Art

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