Art

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