Art

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

The Buddha’s Parinirvana

The Buddha’s parinirvana – meaning his final liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth – was an early subject of Buddhist stone sculptures, many of which were monumental. This figure, in contrast, is one of the smallest to treat the subject. As described in the Buddha legend, he lies here on his side and supports his head in his right hand.