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Buddha Iconography Ushnisha Bronze Buddha head (700-900 AD) Over one meter high, it is all that remains of a huge statue. Victoria & Albert Museum Ushnisha Seated Buddha in calling the earth to witness Thailand, late 15th century CE

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Buddha Iconography

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Ushnisha

Bronze Buddha head (700-900 AD) Over one meter high, it is all that remains of a huge statue. Victoria & Albert Museum

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Ushnisha

Seated Buddha in calling the earth to witness Thailand, late 15th century CE Bronze, 31 inches Worcester Art Museum

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Short hair with tight curls

Late 15th century leaded bronze Thai Buddha (13 in x 8 in)

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Short hair with tight curls

Stone head of Buddha China, 6th century CE

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Halo

Standing Buddha Pakistan

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Halo

(mandorla = body halo)

Standing Buddha with radiate combined halo 6th century, Pakistan 13 in.

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Urna

Buddha seated in meditation Sri Lanka, 16th century Copper alloy with gilding 19 inches

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Urna

Head of a Buddha Limestone with traces of pigment Freer Gallery, Washington, DC

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Meditative gaze

Head of Standing Buddha Thailand, 7th century Sandstone, 67 in. National Museum Bangkok

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Meditative gaze

Shaka Buddha head 6th century, Japan Bronze

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Elongated earlobes

Seated Shakyamuni Buddha Early 15th century Gilt-Bronze

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Elongated earlobes

Standing figure of the Buddha 1500 CE Copper with traces of mother of pearl Victoria & Albert Museum

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Folds on neck

8th century Kashmir, Buddha Shakyamuni brass with silver-inlaid eyes and urna, Alain Bordier Foundation

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Folds on neck

Seated Buddha reaching Enlightenment Central Tibet, 11th – 12th century Brass w/ colored pigments 16 inches

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Wheel of Law

Japan, late 13th century Gilt bronze, 5 in. diameter

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Wheel of Law

Sakyamuni Buddha Kushan, Late 1st century Mottled redstone, 21 in. Worcester Art Museum

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Wheel of Law

1st to mid-2nd century Pakistan Bronze with traces of gold leaf, 7 in. Metropolitan Museum

  • f Art, NYC
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Simple Robe

Buddha offering protection 8th – 10th century Sri Lanka Copper alloy with gilding, 24 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Simple Robe

Buddha offering protection 18th century, Sri Lanka Ivory with polychrome 12 inches Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bare feet

Late 15th century leaded bronze Thai Buddha (13 in x 8 in)

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Bare feet

Preaching Buddha, Nepal 10th/11th century Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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Asana (Buddha’s pose)

Gesture of approachability Sri Lanka 10th century

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Asana (Buddha’s pose)

Dhyana Buddha statue in India 125 feet tall Concrete and stone

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Asana (Buddha’s pose)

Reclining Buddha Bronze (depicting Buddha at moment he attains Nirvana, at the end of his days on earth)

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Lotus flower

Early 15th century Gilt-Bronze Figure of a Seated Shakyamuni Buddha (sold at auction for $30.3 million in 2013)

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Lotus flower

Preaching Buddha Seated on a Lotus Throne,

  • No. Pakistan, Eastern

Afghanistan, 2nd/3rd century CE Gray schist Portland Art Museum

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Bodhi Tree

Buddha at Moment of Enlightenment, 2nd century CE

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Bodhi Tree

Buddha head in Bodhi tree Thailand

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Mudras

Standing Buddha Thailand 17th century CE Bronze, 12 in. Worcester Art Museum

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Mudras

Gesture of protection Sri Lanka 18th century CE abhaya mudra

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Mudras

Seated Buddha with attending Bodhisattva China, early 6th century CE Limestone, 55 inches Worcester Art Museum

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Wheel of Law and Mudras showing teaching

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Gesture of knowledge

Tibet 11th century

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Fasting Buddha

After reaching enlightenment, he fasted for 49 days

Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni Pakistan 3rd-5th century CE Gray schist, 11 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Not a Buddha – Budai, a Chinese bodhisattva

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No longer a Buddha

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Twelfth century statue of a Buddha from Tibet or China was found to contain the remains of a 10th century year-old mummified monk (aged between 30-50 years).

Here’s an example of extreme spiritual devotion

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This 12-foot high statue in China was carved into a cliff during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It was submerged under water in 1960 when a reservoir was built. At the time, many cultural relics were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s when people were told to get rid of everything old and superstitious.

Would this happen in the U.S.?

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Three men were sentenced to two years in prison in Myanmar for posting this image

  • nline. The court ruled

it denigrated Buddhism and was a violation of the nation’s religion act, which prohibits insulting religion.

Would this happen in the U.S.?