Art

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