Art

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