Art

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