Art

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