Art

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