meanings of these Buddhist art remained somewhat similar for all of the Buddha statues and Buddha imagesfrom these regions. One of such symbols of which the meanings have been the same is the eyes of the Buddha.
Buddhism spread across the continent of Asia gradually but it adapted the local culture instead of making the locals accept the culture of the home of Buddhism. This is probably one of the main reasons for people to embrace Buddhism with ease. This also helped theBuddhist art to flourish well in these regions. Countries like Burma, China, Japan, Thailand, Nepal, Japan, etc have their own styles and variations of Buddhist arts. Even though they varied in styles, the symbols and meanings of these Buddhist art remained somewhat similar for all of the Buddha statues and Buddha imagesfrom these regions. One of such symbols of which the meanings have been the same is the eyes of the Buddha.
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The Buddha, famous all over the world as the light of Asia, has been the symbol of peace, harmony, wisdom and conscience. A prince in his early days, he left the happiness of the palace to look out for the truth and meaning of life. After years of meditation and travelling as an ascetic from places to places, he attained enlightenment or became awakened. He then taught and passed on his knowledge to many followers and helped them know the true meaning of life and the happiness they could get after knowing the right purpose. These teachings later became the basic principles of a religion, Buddhism, which has become one of the largest religions in the world.
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