Art

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