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1888 LiDiex 24.75" Tjokot of Ubud Carved Hibiscus Wood Gautama Buddha in Vitarka Mudra Under the Bodhi Tree - circa 1959 - A Main Library Find - The Voodoo Estate
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1888 LiDiex, 24.75" Tjokot of Ubud Carved Hibiscus Wood Gautama Buddha in Vitarka Mudra Under the Bodhi Tree
circa 1959
A Main Library Find
Nearly twenty-three years have now passed since we were called to do an estate that had been closed up for seventeen years!
The Voodoo Estate!
1888 LiDiex
The research generated by this estate provides continuous fascination. This was another of the men known only as "LiDiex." A 4th. generation descendant of the original Man Known Only As "LiDiex" the first to these shores, who came here as a survivor and saboteur of the slave ship Henrietta Marie in 1701. He then found his way to New Orleans to meet with the parents of the then infant grandmother of our priestess, Marie Laveau.
He is described in her journals as being, "in excess of six feet of sinewy muscle, deceptively strong, easily matching two of his size in their grappling," and, "extensively, shaved, tattooed and pierced," in addition to, "shown to be capable of high magic without devices."
Their journals claim his ability to heal wounds, shape shift, travel through time and space, telepath and create life with the power of his thought. They also corroborate the sharing of identities with a number of other LiDiex, "being a master of disguise and misdirection, often with his mere thought," according to these entries. This gave these men the ability to appear two or more places at once, an old family ploy that was apparently often used by their mistress.
It is this LiDiex who is attributed with making her introduction to Alexandra David Neel and his journals tell of numerous meetings and short adventures with her. Claiming at the age of twenty four to have met Neel for the second time in the company of Prince Sidkeong of Sikkim and of being her teacher of the Tibetan language having already spent six years with the Great Hermit as apprentice.
Much is already written on these subjects, so there is no need to elaborate here in this already overly long text, but we wholeheartedly recommend a cursory search for some very interesting reading.
Ubud Wood Carving
The LiDiex journals tell us this was not his first visit to the Ubud Wood Carving Mas village which was his favorite place to procure wood carvings in Bali. Located in the district of Ubud, Gianyar, this village is a well known art village of Bali which is famous for high quality wooden statues to this day. Plus it was in close proximity to other groups of religious practitioners where they procured many of the silver and amber items recovered from this estate.
Ubud Mas village woodcarving has a long history that had been made famous by the master sculptor Ida Putu Taman who popularized the art of the villagers of Mas in the 1920s. Sculpting is seen as a form of faith and gratitude to God, which is why many of the statues from the Mas village function as tools of prayer in Bali which are inspired by wayang stories of Ramayana, Mahabarata and daily life.
The Mas Village originated with the Brahmin from the Majapahit kingdom named Dang Hyang Nirartha. He was invited to move to Bali by several members of the Majapahit royal family, after successfully subduing the kingdoms of the Balinese region. They decided to stay in Bali due to the condition of Majapahit was in decline and threatened to collapse on the island of Java.
Danghyang Nirartha moved to Bali where he was greeted by the royal official Raden Mas Willis whose daughter he eventually married. Their descendants were referred to as Brahmin Mas, currently living in Mas village. Raden Mas Willis was then crowned Prince Manik Mas and from there the village was known as Mas village.
Sculpture in Mas village is inseparable from the figure of a Brahmin Danghyang Nirartra who planted a Tangi tree in the Taman Pule temple area. The holy men then said that the mas village would prosper from wood crafts. And so it was that the artists from this village were highly regarded for their divine wood carvings which were only offered to the royal families of Bali at the time.
With the development of tourism, the village woodcrafts became commercialized and traded. Today there hundreds of Ubud Mas workshops and galleries.
~!~Although there is no other previous history of this Buddha prior to coming to this estate, we believe it was purchased new from the artist they name as Ida Bagus Sadra and indicate he was a known master of his craft.
Examination of this depiction reveals a museum quality hand carving of a solid piece of hibiscus wood.
It is an unsigned piece as was the habit of this artist as indicated by the other examples of his work recovered from this estate.
It displays a lengthy, non-fatal grain crack and repairs noted as occurring during shipping on it's journey to Florida from Bali. They note of the crack occurring during transport. We believe it was in a container that sat at more than one hot port for lengthy periods of time causing the grain crack shown which they refer to as a character mark. Going from a humid area to a dry area most likely did cause the crack as the wood relieved the internal pressure from its moisture content evaporating.
There is another small chip at the base which is shown and it does not detract. It appears they successfully stabilized the character crack as it does not continue down to the base, yet feel this does affect the value in spite of the character enhancement and have lowered the price of this lot by $500.
There is a 1/2" hole in the back of the carving which they tell us was carved into it during its time in the LiDiex Chapel room prior to being displayed in their library. The LiDiex were known to carry personal 10 to 20 mm round gems as talisman and portable wealth. A gem would be placed here and secured with a dot of an organic white plumeria compound of their own making as a charging reliquary before being carried.
This Buddha measures approximately 24.75" x 16.25" x 8.5" and weighs 23 lbs., 10 oz.
Our research has shown the maker is known as one of the maestros of sculpture from the Mas village, the son of another master, Ida Putu Taman who was born (1873-1953) in Mas Village from the Brahmana dynasty. His art was continued by Ida Bagus Sadra, his only son, who was born in the village of Batanancak in 1925 and died in 1975. He, along with his wife Dayu Rupi, built the ADIL Art Shop in 1958. He was very successful due to his regular customers, those associated with this estate among them.
The Buddha is depicted here in monastic robes with a third eye, in Vitarka Mudra in meditation beneath the bodhi tree.
Third Eye
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, for the most part...
The third eye (also called the mind's eye or inner eye) is a mystical invisible eye, usually depicted as located on the forehead, which provides perception beyond ordinary sight. In Indian spiritual traditions, the third eye refers to the ajna (or brow) chakra.
The third eye refers to the gate that leads to the inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness. In spirituality, the third eye often symbolizes a state of enlightenment. The third eye is often associated with religious visions, clairvoyance, the ability to observe chakras and auras, precognition, and out-of-body experiences. People who are said to have the capacity to use their third eyes are sometimes known as seers. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the third eye is said to be located around the middle of the forehead, slightly above the junction of the eyebrows, representing the enlightenment one achieves through meditation. Hindus also place a "tilaka" between the eyebrows as a representation of the third eye which is also seen on expressions of Shiva. Buddhists regard the third eye as the "eye of consciousness" representing the vantage point from which enlightenment beyond one's physical sight is achieved, and use an urna to the same effect as Hindus.
In Taoism and many traditional Chinese religious sects such as Chan (called Zen in Japanese), "third eye training" involves focusing attention on the point between the eyebrows with the eyes closed, and while the body is in various qigong postures. The goal of this training is to allow students to tune into the correct "vibration" of the universe and gain a solid foundation on which to reach a more advanced meditative state. Taoism teaches that the third eye, also called the mind's eye, is situated between the two physical eyes, and expands up to the middle of the forehead when opened. Taoism asserts that the third eye is one of the main energy centers of the body located at the sixth Chakra, forming a part of the main meridian, the line separating left and right hemispheres of the body. In Taoist alchemical traditions, the third eye is the frontal part of the "Upper Dan Tien" (upper cinnabar field) and is given the evocative name "muddy pellet".
Adherents of theosophist H. P. Blavatsky have suggested that the third eye is in fact the partially dormant pineal gland, which resides between the two hemispheres of the brain. Reptiles and amphibians sense light via a third parietal eye—a structure associated with the pineal gland—which serves to regulate their circadian rhythms, and for navigation, as it can sense the polarization of light. C. W. Leadbeater thought that by extending an "etheric tube" from the third eye, it is possible to develop microscopic and telescopic vision. It has been asserted by Stephen Phillips that the third eye's microscopic vision is capable of observing objects as small as quarks. According to this belief, humans had in far ancient times an actual third eye in the back of the head with a physical and spiritual function. Over time, as humans evolved, this eye atrophied and sunk into what today is known as the pineal gland. Rick Strassman has hypothesized that the pineal gland, which maintains light sensitivity, is responsible for the production and release of DMT (dimethyltryptamine), an entheogen which he believes possibly could be excreted in large quantities at the moments of birth and death.
The use of the phrase mind's eye does not imply that there is a single or unitary place in the mind or brain where visual consciousness occurs. Philosopher Daniel Dennett has critiqued this view.
In Popular Literature
The 1956 novel The Third Eye by Lobsang Rampa (born Cyril Henry Hoskin, 1910–1981, a native of Plympton, Devonshire) introduced a fictional account of the third eye for the first time to a wide popular audience of English-speaking readers.
In the Dragon Ball series, the character Tien Shinhan is depicted with a third eye. Tien himself is based on Erlang Shen—a three-eyed Taoist deity and character in the Chinese classic Journey to the West. Tien obtained his third eye from years of intense meditation, but lost most of its powers due to being raised and corrupted by the villainous Master Shen.
In the Japanese anime / manga series YuYu Hakusho, one of the protagonist's core allies, a demon named Hiei has a physical third eye / Evil Eye (Jagan, referred to as the "Jagan Eye" in the English anime), surgically implanted into his forehead in order to use its psychic powers to aid in his search for his lost sister. The Jagan gives him clairvoyance and allows him to control lesser demons and humans with only a glance. The procedure is depicted as being extremely painful with few being able to withstand the pain of both the surgery and accompanying psychic adjustment to control the power of the Jagan.
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Vitarka Mudra
Meaning and Origin of the Teaching Mudra
From BurmeseArt.com, for the most part...
The Vitarka or teaching mudra depicts the Buddha teaching. The mudra is found on sitting, standing, walking and reclining images. It is usually made with one hand, although it is sometimes depicted with two hands. The hand making the gesture, usually the right one, is held upward close to the chest, the palm facing outward. The tips of the index finger and thumb touch creating a circle symbolizing perfection with no beginning or end. The other three fingers point upward. The Vitarka mudra is most often depicted on images originating from central Thailand.
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Gautama Buddha
For six years, He submitted himself to rigorous ascetic practices, studying and following different methods of meditation with various religious teachers. But he was never fully satisfied. One day, however, he was offered a bowl of rice from a young girl and he accepted it. In that moment, he realized that physical austerities were not the means to achieve liberation. From then on, he encouraged people to follow a path of balance rather than extremism. He called this The Middle Way.
That night Siddhartha sat under the Bodhi tree, and meditated until dawn. He purified his mind of all defilements and attained enlightenment at the age of thirty-five, thus earning the title Buddha, or "Enlightened One." For the remainder of his eighty years, the Buddha preached the Dharma in an effort to help other sentient beings reach enlightenment.
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Bodhi Tree
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Bodhi Tree ("tree of awakening" or "tree of enlightenment" also called the Mahabodhi Tree or Bo Tree, is a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher who became known as the Buddha, is said to have attained enlightenment or buddhahood circa 500 BCE under this tree. In religious iconography, the Bodhi Tree is recognizable by its heart-shaped leaves, which are usually prominently displayed.
The original tree under which Siddhartha Gautama sat is no longer living, but the term "bodhi tree" is also applied to existing sacred fig trees. The foremost example of an existing tree is the Mahabodhi Tree growing at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, which is often cited as a direct descendant of the original tree. This tree, planted around 250 BCE, is a frequent destination for pilgrims, being the most important of the four main Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
Other holy bodhi trees with great significance in the history of Buddhism are the Anandabodhi Tree at Jetavana in Sravasti in North India and the Sri Maha Bodhi Tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Both are also believed to have been propagated from the original Bodhi Tree.
The Forest Research Institute of India assists in the upkeep of the tree since 2007. Cloning has been considered in 2008. Its sacred leaves can also be bought by pilgrims as mementos. Religious offerings, which would draw insects, were shifted to some distance from the tree.
Origin and Descendants
Bodh Gaya
The Bodhi tree at the Mahabodhi Temple is called the Sri Maha Bodhi. Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment (bodhi) while meditating underneath a Ficus religiosa. According to Buddhist texts, the Buddha meditated without moving from his seat for seven weeks (49 days) under this tree. A shrine called Animisalocana cetiya, was later erected on the spot where he sat.
The spot was used as a shrine even in the lifetime of the Buddha. Emperor Ashoka the Great was most diligent in paying homage to the Bodhi tree, and held a festival every year in its honour in the month of Kattika. His queen, Tissarakkha, was jealous of the Tree, and three years after she became queen (i.e., in the nineteenth year of Asoka's reign), she cursed the tree to be killed by means of mandu thorns. The tree, however, grew again, and a great monastery was attached to the Bodhimanda called the Bodhimanda Vihara. Among those present at the foundation Kattika the Maha Thupa are mentioned thirty thousand monks from the Bodhimanda Vihara, led by Cittagutta.
In the 7th century CE, Chinese traveler Xuanzang wrote of the tree in detail. Every time the tree was destroyed, a new tree was planted in the same place.
In 1862 British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham wrote of the site as the first entry in the first volume of the Archaeological Survey of India:
The celebrated Bodhi tree still exists, but is very much decayed; one large stem, with three branches to the westward, is still green, but the other branches are barkless and rotten. The green branch perhaps belongs to some younger tree, as there are numerous stems of apparently different trees clustered together. The tree must have been renewed frequently, as the present Pipal is standing on a terrace at least 30 feet above the level of the surrounding country. It was in full vigour in 1811, when seen by Dr. Buchanan (Hamilton), who describes it as in all probability not exceeding 100 years of age.
However, the tree decayed further and in 1876 the remaining tree was destroyed in a storm. Cunningham says the young scion of the parent tree was already in existence to take its place.
To Jetavana, Sravasti
It is said that in the ancient Buddhist texts in order that people might make their offerings in the name of the Buddha when he was away on pilgrimage, the Buddha sanctioned the planting of a seed from the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya in front of the gateway of Jetavana Monastery near Sravasti. For this purpose Moggallana took a fruit from the tree as it dropped from its stalk before it reached the ground. It was planted in a golden jar by Anathapindika with great pomp and ceremony. A sapling immediately sprouted forth, fifty cubits high, and in order to consecrate it, the Buddha spent one night under it, rapt in meditation. This tree, because it was planted under the direction of Ananda, came to be known as the Ananda Bodhi.
To Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
King Asoka's daughter, Sanghamitta, brought a piece of the tree with her to Sri Lanka where it is continuously growing to this day in the island's ancient capital, Anuradhapura. This Bodhi tree was originally named Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi. According to the Mahavamsa, the Sri Maha Bodhi in Sri Lanka was planted in 288 BCE, making it the oldest verified specimen of any angiosperm. In this year (the twelfth year of King Asoka's reign) the right branch of the Bodhi tree was brought by Sanghamitta to Anuradhapura and placed by Devanampiyatissa his left foot in the Mahameghavana. The Buddha, on his death bed, had resolved five things, one being that the branch which should be taken to Ceylon should detach itself. From Gaya, the branch was taken to Pataliputta, thence to Tamalitti, where it was placed in a ship and taken to Jambukola, across the sea; finally it arrived at Anuradhapura, staying on the way at Tivakka. Those who assisted the king at the ceremony of the planting of the Tree were the nobles of Kajaragama and of Candanagama and of Tivakka.
The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi is also known to be the most sacred Bodhi tree. This came upon the Buddhists who performed rites and rituals near the Bodhi tree. The Bodhi tree was known to cause rain and heal the ill. When an individual became ill, one of his or her relatives would visit the Bodhi tree to water it seven times for seven days and to vow on behalf of the sick for a speedy recovery.
To Honolulu, Hawaii
In 1913, Anagarika Dharmapala took a sapling of the Sri Maha Bodhi to Hawaii, where he presented it to his benefactor, Mary E. Foster, who had funded much Buddhist missionary work. She planted it in the grounds of her house in Honolulu, by the Nu?uanu stream. On her death, she left her house and its grounds to the people of Honolulu, and it became the Foster Botanical Garden.
To Chennai, India
In 1950, Jinarajadasa took three saplings of the Sri Maha Bodhi to plant two saplings in Chennai, one was planted near the Buddha temple at the Theosophical Society another at the riverside of Adyar Estuary. The third was planted near a meditation center in Sri Lanka.
To Hanoi, Vietnam
In 1959, to mark the visit of the first President of India, Shri Rajendra Prasad, a cutting of the original tree in Bodh Gaya was gifted and presently it stands as the Bodhi tree on the grounds of the Tr?n Qu?c pagoda.
To Thousand Oaks, California, US
In 2012, Brahmanda Pratap Barua, Ripon, Dhaka, Bangladesh, took a sapling of Bodhi tree from Buddha Gaya, Maha Bodhi to Thousand Oaks, California, where he presented it to his benefactor, Anagarika Glenn Hughes, who had funded much Buddhist work and teaches Buddhism in the US. He and his students received the sapling with a great thanks, later they planted the sapling in the ground in a nearby park.
To Nihon-ji, Japan
In 1989, the government of India presented Nihon-ji with a sapling from the Bodhi Tree as a gesture of world peace.
To Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur, India
This Bodhi Tree was planted at Deekshabhoomi from three branches of the Bodhi Tree at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan brought these branches from Sri Lanka as a memorial of Buddha's enlightenment. This site is holy to Navayana Buddhism as this is the place where Dr. B. R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with 600,000 followers on 14 October 1956, Dhammachakra Pravartan Din.
To Quezon City, Philippines
The sapling of the Sacred Bodhi tree from Anuradhapura Sri Lanka was planted on 15 May 2011, at Wisdom Park 14 Broadway Avenue, New Manila, Quezon City, Philippines by D. M. Jayaratne, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, and Mariano S. Yupitun, the founder of Universal Wisdom Foundation Inc.
To Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
A sapling of the Sacred Bodhi tree from Anuradhapura Sri Lanka was planted in April 2008 at Kurilpa Point, the site of the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), by the artist Lee Mingwei, as the centerpiece to his 'Bhodi Tree Project' which is described as an ambitious living artwork.
Brazil
There are two descendants in Brazil. One in the Busshinji temple, the head temple of Soto in Latin America, in São Paulo, and another in the Soto Temple Daissenji, in Florianópolis.
Celebrations
Bodhi Day
On 8 December, Bodhi Day celebrates Buddha's enlightenment underneath the Bodhi Tree. Those who follow the Dharma greet each other by saying, "Budu saranai!" which translates to "may the peace of the Buddha be yours." It is also generally seen as a religious holiday, much like Christmas in the Christian west, in which special meals are served, especially cookies shaped like hearts (referencing the heart-shaped leaves of the Bodhi) and a meal of kheer, the Buddha's first meal ending his six-year asceticism.
Bodhi Tree and Bihar Emblem
The Bo tree is the main part of the Bihar State emblem. During British rule, the State Reorganization Act of 1935 adopted the Bo tree symbol in the state emblem, following a recommendation to that effect being forwarded to the Royal Society.
Bodhi Puja
Bodhi Puja, meaning "the veneration of Bodhi-tree" is the ritual to worship the Bodhi tree and the deity residing on it (Pali: rukkhadevata; Sanskrit; vrikshadevata). It is done by giving various offerings such as food, water, milk, lamps, incense, etc. and chanting the verses of glory of Bodhi tree in Pali. The most common verse is:
"Ime ete mahabodhi lokanathena pujita ahampi te namassami bodhi raja namatthu te."
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and Back to This Buddha
It is extremely rare to come across any of the work of Ida Bagus Sadra, or his father as they went into the homes of Indonesian royalty or wealthy private collectors.
This is certainly a nicely aged depiction of the Buddha with an extraordinary provenance that is much nicer than the photographs are able to depict.We have been contacted and visited by a number of people who were interested in the items from this estate since our first batch was listed. Among the buyers have been known psychics and practitioners. More than one, after adorning themselves or handling their purchase, stated "this is a woman of power!" Many of our customers, after receiving items from this estate have reported dream contacts and other unexplained phenomenon.
This is truly a rare opportunity to own anything with attributes to this estate. The majority of this estate is now gone. Most of what we had left, and it was considerable, has been split up and sold to a couple of private, foreign collector practitioners and will never be available to the public again. We made the decision to do this as we have had some pretty strange visits from even stranger individuals and there have been enough unexplained phenomenon going on in the warehouse where her things were kept that many of our employees refused to go in there.
International Buyers, drop us an email and we will try to accommodate you.
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