Art

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