Art

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