Buddha Image for People of the Year of the Pig

Buddha Posture: Preaching to King Jambupati

(Thai: ปางโปรดพญาชมพูบดี, pronounced "Pang Prot Phaya Chomphubodi")

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Buddha Posture: Being Appareled
(Thai: ปางทรงเครื่อง, pronounced "Pang Song Kruang")

Picture／http://www.dhammathai.org/pang/pangy12.php

Buddha is sitting cross-legged, the left hand placing in front of the abdomen, palm up, and the right hand placing on the leg. Buddha, dressed splendidly, looks like a glorious king.

Related Story: A Meeting of the Buddha with King Jambupati

Source: http://www.niu.edu/burma/collections/art/sculptures/sculpture_24.shtml

The haughty King Jambupati lived during the time of the Buddha and with his boundless power, he terrorized the world. The Buddha requested that Jambupati forsake evil and practice kindness, but Jambupati was not moved. Realizing the king’s total reluctance, the Buddha magically appeared in resplendent royal raiment that so awed Jambupati that he accepted the Buddhist precepts. In Southeast Asian countries like Burma, where rulers have very high if not semi­-divine status, tales of this type justify the need for the king to worship the Buddha, the King of Kings.