Buddha at the Moment of Victory

late 15th century

67 cm 92 cm 37.2 cm

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Before achieving enlightenment – a state of freedom from desire and the suffering it causes – the meditating Buddha was assaulted by the forces of Mara, a demon who personifies both death and the attachments that trap living beings in a cycle of worldly suffering. Prevailing o...

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Acquired by Luang Ban. Acquired by Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, 1949 [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992.[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1964, inv. no. 628
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