Art

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