Art

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