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  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Travel Shrine
  • Praying Priest
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Budai
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Hotei
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • 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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