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Art

  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Hotei
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Budai
  • Travel Shrine
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
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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