Art

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