Art

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