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  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Hotei
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Six Persimmons
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bodhidharma
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Death of the Buddha
Buddha Shakyamuni

Buddha Shakyamuni

The Buddha is portrayed here at the moment of his awakening. His legs are crossed in the meditation posture, his left hand rests in his lap, and he extends his right hand to touch the earth. 

This 12th-centrury figure is of cast brass; over time it has lost its golden hue. Stylistically, it closely resembles the Pala art of north-eastern India, which had a significant influence on the early Buddhist art of Tibet. The slim body is rendered naturalistically; the smooth robe appears to cling tightly to the body and can be recognized only because its hems are visible.

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