Prajnaparamita seated on a lotus holding her hands in the dharmachakra mudra, A Garden For the Buddha, Seattle, Washington, USA

            Found this statue in "Ross Dress for Less" store near my house, and painted it white over a black color of the resin. 

Researched it carefully because it looks like Parvati - but clearly, it is Prajnaparamita because of the dharmachakra mudra - a symbol of Lord Buddha turning the holy wheel of the Dharma - the wheel of the law - that which is firm.

It has a kind of meditative grace to it.

Heart Sutra
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
when practicing deeply the Prajna Paramita
perceives that all five skandhas are empty
and is saved from all suffering and distress.
Shariputra,
form does not differ from emptiness,
emptiness does not differ from form.
That which is form is emptiness,
that which is emptiness form.
The same is true of feelings,
perceptions, impulses, consciousness.
Shariputra,
all dharmas are marked with emptiness;
they do not appear or disappear,
are not tainted or pure,
do not increase or decrease.
Therefore, in emptiness no form, no feelings,
perceptions, impulses, consciousness.
No eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch,
no object of mind;
no realm of eyes
and so forth until no realm of mind consciousness.
No ignorance and also no extinction of it,
and so forth until no old age and death
and also no extinction of them.
No suffering, no origination,
no stopping, no path, no cognition,
also no attainment with nothing to attain.
The Bodhisattva depends on Prajna Paramita
and the mind is no hindrance;
without any hindrance no fears exist.
Far apart from every perverted view one dwells in Nirvana. In the three worlds
all Buddhas depend on Prajna Paramita
and attain Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi.
Therefore know that Prajna Paramita
is the great transcendent mantra,
is the great bright mantra,
is the utmost mantra,
is the supreme mantra
which is able to relieve all suffering
and is true, not false.
So proclaim the Prajna Paramita mantra,
proclaim the mantra which says:
gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha
gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha
gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha.

般若心経/Heart Sutra  (Japanese)
ma ka han nya ha ra mi ta shin gyo
摩訶般若波羅蜜多心経
kan ji zai bo sa  gyo jin han nya ha ra mi ta ji
観自在菩薩  行深般若波羅蜜多時

sho ken go on kai ku  do is-sai ku yaku

照見五蘊皆空  度一切苦厄　

sha ri shi shiki fu i ku  ku fu i shiki

舍利子  色不異空  空不異色　　

shiki soku ze ku  ku soku ze shiki

色即是空  空即是色　　

ju so gyo shiki yaku bu nyo ze  sha ri shi

受想行識亦復如是  舍利子　

ze sho ho ku so  fu sho fu metsu

是諸法空相  不生不滅

fu ku fu jo  fu zo fu gen  ze ko ku chu  mu shiki 

不垢不浄  不増不減  是故空中  無色　　　　

mu ju so gyo shiki  mu gen ni bi ze-shin ni

無受想行識  無眼耳鼻舌身意　
mu shiki sho ko mi soku ho  mu gen kai
無色声香味触法  無眼界　　
nai shi mu i shiki kai  mu mu myo
乃至無意識界  無無明　　
yaku mu mu myo jin  nai shi mu ro shi
亦無無明尽  乃至無老死　　
yaku mu ro shi jin  mu ku shu metsu do
亦無老死尽  無苦集滅道　　　
mu chi yaku mu toku  I mu sho toku ko
無智亦無得  以無所得故　
bo dai sat-ta  e han nya ha ra mi ta ko
菩提薩埵  依般若波羅蜜多故　　
shin mu kei ge  mu ke ge ko
心無罣礙  無罣礙故　
mu u ku fu  on ri is-sai ten do mu so
無有恐怖  遠離一切顛倒夢想　
ku gyo ne han  san ze sho butsu
究竟涅槃  三世諸仏
e han-nya ha ra mi ta ko  
依般若波羅蜜多故  
toku a noku ta ra san myaku san bo dai
得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提　　
ko chi hannya ha ra mi ta
故知般若波羅蜜多　
ze dai jin shu  ze dai myo shu
是大神呪  是大明呪　
ze mu jo shu  ze mu to do shu　
是無上呪  是無等等呪　　
no jo is-sai ku  shin jitsu fu ko
能除一切苦  真実不虚　　
ko setsu han nya hara mi ta shu
故説般若波羅蜜多呪　
soku setsu shu watsu
即説呪曰　　
gya tei gya tei  hara gya tei  hara so gya tei 
羯諦羯諦  波羅羯諦  波羅僧羯諦　　　
bo ji so wa ka  hannya shin gyo
菩提薩婆訶  般若心経
   

Taken on: September 11, 2014

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