Art

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