Art

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