Art

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

Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture

This figure depicts Buddha Shakyamuni sitting in the lotus position upon a double lotus plinth. With his right hand he touches the ground to signify the moment of his awakening. 
The Buddha wears a tight-fitting robe that leaves his right shoulder uncovered. His serene expression indicates the intensity of his contemplative state. His tightly curled hair still reveals the blue colouring required by iconographic convention.