{"product_id":"half-buddha-half-demon-statue","title":"Half Buddha Half Demon Statue","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne thought and you are a Buddha. One thought and you are a demon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the saying this is cut from: \u003cstrong\u003e一念成佛，一念成魔\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is not good against evil, and it is not two beings fighting. It is one face, and the distance between the halves is a single thought. Chan Buddhism is unusually blunt about this. The demon is not visiting from somewhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe split runs straight down the centre of the face. On the left, tight spiral curls, a lowered eye, a mouth at rest. On the right, flame-shaped hair, a bulging eye with a spiral iris, a bared fang, a hoop earring. Neither half is treated as the lesser one, which is what makes it work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelow the face, a pair of praying hands. Around them the shoulders and robe break away into ragged, pitted edges, the way the cave-temple Buddhas at Yungang and Longmen have been eroding for fifteen hundred years. It is built to look excavated rather than finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich half people see depends on where you put it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Turn the left side to the room and it is simply a Buddha and nobody is any the wiser. Turn the right side out and it is a demon. Face on, you get the argument. Placement is a decision here rather than a question of what fits the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is carved from green sandstone, weathered grey.\u003c\/strong\u003e Go to the close-up and the whole surface is individual mineral grains catching the light at different angles. That is the stone itself. Most Buddha figures at this size are resin with a stone texture sprayed on, and those come out evenly speckled, the same all over. This one does not, because the grain was in the block before anyone touched it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor a desk, a bookshelf, or a room that is not trying to be serene.\u003c\/strong\u003e It sits better against a plain or dark interior than a busy one, and it is the piece for someone who finds most Buddha statues too polite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLooking after it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA soft dry cloth, or a dry brush, since the grain holds dust in its pits. Sandstone is porous, so water and cleaning fluid will soak in and mark it. Keep it indoors: it will stain and weather outside, and it is not made for an aquarium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green sandstone, carved, weathered grey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19.8cm \/ 7.8in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBase:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.8 x 6.5cm \/ 3.5 x 2.6in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 520g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Buddha and demon split down the centre line, praying hands below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dry cloth or soft brush, indoors only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52563686195502,"sku":"14:200006155#2","price":96.05,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/half-buddha-demon-sculpture-3.webp?v=1788497096","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/half-buddha-half-demon-statue","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}