Art

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