Art

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