Art

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