Art

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