Art

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