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  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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
  • Standing Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Hotei
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Gazelle
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Praying Priest
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Stupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
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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