Art

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