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  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Budai
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Gazelle
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Hotei
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Six Persimmons
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stupa
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
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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