Buddha Mudras are significant hand positions used in Buddhist sculptures and structures all over the world. They provide a simple explanation of the nature and purpose of the deities represented to the believers. Thus, mudras are hand motions that represent the manifestation of the divine. They are...
8.She explained a simple mudra, or hand gesture, resting one palm in the other to balance our yin and yang energy. 9.“In Buddhist statues, the arms and hands are the parts that break off the easiest, and certain positions of the hands and fingers, the mudra, promote healing and compa...
Mudras used in ceremony and dance tend to be numerous, complicated, and often esoteric (the hasta-mudrās of Hindu classical dance can express about 500 different meanings, involving not only the hands and fingers but also the wrists, elbows, and shoulders, all in movement). Mudras in ...