Art

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