Art

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