Art

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