Buddha is solemn in this beautiful bust. His eyes are open and he seems about to speak. Working in granite, Brijesh Kumar creates a statuette with a message of peace for the world. At the age of 29, Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) left his family in pursuit of the truth. After six years he experienced the religious epiphanies that would become the basis of Buddhism: that a wholesome existence guided by proper understanding, contemplation, and concentration releases one from the painful cycle of life and death.
