Art

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