Reclining Buddha carries the body into a moment of release. The figure lies in a state of arrival - an ease that follows effort, where striving has gradually loosened its grip. Gupta approaches Buddhahood here not as an iconographic destination, but as a lived condition: a clarity that settles in the body, a freedom that is quietly present rather than attained. The horizontal orientation subtly shifts the axis of encounter. The body no longer rises or aspires; it stretches outward, sharing space with the ground. Copper, shaped and finished with an antique patina, holds a surface marked by fine fissures. These traces read as accumulations of time and experience - signs of passage rather than vulnerability. Weight disperses evenly, allowing gravity to participate in the form, not as pressure but as support. This reclining posture draws attention to a threshold where effort gives way to repose. Gupta’s reflection - that Buddhahood already circulates within - takes form through a stillness that feels lived-in rather than idealised. The sculpture remains with this pause, suggesting that freedom becomes perceptible when the body remembers how to rest.