Art

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