Art

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