Buddhist Teacher

Vitarka Mudra

Having a statue of Buddha is a great way of remembering the nature of reality, and how people spend time “grasping” at the illusion of reality.

Mudra, in Buddhism and Hinduism, a symbolic gesture of the hands and fingers used either in ceremonies and dance or in sculpture and painting.

The vitarka (teaching or discussion) mudra is used with Buddhist iconography to symbolize the transmission of the dharma, or the truth teachings of the Buddha.

• The thumb and index fingers touch, creating a circle that symbolizes an uninterrupted flow of wisdom.
• The other three fingers pointing up towards the heavens with the palm facing outward.