title: Leela attitude
text: # Leela attitude
  
  Leela attitude is an attitude of Buddha in Southeast art of which the Buddha is stepping with his right foot and his right-hand swinging and the other hand put towards to the front. The attitude is sometimes called the Walking Buddha.
  
  The attitude refers to the episode where he is walking back to the earth from Tavatimsa with Devas and Brahmas that follow.
  
  ## Names
  
  The attitude is known by various names throughout Southeast Asia, including as abaya mudra (Burmese: အဘယမုဒြာ; abhaya mudrā) in Myanmar and as pang lila (Thai: ปางลีลา; RTGS: pang lila) in Thailand.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * at Wat Yannawa, Bangkok
  * at Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom province
  * Buddha statue at Wat Phra Thart Khao Noi, Nan province
  * at Wat Tham Khao Roup Chang, Nakhon Ratchasima province
  * at Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
  