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Art

  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Budai
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • 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
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhidharma
  • Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Travel Shrine
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Praying Priest
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
Buddha Shakyamuni

Buddha Shakyamuni

This Buddha sits with his legs crossed in what is known as the lotus position. His right hand rests upon his knee, his fingers pointing downwards; his left hand rests in his lap in the gesture of meditation. These gestures allude to the profound meditative state that eventually led the Buddha to supreme knowledge. 

The elongated earlobes, the three creases around his neck, the curl of hair on his forehead, the protuberance on the crown of his head, and the snail-shell hairstyle are typical features in artistic representations of the Buddha.

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