Art

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