Art

  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Hotei
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Tara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree

Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree

This plaque of fired clay shows the Buddha seated in meditation under the Bodhi tree. 

 
Plaques of this kind were mass produced. They were purchased as religious mementos on visits to temples, monasteries, and pilgrimage sites.