Art

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