Art

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