Art

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