Meditation attitude

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The meditation attitude, also known as meditating Buddha, is an attitude of Buddha in which the seated Buddha rests both upturned hands on his lap, the right hand usually on top. His eyes are closed. The attitude refers to an episode where he reached enlightenment, meditating in this posture under the Bodhi tree.

Not to be confused with the other common seated Buddha called maravijaya attitude; the meditation attitude has both hands on his lap, whilst the maravijaya has only one hand on the lap.^{[citation needed]}