Art

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

The pupils of the Tibetan teacher Padmasambhava were believed to possess magical powers. This picture shows four masters set in an idyllic landscape. At the top left, Yeshe Yang, who had the ability to take to the air, is poised in heaven. To his right is the translator Karchen Palgyi Wangchuk, his hand raised in a threatening gesture; his magic dagger had the power to produce fever in his enemies. Tenpa Namkha, shown in the lower left, could soothe even the wildest yak with a mere gesture. Opposite him is the yogi Gyalwa Choyang, distinguished for his absolute adherence to the rules.