Art

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