Art

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