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  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Excursions
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Padmasambhava
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Monk
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Gazelle
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bodhidharma
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Travel Shrine
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Hotei
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.

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