Art

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

Buddha Shakyamuni

This small figure of the Buddha comes from the Swat Valley, at the western end of the Himalayas in present-day Pakistan. From the 4th to the 7th century, life in the valley was profoundly shaped by Buddhism. Chinese travellers at the time reported over one thousand monasteries and temples. 

Stylistically, Swat figures clearly show the influence of Gandharan art, such as the naturalistic modelling of the body and the realistic folds of the drapery. Coppered lips and eyes inset with silver are typical features of art from the Swat Valley.