Art

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