Art

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