Art

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