Art

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