Bodhisattva Padampani

Bodhisattva Padampani

Pala Dynasty,10th Century AD

Bodhisattva Padampani is known as the Bodhisattva of compassion. Hence his downward gaze at the devotees. Bodhisattvas are unique to Buddhism. Like Lord Buddha they can reach Nirvana (the final release from the cycle of life and death), but they choose not to do so. They wish to come back to this 'mrityulok' (world of death) in order to relieve the miseries of the people. They are the noble souls we see around us. We can find them in our parents and servants, in our teachers and friends. We ourselves should strive to be like the Bodhisattva Padampani, the compassionate.