Art

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

Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree

These two metal objects are almost identical and show Prince Siddhartha on the path to his awakening. He is sitting under the Bodhi tree and calls the earth goddess to be his witness at the moment of awakening. 

Objects like these were produced in large quantities for ritual purposes. In Myanmar, Buddhist men and women obtained them in order to donate them to a shrine.