Fine Quality 8" Chakrasamvara Hand Carved Oxidized Copper Statue from Patan Nepal

Chakrasamvara Vajravarahi Copper Statue

 Two–Armed Heruka Chakrasamvara – The Wheel of Perfect Bliss

Heruka Chakrasamvara, (Tibetan: Khorlo Dimpa) is a tantric meditational deity (Yidam) of the highest Yoga Tantra of Vajrayana Buddhism. Chakrasamvara along with Hevajra and Vajrayogini are the three main meditational Yidam practices of the Kagyu Lineage. There are many different forms of Chakrasamvara appearing with different number of faces, hands and numbers of surrounding retinues. Although there is quite a diversity in the Chakrasamvara lineages and practices, the iconographical differences of the main deity are minor. Essentially there is the two armed form and the twelve armed full form of Chakrasamvara, embracing his consort Vajrayogini in union. Their divine embrace is a metaphor for the union of great bliss and emptiness (skillful means and wisdom), which are one and the same essence.

Gesture and Attributes

The Two-Armed Heruka Chakrasamvara is the essence form of Chakrasamvara. He appeared as a dark blue coloured semi-wrathful deity, with one face, two arms, and three eyes. He stands in alidha posture with his left leg bent, right extended upon a golden sun disc and a multicolored holding a Vajra and a bell in his right and left hands. He wears a five-skull crown, the six bone ornaments, a loosened tiger-skin lion-cloth, a garland of severed heads.

His consort Vajravarahi is in red color, with one face two arms and three eyes. In the bliss of sexual union, she presses her naked body against her lord, with her extended left leg pressing against his and her right leg wrapped around his waist. She wears golden jewelry, the five bone ornaments, a five-skull crown, and a garland of fifty white skulls. With her left arm she embraces the neck of Chakrasamvara as she holds a skull-cup(Kapala) of blood behind his neck, while with her right hand she circles aloft a Vajra handled curved knife known as Kartika.

About this Sculpture

This fine quality statue is a beautiful representation of the Chakrasamvara – Vajravarahi. Expertly sculpted from copper alloy using lost wax method, the statue has been submitted to an oxidation process to yield a rich and sensuous finish. This sculpture was individually handcrafted in Patan, Nepal by master artisans of the Shakya clan who are considered among the best in the world. These craftsmen are the modern heirs to centuries – old tradition of creating sacred art for use in temples and monasteries. The fine metalworking techniques have been passed down from generation to generation since ancient times.