Śākyamuni Buddha, whose body is gold in color, is dressed in robes of three shades of red. His right hand is in dharmacakra mudrā while the left is extended over his knee. He is seated within a circular halo which rests on the pod of a huge lotus, the yellow stamens of which are shown around the lower half of the halo; from this center extend the many petals of an enormous white lotus. On each petal and on the breast of the Buddha is a design, the top part of which is the same in every case, whereas there are many variations of the lower part. To the right and left of the lotus, extend rays of five different colors. Just below the Buddha, outside the circular halo, on one of the white lotus petals, is a monk in a white robe, seated with a red scarf in his hands. The whole is an apparition or manifestation due to the successful ritual of a sādhaka, or adept, who, gold in color and naked above the waist, kneels on his tight knee, his hands in añjali mudrā, before an altar, on which are arranged a conch shell, a dish of lotus petals, a dish containing something indeterminable, a bowl filled high with rice, and a tall object, perhaps a candlestick. Above his head is a garlanded cloud canopy. A golden thread goes from his heart to the lotus, to every petal of which it extends, as well as to the breast of the Buddha. To the right kneels a Nāgini with one snake's head (in which is a white jewel) above her human head ; she holds a dish containing a jewel.
為法界有情等 For the sake of reasonable beings in the World of the Law
南無釋迦佛會 Adoration to Sakya (muni) Buddha! |