Art

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

Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding

Under an arch, the story of Prince Siddhartha’s wedding unfolds. He is taller than his companions and recognizable by his princely robe, jewellery, and turban. A priest throws flowers at him with his right raised hand, while with his left hand he guides Siddhartha’s bride. The three are accompanied by Bodhisattva Vajrapani (recognizable by his thunderbolt), a clean-shaven monk, and two additional figures. In the upper half of the relief, two men and two fish centaurs pay homage to Siddhartha who, in the meantime, has become the Buddha. A garland encapsulates the scene and leads to two meditating buddhas at the bottom of the relief.