Art

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