Art

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